Ashbridge Cottage Hospital

Ashbridge Cottage Hospital (TV: Spearhead from Space, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion) or Lourdwater Cottage Hospital (PROSE: Lourdwater Cottage Hospital case summary) was a hospital in Epping. (TV: Spearhead from Space, etc.)

The Third Doctor was brought there by UNIT troops after collapsing in Oxley Woods from his recent regeneration. Dr Henderson thought someone in radiology was playing a prank when he and his nurse saw two hearts on the Doctor's chest X-ray, until he was similarly accused by pathologist Dr Lomax for sending him non-human blood samples. (TV: Spearhead from Space)

A porter, Fred Mullins, overheard Dr Henderson's call with Dr Lomax. Mullins called the Daily Chronicle offices looking for a reward, and reported what he heard. Several journalists, including Michael Wagstaffe and James Stevens, came to get the story, but neither Captain Munro nor Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart answered their questions. (TV: Spearhead from Space, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

Channing and his henchmen raided the hospital in order to kidnap the Doctor. They bludgeoned Dr Henderson and wheeled the Doctor out to their ambulance, but the Doctor escaped. (TV: Spearhead from Space)