Newfoundland
Newfoundland was an island in North America visited by the First Doctor and Viking Eric The Red.
Geography
The Island of Newfoundland was located geographically within the continent of North America.
History
The First Doctor's visit.
In 1002 AD The Tardis landed in Greenland due to a leak in it's Plutonium Battery, the nearest Plutonic ore that the Doctor required to refuel was located within Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Doctor enlisted the aid of Viking Eric The Red to retrieve the Plutonium, once he succeeded he went off to what would eventually become Nova Scotia.
Behind The Scenes
In the Real World Newfoundland was the first known non native settlement in North America.
Newfoundland would later become a colony of England and The United Kingdom, becoming a Dominion for the time of the First World War and would eventually join Canada in 1949.
The series 10 episode Smile the Vardy were named after a Newfoundland Swarm Robotics Professor named Andrew Vardy by the writer of the episode Frank Cottrell-Boyce as the two knew each other.
External Links
Who discovered America? at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
MUN 'swarm robotics prof inspires Doctor Who Episode at CBC NL - Newfoundland and Labrador YouTube channel
