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Cheldon Bonniface was a village in Norfolk, England visited by the Doctor from his first incarnation onwards.

It was located on the Bure between Wroxham and Horning, and near Stockbridge. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) It was the Seventh Doctor's favourite English village. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film)

Locations[]

St Christopher's Church housed Saul, a being "created" by the many people worshipping within it.

The Black Swan was pub that existed in Cheldon from the mid 19th century. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)

History[]

In December 1992, during a visit by the Seventh Doctor and Ace, St Christopher's was removed from the village and placed on the Moon by the Timewyrm, along with several inhabitants of the village. The church was later returned to its original location. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) The following year, Ace and the Seventh Doctor returned to meet their resident friends. (PROSE: Cathedral Heart)

On 24 April 2010, it was the site of the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane. The Seventh Doctor temporarily expanded the interior dimensions of a boarding house to allow all the guests to stay there. (PROSE: Happy Endings)

In 2017, the Eighth Doctor spent Christmas at the Black Swan pub in Cheldon Bonniface with his companion Ayfai and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard)

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