Dorset, also known as Dorsetshire, was a county in Southwest England, (AUDIO: Whatever Remains [+]Robert Valentine, Heritage 3 (The Paternoster Gang: Heritage, Big Finish Productions, 2020).) famous for its fossil deposits. (AUDIO: Whatever Remains [+]Robert Valentine, Heritage 3 (The Paternoster Gang: Heritage, Big Finish Productions, 2020)., PROSE: But Once a Year [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Locations[]
The town Bridport was located in Dorset, as were (PROSE: Number 1, Gallows Gate Road [+]Rupert Laight, Doctor Who online short stories (Doctor Who website, 2007).) the villages of Turelhampton (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass [+]Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).) and Wolfenden. (AUDIO: The White Wolf [+]Gary Russell, The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC Audio, 2009).)
History[]
19th century[]
19th century Dorset was home to limestone mines in the Tilly Whim Tunnels. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
In the 1890s, Vastra, Jenny, and Strax visited Lullwind Cove in Dorset. (AUDIO: Whatever Remains [+]Robert Valentine, Heritage 3 (The Paternoster Gang: Heritage, Big Finish Productions, 2020).)
20th century[]
Digby Arwell, Madge Arwell's brother-in-law, owned a large country estate in Dorset. In 1941, her children, Cyril and Lily Arwell, and she were evacuated from London to their Uncle's Dorset estate. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 (BBC One, 2011).)
On one summer holiday, Ian Chesterton visited a holiday resort in Dorset. (PROSE: The Splintered Gate [+]Justin Richards, Short Trips: Companions (Short Trips, 2003).)
Fossils could be found at Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast. David Merrison enjoyed collecting fossils there with his grandfather. (PROSE: But Once a Year [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
22nd century[]
During the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, the Tilly Whim Tunnels were used by the resistance to evade the Daleks. Three years into the occupation, the Daleks wiped out all Dorset life with an unknown chemical weapon in order to crush the resistance. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
23rd century[]
Nearly 100 years after the invasion ended, wealthy businessman Zoltan Clarkson bought the entire County of Dorset. Setting up his base of operations at Durlston Castle, he began developing cybernetic dinosaurs with the help of his cyberneticist brother Andrew Clarkson. The Second Doctor, Polly and Ben visited the county during this time and met Andrew and Zoltan. (AUDIO: The Curator's Egg [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Behind the scenes[]
Bournemouth and Weymouth are also located in Dorset.
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