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)"])

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