GCSE

A GCSE or General Certificate of Secondary Education was an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject. Flip Jackson never had a solid grasp of history and claimed that she was not even allowed to do it for her GCSEs. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Davros (audio story)"]) She was also not allowed to take her geography and French GCSEs. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Davros (audio story)"], Quicksilver ^[+]Loading...["Quicksilver (audio story)"])

In 1978, while investigating an alien spaceship targeting several teenagers, the Twelfth Doctor mentioned Clara Oswald was not present because it was "exam season" and she was preparing for GCSEs and Ofsted. Seema Ahluwalia did not know what he was talking about. (PROSE: The Cradle ^[+]Loading...["The Cradle (novel)"])

Barbara Chesterton's textbook Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE was published in 1985. (PROSE: The Nine-Day Queen ^[+]Loading...["The Nine-Day Queen (short story)"])

Rose Tyler took GCSE biology. She learned that feeling things was one of the signs of life. (AUDIO: Ghost Machines ^[+]Loading...["Ghost Machines (audio story)"])

In 2007, a suited agent gave the editor of The Examiner a replacement front page story about GCSE results after she revealed her reporter Atif's research on Torchwood. (WC: Tardisode 12)

Luke Smith, Clyde Langer, and Rani Chandra all took GCSE biology in 2009. (TV: The Gift ^[+]Loading...["The Gift (TV story)"])