Singapore
Singapore was a city (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was) located a short boat journey across the Bay of Bengal from Karachi. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Charley Pollard was on her way there when she hitched a ride on the R101, to meet up with Alex Grayle at the Singapore Hilton on New Year's Eve 1930. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
The Eighth Doctor eventually got her there for her rendezvous, while the Doctor encountered Alex's grandfather Sebastian Grayle, who had subtly set up the rendezvous to gloat over having killed the Doctor in a previous era. (AUDIO: Seasons of Fear)
In January 1942, the Japanese attacked Singapore. Wealthy colonials evacuated with their riches in the SS Batavia, but were transported to the year 500,002 by the Cybermen. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was)
In February 1942, the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson, Polly Wright and Jamie McCrimmon visited Kenga off the coast of Singapore. (AUDIO: The Forsaken)
Major General Scobie, as a British Army officer, was posted to Singapore in the 1950s. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
On 31 December 2007, the Eighth Doctor took Charley Pollard to Singapore, where they met Byron. (AUDIO: The Girl Who Never Was)
In 2009, Colonel Augustus Oduya noted, among other places across Earth, Singapore to have witnessed every human child being compelled to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming" at 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)
Jo Grant and the Third Doctor noticed a crate labelled "Singapore" while discussing over another crate filled with chickens. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
Singapore was one of the stops made by the Neptune on its around-the-world journey. (PROSE: Dateline to Deadline)
22nd century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the late 22nd century, Lucie Miller and Alex Campbell travelled by helicopter from Thailand to a Singapore hospital, after Earth was hit by a devastating virus. (AUDIO: Lucie Miller)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Singapore was supposed to be the primary location for the aborted Doctor Who story Yellow Fever and How to Cure It.
- Singapore was the fourth country and first Asian country to buy Doctor Who.[1]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Selling Doctor Who - BroaDWcast. BroaDWcast (6 June 2014). Retrieved on 25 August 2014.
