Edinburgh
Edinburgh was the capital city of Scotland. (PROSE: Moon Blink [+]Loading...["Moon Blink (novel)"]) It was located on the east coast of the country. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"], The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"])
Geography[[edit] | edit source]
Edinburgh was located on the east coast of Scotland. To the west of Edinburgh was Glasgow. (TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"])
Notable landmarks in Edinburgh included Edinburgh Castle, (AUDIO: Death on the Mile [+]Loading...["Death on the Mile (audio story)"]) the Heart of Midlothian and St Giles' Cathedral. It was also notable for the Royal Mile. In 1645, the town was surrounded by walls. (PROSE: Plague City [+]Loading...["Plague City (novel)"])
Other locations in Edinburgh included Dolerite Base, a secret facility used extensively by HAVOC; (PROSE: Moon Blink [+]Loading...["Moon Blink (novel)"] et al.) the Hecht Museum of Unexplained and Occult Material, a large underground collection of unusual artefacts; (COMIC: Project: Longinus [+]Loading...["Project Longinus (comic story)","Project: Longinus"]) and the University of Edinburgh, which was attended by Heather McCrimmon. (COMIC: The Chromosome Connection [+]Loading...["The Chromosome Connection (comic story)"] et al.)
The East Coast Line had a station at Edinburgh. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Loading...["Enter Wildthyme (novel)"])
History[[edit] | edit source]
14th century[[edit] | edit source]
Edinburgh Castle was seized by the English only to be retaken by the Scottish under Thomas Randolph in 1314. (PROSE: The Many Hands [+]Loading...["The Many Hands (novel)"])
16th century[[edit] | edit source]
The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, and Iris Wildthyme once met Mary, Queen of Scots in Edinburgh. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])
17th century[[edit] | edit source]
In 1645, the Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts, and Nardole visited Edinburgh. It was under quarantine to stop the spread of the bubonic plague. (PROSE: Plague City [+]Loading...["Plague City (novel)"])
18th century[[edit] | edit source]
In 1759, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited Edinburgh, met Alexander Monro, and prevented the Kith from killing everyone in the city. (PROSE: The Many Hands [+]Loading...["The Many Hands (novel)"])
19th century[[edit] | edit source]
In 1815, the Tenth Doctor and Heather McCrimmon visited Edinburgh and saved Great-Great-Great Grandmother McCrimmon from the Mozhtratta. (COMIC: The Chromosome Connection [+]Loading...["The Chromosome Connection (comic story)"])
In 1816, Dr John Polidori, Lord Byron's physician, was considered one of the best doctors in Edinburgh. (AUDIO: Mary's Story [+]Loading...["Mary's Story (audio story)"])
In December 1828, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe visited Edinburgh and encountered the famous bodysnatchers William Burke and Billy Hare. (AUDIO: Medicinal Purposes [+]Loading...["Medicinal Purposes (audio story)"])
On 6 October 1866, (COMIC: The Pictures of Josephine Day [+]Loading...["The Pictures of Josephine Day (comic story)"]) the Eighth Doctor and Josie Day came to Edinburgh's Theatre Royal to see Philippot's Magesterial Delights. They realised that the performance was being used by beings from a a reflection of Edinburgh in a pocket dimension to get into the real Edinburgh. The Doctor and Josie journeyed into the mirror Edinburgh, rescued all the prisoners kept there by the mirror people, and then severed the link between the mirror dimension and the real Edinburgh. (COMIC: The Silvering [+]Loading...["The Silvering (comic story)"])
In 1882, Harry Hughes lived in Edinburgh. (PROSE: Erasing Sherlock [+]Loading...["Erasing Sherlock (novel)"])
In the 1890s, the Eighth Doctor and journalist James MacFarlane saved the populace from a crashed Bowship trying to complete its mission. (AUDIO: The Scent of Blood [+]Loading...["The Scent of Blood (audio story)"])
20th century[[edit] | edit source]
On 24 December 1909, Missy helped some thieves steal the Scottish Crown Jewels from Edinburgh Castle. They were able to get away thanks to the ineptitude of police officer Habitas Frond. (PROSE: Missing Habitas Frond [+]Loading...["Missing Habitas Frond (short story)"])
For five months in 1929, Dr "Helena Bennet" ran a clinic in a poor area of Edinburgh. (PROSE: The Three Faces of Helena [+]Loading...["The Three Faces of Helena (novel)"])
During World War II, LONGBOW was based in Dolerite Base, a secret facility beneath Edinburgh Castle. (PROSE: Moon Blink [+]Loading...["Moon Blink (novel)"])
By the mid 20th century, Prince Philip was the Duke of Edinburgh. (PROSE: Dance of the Voodoo Valkyries [+]Loading...["Dance of the Voodoo Valkyries (short story)"])
From 1969 (PROSE: Moon Blink [+]Loading...["Moon Blink (novel)"]) until at least 1970, (PROSE: Night of the Intelligence [+]Loading...["Night of the Intelligence (novel)"]) the Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps was based in Dolerite Base. (PROSE: The Grandfather Infestation [+]Loading...["The Grandfather Infestation (novel)"] et al.)
By 1983 or so, Doctor Michael Duncan was working as a respected physician and surgeon in a reputed Edinburgh hospital, until he was abruptly abducted by the Time Lord Rollo. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Iytean Menace, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Iytean Menace (game)"})
In 1994, Paul Magrs and his flatmate lived in a flat in Edinburgh. Paul spent much of his time writing in the Old Town and New Town, and he searched for love. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])
In 1997, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited to Edinburgh to see the Scott Monument. (PROSE: The Many Hands [+]Loading...["The Many Hands (novel)"])
21st century[[edit] | edit source]
In the early 21st century, Iris Wildthyme and Panda stayed in Edinburgh for two months and worked with the local police to solve a series of murders by Tiny Tomsk. (PROSE: The Shape of Things [+]Loading...["The Shape of Things (short story)"])
In the early 2000s, Nimrod came to Edinburgh to acquire the Lance of Longinus from the Hecht Museum of Unexplained and Occult Material. (COMIC: Project: Longinus [+]Loading...["Project Longinus (comic story)","Project: Longinus"])
The Tenth Doctor's companion, Heather McCrimmon, was from Edinburgh and studied at the city's university in 2009. (COMIC: The Chromosome Connection [+]Loading...["The Chromosome Connection (comic story)"])
The Tenth Doctor later visited Edinburgh in 2010, where he had his final battle with the Mozhtratta. (COMIC: Dead-line [+]Loading...["Dead-line (comic story)"])
In early 2011, Barbra went on a MIAOW mission to do a bit of undercover surveillance at the Edinburgh East Coast Line train station, looking for a supernatural creature. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Loading...["Enter Wildthyme (novel)"])
In 2015, Sasha, an old classmate of Tom Niven, was receiving an education in Edinburgh. (PROSE: The Beast of Stalingrad [+]Loading...["The Beast of Stalingrad (novel)"])
Other references[[edit] | edit source]
A robot duplicate of Rose Tyler erroneously recalled that the Ninth Doctor and Rose met Charles Dickens in 1869 Edinburgh; they in fact met him in Cardiff. (GAME: Robot Rose [+]Loading...["Robot Rose (game)"])
Other realities[[edit] | edit source]
In an alternate timeline, the Fifth Doctor, Peri Brown and Erimem visited the city on 31 December 1999. (PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World [+]Loading...["Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)"])
