Miner

A miner was someone whose occupation was to extract ore or minerals from the ground. K9 Mark I encountered a group of ex-Tellac miners on a planet in another dimension. (PROSE: K9 and the Missing Planet) The Third Doctor and Sarah became involved in a dispute between miners and nobility on Peladon. (TV: The Monster of Peladon)

In 1793, during an attempt to open Devil's Hump, Sir Percival Flint's miners ran back to Cornwall, leaving him for dead. (TV: The Dæmons)

In 1984, British coal miners. (AUDIO: The Reaping)

As the Eleventh Doctor explained to Dermot O'Leary, miners sometimes used to take canaries down into the mines to check that the air was breathable. As the Doctor's TARDIS attempted to get to the National Television Awards, the Doctor used Dermot as his canary. (TV: Dermot and the Doctor)

According to, "every miner need[ed] a canary." On Skaro, she used Clara Oswald as her "canary" to navigate the sewers beneath the Dalek City. (TV: The Witch's Familiar)