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Sometime in the [[15th century]], the [[Flor de la Mar|''Flor de la Mar'']] sank off the coast of Sumatra. Years later, the treasure it was carrying, including the [[Keystone]], was found by Captain [[Sin Ji-Hun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')
Sometime in the [[15th century]], the [[Flor de la Mar|''Flor de la Mar'']] sank off the coast of Sumatra. Years later, the treasure it was carrying, including the [[Keystone]], was found by Captain [[Sin Ji-Hun]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Legend of the Sea Devils (TV story)|Legend of the Sea Devils]]'')


On the same day as the [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruption of [[Krakatoa]] in [[1883]], a sketch of the [[Ninth Doctor]] washed up on a beach on Sumatra. It eventually found its way into [[Clive Finch]]'s collection of artefacts related to [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') However, Cliva also dated the sketch to [[1880]], while the sketch itself had the date [[1888]] on it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
On the same day as the [[Volcano|volcanic]] eruption of [[Krakatoa]] in [[1883]], a sketch of the [[Ninth Doctor]] washed up on a beach on Sumatra. It eventually found its way into [[Clive Finch]]'s collection of artefacts related to [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') However, Clive also dated the sketch to [[1880]], while the sketch itself had the date [[1888]] on it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')


In the [[1890s]], the ''[[Fata Morgana]]'' turned up on [[Île de Sainte-Barbe]] off the southern coast of Sumatra. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Island of Death (audio story)|Island of Death]]'')
In the [[1890s]], the ''[[Fata Morgana]]'' turned up on [[Île de Sainte-Barbe]] off the southern coast of Sumatra. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Island of Death (audio story)|Island of Death]]'')

Revision as of 14:07, 17 January 2023

Sumatra

Sumatra was an island in the south of Asia.[1]

Geography

Sumatra was large island located to the south of Siam, in the waters off the Asian mainland. To the north-west of Sumatra was the Bay of Bengal and to the north, though guarded by a headland, was the Gulf of Siam. The island of Java was located just off the south-east of Sumatra, while the island of Borneo was located roughly to the east. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)

History

The island was part of Kublai Khan's empire. In 1289, the Khan tried offering the island to the First Doctor, should he win their game of backgammon, but the Doctor refused, insistent that his prize for winning should be his TARDIS. (TV: "Assassin at Peking")

Sometime in the 15th century, the Flor de la Mar sank off the coast of Sumatra. Years later, the treasure it was carrying, including the Keystone, was found by Captain Sin Ji-Hun. (TV: Legend of the Sea Devils)

On the same day as the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, a sketch of the Ninth Doctor washed up on a beach on Sumatra. It eventually found its way into Clive Finch's collection of artefacts related to the Doctor. (TV: Rose) However, Clive also dated the sketch to 1880, while the sketch itself had the date 1888 on it. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

In the 1890s, the Fata Morgana turned up on Île de Sainte-Barbe off the southern coast of Sumatra. (AUDIO: Island of Death)

In the late 19th century, Silas Beckett told Vastra and Jenny Flint that he was saved from an attack in Millwall by a Sumatran man. Jenny doubted this. (AUDIO: The Cars That Ate London!)

Sumatra appeared on a map of the region in 1904. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)

The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield visited a post-21st century Sumatra. (AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator)

Footnotes

  1. The map shown in War of the Sontarans shows Hindustan to be in south Asia. On the map shown in Survivors of the Flux, Sumatra is an island located south-east of Hindustan.