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{{wikipediainfo|Western Mail (Wales)}} | {{wikipediainfo|Western Mail (Wales)}} | ||
{{first pic|Western Mail.jpg|[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] holds up an issue of the ''Western Mail'' featuring [[Margaret Blaine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')}} | {{first pic|Western Mail.jpg|[[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] holds up an issue of the ''Western Mail'' featuring [[Margaret Blaine]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'')}} | ||
The '''''Western Mail''''' was a [[Welsh]] [[newspaper]] | The '''''Western Mail''''' was a [[Welsh]] [[newspaper]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') It considered itself to be the national newspaper of Wales. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times|The Lady Mayor Vanishes]]") | ||
The paper reported on [[Margaret Blaine]], the new [[mayor]] of [[Cardiff]], in 2006 under the headline ''[[Western Mail#New Mayor, new Cardiff|New Mayor, new Cardiff]]''. The [[Ninth Doctor]] saw it whilst in a café in [[Cardiff]], revealing to him that [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]], who was using Margaret Blaine as a [[Skin suit|disguise]], had survived the destruction of [[10 Downing Street]] in [[Slitheen family|her family's]] previous plot. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') A cutout of this article was displayed on the door to the [[Torchwood Tourist Information Centre|tourist information]] entrance to the [[Torchwood Hub]], in [[Roald Dahl Plass]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') The paper later reported on the disappearance of Margaret Blaine under the headline ''[[Western Mail#The Lady Mayor Vanishes: Blaidd Drwg future in doubt|The Lady Mayor Vanishes: Blaidd Drwg future in doubt]]''. ([[PROSE]]: "[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times|The Lady Mayor Vanishes]]") | |||
When [[John Ellis]] was taken by the [[Cardiff Rift]] from [[1953]] to more than fifty years into the future, he and his companions were taken to a supermarket, where he was surprised to find how much the media had changed. The ''Western Mail'' was also among the magazines and newspapers found there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | When [[John Ellis]] was taken by the [[Cardiff Rift]] from [[1953]] to more than fifty years into the future, he and his companions were taken to a supermarket, where he was surprised to find how much the media had changed. The ''Western Mail'' was also among the magazines and newspapers found there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'') | ||
The paper was worth 40p in [[2006]]. The website for the paper was [[www.icwales.co.uk]].([[PROSE]]: "[[The Doctor: His Lives and Times|The Lady Mayor Vanishes]]") | |||
== Articles == | == Articles == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Illegible articles === | === Illegible articles === | ||
==== New Mayor, | ==== New Mayor, new Cardiff ==== | ||
[[File:Western Mail - New Mayor New Cardiff.jpg|thumb|Front page graphic used in the episodes ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' and ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]''.]] | [[File:Western Mail - New Mayor New Cardiff.jpg|thumb|Front page graphic used in the episodes ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' and ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]''.]] | ||
Although the newspaper is mostly unreadable in ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' and ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', the front page was uploaded as a graphic to the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] version of the [[Doctor Who website]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S1_11#|title=Episode 11: Boom Town Image: The Western Mail (view graphics tab)|author=BBC|date of source=2014|website name=DoctorWho|accessdate=06 October 2019}}</ref> | Although the newspaper is mostly unreadable in ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' and ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', the front page was uploaded as a graphic to the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] version of the [[Doctor Who website]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/S1_11#|title=Episode 11: Boom Town Image: The Western Mail (view graphics tab)|author=BBC|date of source=2014|website name=DoctorWho|accessdate=06 October 2019}}</ref> |