Cornwall
Cornwall was a county of England, and historically part of Damnonium. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
Geography
The county included the town of Stegmoor (AUDIO: Beachhead) and the villages of Bledoe, (PROSE: The Forgotten Son) Porthferiot, (COMIC: The Tansbury Experiment) and Treawtha. (COMIC: The Amateur)
History
Circa 16000 BC, a Tregannan survey team consisting of Sancreda and Scryfan landed at Cornwall. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)
Around 2000 BC, Cessair of Diplos arrived at Boscombe Moor using a segment of the Key to Time in the disguised form of the Great Seal of Diplos. She pretended to be a Celtic goddess, and was accompanied by Ogri. (TV: The Stones of Blood)
The First Doctor, Ben and Polly visited Cornwall in the 17th century. (TV: The Smugglers)
In the 20th century, the Third Doctor visited Downphilly to observe the launching of a space station. (COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere) The Fourth Doctor and Romana I arrived at Boscombe Moor in search of one of the disguised segments of the Key to Time, eventually finding it in the possession of Cessair of Diplos. (TV: The Stones of Blood) He also visited Porthferiot while travelling with Sarah Jane Smith. (COMIC: The Tansbury Experiment)
An archaeological dig at Lanyon Moor in Cornwall was investigated by the Sixth Doctor in 2000, Evelyn Smythe and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. (AUDIO: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor)
Whilst travelling alone and still in the apparent possession of his memories, the Eighth Doctor stopped off in a Cornish village. (PROSE: Rip Tide)
During the War in the Medusa Cascade in 2009, Alan and Maria Jackson were holidaying in Cornwall. (TV: The Stolen Earth)
In 2017, the Eighth Doctor visited Stegmoor and dealt with the survivor of a crashed Voord spaceship. (AUDIO: Beachhead)
References
When asked about her holiday experiences, Donna Noble listed Cornwall among the locations which she had visited. (COMIC: The Widow's Curse)
During the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth, Baker tried to leave the London for the safety of the Cornish coast, but was ambushed and exterminated by two Daleks. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
Behind the scenes
- Michael Craze, who played Ben Jackson, was born in Cornwall.
- According to the Doctor Who website, a non-valid source, by 2006 Cornwall was an independent republic.
