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66-786: The river was named for Dungeness Spit. The name "Dungeness" refers to the Dungeness headland in England . It was given by George Vancouver in 1792, who wrote: The low sandy point of land, which from its great resemblance to Dungeness in the British Channel, I called New Dungeness. The Dungeness River, along with the Chehalis River , is part of only two river basins in Washington state that are granted protections and rights under "in-stream flow regulation". Passed in 1976,

132-757: A Special Protection Area (SPA), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) of Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay . There is a remarkable variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plants: a third of all those found in Britain. It is one of the best places in Britain to find invertebrates such as moths, bees, beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain. The flooded gravel pits on Denge Beach, both brackish and fresh water, provide an important refuge for many migratory and coastal bird species. The RSPB has

198-451: A bird reserve there, and every year thousands of bird watchers visit the peninsula and its bird observatory . One of the most remarkable features of the site is an area known as "the patch" or, by anglers, as "the boil". The waste hot water from the Dungeness nuclear power stations is pumped into the sea through two outfall pipes, enriching the biological productivity of the sea bed and attracting seabirds from miles around. Beach fishing

264-422: A cod, or a cod-like fish such as a haddock or whiting . There the larva clings to the gills while it metamorphoses into a plump sinusoidal wormlike body with a coiled mass of egg strings at the rear. The front part of the worm's body penetrates the body of the cod until it enters the rear bulb of the host's heart . There, firmly rooted in the cod's circulatory system, the front part of the parasite develops like

330-445: A designated fishing region off the coast of Newfoundland , after data showed that the total cod biomass had suffered a collapse to less than 1% of its normal value. The minister championed the measure as a temporary solution, allowing the cod population time to recover. The fisheries had long shaped the lives and communities on Canada's Atlantic eastern coast for the preceding five centuries. Societies which are dependent on fishing have

396-516: A fishing village. The moratorium, initially lasting for only two years, was indefinitely extended after it became evident that cod populations had not recovered at all but, instead, had continued to spiral downward in both size and numbers, due to the damage caused by decades of horrible fishing practices, and the fact that the moratorium had permitted exceptions for food fisheries for "personal consumption" purposes to this very day. Some 12,000 tons of Northwest cod are still being caught every year along

462-425: A new visitor centre in 2013 and resumed tours, albeit with new security procedures which have to be cleared some weeks in advance of visits. In addition to the power station and lighthouse, there is a collection of dwellings. Most are wooden weatherboard beach houses, but there are also around 30 houses converted from old railway coaches in the 1920s. These houses are owned and occupied by fishermen whose boats lie on

528-528: A strong mutual relationship with them: the act of fishing changes the ecosystems' balance, which forces the fishery and, in turn, the fishing societies to adapt to new ecological conditions. The near-complete destruction of the Atlantic northwest cod biomass off the shores devastated coastal communities, which had been overexploiting the same cod population for decades. The fishermen along the Atlantic northwest had employed modern fishing technologies, including

594-408: Is Prospect Cottage , formerly owned by the late artist and film director Derek Jarman . The cottage is painted black, with a poem, part of John Donne 's " The Sunne Rising ", written on one side in black lettering. The garden, reflecting the bleak, windswept landscape of the peninsula, is made of pebbles, driftwood, scrap metal and a few hardy plants. Dungeness is accessible by two roads, one along

660-403: Is 10.8 °C (51.4 °F). Precipitation averages 705 millimetres (27.8 in) annually. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb " (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). There have been seven lighthouses at Dungeness, five high and two low, with the fifth high one still fully operational today. At first, only a beacon was used to warn sailors, but this

726-407: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the state of Washington is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dungeness (headland) Dungeness ( UK : / ˌ d ʌ n dʒ ə ˈ n ɛ s / , UK : / ˌ d ʌ n dʒ ˈ n ɛ s / ) is a headland on the coast of Kent , England, formed largely of a shingle beach in

