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The '''guillotine''' was a device used in [[execution]]s. It was frequently used by [[French Revolution|revolutionaries]] in [[18th century]] [[France]] to dispose of their enemies. | The '''guillotine''' was a device used in [[execution]]s. It was frequently used by [[French Revolution|revolutionaries]] in [[18th century]] [[France]] to dispose of their enemies. | ||
As early as the reign of [[Louis XIV]], the Paris city watch once threatened to send [[Julie d'Aubigny]] to the guillotine for illegally dueling [[Twelfth Doctor|a man who had offended her]].([[COMIC]]: ''[[Terror of the Cabinet Noir (comic story)|Terror of the Cabinet Noir]]'') | |||
In [[1789]], a young French aristocrat named [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason (a.k.a. Marquis de Saint Epiman de Sinee de la Tour)]] was sentenced to death by guillotine but was rescued by the [[Sixth Doctor]] and became his [[companion]]. Later, the meddling of a [[Dalek]] caused [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to return to revolutionary France. Jason was arrested once more and his sentence was almost carried out but he managed to escape again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|The Ultimate Adventure]]'') | In [[1789]], a young French aristocrat named [[Jason (The Ultimate Adventure)|Jason (a.k.a. Marquis de Saint Epiman de Sinee de la Tour)]] was sentenced to death by guillotine but was rescued by the [[Sixth Doctor]] and became his [[companion]]. Later, the meddling of a [[Dalek]] caused [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to return to revolutionary France. Jason was arrested once more and his sentence was almost carried out but he managed to escape again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ultimate Adventure (audio story)|The Ultimate Adventure]]'') | ||
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When the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]] fractured in the [[21st century]], mixing space and time periods, a guillotine appeared in [[Paris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | When the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]] fractured in the [[21st century]], mixing space and time periods, a guillotine appeared in [[Paris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | ||
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*In the real world, the guillotine was used from the French Revolution onwards as an execution method in France. It had not actually been invented yet in the time of Louis XIV, contrary to the state of things in the Doctor Who universe per ''[[Terror of the Cabinet Noir (comic story)|Terror of the Cabinet Noir]]''. | |||
[[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | [[Category:Weapons from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Execution methods]] | [[Category:Execution methods]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology from the real world]] | [[Category:Psychology from the real world]] | ||
