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[[File:K9 Bounty Hunter map 2.jpg|thumb|Southampton as seen on a digital map of Europe. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Bounty Hunter (TV story)}})]] | |||
During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Southampton. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Southampton. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | ||
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Southampton was a city in Hampshire (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"]) on the south-coast of England. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"]) To the north of Southampton was Oxford, to the north-east was London and to the east was Brighton. It shared a coastline with the English Channel. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])
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Southampton had its own docks. (COMIC: Bat Attack! [+]Loading...["Bat Attack! (comic story)"])
The Ninth Doctor visited Southampton in April 1912 where he befriended the Daniels family, who took him in as he lay unconscious. Later, the Doctor stole their tickets for their planned trip, (AUDIO: Battle Scars [+]Loading...["Battle Scars (audio story)"]) which would have been aboard the doomed RMS Titanic. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]) The Titanic departed Southampton on 10 April 1912 on its fateful voyage. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])
In 1924, River Song and Bertie Potts took a steamer from Southampton to Constantinople. (AUDIO: The Boundless Sea [+]Loading...["The Boundless Sea (audio story)"])
The Queen Mary set sail from Southampton to New York City in 1963. (PROSE: Ghost Ship [+]Loading...["Ghost Ship (novel)"])
Henry Palmerdale was on his way to Southampton in his steam yacht when it crashed into Fang Rock. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"])
In 1977, (PROSE: Wannabes [+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"]) Donna Noble was born in Southampton during her mother's visit to her aunt Iris, as Iris had refused to come to the family home in Chiswick. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])
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During the ghost shift craze of 2007, ghosts, actually Cybermen from Pete's World, were forecast as appearing in Southampton. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])
In 2009, calls to the emergency services from Southampton suggested that children were pointing at the sky. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])
