Tesco

Tesco was a supermarket. Tesco Metro was a part of it.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

During the first Nestene invasion of Earth, a Tesco was present in London. (TV: Spearhead from Space (episode 4) ^[+]Loading...{"ep":"4","1":"Spearhead from Space (TV story)"})

A Tesco Metro was located in London by 2005. (TV: Rose ^[+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Iris Wildthyme bought her alcohol from the Darlington branch of Tesco. (PROSE: Annabel Regina ^[+]Loading...["Annabel Regina (short story)"])

Anji Kapoor once had a Tesco receipt in her pocket. (PROSE: The Book of the Still ^[+]Loading...["The Book of the Still (novel)"])

Terry Collins was once in Tesco, wondering whether he had left the oven on at home. (PROSE: Consequences ^[+]Loading...["Consequences (short story)"])

Dorian held the "author's copies" of his book in a Tesco bag. (PROSE: Dead Romance ^[+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])

Agatha Ellis shopped at Tesco. (PROSE: Curtain Call ^[+]Loading...["Curtain Call (short story)"])

Odeur Delaware was Tesco's own brand of uni-sex perfume. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse ^[+]Loading...["The Widow's Curse (comic story)"])

A woman believed herself to have been shot in a Cardiff branch of Tesco's carpark. When the police arrived, they discovered that a can had exploded in the heat and hit her in the base of the neck. (PROSE: Another Life ^[+]Loading...["Another Life (novel)"])

There was a Tesco store located in the Cardiff Bay area. (PROSE: Risk Assessment ^[+]Loading...["Risk Assessment (novel)"])

Rose Tyler sarcastically noted that Sanctuary Base 6 didn't have a Tesco's when Danny Bartock began listing viruses capable of killing Ood that they didn't have at their disposal. (TV: The Satan Pit ^[+]Loading...["The Satan Pit (TV story)"])

When Amy Pond told Maria about Tesco, Maria thought that it was a market owned by the Tescaux family. (PROSE: Dead of Winter ^[+]Loading...["Dead of Winter (novel)"])

Dean Lethbridge-Stewart worked at a branch of Tesco. (PROSE: The Invasion of London ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion of London (short story)"])

On Christmas Eve 2023, Ruby Sunday bought bread, eggs and other groceries from this shop. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Several Tesco products have appeared in Doctor Who without Tesco being identified:
  • A television by Tesco's electronics brand, Technika, appears in The Wedding of River Song ^[+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"].
  • The Tesco Bread Bag appears in the Sundays' home in The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]. The Bread Ruby bought also appears to be from the "Tesco Finest" range.
• Tesco's advertising slogan "every little helps" is used in The Hungry Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"].
• It is evident Ruby Sunday shopped at a branch of Tesco near Notting Hill in The Church on Ruby Road ^[+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], but it is impossible to determine which due to multiple branches being in the area.

• On 13 February 2025, an official advertisement for Tesco was released to Facebook by Jack Biggs featuring Joe Tasker.^[1]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

• The Tesco website

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