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'''Newspapers''' were published news sources. | '''Newspapers''' were published news sources. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== 19th century === | |||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] bought a newspaper dated [[24 December]] [[1869]]. This differed from his prediction of the date. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Fortune (town)|Fortune]]'s local newspaper in the [[19th century]] was ''[[The Daily Fortune]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Town Called Fortune (audio story)}}) | |||
[[Martha Jones]] handed [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] a newspaper dated Monday [[10 November]] [[1913]]. She told him this confirmed he was not "adventuring in the future". ([[TV]]: | === 20th century === | ||
[[Martha Jones]] handed [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] a newspaper dated [[Monday]] [[10 November]] [[1913]]. She told him this confirmed he was not "adventuring in the future". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Human Nature (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Maria Jackson]] found an ''[[The Examiner (newspaper)|Examiner]]'' newspaper near [[Westport pier]] dated [[13 July]] [[1964]] to prove she had travelled back in time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] looked at a newspaper dated [[8 December]] [[1926]], the day of [[Agatha Christie]]'s disappearance. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[New York City]], Martha Jones read a copy of the ''[[New York Record]]'' dated [[1 November]] [[1930]]. The headline read "[[New York Record#Hooverville Mystery Deepens|Hooverville Mystery Deepens]]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | The ''[[Daily Times]]'' was a newspaper in circulation in [[1963]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}}) | ||
The [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] hid from the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleon]] behind a newspaper. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Faceless Ones (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Rosa Parks]] recounted having read about the death of [[Emmett Till]] in the newspaper to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], [[Ryan Sinclair]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Graham O'Brien]]. Shortly after, in [[Slim's Bar]], the Doctor read a newspaper dated [[30 November]] [[1955]], the day before Parks would famously refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Frobisher]] liked to collect newspapers (or the local equivalent) from the places he visited. During a visit to [[Hollywood]] in [[1977]], he bought a copy of the ''[[LA Times]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mission: Impractical (novel)}}) | |||
[[ | [[Ace]] bought a newspaper that had a story about a comet heading to [[Earth]], but she was more interested in the [[football]] results. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:I'll do anything if the money's right!.jpg|left|thumb|[[Roger Mellie]] holding the newspaper ''[[Funny Name]]''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)}})]] | |||
Shortly before getting involved in [[Red Nose Day 1991]], [[Roger Mellie]] read the newspaper ''[[Funny Name]]'' while in the [[BBC Television Centre (in-universe)|BBC Television Centre]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)}}) | |||
[[Liz Shaw]] had a number of newspaper articles on her wall in the [[P.R.o.B.e.]] [[office]] at [[Ashley House]]. These included articles on the [[Mars Probe 7]] rescue, [[Inferno Project|Project Inferno]] and air pollution black spots. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|The Zero Imperative (home video)}}) | |||
[[ | === 21st century === | ||
In early [[2005]], following the [[Dummy Massacre]], [[Nigel Dawson]] responded to [[Doctor Who?]]'s request for sightings of the then missing [[Rose Tyler]], reporting having seen her the previous [[day]] outside [[Wetherby Whaler]], [[eating]] something out of a newspaper and walking towards the [[bridge]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)}}) | |||
The ''[[Evening Standard]]'' declared the [[London UFO crash]] a [[hoax]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) | |||
The Ninth Doctor was alerted to the presence of [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] after seeing her on the cover of the ''[[Western Mail]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}}) A clipping of the story, headlined [[Western Mail#New Mayor, New Cardiff|New Mayor, New Cardiff]], was displayed on the door before the entrance to [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood Hub]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cyberwoman (TV story)}}) | |||
The ''[[ | [[File:Daily Telegraph.jpg|thumb|Victor Kennedy reads ''The Daily Telegraph''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}})]] | ||
