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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 (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') The holiday caused a great amount of [[road 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 (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') The holiday caused a great amount of [[road traffic]], particularly in [[Norfolk]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness (novel)|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 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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
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[[Ernie Evans]] remembered his mother taking him to [[Margate]] on a hot bank holiday, the scorching [[sun]] making the [[sand]] almost too hot to bear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Amorality Tale]]'') [[Ben Jackson]] sarcastically offered "Margate on a rainy bank holiday Monday" as their possible location instead of the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | [[Ernie Evans]] remembered his mother taking him to [[Margate]] on a hot bank holiday, the scorching [[sun]] making the [[sand]] almost too hot to bear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Amorality Tale]]'') [[Ben Jackson]] sarcastically offered "Margate on a rainy bank holiday Monday" as their possible location instead of the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | ||
[[Martin (The Glarn Strategy)|Martin]] was forced to watch ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' every bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glarn Strategy]]'') [[Ace]] recalled [[Sergeant]] [[Drew Smith]] bringing in a [[parachute]] team to [[Perivale Youth Centre]] one cold, [[rain]]y bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') | [[Martin (The Glarn Strategy)|Martin]] was forced to watch ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' every bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glarn Strategy (short story)|The Glarn Strategy]]'') [[Ace]] recalled [[Sergeant]] [[Drew Smith]] bringing in a [[parachute]] team to [[Perivale Youth Centre]] one cold, [[rain]]y bank holiday. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') | ||
While looking for the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Minnie Hooper]] told [[Wilfred Mott]] and the rest of the [[Silver Cloak]] that she'd been locked inside a [[police box]] during the [[August]] bank holiday of [[1962]] and that she was "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | While looking for the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Minnie Hooper]] told [[Wilfred Mott]] and the rest of the [[Silver Cloak]] that she'd been locked inside a [[police box]] during the [[August]] bank holiday of [[1962]] and that she was "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
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The [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] had details on a bank holiday spent in [[Denmark]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)|The Not-So-Sinister Sponge]]'') | The [[Fourth Doctor]]'s [[Five Hundred Year Diary]] had details on a bank holiday spent in [[Denmark]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)|The Not-So-Sinister Sponge]]'') | ||
When the Seventh Doctor and Ace found [[Oxford]] on [[Thursday]] [[18 November]] [[1994]] to be too quiet, Ace considered that it might be a bank holiday. The Doctor confirmed that it was not. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders]]'') | When the Seventh Doctor and Ace found [[Oxford]] on [[Thursday]] [[18 November]] [[1994]] to be too quiet, Ace considered that it might be a bank holiday. The Doctor confirmed that it was not. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dimension Riders (novel)|The Dimension Riders]]'') | ||
Bank holiday weekend in the year [[2000]] did not end until [[Tuesday]] [[4 January]]. It started at some point before [[1 January|the new year]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennium Shock]]'') | Bank holiday weekend in the year [[2000]] did not end until [[Tuesday]] [[4 January]]. It started at some point before [[1 January|the new year]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennium Shock (novel)|Millennium Shock]]'') | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] took [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to [[Florana]] for a family holiday, but they got stuck in heavy bank holiday space traffic on the way. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Summer Wholiday (comic story)|Summer Wholiday]]'') | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] took [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to [[Florana]] for a family holiday, but they got stuck in heavy bank holiday space traffic on the way. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Summer Wholiday (comic story)|Summer Wholiday]]'') | ||
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