Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea, or the Med, (AUDIO: The Enemy Beyond) was a sea located between Africa and Europe. It was known by the Romans as the Mare Nostra. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia)
It was a landlocked and virtually tideless sea. (AUDIO: The Stealers from Saiph)
The port city of Alexandria was located on the Mediterranean. (PROSE: The Ruby's Curse)
History
In 39 BC, the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams arrived on a Roman ship in the Mediterranean Sea which was unknowingly transporting a Gold Assassin to Cleopatra. (COMIC: Golden Slumbers)
In 64 AD, Ian Chesterton was taken as a slave and placed on a slave ship travelling across the Mediterranean Sea, but it subsequently was damaged in rough seas and broke up, allowing him and another slave to escape. (TV: The Romans)
In 1966, the SS Jolly Wanderer sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. (AUDIO: The Steel Cascade)
Professor Adam Merchant once unearthed a three-thousand-year-old Egyptian shipwreck beneath the Mediterranean. (AUDIO: The Enemy Beyond)
Parallel universe
In Roma V, the Mare Nostra was just a river after it was drained to irrigate the Sahara Desert. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia)
Other references
After landing near San Martino in Italy, the Fourth Doctor observed the use of glass technology indicating he was in the Mediterranean area in the late 15th century. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])
