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A '''navvy''' was what [[Charles Dickens]] derisively called the [[Ninth Doctor]] upon their first encounter on [[Christmas Eve]], [[1869]]. Dickens made the comparison on the basis of the Doctor's attire. ([[ | A '''navvy''' was what [[Charles Dickens]] derisively called the [[Ninth Doctor]] upon their first encounter on [[Christmas Eve]], [[1869]]. Dickens made the comparison on the basis of the Doctor's attire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] called [[Romana II]] someone with "all the makings of a first-class navvy" after she correctly identified the basic formula for [[cement]] and [[concrete]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'') | ||
:''In real life, a navvy was a manual laborer who was typically engaged in the construction of civil engineering projects. The term was especially in use in [[18th century]] [[Britain]], and chiefly employed with respect to the "navigational engineers" who built Britain's navigational channels, or canals. Thus, Dickens' employment of the term was a class-based insult. Likewise, the Fourth Doctor was clearly trying to put Romana in her place after a particularly diffident display of geologic knowledge.'' | :''In real life, a navvy was a manual laborer who was typically engaged in the construction of civil engineering projects. The term was especially in use in [[18th century]] [[Britain]], and chiefly employed with respect to the "navigational engineers" who built Britain's navigational channels, or canals. Thus, Dickens' employment of the term was a class-based insult. Likewise, the Fourth Doctor was clearly trying to put Romana in her place after a particularly diffident display of geologic knowledge.'' | ||
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