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'''Kensington''' was in [[London]], near [[Hyde Park]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Big Hand for the Doctor (short story)|A Big Hand for the Doctor]]'') It shared a western border with [[Hammersmith]], a north-western border with [[Brent]] and an eastern border with [[Westminster]]. The south-eastern border was the [[River Thames]], across which was [[Wandsworth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') | '''Kensington''' was in [[London]], near [[Hyde Park]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Big Hand for the Doctor (short story)|A Big Hand for the Doctor]]'') It shared a western border with [[Hammersmith]], a north-western border with [[Brent]] and an eastern border with [[Westminster]]. The south-eastern border was the [[River Thames]], across which was [[Wandsworth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The [[BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition]], open 1972–1973, was located in the [[Science Museum]] in Kensington. | The [[BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition]], open 1972–1973, was located in the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]] in Kensington. | ||
A special screening of the [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] opening episode ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' was shown on [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] as part of a [[Doctor Who theme night|''Doctor Who'' theme night]] at [[Natural History Museum]] as part of their after-hours series ''[[Lates]]''.<ref>https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/lates.html</ref> | A special screening of the [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] opening episode ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' was shown on [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] as part of a [[Doctor Who theme night|''Doctor Who'' theme night]] at [[Natural History Museum]] as part of their after-hours series ''[[Lates]]''.<ref>https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/lates.html</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 2 June 2022
Kensington was in London, near Hyde Park. (PROSE: A Big Hand for the Doctor) It shared a western border with Hammersmith, a north-western border with Brent and an eastern border with Westminster. The south-eastern border was the River Thames, across which was Wandsworth. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)
Locations
Kensington was the location of an art gallery to which the Fourth Doctor and Romana I once visited when attempting to locate a painting stolen from the Braxiatel Collection. (AUDIO: Tales from the Vault) The Royal Albert Hall was also located in there. (TV: Deep Breath)
History
In 1900, the First Doctor arrived in a Kensington townhouse to discover his granddaughter Susan being beamed away by Soul Pirates. (PROSE: A Big Hand for the Doctor)
After being released from a time bubble, Jamie McCrimmon emerged in Kensington in 1968. (PROSE: The Avant Guardian)
In the 1970s, the Ministry for Alien Incursions and Ontological Wonders (MIAOW) was based in South Kensington. (PROSE: The Dreadful Flap, AUDIO: Find and Replace)
Anne Hartman moved to a small flat in Kensington after John Hartman's death in 2003. In 2007, she resigned from the Land Registry and moved to Shropshire. (AUDIO: The Rockery)
In 2008, Coldfire Construction put up a new technology block in one of the schools in Kensington. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)
References
Ian Chesterton once dreamed about attending a party in South Kensington with Keith Joseph, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the Beatles. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
Behind the scenes
The BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition, open 1972–1973, was located in the Science Museum in Kensington.
A special screening of the Series 3 opening episode Smith and Jones was shown on 25 October 2019 as part of a Doctor Who theme night at Natural History Museum as part of their after-hours series Lates.[1]
