- Mon, 16:36: RT @DWOnThisDay: On this day 1971 – Season 8 of Doctor Who began with @ManningOfficial making her debut as Jo Grant alongside Roger Delgado…
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Oh! I just read that site more carefully, and it says the Navy also came in at Pepys’ request and used gunpowder to blow houses down, which I think I remember reading years ago, I’d forgotten.