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'''Essex''' was an [[England|English]] [[county]]. One of the local [[newspaper]]s was the ''[[Colchester Evening News]]''. The [[Colchester Knights]] played football there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') | '''Essex''' was an [[England|English]] [[county]]. One of the local [[newspaper]]s was the ''[[Colchester Evening News]]''. The [[Colchester Knights]] played football there. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') | ||
Essex was located in the south-east of England, to the north of [[London]]. West of Essex was [[Oxford]] and to the north was [[Cambridge]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | Essex was located in the south-east of England, to the north of [[London]]. West of Essex was [[Oxford]] and to the north was [[Cambridge]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') Locations in Essex included [[Colchester]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') [[Basildon]], [[Brentwood]], [[Chelmsford]] and [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 7 January 2020
Essex was an English county. One of the local newspapers was the Colchester Evening News. The Colchester Knights played football there. (TV: Closing Time)
Essex was located in the south-east of England, to the north of London. West of Essex was Oxford and to the north was Cambridge. (TV: Spyfall) Locations in Essex included Colchester, (TV: Closing Time) Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon. (TV: Spyfall)
History
A ship full of Cybermen crashed in what would become the Essex town of Colchester, and remained buried and hidden for centuries. Sanderson & Grainger department store was eventually built atop it. (TV: Closing Time)
The Silence (TV: Day of the Moon) hid a sentient ship atop a house at 79B Aickman Road, Colchester, by simulating another storey via a perception filter. (TV: The Lodger)
Oxley Woods was located in the Essex town of Epping. In 1970, a formation of Nestene spheres landed in the wood. At the same time, the TARDIS materialised there, carrying the newly-regenerated Third Doctor. He was taken to Ashbridge Cottage Hospital by the UNIT troops who found him whilst searching for the "meteorites" (the spheres). (TV: Spearhead from Space)
In the early 2000s, UNIT Colonels Emily Chaudhry and Robert Dalton killed a vârkolak on the Essex seashore. (AUDIO: Snake Head)
In 2010, the Eleventh Doctor rented a spare room from Craig Owens at 79A Aickman Road, Colchester, after the ship disguised as the house's upper storey began luring and killing seventeen people in the search for a compatible pilot. The Doctor, Craig, and Sophie stopped the ship and deactivated the perception filter. (TV: The Lodger)
In 2011, the Cybership under Colchester began to reactivate, a Cybermat routing electricity to it. Several people disappeared from the surface. While visiting Craig, the Doctor took a job in Sanderson & Grainger's toy department to investigate the disappearances. He and Craig destroyed the Cybership. (TV: Closing Time)
Ensign Company LTD. was based at Juliette Close, Purfleet Ind. Park, Purfleet in Essex, RM15 4YF. (TV: Nightvisiting)
Known residents
Residents of Essex included Sam and Meg Seeley, (TV: Spearhead from Space) Craig Owens, Sophie, the Eleventh Doctor (TV: The Lodger) and Alfie Owens. (TV: Closing Time)
The Thirteenth Doctor's companion Graham O'Brien was originally from Essex. (TV: The Witchfinders, Spyfall; PROSE: The Good Doctor)
Notable locations
Towns in Essex included Colchester (TV: The Lodger, The Big Bang, Closing Time, Up All Night) and Epping. (TV: Spearhead from Space; PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) Brook Cottage and Oxley Woods were located near Epping. (TV: Spearhead from Space)
