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}}'''Birmingham''' was a city in [[England]]. | |||
[[George Litefoot]] owned an Oriental fowling piece that had actually been made in Birmingham. The Doctor saw this as a hallmark of quality manufacturing and used the duck gun to kill a [[giant rat]] in the [[London sewers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | [[George Litefoot]] owned an Oriental fowling piece that had actually been made in Birmingham. The Doctor saw this as a hallmark of quality manufacturing and used the duck gun to kill a [[giant rat]] in the [[London sewers]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') | ||
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The [[Tenth Doctor]] offered [[June (The Slitheen Excursion)|June]] a lift back to Birmingham in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] after she missed her [[train]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] offered [[June (The Slitheen Excursion)|June]] a lift back to Birmingham in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] after she missed her [[train]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]'') | ||
By [[2069]], [[cannabis]] [[cigarette]]s were legal and manufactured in Birmingham. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') | |||
[[The Doctor]] once encountered a [[Stigorax]] in Birmingham in the [[25th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') | [[The Doctor]] once encountered a [[Stigorax]] in Birmingham in the [[25th century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'') | ||
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* Several ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew members were born in Birmingham, including [[Annette Badland]] and [[Dave Martin]]. [[Mary Tamm]] began her acting career at the Birmingham Repertory Company. | * Several ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew members were born in Birmingham, including [[Annette Badland]] and [[Dave Martin]]. [[Mary Tamm]] began her acting career at the Birmingham Repertory Company. | ||
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Revision as of 22:20, 9 December 2014
Birmingham was a city in England.
George Litefoot owned an Oriental fowling piece that had actually been made in Birmingham. The Doctor saw this as a hallmark of quality manufacturing and used the duck gun to kill a giant rat in the London sewers. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
In 1899, Mary Brown went to live with her relatives in Birmingham. (AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar)
A crashed Terpsivore spaceship was buried under Birmingham before being repaired and leaving in 2009. (COMIC: Death Disco)
The Tenth Doctor offered June a lift back to Birmingham in the TARDIS after she missed her train. (PROSE: The Slitheen Excursion)
By 2069, cannabis cigarettes were legal and manufactured in Birmingham. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)
The Doctor once encountered a Stigorax in Birmingham in the 25th century. (TV: The Happiness Patrol)
Behind the scenes
- Several Doctor Who cast and crew members were born in Birmingham, including Annette Badland and Dave Martin. Mary Tamm began her acting career at the Birmingham Repertory Company.
Location information
Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map to the right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of Birmingham.
