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In [[1981]], [[David Taylor (Imaginary Boys)|David Taylor]] and his little brother [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] with their parents visted Darlington, and they eat [[french fries]] at [[Wimpy Bar|Wimpys]] and go into a branch of WHSmiths to buy [[Target Books (Bafflement and Devotion)|Target novels]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]) | In [[1981]], [[David Taylor (Imaginary Boys)|David Taylor]] and his little brother [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] with their parents visted Darlington, and they eat [[french fries]] at [[Wimpy Bar|Wimpys]] and go into a branch of WHSmiths to buy [[Target Books (Bafflement and Devotion)|Target novels]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]) | ||
After [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]]' [[Brian (Fanboys)|stepfather]]'s [[Brian's father (The Great Big Book Exchange)|father]] died, his [[Brian's mother (The Great Big Book Exchange)|mother]] came to [[Mam's council house|live with them]]. They frequented the Great Big Book Exchange, looking for a copy of ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Great Big Book Exchange (short story)|The Great Big Book Exchange]]'') | |||
In [[1982]], [[Hayter]] taught at the [[University of Darlington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | In [[1982]], [[Hayter]] taught at the [[University of Darlington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||
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Darlington was a snowy market town in North-Eastern England, which was near Newton Aycliffe. (PROSE: Fanboys)
Although seemingly innocuous, the town had a surprising amount of alien activity, due to the town itself being gateway to the multiverse. Due to this, MIAOW implemented a branch there to monitor and contain the activity. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme, The Dreadful Flap)
Darlington had a variety of locations, such as: the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the early 1800s, (PROSE: A History of Humankind) the Great Big Book Exchange, a bookshop located on South Road; Magda's Mysteries, a specialist bookshop which secretly held the entrance to the Darlington branch of MIAOW, located in the Darlington indoor market; a branch of Greggs; an unnamed café; furniture store rooms; kebab shops; the East Coast Line train station; the Duke's Legs hotel; a park; the Arts Centre; Skinnergate, which was a street filled with junk shops as well as a lesbian bar; and to the South of Darlington laid a motorway. Beyond the motorway, there was the Scotch Corner Hotel, which resided in seven dimensions. Further south, just outside of an unnamed, neighbouring village, upon the brow of a hill, Magda lived in an old farmhouse. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)
Darlington also had a Tesco supermarket (PROSE: Annabel Regina), WHSmiths, Wimpys, (PROSE: Fanboys) and the University of Darlington.(TV: Time-Flight)
After-Christmas sales were common in Darlington in the late 1970s. (PROSE: Party Like it's 1979)
History
In the 19th century, Panda wrote a letter to Iris while he was resting in Darlington after defeating a time traveller in Shildon. (PROSE: From Wildthyme with Love)
A time rift called the Dreadful Flap opened above Darlington in 1965. (PROSE: The Dreadful Flap)
In 1981, David Taylor and his little brother Chris with their parents visted Darlington, and they eat french fries at Wimpys and go into a branch of WHSmiths to buy Target novels. (PROSE: Fanboys)
After Paul Magrs' stepfather's father died, his mother came to live with them. They frequented the Great Big Book Exchange, looking for a copy of Gone with the Wind. (PROSE: The Great Big Book Exchange)
In 1982, Hayter taught at the University of Darlington. (TV: Time-Flight)
In 2010s, the events that lead to Anthony Marvelle reaching Hyspero began. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)
Undated events
The Eighth Doctor once encountered Iris Wildthyme in Darlington. (AUDIO: The Elixir of Doom)
Behind the scenes
Location information
Though it's possible that a real world location doesn't exist in the same geographic space in the Doctor Who universe, such cases are few and far between. Thus, the map to the right is probably a good indicator of the DWU location of Darlington.
