Bombay

Bombay was a city in India. According to Bernice Summerfield, it had a horrible stench, and "smell[ed] like no other place I've ever visited". In her opinion, 1887 Bombay was a "city whose people think that the function of a river is to act as a latrine upstream and a launderette downstream."

As its river opened out onto the Indian Ocean, it was a natural port, and one of the lynchpins of the British Raj's hold over India. P&O naturally serviced the port, and it was for the Matilda Briggs that the Seventh Doctor, John Watson, and Sherlock Holmes once waited in the city. (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire) Indeed, the SS Bernice sailed from Bombay in 1926. (TV: Carnival of Monsters) It remained a vital transportation hub even as transport technology changed. In the 21st century, Bombay had a T-Mat centre. (TV: The Seeds of Death)

Behind the scenes

 * In the real world, Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1995. However, this event is not know to occur in the DWU, where Bombay is known to be present in the 21st century.
 * Sam Dastor, who played Professor Narayan in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Emerald Tiger, was born in Bombay.