Dorset

Dorset
Also called:	Dorsetshire
Type:	County
Location:	Southwest England
First appearance:	Amazing Fossil Fish
Appearances:	see list

Dorset, also known as Dorsetshire, was a county in Southwest England, (AUDIO: Whatever Remains) famous for its fossil deposits. (AUDIO: Whatever Remains, PROSE: But Once a Year)

Locations

The town Bridport was located in Dorset, as were (PROSE: Number 1, Gallows Gate Road) the villages of Turelhampton (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass) and Wolfenden. (AUDIO: The White Wolf)

History

19th century

19th century Dorset was home to limestone mines in the Tilly Whim Tunnels. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg)

In the 1890s, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax visited Lullwind Cove in Dorset. (AUDIO: Whatever Remains)

20th century

Digby Arwell, Madge Arwell's brother-in-law, owned a large country estate in Dorset. In 1941, her children, Cyril and Lily Arwell, and she were evacuated from London to their Uncle's Dorset estate. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

On one summer holiday, Ian Chesterton visited a holiday resort in Dorset. (PROSE: The Splintered Gate)

Fossils could be found at Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast. David Merrison enjoyed collecting fossils there with his grandfather. (PROSE: But Once a Year)

22nd century

During the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, the Tilly Whim Tunnels were used by the resistance to evade the Daleks. Three years into the occupation, the Daleks wiped out all Dorset life with an unknown chemical weapon in order to crush the resistance. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg)

23rd century

Nearly 100 years after the invasion ended, wealthy businessman Zoltan Clarkson bought the entire County of Dorset. Setting up his base of operations at Durlston Castle, he began developing cybernetic dinosaurs with the help of his cyberneticist brother Andrew Clarkson. The Second Doctor, Polly and Ben visited county during this time and met Andrew and Zoltan. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg)

Behind the scenes

Bournemouth and Weymouth are also located in Dorset.