Norgay Tenzing

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Norgay Tenzing
Main aliases:	Sherpa Tenzing Tensing
Species:	Human
Job:	Explorer, sherpa
Place of origin:	Tibet
First mentioned in:	The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]
First appearance:	Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]
Appearances:	AUDIO: Dalek Escape for BBC Children in Need! [+]Loading...["Dalek Escape for BBC Children in Need! (audio story)"]

Norgay Tenzing was a Tibetan explorer and sherpa (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"348","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) who was famous for climbing Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary. (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Return to Mars","name":"\"dying\"","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Dying Days (novel)"}) Due to being a sherpa he had the nickname "Sherpa Tenzing", (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"348","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) also spelled "Sherpa Tensing". (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Return to Mars","name":"\"dying\"","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Dying Days (novel)"})

Biography

Originating from Tibet, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"348","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"}) he and Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest; Tensing was the first person to reach the summit of Everest. The Eighth Doctor later claimed that he remembered Tensing's feat as he had pulled him up, with Hillary joining them a half-minute later. (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Return to Mars","name":"\"dying\"","chaptnum":"Three","1":"The Dying Days (novel)"})

Legacy

In 1997, of speaking about humanity's return to Mars and the original planting of the Union Flag upon Olympus Mons, David Staines referenced the first climb of Mount Everest; the Eighth Doctor quietly clarified the claim to Bernice Summerfield, claiming he had in fact been there at the summit. (PROSE: The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

In 2011, inside Rowbarton House, Mrs Rossiter told Rory Williams she would be like Sherpa Tensing when she got her knee replacements. (TV: Night Terrors ^[+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"], PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...{"name":"\"encyclopedia\"","page":"348","ed":"2011 reprint","1":"Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"})