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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* [[Michael Craze]], who played [[Ben Jackson]], was born in Cornwall. | * [[Michael Craze]], who played [[Ben Jackson]], was born in Cornwall. | ||
* According to the [[Doctor Who website]], a [[T:VALID|non-valid source]], by 2006 Cornwall was an independent republic. | |||
[[Category:English counties]] | [[Category:English counties]] | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 13 May 2021
Cornwall was a county of England, and historically part of Damnonium. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
Geography
The county included the town of Stegmoor (AUDIO: Beachhead) and the villages of Bledoe, (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) Porthferiot, (COMIC: The Tansbury Experiment) and Treawtha. (COMIC: The Amateur)
History
Circa 16000 BC, a Tregannan survey team consisting of Sancreda and Scryfan landed at Cornwall. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)
Around 2000 BC, Cessair of Diplos arrived at Boscombe Moor using a segment of the Key to Time in the disguised form of the Great Seal of Diplos. She pretended to be a Celtic goddess, and was accompanied by Ogri. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
The First Doctor, Ben and Polly visited Cornwall in the 17th century. (TV: The Smugglers)
In the 20th century, the Third Doctor visited Downphilly to observe the launching of a space station. (COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere) The Fourth Doctor and Romana I arrived at Boscombe Moor in search of one of the disguised segments of the Key to Time, eventually finding it in the possession of Cessair of Diplos. (TV: The Stones of Blood) He also visited Porthferiot while travelling with Sarah Jane Smith. (COMIC: The Tansbury Experiment)
An archaeological dig at Lanyon Moor in Cornwall was investigated by the Sixth Doctor in 2000, Evelyn Smythe and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)
Whilst travelling alone and still in the apparent possession of his memories, the Eighth Doctor stopped off in a Cornish village. (PROSE: Rip Tide)
During the War in the Medusa Cascade in 2009, Alan and Maria Jackson were holidaying in Cornwall. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
When asked about her holiday experiences, Donna Noble listed Cornwall among the locations which she had visited. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)
In 2017, the Eighth Doctor visited Stegmoor and dealt with the survivor of a crashed Voord spaceship. (AUDIO: Beachhead)
Behind the scenes
- Michael Craze, who played Ben Jackson, was born in Cornwall.
- According to the Doctor Who website, a non-valid source, by 2006 Cornwall was an independent republic.
