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'''April Fools' Day''' was a holiday celebrated on [[1 April]]. On this day it was customary for people to play [[Prank|practical jokes]] and [[Hoax|hoaxes]] on one another. | '''April Fools' Day''' was a holiday celebrated on [[1 April]]. On this day it was customary for people to play [[Prank|practical jokes]] and [[Hoax|hoaxes]] on one another. | ||
On [[1 April]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed [[blackboard]] rubber". Later that morning, Ian started a snowball fight with Mr [[Okehurst]], shouting, "April fool!" That afternoon, when [[John Brent]] tried to tell [[Brent (Time and Relative)|his father]] about the snowmen which had been animated by [[the Cold (Time and Relative)|the Cold]], Captain Brent thought his son was playing an April Fools' joke. ([[PROSE]]: | On [[1 April]] [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] sent one of his [[Coal Hill School]] students, [[Little Titch Critchley]], to the supplies cupboard for "a left-handed [[blackboard]] rubber". Later that morning, Ian started a snowball fight with Mr [[Okehurst]], shouting, "April fool!" That afternoon, when [[John Brent]] tried to tell [[Brent (Time and Relative)|his father]] about the snowmen which had been animated by [[the Cold (Time and Relative)|the Cold]], Captain Brent thought his son was playing an April Fools' joke. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) | ||
When [[Harold (Deimos)|Harold]] sent a distress call warning [[Deimos Moonbase]] about a group of [[Ice Warrior]]s taking over the tourist shuttle, [[Gregson Grenville]] responded, "Yeah, yeah. Very funny, [[Luigi (Deimos)|Luigi]]. Happy April Fools to you too." ([[AUDIO]]: | When [[Harold (Deimos)|Harold]] sent a distress call warning [[Deimos Moonbase]] about a group of [[Ice Warrior]]s taking over the tourist shuttle, [[Gregson Grenville]] responded, "Yeah, yeah. Very funny, [[Luigi (Deimos)|Luigi]]. Happy April Fools to you too." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Deimos (audio story)}}) | ||
== April Fools' jokes in the real world == | == April Fools' jokes in the real world == |