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792-456: Is currently enjoying strong global demand. The 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) for the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands was 260,000 tons. Farming of Atlantic cod has received a significant amount of interest due to the overall trend of increasing cod prices alongside reduced wild catches. However, progress in creating large scale farming of cod has been slow, mainly due to bottlenecks in

858-580: Is featured on the cover of the album Ether Song by the British indie band Turin Brakes . Dungeness appears on the covers of albums as diverse as So much for the city by The Thrills and Aled by Aled Jones . The Prodigy 's single " Invaders Must Die " video was filmed here and shows both the acoustic mirrors and the lighthouse. In 2011, the music video for the song Walk the River by British band Guillemots

924-773: Is now managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . In 1944, some of the world's first underwater oil pipelines were laid between Dungeness and France in Operation Pluto . The lines from Dungeness were part of a network called "Dumbo" and ran to Ambleteuse in France. In 2022 the well-preserved remains of a 16th-century ship were found in Denge quarry at Dungeness. Dungeness appears quite often in music videos , album covers and adverts. It featured on

990-645: Is popular as a food with a mild flavour and a dense, flaky white flesh . Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil , an important source of vitamin A , vitamin D , vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids ( EPA and DHA ). Young Atlantic cod or haddock prepared in strips for cooking is called scrod . In the United Kingdom , Atlantic cod is one of the most common ingredients in fish and chips , along with haddock and plaice . Cod's soft liver can be tinned (canned) and eaten. Cod has been an important economic commodity in international markets since

1056-599: Is popular at Dungeness, with the area being a nationally recognised cod fishing venue in the winter. It has previously been reported that Dungeness had such low rainfall as to qualify as the only desert in the UK. However, a spokesperson for the Met Office refuted this in 2015. The climate in Dungeness is mild and generally warm and temperate. There is significant rainfall throughout the year. The average annual temperature

1122-629: The Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ), which lives in the colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the North Atlantic , and the Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ), which is found in both eastern and western regions of the northern Pacific . Gadus morhua was named by Linnaeus in 1758 . (However, G. morhua callarias , a low-salinity, nonmigratory race restricted to parts of the Baltic,

1188-601: The Eucla cod family, Euclichthyidae , were formerly classified in the order Ophidiiformes , but are now grouped with the Gadiformes . Some fish that do not have "cod" in their names are sometimes sold as cod. Haddock and whiting belong to the same family, the Gadidae, as cod. Cods of the genus Gadus have three rounded dorsal and two anal fins . The pelvic fins are small, with the first ray extended, and are set under

1254-421: The Eucla cod , Euclichthyidae (one species). The tadpole cod family ( Ranicipitidae ) has now been placed in Gadidae. Some fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling , codlet , or tomcod . ("Codling" is also used as a name for a young cod.) Some fish commonly known as cod are unrelated to Gadus . Part of this name confusion is market-driven. Severely shrunken Atlantic cod stocks have led to

1320-734: The French . In the 17th and 18th centuries in the New World, especially in Massachusetts and Newfoundland, cod became a major commodity, creating trade networks and cross-cultural exchanges. In 1733, Britain tried to gain control over trade between New England and the British Caribbean by imposing the Molasses Act , which they believed would eliminate the trade by making it unprofitable. The cod trade grew instead, because

1386-511: The Sacred Cod of Massachusetts , in its chambers. Apart from the long history, cod differ from most fish because the fishing grounds are far from population centres. The large cod fisheries along the coast of North Norway (and in particular close to the Lofoten islands) have been developed almost uniquely for export , depending on sea transport of stockfish over large distances. Since

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1452-593: The Viking period (around 800 AD). Norwegians travelled with dried cod and soon a dried cod market developed in southern Europe . This market has lasted for more than 1,000 years, enduring the Black Death , wars and other crises, and is still an important Norwegian fish trade. The Portuguese began fishing cod in the 15th century. Clipfish is widely enjoyed in Portugal. The Basques played an important role in

