Budapest
Budapest was the capital city of Hungary. It was the location of the famous Buda Castle where Vlad the Impaler was once imprisoned. The river Danube flowed through Budapest. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle [+]Loading...["The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)"])
History
According to the Fifth Doctor, there were a spate of unsolved and brutal murders in Budapest in 1898, which he attributed to werewolves. (PROSE: The Juror's Story [+]Loading...["The Juror's Story (short story)"])
The Fourth Doctor and Romana II encountered the vampire Zoltán Frid in Budapest in 1980. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle [+]Loading...["The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)"])
According to the Second Doctor, Budapest was one of only six cities given "permanent display" status by the Galactic Preservation Council, along with Prague, Paris, London, Toowoomba and Second Carnac. (PROSE: The Time Eater [+]Loading...["The Time Eater (short story)"])
Other realities
The Year That Never Was
During the Year That Never Was, Martha Jones claimed to have gone to Budapest to collect one of the vials of liquid needed to arm the gun she was allegedly preparing to kill the Saxon Master with. (TV: Last of the Time Lords [+]Loading...["Last of the Time Lords (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
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 Budapest.
