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{{Wikipediainfo}}[[File:Candle.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|Mandrel]] keenly watches his candle burn lower. ([[ | {{Wikipediainfo}}[[File:Candle.jpg|right|thumb|[[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|Mandrel]] keenly watches his candle burn lower. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'')]] | ||
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. | 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. | ||
[[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] teased [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. ([[ | [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]] teased [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] when she did not recognise or understand the function of candles, a technology that she had never encountered. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'') | ||
[[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|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]]. ([[ | [[Mandrel (The Sun Makers)|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 rhubard [[forcing shed]]. ([[ | 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 rhubard [[forcing shed]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lost in the Wakefield Triangle]]'') | ||
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