1518-437: The cod worm , Lernaeocera branchialis , starts life as a copepod -like larva, a small free-swimming crustacean. The first host used by the larva is a flatfish or lumpsucker , which it captures with grasping hooks at the front of its body. It penetrates the fish with a thin filament , which it uses to suck the fish's blood. The nourished larvae then mate on the fish. The female larva, with her now fertilized eggs, then finds

1584-474: The gill cover (i.e. the throat region), in front of the pectoral fins . The upper jaw extends over the lower jaw, which has a well-developed chin barbel . The eyes are medium-sized, approximately the same as the length of the chin barbel. Cod have a distinct white lateral line running from the gill slit above the pectoral fin, to the base of the caudal or tail fin. The back tends to be a greenish to sandy brown, and shows extensive mottling, especially towards

1650-581: The "French were eager to work with the New Englanders in a lucrative contraband arrangement". In addition to increasing trade, the New England settlers organized into a "codfish aristocracy". The colonists rose up against Britain's "tariff on an import". In the 20th century, Iceland re-emerged as a fishing power and entered the Cod Wars . In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, fishing off

1716-585: The Baltic Sea the most important prey species are herring and sprat . Many studies that analyze the stomach contents of these fish indicate that cod is the top predator, preying on the herring and sprat. Sprat form particularly high concentrations in the Bornholm Basin in the southern Baltic Sea. Although cod feed primarily on adult sprat, sprat tend to prey on the cod eggs and larvae. Cod and related species are plagued by parasites. For example,

1782-596: The European and American coasts severely depleted stocks and become a major political issue. The necessity of restricting catches to allow stocks to recover upset the fishing industry and politicians who are reluctant to hurt employment. On July 2, 1992, the Honourable John Crosbie , Canadian Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans , declared a two-year moratorium on the Northern Cod fishery,

1848-470: The High Light Tower, started. It was first lit on 31 March 1904 and still stands today. It is no longer in use as a lighthouse but is open as a visitor attraction. It is a circular brick structure, 46 m (150 ft) high and 11 m (36 ft) in diameter at ground level. It has 169 steps and gives visitors a good view of the shingle beach. As the sea receded further, and after building

1914-574: The Newfoundland coast by local fishermen. The collapse of the four-million ton biomass, which had persevered through several previous marine extinctions over tens of millions of years, in a timespan of no more than 20 years, is oft-cited by researchers as one of the most visible examples of the phenomenon of the "Tragedy of the Commons." Factors which had been implicated as contributing to the collapse include: overfishing; government mismanagement;

1980-650: The Norwegian and New England coasts and on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland , cod congregate at certain seasons in water of 30–70 m (100–200 ft; 20–40 fathoms) depth. Cod are gregarious and form schools, although shoaling tends to be a feature of the spawning season. Spawning of northeastern Atlantic cod occurs between January and April (March and April are the peak months), at a depth of 200 metres (660 ft) in specific spawning grounds at water temperatures between 4 and 6 °C (39 and 43 °F). Around

2046-779: The UK, the major spawning grounds are in the middle to southern North Sea, the start of the Bristol Channel (north of Newquay ), the Irish Channel (both east and west of the Isle of Man ), around Stornoway , and east of Helmsdale . Prespawning courtship involves fin displays and male grunting, which leads to pairing. The male inverts himself beneath the female, and the pair swim in circles while spawning. The eggs are planktonic and hatch between eight and 23 days, with larva reaching 4 millimetres ( 5 ⁄ 32 inch) in length. This planktonic phase lasts some ten weeks, enabling

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2112-474: The United Kingdom, Atlantic cod is one of the most common ingredients in fish and chips , along with haddock and plaice . At various times in the past, taxonomists included many species in the genus Gadus . Most of these are now either classified in other genera, or have been recognized as forms of one of three species. All these species have a number of common names , most of them ending with

