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'''''Popeye''''' was a [[comic strip]] featuring a character of the same name. [[Malcolm (Time and Relative)|Malcolm]] enjoyed reading it when he was six years old in [[1963]]. It had a character named [[Wimpy]], who lent his name to [[London]]'s [[Wimpy Bar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
'''''Popeye''''' was a [[comic strip]] featuring a character of the same name. [[Malcolm (Time and Relative)|Malcolm]] enjoyed reading it when he was six years old in [[1963]]. It had a character named [[Wimpy]], who lent his name to [[London]]'s [[Wimpy Bar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
The [[Fourth Doctor]] whistled the theme to ''Popeye'' while visiting a [[Shanghai]] dock in [[1937]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'')


The [[Tenth Doctor]] described Popeye as being "hopelessly addicted to [[spinach]] and skinny women." Popeye's girlfriend Olive Oyl had a brother called Castor, leading the Doctor to joke that the spaceship ''[[Castor (spaceship)|Castor]]'' may have been named after him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] described Popeye as being "hopelessly addicted to [[spinach]] and skinny women." Popeye's girlfriend Olive Oyl had a brother called Castor, leading the Doctor to joke that the spaceship ''[[Castor (spaceship)|Castor]]'' may have been named after him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart]]'')

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Popeye


Popeye was a comic strip featuring a character of the same name. Malcolm enjoyed reading it when he was six years old in 1963. It had a character named Wimpy, who lent his name to London's Wimpy Bar. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

The Fourth Doctor whistled the theme to Popeye while visiting a Shanghai dock in 1937. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)

The Tenth Doctor described Popeye as being "hopelessly addicted to spinach and skinny women." Popeye's girlfriend Olive Oyl had a brother called Castor, leading the Doctor to joke that the spaceship Castor may have been named after him. (PROSE: Wooden Heart)