There are few places that have cropped up as much as Sheffield in the famous television series Doctor Who.
As a new series of the programme, starring new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, starts on May 11, he had probably better get his Sheffield A to Z out, because over the years, the programme has had a lot going on in Sheffield and its nearby countryside in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
From monsters to mutants, the city’s streets have had have a lot to cope with, and the famous show has made many references to the the city over the years, going right back to the area’s first high profile role back in the 1970s
We have put together a gallery outlining what the programme predicts will happen here in the future, as well as what it’s writers have claimed has already happened here in the ‘Whoniverse’
The programme has also featured some of South Yorkshire’s best known actors in its long histoty - and we have also included in our gallery a profile of who they are what they did to shape the programme’s sci-fi world.
5. From Grenoside to Mars
In the world of Doctor Who, Grenoside was the home village of the fictional British cosmonaut Margaret Cain, who went on to attend Sheffield University, In the Doctor Who episode Waters of Mars, when David Tennant was The Doctor, she was a member of crew on a base on Mars called Bowie Bose One. Sadly, she was one of those who were killed off in the episode., which was set in 2058. | Google Photo: Google
6. Dalek attack
In the 2019 episode Resolution,, a remnant of an old Dalek, that in the story was buried under Sheffield Town Hall in the ninth century comes to life after being found, taking over one of the archaeologists on the dig. The Dalek rebuilds itself, leading to a battle at a farm site near the city. Photo: Sarah Washbourne, National World Photo: Sarah Washbourn
7. Exploding Tardis
In Jodie Whitaker's first episode as the Doctor, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, she fell out of an exploding Tardis and landed in Sheffield. She they faced a battle in the city to stop an alien monster, a 'Stenza' called Tzim-Sha who, winning a final battle at the top of a crane on a Sheffield building site. Surrey Street gets a mention in the episode as the location of Sheffield's old green police box. | Andrew Roe Photography
8. Deadly giant spiders
Sheffield was also threatened by giant killer spiders while Jodie Whitaker was The Doctor, in the episode Arachnids in the UK. It turns out they are being mutated by toxic waste under a hotel in the outskirts of Sheffield, where waste is being dumped in old mines. Before beating the spiders, the doctor also visited her companion Yaz's family in Park Hill flats. | Andrew Roe Photography