Scotland

Scotland is a country that occupies the northern half of Great Britain and is part of the greater United Kingdom. It has been used as the central setting of several sci-fi stories including X the Unknown and A for Andromeda.

Points of Interest

 * Edinburgh: Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas.


 * Glasgow: Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a Glaswegian, which is also the name of the local dialect.


 * Lochmouth: In 1956, the British army and a team from the Atomic Energy Establishment discovered a fissure in the ground produced by a unique lifeform comprised of radioactive mud. This blob-like creature terrorized the surrounding area until it was destroyed by Doctor Adam Royston and Peter Elliott who lured the entity back to the fissure and detonated a cobalt bomb over top of it.


 * Thorness: Thorness was a scientific research instillation funded by the Ministry of Defence. The science team created a supercomputer which developed alien artificial intelligence code named Andromeda.


 * West Lothian: is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk; Birth place of Doctor Who actor David Tennant.

Films that take place in

 * X the Unknown

TV shows that take place in

 * A for Andromeda

Characters from

 * Adam Royston
 * Montgomery Scott

People who were born in

 * David Tennant
 * Dougray Scott
 * Ewan Roberts
 * Sean Connery

Notes & Trivia

 * Contrary to popular belief, Star Trek alumni James Doohan (Scotty) was not from Scotland. He was from Canada.