Trumpton

Trumpton was one of the fictional locations within Storyland. Shortly after landing in Storyland, the First Doctor saw Sherlock Holmes walking past a sign giving the direction of Trumpton, Mordor and Lilliput, one of several clues which allowed him to realise he had retuned to Storyland. (COMIC: Nostalgia Corner ^[+]Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett, It's Bigger on the Inside! stories (Marvel Comics, 1988).)

Behind the scenes

In non-valid sources

Trumpton, part of Trumptonshire, was a town which contained a greengrocer, J. Clamp & Son, and a fire station, Trumpton Fire Station. It was seemingly run by a mayor.

A young boy once walked through, arriving from Camberwick Green, telling the story of a broadcasting corporation. He was given a flower by Mrs Cobbit, for which he thanked her, before walking over to the Trumpton Fire Department, where Captain Flack was starting a roll call. After Flack blew his whistle, the boy performed a roll call on the various members of the Trumpton Fire Station before giving a salute and entering Chigley. (TV: Future Generations ^[+]Children in Need (BBC1, 1998).)

Other matters

• While Mordor and Lilliput are both literary references, Trumpton is a reference to a BBC children's programme which ran contemporarily to Doctor Who itself in the late 1960's. The series officially crossed over with the DWU in the BBC charity programme Future Generations ^[+]Children in Need (BBC1, 1998)..