Devon, (PROSE: Rags [+]Mick Lewis, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).), also known as Devonshire, (PROSE: The Forgotten Son [+]Andy Frankham-Allen, Lethbridge-Stewart novels (Candy Jar Books, 2015).) was a county in the south-west of England and the location of the famous Dartmoor moorland. (PROSE: Rags [+]Mick Lewis, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).)
Home to the Lethbridge Baronets, one half of the family then went on to become the Lethbridge-Stewarts (the other half being the Stewarts in Lanark, Scotland) in the late 1590s. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son [+]Andy Frankham-Allen, Lethbridge-Stewart novels (Candy Jar Books, 2015).)
The Eighth Doctor once saw a Time Agent in Devon in 1624. (PROSE: Sometime Never... [+]Justin Richards, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2004).)
In November 1929, the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown visited North Devon. (PROSE: Timeshare [+]Vanessa Bishop, Decalog 2: Lost Property (Virgin Decalogs, 1995).)
Polly Wright spent much of her early life in Devon. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Gary Russell, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)
Devon was home to a secret bunker (codenamed Hope Cove R6) that was originally built in 1952 due to the fear of nuclear war, designed to safeguard officials should war break out. Lance Corporal Sally Wright mentioned it to Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart as a possible destination for the reanimated Staff Sergeant Albert Arnold. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son [+]Andy Frankham-Allen, Lethbridge-Stewart novels (Candy Jar Books, 2015).)
The Fourth Doctor and Leela landed in Staffham, Devon in 1977. They met Charlotte Willis and helped to defeat Jalnik, who had recently moved into the village with Butler, and stop the invasion of the Pantophagen. (AUDIO: The Foe from the Future [+]Robert Banks Stewart and John Dorney, The Fourth Doctor Box Set (The Lost Stories, Big Finish Productions, 2012).)
Sally Sparrow's aunt had a house in Devon. In the 1980s, she held Christmas parties there. In 1985, after landing in Sally's aunt's shed, the Doctor's TARDIS "burped", travelling forward in time twenty years. The Doctor left messages around the house for Sally Sparrow explaining this so she could pilot the TARDIS back to him from 2005. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Annual 2006 (Panini UK, 2005).)
Vilgreth worked on a farm in Devon in his youth. (AUDIO: Last of the Titans [+]Nicholas Briggs, Big Finish DWM originals (Big Finish Productions, 2001).)
One of the sections of Starship UK was called Devon. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).)
On New Earth, Devon Pryce's mother named him after the Old Earth "country" of Devon. She believed the whole country was made of cream, but Devon suspected she had got her history wrong, as that sounded quite impractical. (AUDIO: Escape from New New York [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Behind the scenes[]
- Actor Bruno Langley was born in Devon.
- The Sontaran Experiment was filmed entirely on location on Dartmoor, mainly around Hound Tor.
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