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In the story ''[[Godfather Death]]'', [[Death]] marked each life by a candle. When the titular godchild defied Death, Death marked a short candle as the child's, killing them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') | In the story ''[[Godfather Death]]'', [[Death]] marked each life by a candle. When the titular godchild defied Death, Death marked a short candle as the child's, killing them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead]]'') | ||
[[Vastra]] and [[Jenny Flint]] used candles to induce a [[dream]] state and join a [[conference call]]. Vastra also arranged for one such candle to be delivered to [[Clara Oswald]] on [[10 April]] [[2013]]. Correctly deducing that Clara would have no reason to trust the letter and dismiss the candle, Vastra took the liberty of infusing the same soporific into the paper she'd written the [[letter]] on. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
[[Category:Fire]] | [[Category:Fire]] | ||
[[Category:Objects]] | [[Category:Objects]] | ||
[[Category:Light sources]] | [[Category:Light sources]] | ||
Revision as of 21:06, 14 November 2023
A candle was a stick of wax with a wick that was lit. The flame would gradually use up the wax as it burned, shortening the candle.
They were invented by the Roman Empire. (COMIC: Quite Interesting)
While in the Land of Fiction, Zoe recognised the candles that were lighting the inside a house. (TV: The Mind Robber) On Ta, Jamie teased Zoe when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. (TV: The Space Pirates)
On the planet they developed, the Tesh built a shrine to Xoanon complete with many candles. (TV: The Face of Evil)
Mandrel marked a level on a candle he owned and told the Fourth Doctor he must return from the Consum Bank before it burned that low or he would kill Leela. (TV: The Sun Makers)
Due to the plant's sensitivity, West Yorkshire rhubarb had to have a carefully controlled light source. For this reason, Martin Chisom used candles in his rhubarb forcing shed. (AUDIO: Lost in the Wakefield Triangle)
The Eighth Doctor's TARDIS was filled with candles. (TV: Doctor Who)
On Gallifrey during the First Segment of the Last Great Time War, the War Doctor gave Rojan a candle to light the cavern in which they took shelter from the Daleks. (PROSE: The Stranger)
Madeline Vaughan lit candles around Sebastian Vaughan's corpse due to his lifelong fear of the dark. (AUDIO: The Vigil)
St John Colchester was once sent a scented candle by a cousin of Colin Colchester-Price's. (AUDIO: Night Watch)
The cathedral gift shop stocked candles. (PROSE: Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost)
In the story Godfather Death, Death marked each life by a candle. When the titular godchild defied Death, Death marked a short candle as the child's, killing them. (PROSE: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead)
Vastra and Jenny Flint used candles to induce a dream state and join a conference call. Vastra also arranged for one such candle to be delivered to Clara Oswald on 10 April 2013. Correctly deducing that Clara would have no reason to trust the letter and dismiss the candle, Vastra took the liberty of infusing the same soporific into the paper she'd written the letter on. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
