Berkshire

Berkshire was an English county.
== Geography ==
Berkshire shared a border with Buckinghamshire. (PROSE: )
The county included the towns of Maidenhead, (TV: ) Newbury (PROSE: ) and Reading. (PROSE: ) The village of Little Caldwell was also located there, (PROSE: ) and Goblin's Copse was situated on the Buckinghamshire/Berkshire border. (PROSE: )
== History ==
The Mandrake Corporation had a biotech facility in Pangbourne, researching a cure for the Marburg virus. (AUDIO: )
Berkshire was the home of the runner-up in a bowling competition that Peter Tyler entered. (TV: )
The Sixth Doctor and Mel Bush visited Mel's uncle, John Hallam, in Berkshire in 2003. (AUDIO: )
After narrowing down the landing site of a Nestene control sphere to a 15 mile radius in the Slough/Reading area (AUDIO: ) of Berkshire, (COMIC: ) 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: )
== Behind the scenes ==
Stargroves estate in Berkshire was used for the exteriors of the Victorian manor house in Pyramids of Mars.
Category:Counties from the real world
Category:English counties
Category:Locations visited by the Sixth Doctor