Darlington was a market town in Northern England.
Although seemingly innocuous, the town had a surprising amount of alien activity, due to the town itself having a 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 an a variety of locations, such as: 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; a branch of Greggs; a marketplace; the East Coast Line train station; the Duke's Legs hotel; 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 a 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)
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 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)