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The televised stories that featured the Powell Estate seemed to imply that the estate was virtually identical to the Brandon Estate, from geographic location to appearance, perhaps suggesting that the only difference between the real world and the DWU was the ''name'' of the estate. Although technically, in the real world, the quadrant of shops are not technically part of the Brandon Estate, despite being located right next to the base of the towers; many of the businesses that operate along Maddocks Way are include "Brandon" in their names, such as the [[Brandon Library]], and many other businesses include "Maddock" in their names. | The televised stories that featured the Powell Estate seemed to imply that the estate was virtually identical to the Brandon Estate, from geographic location to appearance, perhaps suggesting that the only difference between the real world and the DWU was the ''name'' of the estate. Although technically, in the real world, the quadrant of shops are not technically part of the Brandon Estate, despite being located right next to the base of the towers; many of the businesses that operate along Maddocks Way are include "Brandon" in their names, such as the [[Brandon Library]], and many other businesses include "Maddock" in their names. | ||
A less explicit and consistent placement appears in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. The | A less explicit and consistent placement appears in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''. The 2005 [[Christmas Special]]'s pre-titles sequence reuses the zooming shot from ''Rose'' (this time ending in Jackie's living room area). When the [[Fire Trap|Sycorax spaceship]] covers London, it clearly covers much of the skies of the Powell Estate from below, yet from above it passes over [[Hyde Park]], [[Green Park]], [[St James's Park]], [[Regent's Park]], and by extension [[London Zoo]] and [[Buckingham Palace]]. All of these locations are notably north of the [[River Thames]], while Southwark and Lambeth are south of it. The firing of the [[Jathaa sunglider laser]]s seen from [[Bloxham Road]] implies at least one of the lasers is in the vicinity of the real-world Brandon Estate, as one of the lasers seen from above begins its ascent close to the {{w|SIS Building}} and {{w|Vauxhall Bridge}}, about a mile from the estate. Despite dialogue placing Bloxham Road around the corner from the Powell Estate, filming took place in [[Brentford]] in the London Borough of Hounslow,<ref>[[TCH 51]]</ref> about 11 miles from the Brandon Estate. | ||
Some spin-off media — such as the short story ''[[Meet Rose (short story)|Meet Rose]]'' explicitly stating that the Powell Estate is located in Kennington and the novel ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'' also showing similarities to the real Brandon Estate, including having [[Library, Powell Estate|a library]], a [[youth club, Powell Estate|youth club]], and its implied proximity to London itself — aligns with the televised geography, however most other spin-off media contradicts this. | Some spin-off media — such as the short story ''[[Meet Rose (short story)|Meet Rose]]'' explicitly stating that the Powell Estate is located in Kennington and the novel ''[[Winner Takes All (novel)|Winner Takes All]]'' also showing similarities to the real Brandon Estate, including having [[Library, Powell Estate|a library]], a [[youth club, Powell Estate|youth club]], and its implied proximity to London itself — aligns with the televised geography, however most other spin-off media contradicts this. | ||
