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[[File:Screen_shot_2012-03-18_at_11.23.09_AM.png|thumb|A frog. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'')]]
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'''Frogs''' were amphibious creatures native to [[Earth]]. The word was also an epithet typically hurled by the [[British]] against the [[France|French]].
'''Frogs''' were amphibious creatures native to [[Earth]]. The word was also an epithet typically hurled by the [[British]] against the [[France|French]].


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On the [[planet]] [[Chloris]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] suggested that a giant frog was responsible for laying a giant egg there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'')
On the [[planet]] [[Chloris]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] suggested that a giant frog was responsible for laying a giant egg there. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'')


== As epithet ==
The word "frog" was also a somewhat insulting word for "a person from [[France]]". It was an epithet typically used by the [[British]]. For instance, [[lighthouse]] keeper [[Reuben]] once thought "the Frogs" might be spying on the British. ([[TV]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'')
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