Londonderry

Londonderry
Also called:	Derry
Type:	City
Location:	Northern Ireland
First mentioned in:	Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"]

Londonderry, (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"], No Future ^[+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"], The King of Terror ^[+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"]) also known as Derry, (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos ^[+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"]) was a city in Northern Ireland.

History

Major Barker was deployed to Londonderry, where he led a British Army squad against an IRA sniper. The sniper was taken prisoner but when a soldier was killed by a second sniper, Barker executed his prisoner in anger. He was asked to resign from the army afterwards. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"])

Geoff Paynter had been caught up in a bomb blast in Londonderry. (PROSE: The King of Terror ^[+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"])

Callum Fitzhaugh was from Derry, as was his girlfriend Caitlin. After being rejected by Caitlin in 1999, Callum's distress allowed the Mandragora Helix to take him over and turn him into the businessman Dara Morgan, who employed a number of Northern Irish people, including Caitlin, at MorganTech. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos ^[+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])

Behind the scenes

In the real world, the city is officially known as "Londonderry". However, the naming of the city has historically been subject to dispute between Irish nationalists and Unionists, with the former favouring "Derry". The naming of the city was especially politicised during the Troubles. In DWU sources, both names have been used interchangeably to refer to the city, although the Londonderry name has been more common. With the context of the naming dispute, it is important to note that Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters (novelisation)"] was published near the beginning of the Troubles, and uses the Londonderry name within the narrative of a former British Army soldier's (Major Barker) thoughts.