Somerset

Somerset was a county in England, Earth.

Barbara Wright once took a holiday there. (TV: The Reign of Terror)

Flowers and trees were once in full bloom in winter there. (PROSE: Wolfsbane)

While on Ribos, the Fourth Doctor identified an accent assumed by Garron as that of Somerset. Romana I told him, as Bartholomew's Planetary Gazetteer described Ribos as having "a protected class three society", there couldn't be any "Earth aliens" on the planet. (TV: The Ribos Operation)

The Seventh Doctor once stated that he had spent two weeks in Taunton, and that he'd never been so bored. (PROSE: The Highest Science)

Oscar Botcherby once claimed that his father had been an air raid warden in the Somerset town of Shepton Mallet during the Second World War. (TV: The Two Doctors)

The Severn Bridge connected Somerset to South Wales. (TV: The New World)

The Twelfth Doctor described the Prison's TransNet link as "slower than sending a text message in Somerset." (PROSE: The Blood Cell)

Behind the scenes

 * Situated on the opposite coast of the Bristol Channel, it is possible to look out onto Cardiff, and even Flat Holm from several locations.
 * Actor David Dodimead was born in the town of Shepton Mallet.

Filming locations

 * Locations in Somerset have often been used for filming, including:
 * Wookey Hole Caves. (TV: Revenge of the Cybermen)
 * Quarries near Frome. (TV: Time and the Rani)
 * Wells Cathedral, as the interior of Southwark Cathedral. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)
 * Severn Bridge. (TV: The New World)