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Berkshire

Berkshire was an English county.

Geography[]

Berkshire shared a border with Buckinghamshire. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

The county included the towns of Maidenhead, (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Phil Ford, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 4 (CBBC, 2010).) Newbury (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).) and Reading. (PROSE: Bat Attack! [+]Alan Barnes, DWA comic stories (BBC Magazines, 2006).) The village of Little Caldwell was also located there, (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).) and Goblin's Copse was situated on the Buckinghamshire/Berkshire border. (PROSE: The Last Sontaran [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

History[]

The Mandrake Corporation had a biotech facility in Pangbourne, researching a cure for the Marburg virus. (AUDIO: Dreamland [+]David Bishop, Sarah Jane Smith (Big Finish Productions, 2006).)

Berkshire was the home of the runner-up in a bowling competition that Peter Tyler entered. (TV: Father's Day [+]Paul Cornell, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)

The Sixth Doctor and Mel Bush visited Mel's uncle, John Hallam, in Berkshire in 2003. (AUDIO: Catch-1782 [+]Alison Lawson, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)

After narrowing down the landing site of a Nestene control sphere to a 15 mile radius in the Slough/Reading area (AUDIO: Vanguard [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) of Berkshire, (COMIC: Bat Attack! [+]Alan Barnes, DWA comic stories (BBC Magazines, 2006).) Petronella Osgood, Colonel Shindi and Josh Carter travelled to the county in order to follow it from the ground. However, the sphere changed course and eventually landed in Buckinghamshire. (AUDIO: Vanguard [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

Behind the scenes[]

Stargroves estate in Berkshire was used for the exteriors of the Victorian manor house in Pyramids of Mars.

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