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|location      = 2 The Avenue, [[Ealing]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
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'''The Drayton Court''' was a hotel, located at 2 The Avenue, [[Ealing]], [[London]]. Its ground-floor pub was a popular gathering place for residents of the adjacent [[Perivale]].
'''The Drayton Court''' was a hotel in the environs of [[Perivale]]. Its ground-floor [[pub]] contained one or more [[fruit machine]]s which were – according to former Perivale resident [[Ace]] – "fixed". Next-door was a grocer for whom [[Len (Survival)|Len]] and [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] worked. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')


[[Len]] and [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]] worked in the grocery located next-door, to the north.
[[File:SeventhDrAndAce-TheAvenue-WestEaling-2.jpg|thumb|right|Ace sitting dejected despite her winnings, unable to locate her mates. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')]]
Ace returned to the Drayton Court's [[pub]] on a Sunday in [[1989]], in search of her friends. Her visit was unsuccessful, apart from winning a modest payout from a fruit machine. Meanwhile, the [[Seventh Doctor]] shopped for cat food next-door. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')


[[Image:SeventhDrAndAce-TheAvenue-WestEaling-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ace]] sitting at the Drayton Court's side-walk table as [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrives with [[cat]] food. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')]]
Ace was sitting despondent at the side-walk table when he emerged and asked her to pay for the cat food, as he was not carrying any currency. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'')
Former Perivale resident [[Ace|Ace McShane]] returned to the Drayton Court's pub on a Sunday in [[1989]], in search of her friends. Her visit was fruitless. Meanwhile, the [[Seventh Doctor]] shopped for [[cat]] food next-door. Ace was sitting despondent at the side-walk table when he emerged and asked her to pay for the cat food, as he was not carrying any currency.


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk/ The Drayton Court Hotel] appeared as itself in the final "classic era" ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[TV|television]] serial, [[1989]]'s ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''. The interiors of [[Len]]'s and [[Harvey (Survival)|Harvey]]'s grocery next-door, however, were filmed 5.4 miles away, at [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/medwayparadeno20 20 Medway Parade, Perivale], across the road from where the Doctor and Ace meet [[Ange]].
Though the story explicitly places the Doctor and Ace firmly in Perivale, the [http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk/ real life Drayton Court Hotel] is actually in nearby [[Ealing]].<ref>[http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk Drayton Court official site]</ref><ref>[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/avenuewestealing Doctor Who Locations Guide: The Avenue, West Ealing]</ref> It is not clear whether the Doctor and Ace ventured into the adjoining portion of Ealing, or if the hotel within the DWU was situated in Perivale proper. The interior of the adjacent grocery shop was filmed at a separate location in Perivale.<ref>[http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/medwayparadeno20?from=medwayestate Doctor Who Locations Guide: 20 Medway Parade, Perivale]</ref>


The Drayton Court is otherwise most famous for having employed future [[Vietnam]]ese revolutionary leader {{w|Ho Chi Minh|Hồ Chí Minh}} as a dishwasher in 1914,<ref>[http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk/about Drayton Court "About" page]</ref> seventy-five years before ''Survival''.
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/avenuewestealing The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Avenue, Ealing''']
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/avenuewestealing The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - '''The Avenue, West Ealing''']
* [http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk/ The Drayton Court Hotel]
* [http://www.draytoncourtlondon.co.uk/ The Drayton Court Hotel]
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Latest revision as of 11:05, 18 March 2023

Drayton Court

The Drayton Court was a hotel in the environs of Perivale. Its ground-floor pub contained one or more fruit machines which were – according to former Perivale resident Ace – "fixed". Next-door was a grocer for whom Len and Harvey worked. (TV: Survival)

Ace sitting dejected despite her winnings, unable to locate her mates. (TV: Survival)

Ace returned to the Drayton Court's pub on a Sunday in 1989, in search of her friends. Her visit was unsuccessful, apart from winning a modest payout from a fruit machine. Meanwhile, the Seventh Doctor shopped for cat food next-door. (TV: Survival)

Ace was sitting despondent at the side-walk table when he emerged and asked her to pay for the cat food, as he was not carrying any currency. (TV: Survival)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Though the story explicitly places the Doctor and Ace firmly in Perivale, the real life Drayton Court Hotel is actually in nearby Ealing.[1][2] It is not clear whether the Doctor and Ace ventured into the adjoining portion of Ealing, or if the hotel within the DWU was situated in Perivale proper. The interior of the adjacent grocery shop was filmed at a separate location in Perivale.[3]

The Drayton Court is otherwise most famous for having employed future Vietnamese revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh as a dishwasher in 1914,[4] seventy-five years before Survival.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Drayton Court official site
  2. ↑ Doctor Who Locations Guide: The Avenue, West Ealing
  3. ↑ Doctor Who Locations Guide: 20 Medway Parade, Perivale
  4. ↑ Drayton Court "About" page

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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