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According to [[Ashildr]], ten thousand hours was all it took to [[master]] any [[skill]] and, after over a hundred thousand hours, one became the best there had ever been. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'')
According to [[Ashildr]], ten thousand hours was all it took to [[master]] any [[skill]] and, after over a hundred thousand hours, one became the best there had ever been. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'')


Met by ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' [[journalist]] [[Vivien Rook]] at [[10 Downing Street]], [[First Lady]] [[Lucy Saxon]] rhetorically asked if she could have an hour to herself, however, she was convinced to give a [[20 (number)|20]] [[minute]] [[interview]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
Met by ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' [[journalist]] [[Vivien Rook]] at [[10 Downing Street]], [[First Lady]] [[Lucy Saxon]] rhetorically asked if she could have an hour to herself, however, she was convinced to give a [[20 (number)|twenty]] [[minute]] [[interview]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
 
[[Joanne Marsden]] was half an hour late to work after the [[Ninth Doctor]] hijacked [[the 68]] to [[Bolton]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* In an early draft of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] had the [[Tenth Doctor]] address the "[[The Doctor's species|half-human]]" statement the [[Eighth Doctor]] made in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]], dismissing it as "a [[48 (number)|forty-eight]]-hour bug". The line was cut by Davies for several stated reasons, including the fact it would have confused viewers who were only familiar with the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'')
* In an early draft of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] had the [[Tenth Doctor]] address the "[[The Doctor's species|half-human]]" statement the [[Eighth Doctor]] made in the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]], dismissing it as "a [[48 (number)|forty-eight]]-hour bug". The line was cut by Davies for several stated reasons, including the fact it would have confused viewers who were only familiar with the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'')
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[[Category:Units of time from the real world]]

Revision as of 14:05, 18 January 2023

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An hour was a unit of time, 24 of which typically composed one day on Earth. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

The space hour was used by the Tyrryxians. (COMIC: Size Control)

The Fifth Doctor once retrieved the Key to Time in less than one galactic hour. (GAME: The First Adventure)

According to Ashildr, ten thousand hours was all it took to master any skill and, after over a hundred thousand hours, one became the best there had ever been. (TV: The Woman Who Lived)

Met by Sunday Mirror journalist Vivien Rook at 10 Downing Street, First Lady Lucy Saxon rhetorically asked if she could have an hour to herself, however, she was convinced to give a twenty minute interview. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

Joanne Marsden was half an hour late to work after the Ninth Doctor hijacked the 68 to Bolton. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Behind the scenes