36 Mortimer Avenue

"36 Mortimer Avenue" is a title based upon conjecture.

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36 Mortimer Avenue
Type:	House
Location:	Mortimer Avenue, Sheffield
First appearance:	The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"]
Appearances:	TV: Arachnids in the UK [+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"] PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 [+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"] TV: Resolution [+]Loading...["Resolution (TV story)"]

Located on a street in Sheffield, Graham and Grace O'Brien lived together in a terraced house, number 36. They lived with Grace's grandson, Ryan Sinclair. It had a postcode.

Appearance

Interior

There were several houseplants in the house, including a begonia and an aloe. (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 ^[+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"])

History

A plaque on the outside of the property indicated that it was originally built in the 1890s. (TV: Arachnids in the UK ^[+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"])

Once, having left for Blackpool, Graham forgot to water the plants, and Vera withered away, leaving the begonia to mourn the love of its life. (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 ^[+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"])

When they first met the recently-regenerated Thirteenth Doctor, and she fell unconscious, they took her to their home. When the Doctor woke up from her nap, she complimented them on their sofa. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"])

Following Grace's death, Graham and Ryan continued to stay there when not travelling with the Thirteenth Doctor. Graham actively chose to travel in the TARDIS, as his house was haunted by memories of his loss, and he needed time to process his grief. (TV: Arachnids in the UK ^[+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"])

Team TARDIS returned to water Graham's houseplants, a few weeks after they had left in Earth time. The begonia finally managed to revenge Vera by betraying Graham and Team TARDIS to the Gardeners. (PROSE: The Secret in Vault 13 ^[+]Loading...["The Secret in Vault 13 (novel)"])

Behind the scenes

• The location of number 36 in the DWU appears to match the real world filming location: in Arachnids in the UK ^[+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"], Sheffield Hallam University is shown to be visible from the street and dialogue spoken by Ryan Sinclair to Yasmin Khan — "Wait you live at Park Hill? We're just up there." — is strong evidence that the locations do indeed match.
  • The exact address is revealed on various prop letters used in the production of Arachnids, as 36 Mortimer Avenue, S2 9BK. This does establish that the name and postcode of the street in-universe are different, however.

Location information

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Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map to the right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of 36 Mortimer Avenue.