Mecca

Mecca
Type:	City
Location:	Middle East
First mentioned in:	Doctor Who and the Crusaders [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)"]
Appearance:	The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]

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 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)"])