A question for the Brits.

[ceebee_eebee]

Ok. So I am listening to Shadow of the Scourge for like the 800th time and I am tired of not understanding a particular reference. I've tried to find the answer on my own, to no avail. So, I call about YOU, British flisties.

When the Doctor books them rooms at the hotel, he does so under the name Summerfield. When Bernice asks why, he replies that a hotel in Kent may be one of the few places in the universe that the psuedonym "John Smith" would draw adverse attention.

I DON'T GET IT! I'm assuming this is some kind of religious reference?

Please explain.

Comments

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Kent in particular, but it sounds like a reference to the fact that checking into any hotel under the name "John Smith" makes it sound like you're either on the lam or an adulterous lover having a dirty weekend.

[usuallyhats]

According to the books and some of the comics, the Doctor has a house in Kent which he buys in the 1970s and still has in the early 22nd century, so maybe it could be reference to that?