The [[Abzorbaloff]] read ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' and used it to conceal his appearance, unsuccessfully, from [[Elton Pope]] and [[Ursula Blake]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | [[Ealing]]'s local newspaper was the ''[[Ealing Echo]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Clown (TV story)}}, {{cs|Lost in Time (TV story)}}) | ||
In an [[Andrea Yates's universe|alternate reality]], the [[Roseborough Research Library]] had an article mentioning the death of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] at [[Westport pier (Andrea Yates's universe)|Westport pier]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Wilfred Mott]] sold newspapers from a stand. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}}) | |||
Sarah Jane Smith had several newspaper clippings on her staircase. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Clown (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2011]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovered [[Leadworth Chronicle#Leadworth's Crop Circle|a story]] in the ''[[Leadworth Chronicle]]'' about a crop circle with the word "Doctor" . ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}) | |||
While with [[Rory Williams]] and the | The ''[[Colchester Evening News]]'' had news of a local ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'' contestant ahead of local disappearances in [[Colchester]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Swann]] confronted [[Ramón Salamander]] after he found a newspaper clipping that showed there was life on the surface of the Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Enemy of the World (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Alistair Gryffen]] had many old newspapers in his [[Gryffen Manor]]. [[Darius Pike]] found an issue of the ''[[Daily Standard]]'' dated [[23 November]] [[1963]], with the headline being the capture of a cat burglar. He found [[Jorjie Turner]] in the picture, indicating that the [[Space-Time Manipulator]] had sent her there. The newspaper also had the latest news on the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Cambridge Spy (TV story)}}) | |||
The ''[[Daily Nebulous]]'' was a newspaper. It once published a story on the disappearance of [[Ivan Asimoff]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Polly the Glot (comic story)}}) | |||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] had an issue of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' from [[15 April]] [[1912]]. The front page headline was the sinking of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion of Time (TV story)}}) | |||
The Third Doctor found an issue of ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'' dated [[1926]] aboard the [[SS Bernice|SS ''Bernice'']]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Carnival of Monsters (TV story)}}) | |||
While with [[Rory Williams]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in [[New York City]] in [[2012]], [[Amy Pond]] read an issue of the ''[[New York Record]]'' newspaper. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}) | |||
When investigating [[VOR]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] posed as journalists [[Sofia Afzal]] and [[Logan Jackson]], working for the ''[[The Reformer]]''. [[Daniel Barton]] dismissed it as "legacy media", but also noted that [[Daniel Barton's mother|his mother]] read it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Other realities === | |||
In [[Earth-33⅓]], the [[Fourteenth Doctor (Earth-33⅓)|Fourteenth Doctor]] read a newspaper in [[Fourteenth Doctor's home|his home]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Continuing Adventures of Doctor no. 14 (comic story)}}) | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 12 February 2024
Newspapers were published news sources.
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Ninth Doctor bought a newspaper dated 24 December 1869. This differed from his prediction of the date. (TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"])
Fortune's local newspaper in the 19th century was The Daily Fortune. (AUDIO: A Town Called Fortune [+]Loading...["A Town Called Fortune (audio story)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Martha Jones handed John Smith a newspaper dated Monday 10 November 1913. She told him this confirmed he was not "adventuring in the future". (TV: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (TV story)"])
Maria Jackson found an Examiner newspaper near Westport pier dated 13 July 1964 to prove she had travelled back in time. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor looked at a newspaper dated 8 December 1926, the day of Agatha Christie's disappearance. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
In New York City, Martha Jones read a copy of the New York Record dated 1 November 1930. The headline read "Hooverville Mystery Deepens". (TV: Daleks in Manhattan [+]Loading...["Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)"])
The Daily Times was a newspaper in circulation in 1963. (GAME: City of the Daleks [+]Loading...["City of the Daleks (video game)"])
The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon hid from the Chameleon behind a newspaper. (TV: The Faceless Ones [+]Loading...["The Faceless Ones (TV story)"])
