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Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne, in North Tyneside, United Kingdom. Killingworth was built as a planned town in the 1960s,〔http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/what-s-on/exhibit-for-50th-year-1-4608554〕 next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the Township. Other nearby towns and villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth. Most of Killingworth's residents commute to Newcastle, or its surrounding area. However, Killingworth developed a sizeable commercial centre, with bus links to the rest of Tyne and Wear. Killingworth is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. The nearest metro station is Palmersville. The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines; it lies west of Newcastle, New South Wales, so-named for the same reason. == Culture == Killingworth was used in the filming of the sitcom ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' in 1973/1974.〔http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ten-interesting-facts-about-killingworth-1342143〕 The Highfields estate (Garth Sixteen), built in the early 1970s and containing some of Killingworth's first privately owned houses was seen as a suitable location for the new home (on Falkirk) of the young couple Thelma and Bob,〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2006/04/12/hollywood_on_tyne_likely_lads_feature.shtml〕 while Terry Collier works at a factory (filmed at the Killingworth industrial estate). Although Killingworth is not mentioned, its presence can be seen as reflective of the times. In an episode of the architecture series ''Grundy's Wonders'' on Tyne Tees, John Grundy deemed Killingworth's former British Gas Research Centre to be the best industrial building in the North East. The ''Doctor Who'' episode titled "The Mark of the Rani" depicted Killingworth in the 19th-century, with the Sixth Doctor in search of George Stephenson, after the Doctor's arch-enemy The Master attempts to hijack the Industrial Revolution.〔http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ten-interesting-facts-about-killingworth-1342143〕 Filming of the episode took place in the 19th Century mining village at Blists Hill Open Air Museum in Ironbridge, however.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/markrani/detail.shtml〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Killingworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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