Ealing

Ealing was a district of London. It was the administrative centre of the Borough of Ealing; and was immediately south of Perivale also in the borough.

Mrs Randall was Miss Ealing in 1951. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)

In 1964, the Reesinger Institute was located in Ealing. (AUDIO: The Reesinger Process)

In 1990, the Seventh Doctor and Ace briefly visited Ealing Broadway. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)

A local newspaper was the Ealing Echo. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen) A local comprehensive school was Park Vale. (TV: Invasion of the Bane) Serving younger children was St Benedict's School. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)

The Doctor visited Ealing and encountered Sarah Jane Smith and her companions on at least two occasions during his tenth incarnation, (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith; The End of Time) and at least once during his eleventh. (TV: Death of the Doctor) In addition to myriad aliens and terrestrial forces and more mundane guests, other visitors to Ealing included former companions Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (TV: Enemy of the Bane) and Jo Grant. (TV: Death of the Doctor)

Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, there was a large amount of alien activity centred on the Ealing area. (TV: Invasion of the Bane, Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?, The Lost Boy, The Day of the Clown, The Nightmare Man, The Vault of Secrets) The amount of strange and alien occurrences around the area led to it being dubbed "The Ealing Triangle". (TV: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith)

Behind the scenes

• In the real world, Ealing is the home to Ealing Studios, an important recording location for many serials of the 1963 version of Doctor Who.