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A '''bank holiday''' was a day of leisure, usually held on a [[Monday]], observed at least in the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] called [[August]] bank holiday a "silly [[pagan]] festival". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') The holiday caused a great amount of [[Car|traffic]], particularly in [[Norfolk]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'') | A '''bank holiday''' was a day of leisure, usually held on a [[Monday]], observed at least in the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] called [[August]] bank holiday a "silly [[pagan]] festival". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'') The holiday caused a great amount of [[Car|traffic]], particularly in [[Norfolk]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'') | ||
According to a story she once told [[Merry Gejelh]], [[Clara Oswald]] once had a life-changing moment on a bank holiday spent in [[Blackpool]]. There, on a crowded | According to a story she once told [[Merry Gejelh]], [[Clara Oswald]] once had a life-changing moment on a bank holiday spent in [[Blackpool]]. There, on a crowded beach, she got separated from [[Ellie Oswald|her mother]]. Clara was afraid, but her mother's reassurances after the event allowed her to conquer the fear of getting lost. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'') | ||
[[Jackie Tyler]] regularly used her bank holiday Mondays to watch [[Cliff Richard]] movies. This inadvertently helped her daughter, [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], fit in better when she visited [[1950s]] [[Britain]], because the movies familiarised her with some of the "lingo" of that era. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | [[Jackie Tyler]] regularly used her bank holiday Mondays to watch [[Cliff Richard]] movies. This inadvertently helped her daughter, [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], fit in better when she visited [[1950s]] [[Britain]], because the movies familiarised her with some of the "lingo" of that era. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
