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Biology

Biology was the scientific study of living things.

The bioengineered life cycle of the inhabitants of Nooma was known as Holy Biology. (PROSE: Speed of Flight [+]Paul Leonard, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).)

Professor Clifford Jones was a Welsh biologist and mycologist. After leaving her job as the Third Doctor's assistant, Jo Grant married him. (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).)

The Yend of Wengrol devoted themselves exclusively to studying biology. The experiments they conducted on themselves resulted in mutation when they were exposed to radiation from Mortain. (PROSE: The Sons of the Crab [+]The Dr Who Annual 1966 (Doctor Who annual, 1965).)

Looking for ways to combat a Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform, Rose Tyler searched the library of Torchwood House for books on biology and zoology. (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)

Biology education[]

Grammar schools in 20th century Great Britain taught science as three separate courses: chemistry, physics and biology. In contrast, secondary modern schools taught science "all lumped together" in one course. (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Kim Newman, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2001).)

When Sarah Jane Smith was young, rats were dissected for school biology lessons. By 2007, rat dissections hadn't been performed in schools for years. (TV: School Reunion [+]Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)

Mrs Denman was a biology teacher at Hulton College. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Paul Cornell, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).) Miss Brayley was a biology teacher at Rolle Hill School. (COMIC: Teacher's Pet [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) Miss Jerome was a biology teacher at Park Vale School. (TV: The Gift [+]Rupert Laight, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 3 (BBC One, 2009).)

Katie Sharps, a student at Coal Hill School in the 2010s, claimed that Courtney Woods pulled her hair in biology class. (TV: The Caretaker [+]Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)

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