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'''Fleet Street''' was a street in [[London]]. | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
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|image = Fleet Street, 2067.png | |||
|type = [[Street]] | |||
|location = [[London]] | |||
|first cs = The Premonitions (comic story) | |||
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'''Fleet Street''' was a street in [[London]]. It was named after the [[River Fleet]], which by the [[20th century]] flowed underneath the ground that Fleet Street was on. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead London (audio story)|Dead London]]'') It was sometimes used as a metonym for the [[press]]. | |||
In the [[15th century]], [[the Kingmaker]] was located on Fleet Street. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | In the [[15th century]], [[the Kingmaker]] was located on Fleet Street. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'') | ||
In the late [[20th century]], Fleet Street was renowned as the home of [[newspaper]] journalism. [[James Stevens]] arrived there in [[1968]] and worked his way up to a job at the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | [[Edward Travers]]' [[1935]] expedition to [[Tibet]] was funded by an editor who worked on Fleet Street. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen]]'') | ||
In the late [[20th century]], Fleet Street was renowned as the home of [[newspaper]] journalism. [[James Stevens]] arrived there in [[1968]] and worked his way up to a job at the ''[[Daily Chronicle]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | |||
In [[1985]], [[Bill (Attack of the Cybermen)|Bill]] and [[David (Attack of the Cybermen)|David]] were working in the [[London sewers]] under Fleet Street when they were captured by [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'') | |||
In the late [[1980s]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] tried to break into Fleet Street with a story on the anti-biological warfare brigade. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Harry Sullivan's War (novel)|Harry Sullivan's War]]'') | |||
[[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]'s [[Sergeant|Sgt]] [[A. Frederick]] referred to the press as as "Fleet Street" when she tried to brief them on ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Project Rooftop (short story)|Project Rooftop]]'') the [[Sycorax invasion of Earth]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]'', ''[[The Christmas Invasion (novelisation)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') but faced issues as only a [[skeleton crew]] of [[office junior]]s were on duty on [[Christmas Day]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Project Rooftop (short story)|Project Rooftop]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
{{ | * The script for {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}} identifies [[Vivien Rook]] as a Fleet Street [[columnist]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers/documents/doctor-who-3-episode-12-the-sound-of-drums-green-revisions-06032007.pdf</ref> | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Streets and roads from the real world]] | |||
[[Category:London streets]] | [[Category:London streets]] | ||
[[Category:News]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:22, 17 December 2024
Fleet Street was a street in London. It was named after the River Fleet, which by the 20th century flowed underneath the ground that Fleet Street was on. (AUDIO: Dead London) It was sometimes used as a metonym for the press.
In the 15th century, the Kingmaker was located on Fleet Street. (AUDIO: The Kingmaker)
Edward Travers' 1935 expedition to Tibet was funded by an editor who worked on Fleet Street. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen)
In the late 20th century, Fleet Street was renowned as the home of newspaper journalism. James Stevens arrived there in 1968 and worked his way up to a job at the Daily Chronicle. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
In 1985, Bill and David were working in the London sewers under Fleet Street when they were captured by Cybermen. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)
In the late 1980s, Sarah Jane Smith tried to break into Fleet Street with a story on the anti-biological warfare brigade. (PROSE: Harry Sullivan's War)
UNIT's Sgt A. Frederick referred to the press as as "Fleet Street" when she tried to brief them on (PROSE: Project Rooftop) the Sycorax invasion of Earth (TV: The Christmas Invasion, PROSE: The Final Darkness, The Christmas Invasion) but faced issues as only a skeleton crew of office juniors were on duty on Christmas Day. (PROSE: Project Rooftop)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The script for The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"] identifies Vivien Rook as a Fleet Street columnist.[1]
