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|aka = Brendon School | |aka = Brendon School | ||
|type = [[School]] | |type = [[School]] | ||
|location = [[ | |location = [[Heskith]], [[Hertfordshire]] | ||
|first | |first cs = Mawdryn Undead (TV story) | ||
|appearances = {{ | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Brendon Public School''', | '''Brendon Public School''', originally '''Brendon School for Boys''', was an [[England|English]] [[school]] in [[Heskith]], [[Hertfordshire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Business Unusual (novel)}}) | ||
== History == | |||
It was a [[Anne (Queen of Great Britain)|Queen Anne]] [[mansion]] originally called '''Brendon Court''' and was the country seat of the Mulle-Heskith family. It was sold in [[1922]] upon the death of Sir [[Barrie Mulle-Heskith]] and there was considerable debate on whether it should become a boys' school or an [[Asylum (hospital)|asylum]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[Jacob Douglas]] attended Brendon School for Boys in [[1973]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Moon Blink (novel)}}) | |||
In [[1983]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], formerly the commander of the [[Britain|British]] division of [[UNIT]], was a teacher of [[A-levels|A-level]] [[mathematics]] at the school, having joined the teaching staff in [[1977]], a year after retiring from UNIT; and [[Vislor Turlough|Turlough]], an undercover [[Trion (species)|Trion]] exile, was one of the students. Six years earlier, before Turlough came to Brendon, Lethbridge-Stewart suffered some sort of nervous breakdown, resulting in partial [[amnesia]]; and Dr. Runciman found him collapsed on the hill above the school. | |||
[[ | In 1983, Turlough and [[Hippo Ibbotson|Ibbotson]] stole Lethbridge-Stewart's car from the school grounds and crashed it a short distance away. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}}) Their peers included [[Bolam]], [[Matthewson (The King of Terror)|Matthewson]], [[McMullen (The King of Terror)|McMullen]], [[Pradie (The King of Terror)|Pradie]], [[Rogerson (The King of Terror)|Rogerson]], [[Shaw major]], [[Shaw minor]] and [[Watt (The King of Terror)|Watt]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)}}) | ||
The school's staff included Mr. [[Sellick]], the [[headmaster]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (novelisation)}}) Dr. [[Runciman]], the resident physician since at least 1977; and Miss Cassidy, the [[matron]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}}) | |||
On [[1 January]] [[1990]], the Brigadier met his illegitimate son [[Albert Wilson]] for the first time when he visited him at the school. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enfolded Time (short story)}}) | |||
[[Daniel Hinton]] also at one time attended the school until he was expelled in [[1992]] for dabbling in [[black magic]]; the fourth year dormitory was terrified and [[Matron (Mawdryn Undead)|Matron]]'s cat received a shock from which it never recovered. [[Twickers]] was the school secretary in the [[1990s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}}) | |||
[[ | [[Charlie Gibbs]] was another of Turlough's classmates. However, Turlough did not learn until [[2013]] that Gibbs was also from [[Trion (planet)|Trion]] and that his family supported the opposing faction in the [[Trion Civil War|civil war]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eldrad Must Die! (audio story)}}) | ||
Turlough's other classmates included [[Peter Smythe]], [[Henry Lucas]], [[Barney Adams]] and [[Kenneth Smith (The Memory Bank)|Kenneth Smith]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Memory Bank (audio story)}}) | |||
Turlough enjoyed studying history while at the school. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Phantasmagoria (audio story)}}) However, he hated [[William Shakespeare]]'s works. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Emerald Tiger (audio story)}}) | |||
In his [[1996]] book ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'', the journalist [[James Stevens]] described it as "a minor public school for boys". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | |||
== References == | |||
When [[Vislor Turlough]] appeared on the ''[[Incredible Power Game]]'', [[the Hostess]] introduced him as a student from [[Middlesex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Power Game (audio story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The school scenes for ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' were filmed at Trent Park campus of {{w|Middlesex Polytechnic}}, [[Cockfosters]], [[Hertfordshire]]. | The school scenes for ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' were filmed at Trent Park campus of {{w|Middlesex Polytechnic}}, [[Cockfosters]], [[Hertfordshire]]. | ||
[[Category:Brendon Public School| ]] | [[Category:Brendon Public School| ]] | ||
[[Category:English schools]] | |||
[[Category:Locations visited by the Fifth Doctor]] | |||