Mecca: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "{{wikipediainfo}} {{Infobox Location |image = TheKaaba.jpg |aka = |type = City |location = Middle East |first mention cs = Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation) |only cs = The Eleventh Hour (TV story) |appearances = }} '''Mecca''' was a city in the Middle East. == History == Mecca was regarded as one of the holiest sites in Islam. Muslims would make pilgrimages to the city. (PROSE: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}})...") |
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Mecca was regarded as one of the holiest sites in [[Islam]]. Muslims would make [[pilgrimage]]s to the city. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}) [[St John Philby]] converted to Islam and performed such a pilgrimage. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}}) | Mecca was regarded as one of the holiest sites in [[Islam]]. Muslims would make [[pilgrimage]]s to the city. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}}) [[St John Philby]] converted to Islam and performed such a pilgrimage. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Endgame (novel)}}) | ||
An image of | An image of [[Kaaba|a building]] in the city was was projected by the [[Atraxi]], after the [[Eleventh Doctor]] asked them if [[Earth]] was a threat. After the Atraxi had [[scan]]ned the planet, they concluded that it was not. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}) | ||
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Revision as of 13:39, 28 September 2024
Mecca was a city in the Middle East.
History
Mecca was regarded as one of the holiest sites in Islam. Muslims would make pilgrimages to the city. (PROSE: Head of State [+]Loading...["Head of State (novel)"]) St John Philby converted to Islam and performed such a pilgrimage. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])
An image of a building in the city was was projected by the Atraxi, after the Eleventh Doctor asked them if Earth was a threat. After the Atraxi had scanned the planet, they concluded that it was not. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
References
"Mecca" was also often used as a term for a place that attracted a group of individuals. The Tenth Doctor referred to Cardiff as a "Mecca" for "absent-minded aliens". (COMIC: The Continuity Cap [+]Loading...["The Continuity Cap (comic story)"]) Bernice Summerfield thought of Scubb as an industrial and religious Mecca. (PROSE: Match of the Deity [+]Loading...["Match of the Deity (short story)"]) Hitchemus was considered a Mecca for artists. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers [+]Loading...["The Year of Intelligent Tigers (novel)"])
