The Lake District, also known as the Lakes, (AUDIO: Call to Arms) was a region in the North of England, famous, as the name suggested, for its lakes. One of these lakes was Ullswater. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)
History[]
Sometime around the 12th century, a Zygon spaceship crash landed in Kendal, in the Lake District. The Zygons onboard, including Haygoth, went into hibernation for centuries. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)
In 1896, Ian Lunn was born in the Lake District.
The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited the region in September 1909, hoping to meet King Edward VII who was there on a hunt for the alleged "Beast of Westmoreland." The Doctor and his companion discovered and defeated a Zygon threat, spoiling Brelarn's attempt to assassinate the king. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons)
After the Second World War, Helen Sinclair often went on holidays to the Lake District with her family. (AUDIO: Absent Friends)
The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller visited Kendal in 1984. They stayed at Patricia Ryder's hotel and met her husband, Trevor, who was in fact a Zygon named Haygoth. Haygoth had fallen in love with Pat, and took a liking to living the planet Earth with her, in the Peak District. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)
In the 2000s, the Hambleton Estate was built in a secluded part of the Lake District. It was located on Grass Street. Nathan Goss moved there together with his parents Marco and June Goss. (PROSE: The Lost Boy)
The Lake District was said to resemble the planet Flissta, and many Flisk settled there after the destruction of their homeworld in 2079. (PROSE: Snowglobe 7)
In the 29th century, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond went to the Lake District to witness the human evacuation of the planet Earth. (GAME: Evacuation Earth)
References[]
Patricia Ryder stated that there "[wasn't] much call for pop industry insiders in the Lake District, though stated that there was a nice Folk Festival each year in Kendal. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth) "Trevor" loved the Lake District. (AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)
Clara Oswald once suggested to the Eleventh Doctor that they go to the Lake District. According to the Doctor, the place had great scones in 1927. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)