Natural history
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Natural history was a branch of science which stressed observational methodologies. Birdwatching, when done to a certain standard of rigour, was an example of the kind of activity in which a natural historian, or naturalist, might engage. (COMIC: The Vortex)
Charles Darwin was a naturalist. (PROSE: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival [+]Loading...["Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival (novel)"])
Professor Brian Phipps, a friend of the Third Doctor, was a naturalist. (COMIC: The Vortex)
Professor Vanessa Seaborne quipped that Lord Braye could present natural history holo-docs, based on the showmanship he put to the fore with his description of Emerald Drashigs. (AUDIO: Planet of the Drashigs)
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Natural history, as a discipline, belongs to the broader domain of the natural sciences, which includes the physical sciences and life sciences.
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- Main article: David Attenborough
Wildlife on One, which appears in PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"] and was incidentally presented by David Attenborough, was a natural history programme on BBC1.
Many references have been made in the DWU to Attenborough, who is a qualified natural historian as well as a presenter for wildlife documentaries and similar television specials on topics relevant to his areas of specialty.
