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}}'''Leeds''' was a city in the north of [[England]]. It was located north-east of [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') [[Dan Lewis]] had an apparent dislike of Leeds, and felt that [[Sheffield]] was "too close" to Leeds for his liking. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')
}}'''Leeds''' was a city in the north of [[England]], in [[West Yorkshire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) It was located north-east of [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'') [[Dan Lewis]] had an apparent dislike of Leeds, and felt that [[Sheffield]] was "too close" to Leeds for his liking. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'')


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
[[File:North Sea map.jpg|thumb|A map showing the location of Leeds. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lie of the Land (TV story)|The Lie of the Land]]'')]]
Leeds was located in northern England. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Itself (novel)|Fear Itself]]'') It was the location of [[Leeds University]] which was once attended by [[Polly Wright]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') The [[Odeon]] was a cinema in Leeds. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'')
Leeds was located in northern England. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Itself (novel)|Fear Itself]]'') It was the location of [[Leeds University]] which was once attended by [[Polly Wright]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'') The [[Odeon]] was a cinema in Leeds. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'')


== History ==
== History ==
=== 20th century ===
From [[1965]], [[Clement McDonald]] spent [[2005|forty years]] in the city, in and out of [[Hospital|medical care]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
From [[1965]], [[Clement McDonald]] spent [[2005|forty years]] in the city, in and out of [[Hospital|medical care]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')


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[[Colin Colchester-Price|Colin Price]] came from Leeds but later moved to [[Hove]], the home of his husband [[St John Colchester]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'')
[[Colin Colchester-Price|Colin Price]] came from Leeds but later moved to [[Hove]], the home of his husband [[St John Colchester]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'')


=== 21st century ===
[[Combat 3000]] was a franchised laser tag game which had an outlet in Leeds in the [[2000s]]. [[Ella (Warriors of Kudlak)|Ella]] went missing after playing the game, but later she returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'')
[[Combat 3000]] was a franchised laser tag game which had an outlet in Leeds in the [[2000s]]. [[Ella (Warriors of Kudlak)|Ella]] went missing after playing the game, but later she returned home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'')


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In the [[2010s]], the Eleventh Doctor visited Leeds again, this time with [[Decky Flamboon]]. They found the streets of Leeds covered in snot and a [[Archies|giant snot monster]] on the loose. The Doctor shrank the monster to its original size and inserted it back up the nose of a schoolboy. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Runaway Bogey (comic story)|The Runaway Bogey]]'')
In the [[2010s]], the Eleventh Doctor visited Leeds again, this time with [[Decky Flamboon]]. They found the streets of Leeds covered in snot and a [[Archies|giant snot monster]] on the loose. The Doctor shrank the monster to its original size and inserted it back up the nose of a schoolboy. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Runaway Bogey (comic story)|The Runaway Bogey]]'')


== Alternate realities ==
===Other realities===
=== Inferno ===
In [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]], after the destruction of [[London (Turn Left)|London]] by the crash of the [[Titanic (Turn Left)|starship ''Titanic'']], [[Donna Noble]], [[Sylvia Noble (Turn Left)|Sylvia Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott (Turn Left)|Wilfred Mott]] were sent to live in Leeds despite Donna's protests that she refused to live there. They moved into a crowded row house already occupied by [[Rocco Colasanto]] and his family, also refugees from London. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}})
A version of Leeds existed in a [[Inferno Earth|parallel version of Earth]] in which England was a fascist republic. After the disastrous failure of the [[Inferno Project]], seismic disturbances were reported as far north as this version of Leeds. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'')
 
=== Tegan's altered timeline ===
In a subsequently erased timeline, [[Graham Dilley]] - an English [[cricket]]er - failed to catch a ball in the Third Test of [[the Ashes]] after being distracted by [[Tegan Jovanka]], causing England to lose. This sparked civil unrest and an assassination attempt on the [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen]]. Events were later reverted by the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)|Graham Dilley Saves the World]]'')
 
=== Donna's World ===
In [[Donna's World|a parallel world]], [[Donna Noble]] and her family were relocated to the city following [[London]]'s destruction by [[Titanic (spaceship)|a replica of the ''Titanic'']]. Donna was extremely indignant at being forced to live there. After the activation of the [[ATMOS]] devices by the [[Sontaran]]s, Donna and [[Rose Tyler]] watched from a local park as the sky cleared of [[Clone feed|gas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')


== References ==
== References ==
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[[Mandip Gill]] was born in Leeds.
[[Sydney Wade]] and [[Mandip Gill]] were both born in Leeds.
 
