Around Leadworth (short story)
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Around Leadworth, or also reffered to as This is Leadworth, was a short story published in The Brilliant Book 2011. it served as an in-universe tourist brochure for the village Leadworth.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sir Thomas Mapplethorpe wrote a poem called "Leadworth o Leadworth!" in the 17th century.
- The Royal Leadworth Hospital was founded in 1904.
- The Wig and Cravat is a nightclub that hosts karaoke every Friday.
- Leadworth Parish Church was built in the 13th century, and then rebuilt in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries after fire damage.
- J. K. Rowling grew up in Tutshill.
- The Doctor has scribbled "Amy and Rory's dream home", "Jeff's gaff", and "Pond's place" on the tourist map.
- The duck pond was installed in the 19th century.
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- A Celtic Cross is noted on the map, being near the Leadworth Green. Although this cross is not seen in the episode, it is part of the Cathedral Green in Llandaff where The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"] was filmed.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Amy Pond's house appears in various stories, with its general location in Leadworth in this map corresponding to TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"].
- Broderick Books, Leadworth Hospice Shop, The Wig and Ferkin, the Leadworth Post Office, The Leadworth Green, the Leadworth duck pond, Leadworth Parish Church, Fire Station, War Memorial, Jeff's gaff, and the Royal Leadworth Hospital all appear in TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"].
- The Wig and Cravat is indicated to be the pub seen in TV: The Vampires of Venice [+]Loading...["The Vampires of Venice (TV story)"].
- Upper Leadworth, Upper Leadworth Fields, Amy and Rory's dream home, SARN Residential Care Home, Leadworth Castle, Leadworth playground, St Joan's Church, and the Upper Leadworth Library all appear in TV: Amy's Choice [+]Loading...["Amy's Choice (TV story)"].
- The Leadworth Community Centre is the location of Amy Pond and Rory Williams' wedding in TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"].
