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A funeral was a ceremony held following the death of an individual. In many funerals the body was buried, although some involved using fire to light funeral pyres. Under certain conditions, a funeral could be known as a memorial service.
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On Venus in circa 3,000,000,000 BC, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright attended the funeral of Dharkhig, where according to custom they ate part of his brain and gained part of his memories. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby [+]Loading...["Venusian Lullaby (novel)"])
On 9 February 1783, a funeral was held for Scarlette. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])
In 1851, the funeral of Aubrey Fairchild was disrupted by Mercy Hartigan and the Cybermen, who killed everyone in attendance. (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"])
Also in 1851, a funeral was held for Thomas Brewster's mother. This was her son's earliest memory. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (audio story)"])
In 1869, the Sneed and Company funeral parlour was taken over by the Gelth. (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"])
On 20 April 1909, Bernice Summerfield attended the funeral of Margaret Waterfield. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
In 1917, a servant of the Great Old Ones showed Erimem a vision of her funeral. (AUDIO: The Roof of the World [+]Loading...["The Roof of the World (audio story)"])
In November 1920, the Unknown Warrior was given a state funeral in Westminster Abbey to represent all the servicemen who died in World War I but could not be identified or had no known grave. (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead [+]Loading...["The Mouthless Dead (audio story)"])
In June 1925, a funeral was held for George Cranleigh. (TV: Black Orchid [+]Loading...["Black Orchid (TV story)"])
In 1927, a funeral was held for Alexander Korvo. It was attended by Sherlock Holmes and Dorian Gray. (AUDIO: The Feast of Magog [+]Loading...["The Feast of Magog (audio story)"])
In November 1963, the Doctor used a funeral service to hide the Hand of Omega. When the Seventh Doctor came to collect it not long after, the device floated out behind him, and the blind vicar, Reverend Parkinson, commented on how quiet the bearers were. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In December 1963, a funeral was held for Mike Smith. Due to his involvement with the Association and the Renegade Daleks, he was denied a military funeral and was buried privately by his family five days after his death. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"]; PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Upon his death, Winston Churchill became one of the few British civilians to receive a state funeral. (WC: Amy's History Hunt [+]Loading...["Amy's History Hunt (video game)"])
Prior to 1968, a funeral was held for Professor George Litefoot. Ellie Higson cried profusely. In that year, she told Litefoot's younger self from 1893 that it was a beautiful service but that she disapproved of his decision to have the hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful" played during the funeral. (AUDIO: The Final Act [+]Loading...["The Final Act (audio story)"])
In 1971, a funeral was held for Dodo Chaplet. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
In 1980, Albar Prentis, Tivoli's funeral director, was sent by the Arcateenians to Earth to bury the supposedly dead Fisher King. (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])
On 24 September 1984, a funeral was held for Anthony Chambers in Baltimore, Maryland. (AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])
In 1993, Ace attended the funeral of her friend Julian Milton in Perivale. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])
A funeral was held for Grandad Prentice sometime around 1997. Though it was a sombre affair, Rose Tyler forever remembered the lively wake as a celebration of her grandfather's life. (AUDIO: The Last Party on Earth [+]Loading...["The Last Party on Earth (audio story)"])
Circa 2002, a funeral was held for Lavinia Smith in Moreton Harwood. Brendan Richards was unable to attend. (AUDIO: Comeback [+]Loading...["Comeback (audio story)"])
Ianto Jones's father had a funeral in the mid-2000s. Ianto and Glenda Jones and Rhiannon, Johnny and David Davies were in attendance. (AUDIO: By Royal Appointment [+]Loading...["By Royal Appointment (audio story)"]) After Ianto returned to work, Tommy Pierce told him how his Uncle Jimmy "shat himself" at Tommy's father's funeral. (AUDIO: Nerves [+]Loading...["Nerves (audio story)"])
A memorial service was being arranged after the death of Major Blake, (PROSE: Project Rooftop [+]Loading...["Project Rooftop (short story)"]) who died on the Sycorax spaceship after the Sycorax leader executed him with his death whip. Harriet Jones (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], PROSE: The Final Darkness [+]Loading...["The Final Darkness (short story)"], The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)"]) wished to speak at the memorial service. (PROSE: Project Rooftop [+]Loading...["Project Rooftop (short story)"])
In the 2000s,[nb 1] a funeral was held for Eugene Jones, during which his "ghost" briefly materialised to save Gwen Cooper from being hit by a car. (TV: Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])
Sometime after 5 March 2005, Dave and Clara Oswald held a funeral for Ellie Oswald. The Eleventh Doctor observed them from afar, unknowingly being glimpsed by Clara. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])
In 2008, the Tenth Doctor lit a funeral pyre for the Saxon Master. (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"])
In 2009, a funeral was held for Toshiko Sato against Torchwood Three's rules, which her mother attended. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)"]) Later that year, a funeral was held for Ianto Jones, which was secretly observed by his parallel universe counterpart. (COMIC: Shrouded [+]Loading...["Shrouded (comic story)"])
In 2010, the Shansheeth held a funeral for the Eleventh Doctor. However, this was a ruse so they could use a memory weave on Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Jones to recreate the TARDIS key. (TV: Death of the Doctor [+]Loading...["Death of the Doctor (TV story)"])
On 22 April 2011, a funeral pyre was lit for what appeared to be the Eleventh Doctor, but was actually the Teselecta in the Doctor's form. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"], The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"])
Also in 2011, a funeral was held for Esther Drummond at Chapel of the Gardens. (TV: The Blood Line [+]Loading...["The Blood Line (TV story)"])
In 2014, a funeral was held for Ada Obiefune, the mother of Alice Obiefune. (COMIC: After Life [+]Loading...["After Life (comic story)"])
The students and staff of Coal Hill School prepared a funeral for Danny Pink. (TV: Dark Water [+]Loading...["Dark Water (TV story)"])
Mary Cooper planned her funeral in advance. It was held in 2017 following her murder. (AUDIO: Orr [+]Loading...["Orr (audio story)"])
Sometime in the 21st century, the Eighth Doctor attended Fidel Castro's funeral in Havana. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])
In 2050, the funeral held for Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was attended by all incarnations of the Doctor. Most of them behaved, while others argued amongst themselves. (PROSE: The Gift [+]Loading...["The Gift (ST short story)"])
In 2570, a funeral was held by the Travellers for Christopher. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"]; AUDIO: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (audio story)"])
In 2982, a funeral was held for Roz Forrester. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"])
Tranquil Repose was a business which provided funeral arrangements for the galaxy's elite. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In July 6012, a funeral was prepared for Jenny on Messaline. However, she revived and left the planet. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"])
The New Dalek Paradigm and the Dalek Time Controller faked Ollus Blakely's funeral on Gethria to lure the Eleventh Doctor to them so that he could activate the Cradle of the Gods. (PROSE: The Dalek Generation [+]Loading...["The Dalek Generation (novel)"])
A Corvid fed on the mind of a body during a funeral. (COMIC: The Highgate Horror [+]Loading...["The Highgate Horror (comic story)"])
After Adam Mitchell gave his life to stop one of the Master's plans, several incarnations of the Doctor, as well as their companions, held a funeral for him. (COMIC: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (POT comic story)"])
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- ↑ Episodes 1-10 of the first series of Torchwood are set anywhere from 2006-2009 as a result of conflicting evidence shown in the episodes Ghost Machine, Greeks Bearing Gifts, Random Shoes, To the Last Man, Reset, Adrift, Fragments, Exit Wounds, and The New World. As episode 10, Out of Time, is set at the end of December, this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.