"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is a title based upon conjecture.
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A poem featured the lines:
While being surrounded by Weevils, Jack Harkness quoted from the poem, starting with the lines:
- Weevil to the left of them,
- Weevil in front of them.
Owen Harper sarcastically asked whether Jack was quoting Eminem or Chris de Burgh. (PROSE: Slow Decay)
The Twelfth Doctor had read "Charge of the Light Brigade" "about a hundred times," and was surprised to find camels in Crimea as the poem had no mention of them. (AUDIO: The Charge of the Night Brigade)
Behind the scenes[]
In the real world, the poem is "The Charge of the Light Brigade", which was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This, however, has not been confirmed within the DWU.