Tesco was a supermarket.
History[]
A Tesco Metro was located in London by 2005. (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
The Eleventh Doctor and Ambrose Northover quoted their catchphrase, "every little helps", when preparing to fight the Silurians. (TV: The Hungry Earth)
Iris Wildthyme bought her alcohol from the Darlington branch of Tesco. (PROSE: Annabel Regina)
Anji Kapoor once had a Tesco receipt in her pocket. (PROSE: The Book of the Still)
Terry Collins was once in Tesco, wondering whether he had left the oven on at home. (PROSE: Consequences)
Dorian held the "author's copies" of his book in a Tesco bag. (PROSE: Dead Romance)
Agatha Ellis shopped at Tesco. (PROSE: Curtain Call)
Odeur Delaware was Tesco's own brand of uni-sex perfume. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)
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)
There was a Tesco store located in the Cardiff Bay area. (PROSE: Risk Assessment)
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)
When Amy Pond told Maria about Tesco, Maria thought that it was a market owned by the Tescaux family. (PROSE: Dead of Winter)
Dean Lethbridge-Stewart worked at a branch of Tesco. (PROSE: The Invasion of London)
On Christmas Eve 2023, Ruby Sunday bought bread, eggs and other groceries from this shop. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).)
Behind the scenes[]
- 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 [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 6 (BBC One, 2011)..
- The Tesco Bread Bag appears in the Sundays' home in The Church on Ruby Road [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 (BBC One and Disney+, 2023).. The Bread Ruby bought also appears to be from the "Tesco Finest" range.
- It is evident Ruby Sunday shopped at a branch of Tesco near Notting Hill in The Church on Ruby Road [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2023 (BBC One and Disney+, 2023)., but it is impossible to determine which due to multiple branches being in the area.