2178-576: The beach, and Scottish folk band Trembling Bells named their album Dungeness too. In television, the Dungeness landscape, the lighthouse and the power station have been used on digital channel E4 at the beginning and end of advertising breaks . It was used as a backdrop for the ITV drama The Poison Tree . It featured in an episode of the BBC detective serial The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and in March 2007

2244-586: The beach. Closer to the main road, there is a large building – comprising five conjoined homes – previously tenanted by coastguards. There are more houses around the site of the power stations. There are two public houses: the Britannia and the Pilot, the latter being served by the Pilot Inn railway station from 1928 to 1977. Fresh seafood can be purchased from several outlets across the shingle. A notable house

2310-400: The branches of a tree, reaching into the main artery . In this way, the worm extracts nutrients from the cod's blood, remaining safely tucked beneath the cod's gill cover until it releases a new generation of offspring into the water. The 2006 northwest Atlantic cod quota is 23,000 tons, representing half the available stocks, while the northeast Atlantic quota is 473,000 tons. Pacific cod

2376-508: The coast from New Romney to the north, and another from Lydd to the north-west. Both roads converge near the Pilot public house, from where a single road runs a mile (1.6 km) south to the tip of Dungeness. Dungeness is also served by the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway , a 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge light railway that covers the 13.5-mile (21.7 km) distance from Hythe . The line, which had opened to New Romney in 1927,

2442-467: The cod trade, and allegedly found the Canadian fishing banks before Columbus ' discovery of America. The North American east coast developed in part due to the vast cod stocks. Many cities in the New England area are located near cod fishing grounds. The fish was so important to the history and development of Massachusetts , the state's House of Representatives hung a wood carving of a codfish, known as

2508-564: The colder waters and deeper sea regions throughout the North Atlantic. Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) is found in both eastern and western regions of the Pacific . Atlantic cod could be further divided into several stocks , including the Arcto-Norwegian , North Sea , Baltic Sea , Faroe , Iceland , East Greenland , West Greenland , Newfoundland , and Labrador stocks. There seems to be little interchange between

2574-538: The cover of Pink Floyd 's 1981 album A Collection of Great Dance Songs . British band The Soup Dragons shot the videos for their top 5 1990 hit '"I'm Free", and follow-up top 20 1991 hit "Mother Universe" on Dungeness; and there have also been several photo shoots by the band in the area. The shingle beach and fishermen's shacks feature extensively in the Lighthouse Family promotional video for their 1998 song " High ". The acoustic mirror at Dungeness

2640-582: The current owner EDF Energy announced in June 2021 that the newer station would not resume operations, which had halted in September 2018, and would move into the defuelling phase with immediate effect. There is a public visitors centre, and tours of "B" station are available. Tours were stopped in 2001, and the visitor centre subsequently closed in 2003, in the wake of the September 11 attacks . EDF opened

2706-546: The ecologically-devastating practice of trawling , especially in the years leading up to the 1990s, in the misguided belief that fishing stocks are perpetually plentiful and unable to be depleted. After this assumption was empirically and abruptly shown to be incorrect, to the dismay of government officials and rural workers, some 19,000 fishermen and cod processing plant workers in Newfoundland lost their employment. The powerful economic engine of rural Newfoundland coughed, wheezed, and died. Nearly 40,000 workers and harvesters in

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2772-471: The end of the second. Growth tends to be less at higher latitudes. Cod reach maturity at about 50 cm (20 in) at about 3 to 4 years of age. Changes in growth rate over decades of particular stocks have been reported, current eastern Baltic cod shows the lowest growth observed since 1955. Adult cod are active hunters, feeding on sand eels , whiting , haddock , small cod, squid , crabs , lobsters , mussels , worms , mackerel , and molluscs . In

2838-604: The family Serranidae . Others belong to the Nototheniidae . Two exceptions are the Australasian red rock cod , which belongs to a different order (see below), and the fish known simply as the rock cod and as soft cod in New Zealand, Lotella rhacina , which as noted above actually is related to the true cod (it is a morid cod). From the order Scorpaeniformes : The tadpole cod family, Ranicipitidae , and

