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Henrik's was a chain of department stores that had been operating since the 1920s.

By 2005, its owner was Rudi Henrik. (PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).)

Name[]

While the chain was generally known as just Henrik's, (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006)., AUDIO: New Girl [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., etc.) this appeared to be a shortened version of the longer name Henrik's Department Store. (PROSE: Meet Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005)., The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 63., GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)

Although the chain was seemingly established as Henrik & Son by the time the Central London branch opened in 1928, (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008).) posters for the chain in 1925 Soho used the name "Henrik's". (TV: The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023). Timestamp 00:18:53.)

On the chain's website by the 2020s, the company was referred to as Henrik's plc. (GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)

History[]

For a detailed history of the London branch, see Henrik's, Central London
Henrik's poster The Giggle

A poster for Henrik's in 1925 Soho. (TV: The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023). Timestamp 00:18:53.)

In 1925, posters for Henrik's were placed around Soho. The Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble passed one such poster after they arrived in Albion Chambers in the TARDIS. (TV: The Giggle [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023). Timestamp 00:18:53.)

The Central London branch was opened in 1928 and located within walking distance of Trafalgar Square. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008).) Six year old Polly Wright and her mother visited Henrik's in 1948. (AUDIO: Lost and Found [+]Penelope Faith, Short Trips (Big Finish Productions, 2016).)

Squeak modelled clothes for Henrik's for "a brief stint", before landing a bit part in a soap. (PROSE: At Childhood's End [+]Sophie Aldred, Mike Tucker and Steve Cole, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2020).)

Prior to 1993, Mandy Litherland worked at Henrik's for one summer. (AUDIO: Auld Lang Syne [+]Tim Foley, Back to Earth (The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Series 2, Big Finish Productions, 2022).)

While the specifics varied between accounts, Rose Tyler began working at Henrik's in London by the early 2000s. (PROSE: Meet Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005)., Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).) Not long after, Autons infiltrated its basement; on the night of 4 March 2005, the Ninth Doctor blew the building up to remove the Nestene Consciousness's relay device in the roof. (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) Elton Pope had seemingly shopped at the London branch of Henrik's before it was destroyed. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).) The London branch of Henrik's had either rebuilt or relocated later that year. (AUDIO: New Girl [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

In 2007, the chain embarked upon a wide-ranging advertising campaign, with promotional material visible in the street and on the sides of taxis. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).) This advertising was still on view after Sarah Jane encountered the Gorgon around the later 2000s.[nb 1] (TV: Eye of the Gorgon [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (CBBC, 2007).)

In 2013, Henrik's had a store in the Hyperville complex. (PROSE: Autonomy [+]Daniel Blythe, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2009).)

In 2017, Gwen Cooper bought a jacket in a sale. (AUDIO: Orr [+]Juno Dawson, Aliens Among Us 1 (Aliens Among Us, Big Finish Productions, 2017).)

"Henricks" was a store in the Frenko Bazaar. (COMIC: Bazaar Adventures [+]Scott & David Tipton, Prisoners of Time (IDW Publishing, 2013).)

Larry Nightingale ordered a number of items from the Henrik's website on 13 February 2021 for Dazza's birthday party. These items included standard latex balloons, a standard beer keg of Red River's 5.0% Lager, a vintage disco mirror ball, a rose gold birthday banner and an assorted box of silly string. Later, when a human found Larry's phone, they accessed Larry's emails including those from Henrik's about his order as well as the Henrik's website to look at more details about said order. (GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)

Other information[]

Their email address was no-reply@henriks.uk.web. (GAME: The Lonely Assassins [+]Amelia Chung, Priya Kulasagaran, Rebecca Hee and Gavin Collinson, Maze Theory (2021).)

Footnotes[]

  1. No on screen date is given for the first two series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, outside of The Day of the Clown from the second series being set shortly after 9 October in an undisclosed year. While Donna Noble's present from the fourth series of Doctor Who is set around the same time as the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is explicitly described as being set a year after Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? from the first series, Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.
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