English Channel

The English Channel was a body of water that separated Great Britain from France.

In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel. The Sixth Doctor claimed that he swam with Webb in the Channel. (BFA: Doctor Who and the Pirates)

In 1941, Bernice Summerfield spent time stranded on Nazi-occupied Guernsey, an island in the Channel. (BFBS: Just War, NA: Just War)

Reg Arwell was believed to have died while flying over the English Channel on 20 December 1941. However, it was turned out his wife Madge Arwell had saved him while flying through the Time Vortex with the Eleventh Doctor. (DW: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

A German U-boat which was patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time to 1964, where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry. Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Countermeasures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base. (CM: State of Emergency)

In the 1970s, a prison was established on Fortress Island, located in the Channel. (DW: The Sea Devils) When John Harrison purchased a group of Skullion slaves who had crash landed in Central Asia, they were brought across Europe and then across the Channel to him. (SJA: The Man Who Never Was)