Rwanda was a country in Africa.
The Fifteenth Doctor spoke with a unique Scottish-Rwandan accent. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"], etc.)
Rwanda was a natural habitat of the mountain gorilla. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"])
"The sharpness of the tongue defeats the sharpness of the warrior" was an old Rwandan proverb. (PROSE: Sonic Screwdriver [+]Loading...["Sonic Screwdriver (feature)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 1994, fighting had broken out in Rwanda. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lieutenant Will Hoffman served two tours in Rwanda prior to 2005. (AUDIO: The Longest Night [+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])
In the wake of Miracle Day in 2011, Tutsi in Rwanda bashed the heads of Hutu villagers with clubs and ran over them with bulldozers. (TV: Rendition [+]Loading...["Rendition (TV story)"])
Panda was featured in the film Panda in Rwanda, a poster for which depicted him over Rwanda, near a parrot. (GRAPHIC: Panda in Rwanda [+]Loading...["Panda in Rwanda (illustration)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Ncuti Gatwa, who played the Fifteenth Doctor, was born in Kigali, Rwanda. He and his family soon fled the country in 1994, following the Rwandan genocide. He grew up in Scotland.[1]
The illustration Panda in Rwanda [+]Loading...["Panda in Rwanda (illustration)"] references the Rwanda asylum plan of the British government, which would have deported immigrants to Rwanda, as well as Paddington Bear's status as an illegal immigrant - the illustration was drawn over a real world poster for the film Paddington in Peru.