2904-432: The fish's belonging to the cod genus, like snow cod or bigeye cod . Cod forms part of the common name of many other fish no longer classified in the genus Gadus . Many are members of the family Gadidae ; others are members of three related families within the order Gadiformes whose names include the word "cod": the morid cods , Moridae (100 or so species); the eel cods, Muraenolepididae (four species); and

2970-428: The form of a cuspate foreland . It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh . Dungeness spans Dungeness Nuclear Power Station , the hamlet of Dungeness, and an ecological site at the same location. It lies within the civil parish of Lydd . Dungeness's name means "the headland at Denge", referring to nearby Denge Marsh . The marsh is first mentioned in 774 as Dengemersc . Its name may mean "marsh of

3036-717: The introduction of salt, dried and salted cod (clipfish or 'klippfisk' in Norwegian) has also been exported. By the end of the 14th century, the Hanseatic League dominated trade operations and sea transport, with Bergen as the most important port. William Pitt the Elder , criticizing the Treaty of Paris in Parliament , claimed cod was "British gold"; and that it was folly to restore Newfoundland fishing rights to

3102-452: The larval production stage, where survival and growth are often unpredictable. It has been suggested that this bottleneck may be overcome by ensuring cod larvae are fed diets with similar nutritional content as the copepods they feed on in the wild Recent examples have shown that increasing dietary levels of minerals such as selenium, iodine and zinc may improve survival and/or biomarkers for health in aquaculture reared cod larvae. Cod

3168-655: The law allows the river the right to maintain its own water levels. Scarborough Island is a small eyot (river island) in the Dungeness River, in Sequim, Washington . About one acre square, it is located near Dungeness Meadows and can be seen from the Dungeness River Dike. This Clallam County, Washington state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Jefferson County, Washington state location article

3234-536: The lighter sides and white belly. Dark brown colouration of the back and sides is not uncommon, especially for individuals that have resided in rocky inshore regions. The Atlantic cod can change colour at certain water depths. It has two distinct colour phases: gray-green and reddish brown. Its average weight is 5–12 kilograms (11–26 pounds), but specimens weighing up to 100 kg (220 lb) have been recorded. Pacific cod are smaller than Atlantic cod and are darker in colour. Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) live in

3300-537: The marketing of cod replacements using culinary names of the form " x cod", according to culinary rather than phyletic similarity. The common names for the following species have become well established; note that all inhabit the Southern Hemisphere . Fish of the order Perciformes that are commonly called "cod" include: Almost all coral cod , reef cod or rock cod are also in order Perciformes . Most are better known as groupers , and belong to

3366-483: The nuclear power station which obscured the light of the 1904 lighthouse, a fifth lighthouse, Dungeness Lighthouse was built. There are two nuclear power stations at Dungeness, identified as "A" and "B", the first built in 1965 and the second in 1983. They are within a wildlife sanctuary designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest , and birds flourish in the warmer water created by the station's outflow. The older power station closed on 31 December 2006, while

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3432-483: The pasture district", from Old English denn *gē mersc , or else "marsh with manured land", from Old English dyncge mersc . Dungeness is one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology , plant and invertebrate communities and bird life. This is recognised and protected mostly through its conservation designations as a national nature reserve (NNR),

3498-580: The provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador applied for the federal relief program TAGS (the Atlantic Groundfish Strategy). Abandoned and rusting fishing boats still litter the coasts of Newfoundland and the Canadian northwest to this day. The fishery minister, John Crosbie, after delivering a speech on the day before the declaration of the moratorium, or July 1, 1992, was publicly heckled and verbally harassed by disgruntled locals at

3564-417: The same design as the third Eddystone Lighthouse . From the mid-19th century, it was painted black with a white band to make it more visible in daylight; similar colours have featured on the subsequent lighthouses here. This lighthouse was demolished in 1904, but the lighthouse keepers' accommodation, built in a circle around the base of the tower, still exists. In 1901, the building of the fourth lighthouse,

