Downphilly

Downphilly was a tracking station in Cornwall in the 1970s. Its director was Sir Ian MacGregor, and its senior scientific officer was Weatherall. Downphilly tracked the launching of an American space station which was actually a platform for nuclear missiles. The Third Doctor attended the launch and learned that technician Davie Jenkins had detected a large object approaching Earth, actually a Zeron spacecraft which was fired upon by the station. In retaliation, the Zerons fired a ray which destroyed part of the tracking station. (COMIC: The Enemy from Nowhere)