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|type | |type = [[City]] | ||
|location | |location = [[England]] | ||
|first mention = The Mind Robber (TV story) | |first mention cs = The Mind Robber (TV story) | ||
|first | |first cs = The Five Doctors (TV story) | ||
|appearances | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
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'''Cambridge''' was a [[city]] in south-east [[England]]. It was perhaps best known for being the location of the [[University of Cambridge]], where professors included [[the Doctor]]'s companions [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Liz Shaw]], and the [[Time Lord]] [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]]. | '''Cambridge''' was a [[city]] in south-east [[England]]. It was perhaps best known for being the location of the [[University of Cambridge]], where professors included [[the Doctor]]'s companions [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Liz Shaw]], and the [[Time Lord]] [[Chronotis|Professor Chronotis]]. | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
[[File:Weatherman.jpg|thumb|Cambridge's location. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Weatherman.jpg|thumb|Cambridge's location. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})]]Cambridge was located in the south-east of England. To the far north-east of Cambridge was [[Norwich]] and to the west was [[Birmingham]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) To the south-east of Cambridge was [[Chelmsford]] in the county of [[Essex]], and to the south-west was [[Oxford]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}}) | ||
Cambridge was located in the south-east of England. To the far north-east of Cambridge was [[Norwich]] and to the west was [[Birmingham]]. ([[TV]]: | |||
It was the location of the [[University of Cambridge]], which included [[St Cedd's College]]. ([[WC]]: | It was the location of the [[University of Cambridge]], which included [[St Cedd's College]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Shada (webcast)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shada (novelisation)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Shada (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Café (Have You Seen This Man?)|A café]] in Cambridge was documented on [[Clive Finch]]'s website ''[[Doctor Who?]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
In [[1553]], the [[Duke of Northumberland]] fled to a house he owned in Cambridge, after the Doctor defeated the [[Vrij]] that had inhabited his body and Queen [[Jane Grey|Jane]] was deposed by Queen [[Mary I]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1553]], the [[Duke of Northumberland]] fled to a house he owned in Cambridge, after the Doctor defeated the [[Vrij]] that had inhabited his body and Queen [[Jane Grey|Jane]] was deposed by Queen [[Mary I]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nine-Day Queen (short story)}}) | ||
In [[1811]], [[William Blake]] was visiting friends in Cambridge when he fell through a hole in time into [[Spiral Yssgaroth|another universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[1811]], [[William Blake]] was visiting friends in Cambridge when he fell through a hole in time into [[Spiral Yssgaroth|another universe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Pit (novel)}}) | ||
By the [[21st century]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] were professors in Cambridge. ([[TV]]: | By the [[21st century]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] were professors in Cambridge. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}}) | ||
In [[2004]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] tried to buy a [[cup]] of [[tea]] with the bigger [[10p]] pieces that had stopped being [[legal tender]] in the [[1990s]] in [[Café (Have You Seen This Man?)|a café]]. [[Riccy Unwin]] gave the Doctor [[50p]] so he could pay. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[2004]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] tried to buy a [[cup]] of [[tea]] with the bigger [[10p]] pieces that had stopped being [[legal tender]] in the [[1990s]] in [[Café (Have You Seen This Man?)|a café]]. [[Riccy Unwin]] gave the Doctor [[50p]] so he could pay. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | ||
During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Cambridge. ([[TV]]: | During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Cambridge. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | ||
A replica of [[Emmanuel College]] in Cambridge was built by the [[Knights of Jeneve]] on the planet [[Ardethe]]. ([[PROSE]]: | A replica of [[Emmanuel College]] in Cambridge was built by the [[Knights of Jeneve]] on the planet [[Ardethe]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Deadfall (novel)}}) | ||
By [[2021]], [[Liz Haggard]]'s son [[Simon (Sherwood Sorceress)|Simon]] was living in Cambridge with his [[Elizabeth Holub's mother|wife]] and their daughter, Liz's granddaughter [[Elizabeth Holub]]. After she was kidnapped by [[the Sherwood Sorceress]] and rescued by [[P.R.O.B.E.]], Giles and Liz drove her back to Cambridge, where Liz decided to stick around for a while to catch up with her family while Giles returned to [[P.R.O.B.E. HQ]] in [[London]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Sherwood Sorceress (home video)}}) | |||
== Other references == | == Other references == | ||
In the [[Land of Fiction]], [[Lemuel Gulliver]] noted that, at 14 [[year]]s old, he was sent by [[Lemuel Gulliver's father|his father]] to Emmanuel College. There, he applied himself close to his studies, learning [[navigation]] and other parts of the [[mathematics]]. ([[TV]]: | In the [[Land of Fiction]], [[Lemuel Gulliver]] noted that, at 14 [[year]]s old, he was sent by [[Lemuel Gulliver's father|his father]] to Emmanuel College. There, he applied himself close to his studies, learning [[navigation]] and other parts of the [[mathematics]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}) | ||
There was an argument, never satisfactorily disproved, that it was always teatime in Cambridge. ([[PROSE]]: | There was an argument, never satisfactorily disproved, that it was always teatime in Cambridge. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (novelisation)}}) | ||
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] arranged a visit to [[InterCom]]'s development laboratories by "the eminent [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor Smith]] of Cambridge and [[Tegan Jovanka|his assistant]]". ([[PROSE]]: | [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] arranged a visit to [[InterCom]]'s development laboratories by "the eminent [[Fifth Doctor|Doctor Smith]] of Cambridge and [[Tegan Jovanka|his assistant]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)}}) | ||
[[Category:English cities]] | [[Category:English cities]] | ||
