Funeral

A funeral was a ceremony held following the death of an individual. In many funerals the body was buried, although some involved using fire to light funeral pyres. Under certain conditions, a funeral could be known as a memorial service.
== History ==
On Venus in circa 3,000,000,000 BC, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright attended the funeral of Dharkhig, where according to custom they ate part of his brain and gained part of his memories. (PROSE: Venusian Lullaby)
On 9 February 1783, a funeral was held for Scarlette. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
In 1851, the funeral of Aubrey Fairchild was disrupted by Mercy Hartigan and the Cybermen, who killed everyone in attendance. (TV: The Next Doctor)
Also in 1851, a funeral was held for Thomas Brewster's mother. This was her son's earliest memory. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster)
In 1869, the Sneed and Company funeral parlour was taken over by the Gelth. (TV: The Unquiet Dead)
On 20 April 1909, Bernice Summerfield attended the funeral of Margaret Waterfield. (PROSE: Birthright)
In 1917, a servant of the Great Old Ones showed Erimem a vision of her funeral. (AUDIO: The Roof of the World)
In November 1920, the Unknown Warrior was given a state funeral in Westminster Abbey to represent all the servicemen who died in World War I but could not be identified or had no known grave. (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead)
In June 1925, a funeral was held for George Cranleigh. (TV: Black Orchid)
In 1927, a funeral was held for Alexander Korvo. It was attended by Sherlock Holmes and Dorian Gray. (AUDIO: The Feast of Magog)
In November 1963, the Doctor used a funeral service to hide the Hand of Omega. When the Seventh Doctor came to collect it not long after, the device floated out behind him, and the blind vicar, Reverend Parkinson, commented on how quiet the bearers were. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
In December 1963, a funeral was held for Mike Smith. Due to his involvement with the Association and the Renegade Daleks, he was denied a military funeral and was buried privately by his family five days after his death. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks; PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
Upon his death, Winston Churchill became one of the few British civilians to receive a state funeral. (WC: Amy's History Hunt)
Prior to 1968, a funeral was held for Professor George Litefoot. Ellie Higson cried profusely. In that year, she told Litefoot's younger self from 1893 that it was a beautiful service but that she disapproved of his decision to have the hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful" played during the funeral. (AUDIO: The Final Act)
In 1971, a funeral was held for Dodo Chaplet. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
In 1980, Albar Prentis, Tivoli's funeral director, was sent by the Arcateenians to Earth to bury the supposedly dead Fisher King. (TV: Before the Flood)
On 24 September 1984, a funeral was held for Anthony Chambers in Baltimore, Maryland. (AUDIO: The Reaping)
In 1993, Ace attended the funeral of her friend Julian Milton in Perivale. (PROSE: Love and War)
A funeral was held for Grandad Prentice sometime around 1997. Though it was a sombre affair, Rose Tyler forever remembered the lively wake as a celebration of her grandfather's life. (AUDIO: The Last Party on Earth)
Circa 2002, a funeral was held for Lavinia Smith in Moreton Harwood. Brendan Richards was unable to attend. (AUDIO: Comeback)
A memorial service was being arranged after the death of Major Blake, (PROSE: Project Rooftop) who died on the Sycorax spaceship after the Sycorax leader executed him with his death whip. Harriet Jones (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: The Final Darkness, The Christmas Invasion) wished to speak at the memorial service. (PROSE: Project Rooftop)
In the 2000s, a funeral was held for Eugene Jones, during which his "ghost" briefly materialised to save Gwen Cooper from being hit by a car. (TV: Random Shoes)
Sometime after 5 March 2005, Dave and Clara Oswald held a funeral for Ellie Oswald. The Eleventh Doctor observed them from afar, unknowingly being glimpsed by Clara. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
In 2008, the Tenth Doctor lit a funeral pyre for . (TV: Last of the Time Lords)
In 2009, a funeral was held for Toshiko Sato against Torchwood Three's rules, which her mother attended. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) Later that year, a funeral was held for Ianto Jones, which was secretly observed by his parallel universe counterpart. (COMIC: Shrouded)
In 2010, the Shansheeth held a funeral for the Eleventh Doctor. However, this was a ruse so they could use a memory weave on Sarah Jane Smith and Jo Jones to recreate the TARDIS key. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
On 22 April 2011, a funeral pyre was lit for what appeared to be the Eleventh Doctor, but was actually the Teselecta in the Doctor's form. (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, The Wedding of River Song)
Also in 2011, a funeral was held for Esther Drummond at Chapel of the Gardens. (TV: The Blood Line)
In 2014, a funeral was held for Ada Obiefune, the mother of Alice Obiefune. (COMIC: After Life)
The students and staff of Coal Hill School prepared a funeral for Danny Pink. (TV: Dark Water)
Mary Cooper planned her funeral in advance. It was held in 2017 following her murder. (AUDIO: Orr)
Sometime in the 21st century, the Eighth Doctor attended Fidel Castro's funeral in Havana. (PROSE: Revolution Man)
In 2050, the funeral held for Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was attended by all incarnations of the Doctor. Most of them behaved, while others argued amongst themselves. (PROSE: The Gift)
In 2570, a funeral was held by the Travellers for Christopher. (PROSE: Love and War; AUDIO: Love and War)
In 2982, a funeral was held for Roz Forrester. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin)
Tranquil Repose was a business which provided funeral arrangements for the galaxy's elite. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
In July 6012, a funeral was prepared for Jenny on Messaline. However, she revived and left the planet. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter)
The New Dalek Paradigm and the Dalek Time Controller faked Ollus Blakely's funeral on Gethria to lure the Eleventh Doctor to them so that he could activate the Cradle of the Gods. (PROSE: The Dalek Generation)
A Corvid fed on the mind of a body during a funeral. (COMIC: The Highgate Horror)
After Adam Mitchell gave his life to stop one of the Master's plans, several incarnations of the Doctor, as well as their companions, held a funeral for him. (COMIC: Endgame)
== Footnotes ==
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Category:Celebrations and holidays from the real world
Category:Funerals
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