Southampton's location. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
Southampton was a city on the south-coast of England. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006)., TV: Spyfall [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).) To the north of Southampton was Oxford, to the north-east was London and to the east was Brighton. It shared a coastline with the English Channel. (TV: Spyfall [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who series 12 (BBC One, 2020).)
History[]
Southampton had its own docks. (COMIC: Bat Attack! [+]Alan Barnes, DWA comic stories (BBC Magazines, 2006).)
The Ninth Doctor visited Southampton in April 1912 where he befriended the Daniels family, who took him in as he lay unconscious. Later, the Doctor stole their tickets for their planned trip, (AUDIO: Battle Scars [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) which would have been aboard the doomed RMS Titanic. (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) The Titanic departed Southampton on 10 April 1912 on its fateful voyage. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008).)
In 1924, River Song and Bertie Potts took a steamer from Southampton to Constantinople. (AUDIO: The Boundless Sea [+]Jenny Colgan, The Diary of River Song: Series One (The Diary of River Song, Big Finish Productions, 2015).)
The Queen Mary set sail from Southampton to New York City in 1963. (PROSE: Ghost Ship [+]Keith Topping, Telos Doctor Who novellas (Telos Publishing, 2002).)
Henry Palmerdale was on his way to Southampton in his steam yacht when it crashed into Fang Rock. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who season 15 (BBC1, 1977).)
Donna Noble was born in Southampton during her mother's visit to her aunt Iris, as Iris had refused to come to the family home in Chiswick. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).)
During the ghost shift craze of 2007, ghosts, actually Cybermen from Pete's World, were forecast as appearing in Southampton. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)
In 2009, calls to the emergency services from Southampton suggested that children were pointing at the sky. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Russell T Davies and James Moran, Torchwood series 3 (BBC One, 2009).)
