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HH
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Scott

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Subj: Re: Doctor Who: "Turn Left" ...
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 03:51:15 pm EDT
Reply Subj: Re: Doctor Who: "Turn Left" ...
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 at 09:58:16 am EDT (Viewed 495 times)


> > On a completely different side of things, Leeds city council was horrified at how their city was portrayed in the episode, undercutting decades of "Leeds, financial city of north Europe" type marketing in favour of showing the kind of poverty housing that does still exist there and in many places in Yorkshire. I was born in Leeds and played on plenty of streets like that.
> Did the show creators or BBC have to apologise to Leeds?
>
No. After all, there are bits of Leeds like that. It would be like saying "We object to you showing some people pushing drugs in New York City."

Besides, Torchwood has shown some pretty grotty bits of Cardiff, including the notorious area called Splot ("estate agents refer to it as spleau").