Bombay
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Bombay was a city in India. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]) In 1904, it was located on the west coast of Hindoostan. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"])
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bombay was a city on the west coast of Hindoostan. It was located on the edge of the Arabian Sea. South-east of Bombay, on the opposite coast of Hindoostan, was Madras. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to Bernice Summerfield, Bombay had a horrible stench, and "smell[ed] like no other place I've ever visited". In her opinion, 1887 Bombay was a "city whose people think that the function of a river is to act as a latrine upstream and a launderette downstream."
As its river opened out onto the Indian Ocean, it was a natural port, and one of the lynchpins of the British Raj's hold over India. P&O naturally serviced the port, and it was for the Matilda Briggs that the Seventh Doctor, John Watson, and Sherlock Holmes once waited in the city. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire [+]Loading...["All-Consuming Fire (novel)"]) Indeed, the SS Bernice sailed from Bombay in 1926. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"]) It remained a vital transportation hub even as transport technology changed. In the 21st century, Bombay had a T-Mat centre. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Death (TV story)"])
Bombay appeared on a map of the region in 1904. (TV: Survivors of the Flux [+]Loading...["Survivors of the Flux (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- In the real world, Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1995. However, this event is not known to occur in the DWU, where Bombay is known to be present in the 21st century.
- Sam Dastor, who played Professor Narayan in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Emerald Tiger, was born in Bombay.
