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{{dab page|Carlisle (disambiguation)}} | {{dab page|Carlisle (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''Carlisle''' was an [[English]] city. | '''Carlisle''' was an [[English]] city, famous for its [[Roman]] wall. [[Ian Chesterton]] may have been partially responsible for the wall, since he once tried to ingratiate himself to [[General]] [[Gaius Augustus Calaphilus]] by suggesting that the Roman "try building a great big wall from Carlisle to [[Newcastle]]" to keep the [[Scot]]s out. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') | ||
Not counting [[Jamie McCrimmon]] himself, the second-most-travelled person in McCrimmon's home village in the [[Scottish Highlands]] could only boast as having gone as far as Carlisle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') | Not counting [[Jamie McCrimmon]] himself, the second-most-travelled person in McCrimmon's home village in the [[Scottish Highlands]] could only boast as having gone as far as Carlisle. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'') | ||
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Carlisle was an English city, famous for its Roman wall. Ian Chesterton may have been partially responsible for the wall, since he once tried to ingratiate himself to General Gaius Augustus Calaphilus by suggesting that the Roman "try building a great big wall from Carlisle to Newcastle" to keep the Scots out. (PROSE: Byzantium!)
Not counting Jamie McCrimmon himself, the second-most-travelled person in McCrimmon's home village in the Scottish Highlands could only boast as having gone as far as Carlisle. (PROSE: Twilight of the Gods)
George Smithers knew that, at one point, there were two concrete police boxes in Carlisle. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
The city was close enough to the seaside village of Whitley Bay that policeman Gordon M. McGarry identified Carlisle as the provider of ambulance service to the village. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
In the 20th century, trains from Euston station to Carlisle and Sellafield changed at Preston. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
Harwood's Haulage, Rhys Jones' employer, operated out of Carlisle, Ipswich, Sheffield and Cardiff (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
