Kent

Kent
Type:	County
Location:	South East England
First appearance:	The Small Defender
Appearances:	see list

Alternate counterparts ofKent

Kent, located in South East England, (COMIC: The Dalek Project) was a county that Ben Jackson and the Seventh Doctor both described as "the garden of England." (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead; PROSE: Transit)

Geography

Kent as seen on a digital map of South East England. (TV: The Bounty Hunter ^[+]Loading...["The Bounty Hunter (TV story)"])

The South London town of Bexley was on the border with Kent. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) Smithwood Manor (the Doctor's house) on Allen Road was in Kent, as was the Pinehill Crest Hotel (PROSE: Verdigris, AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge) and the city of Canterbury. (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead)

History

19th century

In 1895, Lord Jack Corrigan resided in Kent. (AUDIO: Destination: Nerva)

20th century

A group of Daleks, who crashed after their ship's systems were damaged, hid underwater in Kent while they were on a mission called the Dalek Project. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)

In November 1920, the Second Doctor, Ben, Polly Wright and Jamie McCrimmon encountered the train carrying the Unknown Warrior at a waypoint near Canterbury. (AUDIO: The Mouthless Dead)

21st century

John and Anne Hartman lived in Kent. After John's death in 2003, Anne moved to Kensington. (AUDIO: The Rockery)

The UNIT Liaison was located in Maidstone Barracks, Kent, ME16. The 4th annual conference on Threat Containment and Response was held there, and it was announced on the UNIT website in 26 June 2005. (PROSE: UNIT Conferences)

Michael Yates was the prospective M.E.P. for the Kentish town of Upper Wardleswick. He was used by the Harpies as their new Warkeeper, and the Harpies, along with the Hawks, were transported to Upper Wardleswick where they attempted to invade the planet. (COMIC: The Warkeeper's Crown)

Later history

During the 2400s Dalek invasion of the solar system, another group of Daleks landed in Kent as an advance force to construct a landing platform. They were thwarted by a mole. (PROSE: The Small Defender)

Starship UK had a Kent tower. (TV: The Beast Below)

Parallel universe

Canticum was the equivalent of Kent in Pete's World. (PROSE: The Turning of the Tide)

Behind the scenes

• Kent was used as a filming location for Doctor Who television stories, among others, Inferno, The Curse of Fenric and notably the Dungeness nuclear power station in The Claws of Axos.