Rosa Parks recounted having read about the death of Emmett Till in the newspaper to the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien. Shortly after, in Slim's Bar, the Doctor read a newspaper dated 30 November 1955, the day before Parks would famously refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])
Frobisher liked to collect newspapers (or the local equivalent) from the places he visited. During a visit to Hollywood in 1977, he bought a copy of the LA Times. (PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"])
Ace bought a newspaper that had a story about a comet heading to Earth, but she was more interested in the football results. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"])
Shortly before getting involved in Red Nose Day 1991, Roger Mellie read the newspaper Funny Name while in the BBC Television Centre. (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"])
Liz Shaw had a number of newspaper articles on her wall in the P.R.o.B.e. office at Ashley House. These included articles on the Mars Probe 7 rescue, Project Inferno and air pollution black spots. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative [+]Loading...["The Zero Imperative (home video)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In early 2005, following the Dummy Massacre, Nigel Dawson responded to Doctor Who?'s request for sightings of the then missing Rose Tyler, reporting having seen her the previous day outside Wetherby Whaler, eating something out of a newspaper and walking towards the bridge. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...["The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"])
The Evening Standard declared the London UFO crash a hoax. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])
The Ninth Doctor was alerted to the presence of Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen after seeing her on the cover of the Western Mail. (TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"]) A clipping of the story, headlined New Mayor, New Cardiff, was displayed on the door before the entrance to Torchwood Hub. (TV: Cyberwoman [+]Loading...["Cyberwoman (TV story)"])
The Abzorbaloff read The Daily Telegraph and used it to conceal his appearance, unsuccessfully, from Elton Pope and Ursula Blake. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
Ealing's local newspaper was the Ealing Echo. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"], The Day of the Clown [+]Loading...["The Day of the Clown (TV story)"], Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (TV story)"])
In an alternate reality, the Roseborough Research Library had an article mentioning the death of Sarah Jane Smith at Westport pier. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"])
Wilfred Mott sold newspapers from a stand. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
Sarah Jane Smith had several newspaper clippings on her staircase. (TV: The Day of the Clown [+]Loading...["The Day of the Clown (TV story)"])
In 2011, the Eleventh Doctor discovered a story in the Leadworth Chronicle about a crop circle with the word "Doctor" . (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])
The Colchester Evening News had news of a local Britain's Got Talent contestant ahead of local disappearances in Colchester. (TV: Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"])
Swann confronted Ramón Salamander after he found a newspaper clipping that showed there was life on the surface of the Earth. (TV: The Enemy of the World [+]Loading...["The Enemy of the World (TV story)"])
Alistair Gryffen had many old newspapers in his Gryffen Manor. Darius Pike found an issue of the Daily Standard dated 23 November 1963, with the headline being the capture of a cat burglar. He found Jorjie Turner in the picture, indicating that the Space-Time Manipulator had sent her there. The newspaper also had the latest news on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. (TV: The Cambridge Spy [+]Loading...["The Cambridge Spy (TV story)"])
The Daily Nebulous was a newspaper. It once published a story on the disappearance of Ivan Asimoff. (COMIC: Polly the Glot [+]Loading...["Polly the Glot (comic story)"])
The Fourth Doctor had an issue of the Daily Mirror from 15 April 1912. The front page headline was the sinking of RMS Titanic. (TV: The Invasion of Time [+]Loading...["The Invasion of Time (TV story)"])
The Third Doctor found an issue of The Illustrated London News dated 1926 aboard the SS Bernice. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"])
While with Rory Williams and the Eleventh Doctor in New York City in 2012, Amy Pond read an issue of the New York Record newspaper. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"])
When investigating VOR, Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair posed as journalists Sofia Afzal and Logan Jackson, working for the The Reformer. Daniel Barton dismissed it as "legacy media", but also noted that his mother read it. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In Earth-33⅓, the Fourteenth Doctor read a newspaper in his home. (COMIC: The Continuing Adventures of Doctor no. 14 [+]Loading...["The Continuing Adventures of Doctor no. 14 (comic story)"])
