Woolworths

Woolworths was a chain of high-street stores in the UK and Ireland.

At the age of six, Fitz Kreiner lost his mum in a Woolworths. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)

Agatha Ellis worked at Woolworths for three years after leaving school. (PROSE: Curtain Call)

In November 1989, Heather Lake mentioned Woolworths as one of the things that she missed about London. (COMIC: The Broken Man)

Sam Jones' friends Mo and Mikey Clunes were locked up overnight for urinating on the front window of Woolworths. (PROSE: Kursaal)

In 1997, Mark Whitaker saw a Woolworths with a cardboard cut-out of a Tellytubby outside it. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)

Woolworths had gone into administration by 2009. (AUDIO: Department X)

By 2020, Woolworths had been closed for "years". When the Eighth Doctor noted that Arcturan transmitters were not something found at Woolworths, Andy Davidson gave him the news. The Doctor was unhappy, saying he always liked the pick 'n' mix. (AUDIO: Divine Intervention)

Behind the scenes
In 1996, Woolworths released a limited edition of the Doctor Who TV movie VHS that featured a glow-in-the-dark cover.