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In [[November]] [[1929]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] visited North Devon. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timeshare (VD short story)|Timeshare]]'') | In [[November]] [[1929]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]] visited North Devon. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timeshare (VD short story)|Timeshare]]'') | ||
[[Polly Wright]] spent much of her early life in Devon. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Polly Wright]] spent much of her early life in Devon. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)}}) | ||
Devon was home to a | Devon was home to a bunker called [[Hope Cover Bunker]]. Lance Corporal [[Sally Wright]] mentioned it to Colonel [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]] as a possible destination for the reanimated Staff Sergeant [[Albert Arnold]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Forgotten Son (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] landed in Staffham, Devon in [[1977]]. They met [[Charlotte Willis]] and helped to defeat [[Jalnik]], who had recently moved into the village with [[Butler (The Foe from the Future)|Butler,]] and stop the invasion of [[Pantophagen|The Pantophagen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] landed in Staffham, Devon in [[1977]]. They met [[Charlotte Willis]] and helped to defeat [[Jalnik]], who had recently moved into the village with [[Butler (The Foe from the Future)|Butler,]] and stop the invasion of [[Pantophagen|The Pantophagen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Foe from the Future (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Sally Sparrow's aunt]] had a house in Devon. In the [[1980]]s, she held [[Christmas]] parties there. In [[1985]], after landing in Sally's aunt's shed, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] "burped", [[Time travel|travelling forward in time]] twenty years. The Doctor left messages around the house for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] explaining this so she could pilot the TARDIS back to him from [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'') | [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]] had a house in Devon. In the [[1980]]s, she held [[Christmas]] parties there. In [[1985]], after landing in Sally's aunt's shed, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] "burped", [[Time travel|travelling forward in time]] twenty years. The Doctor left messages around the house for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] explaining this so she could pilot the TARDIS back to him from [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'') | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 16 August 2024
Devon was a county in the south-west of England and was the location of the famous Dartmoor moorland. (PROSE: Rags)
The Eighth Doctor once saw a Time Agent in Devon in 1624. (PROSE: Sometime Never...)
Home to the Lethbridge Baronets, one half of the family then went on to become the Lethbridge-Stewarts (the other half being the Stewarts in Lanark, Scotland) in the late 1590s. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
In November 1929, the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown visited North Devon. (PROSE: Timeshare)
Polly Wright spent much of her early life in Devon. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])
Devon was home to a bunker called Hope Cover Bunker. Lance Corporal Sally Wright mentioned it to Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart as a possible destination for the reanimated Staff Sergeant Albert Arnold. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son [+]Loading...["The Forgotten Son (novel)"])
The Fourth Doctor and Leela landed in Staffham, Devon in 1977. They met Charlotte Willis and helped to defeat Jalnik, who had recently moved into the village with Butler, and stop the invasion of The Pantophagen. (AUDIO: The Foe from the Future [+]Loading...["The Foe from the Future (audio story)"])
Sally Sparrow's aunt had a house in Devon. In the 1980s, she held Christmas parties there. In 1985, after landing in Sally's aunt's shed, the Doctor's TARDIS "burped", travelling forward in time twenty years. The Doctor left messages around the house for Sally Sparrow explaining this so she could pilot the TARDIS back to him from 2005. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)
Vilgreth worked on a farm in Devon in his youth. (AUDIO: Last of the Titans)
One of the sections of Starship UK was called Devon. (TV: The Beast Below)
On New Earth, Devon Pryce's mother named him after the Old Earth "country" of Devon. She believed the whole country was made of cream, but Devon suspected she got her history wrong, as that sounded quite impractical. (AUDIO: Escape from New New York)
Behind the scenes
- Actor Bruno Langley was born in Devon.
- The Sontaran Experiment was filmed entirely on location on Dartmoor, mainly around Hound Tor.
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