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'''Camden''' was a [[London]] [[district]].
'''Camden''' was a [[London]] [[district]].
== Geography ==
[[File:London_Map_RotS.jpg|thumb|The location of the borough of Camden on [[Mr Smith]]'s map. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')]]
Camden shared its north-eastern border with [[Haringey]] and its eastern border with [[Islington]]. Its south-eastern border was shared with the [[City of London]], its south-western border was shared with [[Westminster]] and its western border was shared with [[Brent]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')


== History ==
== History ==
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In the [[1960s]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] spent a few [[week]]s working behind the [[bar]] at the [[Mother Black Cap]] in Camden Town. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'')
In the [[1960s]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] spent a few [[week]]s working behind the [[bar]] at the [[Mother Black Cap]] in Camden Town. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'')
A [[lesbian]] [[novelist]], [[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]], had a home in Camden. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'')
When [[Haresh Chandra]] got a job at the history department at a school in Camden, he left his home in [[Nottingham]] and moved to [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Day of the Clown (novelisation)|Day of the Clown]]'')
In [[2008]], [[Coldfire Construction]] put up a new technology block in one of the schools in Camden. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'')
An advertisement for [[Carols in Camden]] was posted on the side of [[Wilfred Mott]]'s [[newspaper]] kiosk in London on [[Christmas Eve]] [[2008]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')
In [[2009]], [[Clement McDonald]] was held in a [[police]] station in Camden after being [[arrest]]ed in the [[Hereford Arms]]. [[Gwen Cooper]] released him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'')


The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Camden Market]], and went to [[The World's End]], a local [[pub]]. There, he was attacked by [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'')
The [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Camden Market]], and went to [[The World's End]], a local [[pub]]. There, he was attacked by [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'')
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
In the real wold, Camden is both a shortened name for Camden Town and the name of the whole Borough of Camden in which the town is located.
In the real world, Camden is both a shortened name for Camden Town and the name of the whole Borough of Camden in which the town is located. We currently have pages for both subjects on this wiki. Ambiguous information, which could relate to either the town or the borough, can be found on the [[London Borough of Camden]] page.


Actor [[Anthony Head]] was born in Camden Town.
Actor [[Anthony Head]] was born in Camden Town.


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Revision as of 18:01, 30 May 2022

Camden Town

You may be looking for the London Borough of Camden.

Camden was a London district.

History

In the 1890s, Mrs Vanguard appeared to live at No. 13 Ignatius Road in Camden, until she recovered her true self and claimed she lived in Deptford. (AUDIO: The Spirit Trap)

In the 1960s, Fitz Kreiner spent a few weeks working behind the bar at the Mother Black Cap in Camden Town. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine)

The Eighth Doctor visited Camden Market, and went to The World's End, a local pub. There, he was attacked by Cybermen. (COMIC: The Flood)

Tania Bell and Liv Chenka were going to go on a date to Wakefield's in Camden in 2020. However, they were joined by the Eighth Doctor, Helen Sinclair, Ken and Robin Bright-Thompson, Aisha and Zakia Akhtar and Tony Clare and Ron Winters. (AUDIO: Divine Intervention)

References

Raoul's partner imagined that the "lesbian novelist" Iris "[lay] under a pink bedspread, like Barbara Cartland in Camden Town, a poodle either side and a typewriter on her lap". (PROSE: Hospitality)

Behind the scenes

In the real world, Camden is both a shortened name for Camden Town and the name of the whole Borough of Camden in which the town is located. We currently have pages for both subjects on this wiki. Ambiguous information, which could relate to either the town or the borough, can be found on the London Borough of Camden page.

Actor Anthony Head was born in Camden Town.