Berkshire
Berkshire was an English county.
Geography
Berkshire shared a border with Buckinghamshire. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran [+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (novelisation)"])
The county included the towns of Maidenhead, (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"]) Newbury (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"]) and Reading. (PROSE: Bat Attack! [+]Loading...["Bat Attack! (comic story)"]) The village of Little Caldwell was also located there, (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"]) and Goblin's Copse was situated on the Buckinghamshire/Berkshire border. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran [+]Loading...["The Last Sontaran (novelisation)"])
History
The Mandrake Corporation had a biotech facility in Pangbourne, researching a cure for the Marburg virus. (AUDIO: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (audio story)"])
Berkshire was the home of the runner-up in a bowling competition that Peter Tyler entered. (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"])
The Sixth Doctor and Mel Bush visited Mel's Uncle, John Hallam, in Berkshire in 2003. (AUDIO: Catch-1782 [+]Loading...["Catch-1782 (audio story)"])
After narrowing down the landing site of a Nestene control sphere to a 15-mile radius in the Slough/Reading area (AUDIO: Vanguard [+]Loading...["Vanguard (UTNS audio story)"]) of Berkshire, (COMIC: Bat Attack! [+]Loading...["Bat Attack! (comic story)"]) Petronella Osgood, Colonel Shindi and Josh Carter travelled to the county in order to follow it from the ground. However, the sphere changed course and eventually landed in Buckinghamshire. (AUDIO: Vanguard [+]Loading...["Vanguard (UTNS audio story)"])
Behind the scenes
Stargroves estate in Berkshire was used for the exteriors of the Victorian manor house in Pyramids of Mars.
