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*The monitor, the typewriter, the keyboard and a miscellaneous control by the mustard dispenser in the reconstructed [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS']] console room had Magpie's Electricals brand on them. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') A power control device in the console room had Magpie's Electricals brand and was labeled Type V 310 A. ([[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
*The monitor, the typewriter, the keyboard and a miscellaneous control by the mustard dispenser in the reconstructed [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS']] console room had Magpie's Electricals brand on them. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') A power control device in the console room had Magpie's Electricals brand and was labeled Type V 310 A. ([[DW]]: ''[[Vincent and the Doctor]]'')
*A roadblock within [[Starship UK]] had a Magpie's Electricals banner above it in the [[33rd century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')
*A roadblock within [[Starship UK]] had a Magpie's Electricals banner above it in the [[33rd century]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')
*River Song's EMF meter was Magpie Technology branded ([[Day of the Moon|DW: Day of the Moon]])
*River Song's EMF meter was branded Magpie Electricals. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'')


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*The use of the Magpie Electricals logo is something of an inside joke for Doctor Who's design team. It is on the back of the monitor on the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS]]. This was revealed in an episode of [[Doctor Who Confidential]] (''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]: [[Call Me the Doctor]]''). It was also mentioned on the TARDIS tour on the Doctor Who BBC website.
*The use of the Magpie Electricals logo is something of an inside joke for Doctor Who's design team. It is on the back of the monitor on the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[TARDIS]]. This was revealed in an episode of [[Doctor Who Confidential]] (''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]: [[Call Me the Doctor]]''). It was also mentioned on the TARDIS tour on the Doctor Who BBC website.
[[Category:London businesses]]
[[Category:London businesses]]

Revision as of 19:30, 4 September 2011

Magpie's Electricals sign on the Starship UK. (DW: The Beast Below)

Magpie Electricals was a radio and television shop located on Mafeking Terrace, Muswell Hill, London. In 1953 an alien called The Wire contacted the owner, Mr Magpie, to help her get a physical body. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)

Although Magpie himself was killed by The Wire, Magpie Electricals survived the loss of its proprietor, and continued to exist well past the 1950s:

Behind the scenes