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Children's Ward, later known in its final two years as The Ward, was a television series which aired on ITV from 15 March 1989 to 4 May 2000. The series' demographic was aimed at older children and teenagers, and was set inside of a children's ward of the fictitious South Park Hospital or Sparky's. Russell T Davies was the producer and occasional writer of the series from 1992 to 1995.
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From 1990 to 1993 and again in 1996, Judy Holt commonly appeared as Nurse Sandra Mitchell. It is through this character that Children's Ward has a connection to the Doctor Who universe. In 2005, Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"] introduced the character of Adam Mitchell. The character became a companion at the end of the story, but was kicked out of the TARDIS at the end of The Long Game [+]Loading...["The Long Game (TV story)"], the very next episode. At this point, Judy Holt appeared as the character's mother. It was long speculated, and later confirmed by PROSE: The Time Lord Letters [+]Loading...["The Time Lord Letters (novel)"], that this was actually a cameo by Sandra Mitchell.
Davies later clarified that he considered all of his television projects to take place in "one big world",[1] making it likely that this easter egg was meant to suggest that Children's Ward and Doctor Who have a shared universe.