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'''Majorca''' was a [[Spain|Spanish]] island in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] frequented by tourists. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] tried unsuccessfully to get [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to Majorca on a few occasions ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]'') before finally landing them there. Their experience of the island was less than ideal, fraught with bad emulations of [[English]] food and tourist brochures that vastly exaggerated the island's charms. Though Rory tried to accentuate the positive of the place, Amy was unshakeably unimpressed. While waiting in the airport for a flight back to [[England]], the couple encountered Lady [[Christina de Souza]] and were subsequently rescued from their long stay in the airport lounge by the Doctor. Hearing of how disappointing Majorca had proved to be, the Doctor offered a replacement holiday for the couple on the luxury starliner, ''[[Excelsis]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)|The Eye of Ashaya]]'') The Eleventh Doctor speculated that the [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|prison ship]] recreating a [[1980s]] [[hotel]] was a mock up made to look like [[Earth]] by [[colonist]]s "recreating a bit of home". The Doctor compared it to how English expats opened English [[pub]]s in | '''Majorca''' was a [[Spain|Spanish]] island in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] frequented by tourists. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] tried unsuccessfully to get [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] to Majorca on a few occasions ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]'') before finally landing them there. Their experience of the island was less than ideal, fraught with bad emulations of [[English]] food and tourist brochures that vastly exaggerated the island's charms. Though Rory tried to accentuate the positive of the place, Amy was unshakeably unimpressed. While waiting in the airport for a flight back to [[England]], the couple encountered Lady [[Christina de Souza]] and were subsequently rescued from their long stay in the airport lounge by the Doctor. Hearing of how disappointing Majorca had proved to be, the Doctor offered a replacement holiday for the couple on the luxury starliner, ''[[Excelsis]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Eye of Ashaya (comic story)|The Eye of Ashaya]]'') The Eleventh Doctor speculated that the [[Prison ship (The God Complex)|prison ship]] recreating a [[1980s]] [[hotel]] was a mock up made to look like [[Earth]] by [[colonist]]s "recreating a bit of home". The Doctor compared it to how English expats opened English [[pub]]s in Majorca. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') A [[lift]] passenger killed by [[Saric Warder]] spent a fortnight in Majorca. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trapped! (short story)|Trapped!]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Majorca indirectly had a huge impact upon [[season 1]]. [[Rex Tucker]], who had long been scheduled to direct ''[[100,000 BC]]'', had booked a holiday to Majorca which he did not think would conflict with ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s production dates, originally set to begin in August 1963. However, [[Controller of BBC One|BBC1 Controller]] [[Donald Baverstock]] pushed the dates back eight weeks — precisely when Tucker was due in Majorca. Though initially offered the director's chair on what would become ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' in compensation, this, too, fell out of Tucker's grasp because of shifting schedule. Ultimately, the Majorcan sojourn meant that Tucker's most obvious impact on the first season of ''Doctor Who'' was the hiring of [[Tristram Cary]] for the [[incidental music]] on ''The Daleks''. He wouldn't direct until [[season 3]]'s ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | Majorca indirectly had a huge impact upon [[season 1]]. [[Rex Tucker]], who had long been scheduled to direct ''[[100,000 BC]]'', had booked a holiday to Majorca which he did not think would conflict with ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s production dates, originally set to begin in August 1963. However, [[Controller of BBC One|BBC1 Controller]] [[Donald Baverstock]] pushed the dates back eight weeks — precisely when Tucker was due in Majorca. Though initially offered the director's chair on what would become ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' in compensation, this, too, fell out of Tucker's grasp because of shifting schedule. Ultimately, the Majorcan sojourn meant that Tucker's most obvious impact on the first season of ''Doctor Who'' was the hiring of [[Tristram Cary]] for the [[incidental music]] on ''The Daleks''. He wouldn't direct until [[season 3]]'s ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'') | ||
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