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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a time period on [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] visited the Palaeolithic along with [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] during the latter two's first trip in [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') This trip was to [[BC#Prehistory|circa 100,000 BC]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') during a period which the First Doctor thought of as the [[Stone Age]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'') | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a time period on [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] visited the Palaeolithic along with [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] during the latter two's first trip in [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') This trip was to [[BC#Prehistory|circa 100,000 BC]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'') during a period which the First Doctor thought of as the [[Stone Age]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
According to Susan, Palaeolithic [[human]]s were sometimes found in [[glacier]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In the real world, the word "Palaeolithic" comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] for "old stone age". It refers to a technological time period denoted by the use of primitive stone tools, lasting from approximately 3.3 million BP (before present) to 11650 BP. This at least partially coincides with the geological time period of the [[Pleistocene]]. | In the real world, the word "Palaeolithic" comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] for "old stone age". It refers to a technological time period denoted by the use of primitive stone tools, lasting from approximately 3.3 million BP (before present) to 11650 BP. This at least partially coincides with the geological time period of the [[Pleistocene]]. | ||
[[Category:Human eras]] | [[Category:Human eras]] | ||
Revision as of 04:49, 18 July 2020
The Palaeolithic was a time period on Earth. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) The First Doctor and Susan visited the Palaeolithic along with Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton during the latter two's first trip in The Doctor's TARDIS. (TV: An Unearthly Child) This trip was to circa 100,000 BC (PROSE: The Eight Doctors) during a period which the First Doctor thought of as the Stone Age. (PROSE: Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child)
According to Susan, Palaeolithic humans were sometimes found in glaciers. (PROSE: Time and Relative)
Behind the scenes
In the real world, the word "Palaeolithic" comes from Greek for "old stone age". It refers to a technological time period denoted by the use of primitive stone tools, lasting from approximately 3.3 million BP (before present) to 11650 BP. This at least partially coincides with the geological time period of the Pleistocene.
