Plymouth

Plymouth
Type:	City
Location:	Devon, England
First appearance:	The Lost Magic
Appearances:	PROSE: Rebellion on Treasure Island

You may be looking for the city Plymouth Hope.

Plymouth was a coastal city in the south-west of England. (TV: The Categories of Life) It was located in Devon (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three) and had the largest naval docks in Western Europe. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])To the north-east of Plymouth was Exeter. (TV: Army of Ghosts)

History

19th century

In the 1890s, Plymouth was a key stop-off point for steamers leaving London on trips to places such as New Zealand, Australia and Cape Town. Adverts for the trips appeared in an 1890s copy of The Times. (TV: Deep Breath ^[+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"])

20th century

During a riot at Dartmoor prison, the governor alerted police taskforces in both Exeter and Plymouth. (PROSE: Rags ^[+]Loading...["Rags (novel)"])

21st century

In 2006, the Royal Navy submarine HMS Taurean was stationed in the North Sea off the coast of Plymouth. Mickey Smith launched harpoon missile UGM-84A from the Taurean at 10 Downing Street. (TV: World War Three ^[+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])

During the ghost shift craze of 2007, ghosts, actually Cybermen from Pete's World, were forecast as appearing in Plymouth. (TV: Army of Ghosts ^[+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

During Miracle Day in 2011, an overflow camp was set up in or around Plymouth. (TV: The Categories of Life ^[+]Loading...["The Categories of Life (TV story)"])

Royston Luke Gold had a fear of Plymouth. (TV: The God Complex ^[+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"])

In 2020, several bodies were discovered in Plymouth, apparently victims of spontaneous combustion. Chris Cwej and Iris Wildthyme were tasked by their Superiors to close a dimensional rift nearby. They discovered that the deaths were being caused by a spindly, faceless entity carrying a tool of unknown purpose; Iris speculated that it was a scientist from a higher dimension, inadvertently killing humans while trying to examine them. (PROSE: Flickering Flame ^[+]Loading...["Flickering Flame (short story)"])