In the real world, Leeds is located in [[West Yorkshire]].


Dan Lewis' apparent dislike for Leeds, and nearby Sheffield, in ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'' is most likely banter, stemming from the historic rivalry between [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. Dan is a born Liverpudlian, and the city of [[Liverpool]] was historically part of [[Lancashire]] before the reform of county boundaries in [[1974]]; both Leeds and [[Sheffield]] are typical Yorkshire cities.
Dan Lewis' apparent dislike for Leeds, and nearby Sheffield, in ''[[The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)|The Halloween Apocalypse]]'' is most likely banter, stemming from the historic rivalry between [[Lancashire]] and [[Yorkshire]]. Dan is a born Liverpudlian, and the city of [[Liverpool]] was historically part of [[Lancashire]] before the reform of county boundaries in [[1974]]; both Leeds and [[Sheffield]] are typical Yorkshire cities.


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Leeds was a city in the north of England, in West Yorkshire. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) It was located north-east of Manchester. (TV: The Lie of the Land) Dan Lewis had an apparent dislike of Leeds, and felt that Sheffield was "too close" to Leeds for his liking. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]

A map showing the location of Leeds. (TV: The Lie of the Land)

Leeds was located in northern England. (PROSE: Fear Itself) It was the location of Leeds University which was once attended by Polly Wright. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People) The Odeon was a cinema in Leeds. (PROSE: Casualties of War)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]

From 1965, Clement McDonald spent forty years in the city, in and out of medical care. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)

The Second Doctor once encountered a Golem in an alley in Leeds. (PROSE: Golem)

England won the Third Test of the 1981 Ashes series in Leeds against Australia. (PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World)

In 1999, Mark Barrington met some people from Leeds in Los Angeles. They went to the Cheesecake Factory in Marina del Ray then went to a nightclub in Hollywood. (PROSE: The King of Terror)

Colin Price came from Leeds but later moved to Hove, the home of his husband St John Colchester. (AUDIO: Future Pain)

21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]

Combat 3000 was a franchised laser tag game which had an outlet in Leeds in the 2000s. Ella went missing after playing the game, but later she returned home. (TV: Warriors of Kudlak)

In a hospital in Leeds in 2011, the Eleventh Doctor drew a Harmonelid out of a boy's ear. (COMIC: Earworm)

Leeds appeared on Mary Cooper's map of overflow camps in and around Wales. (TV: The Categories of Life)

In the 2010s, the Eleventh Doctor visited Leeds again, this time with Decky Flamboon. They found the streets of Leeds covered in snot and a giant snot monster on the loose. The Doctor shrank the monster to its original size and inserted it back up the nose of a schoolboy. (COMIC: The Runaway Bogey)

Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]

In a parallel world, after the destruction of London by the crash of the starship Titanic, Donna Noble, Sylvia Noble and Wilfred Mott were sent to live in Leeds despite Donna's protests that she refused to live there. They moved into a crowded row house already occupied by Rocco Colasanto and his family, also refugees from London. (TV: Turn Left [+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

Anji Kapoor told of how her father used to take her to watch Leeds play football when she was a child. (PROSE: Fear Itself)

A road sign read by the time-sensitive Honoré Lechasseur showed the distance to Leeds in both miles and kilometres. (PROSE: The Winning Side)

Geoff Paynter noted that Leeds was a "funny place" - "full of thieves and recidivists". (PROSE: The King of Terror)

Rose Tyler once reported to the Tenth Doctor that a ghost had been elected mayor for Leeds. (TV: Army of Ghosts)

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

Sydney Wade and Mandip Gill were both born in Leeds.

Dan Lewis' apparent dislike for Leeds, and nearby Sheffield, in The Halloween Apocalypse is most likely banter, stemming from the historic rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Dan is a born Liverpudlian, and the city of Liverpool was historically part of Lancashire before the reform of county boundaries in 1974; both Leeds and Sheffield are typical Yorkshire cities.

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