Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada was defeated by the English, including Sir Francis Drake, in 1588.

History

In 1587, Drake had launched an attack on the Armada in the port of Cadiz, resulting in it being delayed for a year. (AUDIO: The Flames of Cadiz ^[+]Loading...["The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)"])

The Armada was launched from Calais and massed in the English Channel before its failed attack on England. The Fourth Doctor and Leela were present for the battle. (AUDIO: The Devil's Armada ^[+]Loading...["The Devil's Armada (audio story)"])

John Whiteside-Smith, an ancestor of the Sixth Doctor's companion Evelyn Smythe, played a role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy ^[+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])

Other references

When the TARDIS landed in the middle of a battle, Ben Jackson hoped it would be "some glorious battle in Earth history", dreaming it might be, among others, the Spanish Armada. (PROSE: H.M.S. Tardis ^[+]Loading...["H.M.S. Tardis (short story)"])

In an account where Susan was not a student at Coal Hill School, but was instead tutored by Barbara Wright, she thought that the Spanish Armada was a castle, when it was emphatically not. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])