Sacred Wood

The Sacred Wood was a wooded area somewhere between Londinium and Camulodunum in the 1st century.

It was composed primarily of tall, old oak trees. (GAME: ) As its name implied, it was considered sacred by" the Druid order, (GAME: ) and, indeed, it emitted a mysterious "aura of power" which only humans could feel, and not Time Lords. During his plot to meddle with the Roman conquest of Britain, the War Chief disguised his TARDIS as a sacred oak tree in a clearing at the heart of the Sacred Wood, (GAME: ) making them the locus of his cult of the "Inner Mysteries". Thereafter, among the Britons, only chieftains who had been initiated into the Mysteries were permitted into the Wood, although Princess Branimandua sneaked into the Wood's edge on several occasions. (GAME: )

The War Chief's plans were eventually foiled by a group of time travellers who may have included any of Time Lords the Third Doctor, the Colonel or Leora. (GAME: ) The War Chief was forced to flee, though some possibilities would have seen him leave the TARDIS behind, still disguised as the sacred tree. (GAME: )