3630-596: The stocks, although migrations to their individual breeding grounds may involve distances of 300 kilometres (190 statute miles; 160 nautical miles) or more. For instance, eastern Baltic cod shows specific reproductive adaptations to low salinity compared to Western Baltic and Atlantic cod. Atlantic cod occupy varied habitats, favouring rough ground, especially inshore, and are demersal in depths between 6 and 60 metres (20 and 200 feet; 3 and 30 fathoms), 80 m (260 ft; 44 fathoms) on average, although not uncommonly to depths of 600 m (2,000 ft; 330 fathoms). Off

3696-526: The word "cod", whereas other species, as closely related, have other common names (such as pollock and haddock ). However, many other, unrelated species also have common names ending with cod. The usage often changes with different localities and at different times. Three species in the genus Gadus are currently called cod: The fourth species of genus Gadus, Gadus chalcogrammus , is commonly called Alaska pollock or walleye pollock . But there are also less widespread alternative trade names highlighting

3762-435: The young cod to increase its body weight by 40-fold, and growing to about 2 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4  in). The young cod then move to the seabed and change their diet to small benthic crustaceans , such as isopods and small crabs. They increase in size to 8 cm (3 in) in the first six months, 14–18 cm ( 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 –7 in) by the end of their first year, and to 25–35 cm (10–14 in) by

3828-546: Was closed to passengers on 4 July 1937 and it was truncated on 6 March 1967. Lydd Airport , sometimes known as London Ashford Airport, lies just to the north-west of Dungeness. Despite opposition, largely due to its proximity to the unique landscape of Dungeness, the airport received permission in 2014 to extend its runway to allow it to handle fully loaded aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 or Airbus A319 . The beach and marshes have been used for military training and include marked "danger areas". In World War I Lydd Camp

3894-534: Was extended to Dungeness station a year later. It still provides a service for tourists. The peninsula has a second, standard gauge railway, but this is now truncated adjacent to the Dungeness Road and only used to carry waste from the power stations. It formerly linked Dungeness (and, via a separate branch, New Romney) to a junction with the Marshlink Line at Appledore . The Dungeness section

3960-458: Was filmed on the headland. In 2012, Nicki Minaj 's single Freedom was filmed on the beach and with the acoustic mirrors. The music video for Lithuanian DJ Ten Walls ' hit single Walking With Elephants was shot on the headland and in the surrounding sea and featured many of the areas prominent landmarks. In 2016, The Wholls also filmed the music video for their single "X21". In 2020, the music video for Nothing But Thieves 's single Impossible

4026-576: Was here. Denge , a former Royal Air Force site at the northern edge of the Dungeness headland, is the site of a set of acoustic mirrors , known as the "Listening Ears". Built between 1928 and 1930, the three massive concrete structures formed an experimental early warning system that aimed to detect invading aircraft by focusing sound waves . The site was chosen as being one of the quietest in Britain. Their different forms are evidence of their experimental nature; they were not particularly effective and were abandoned when radar became available. The site

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4092-501: Was one of the wooden beach huts. The Derek Jarman avant-garde 1990 film The Garden was set and filmed in Dungeness. Cod Cod ( pl. : cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus , belonging to the family Gadidae . Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus Gadus is commonly not called cod ( Alaska pollock , Gadus chalcogrammus ). The two most common species of cod are

4158-412: Was originally described as Gadus callarias by Linnaeus.) Cod as food is popular in several parts of the world. It has a mild flavour and a dense, flaky, white flesh . Cod livers are processed to make cod liver oil , a common source of vitamin A , vitamin D , vitamin E , and omega-3 fatty acids ( EPA and DHA ). Young Atlantic cod or haddock prepared in strips for cooking is called scrod . In

4224-414: Was partly filmed on the beach. Athlete have a song on the album Vehicles and Animals called "Dungeness" which is about the area. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly mentions Dungeness and the lighthouse in his song "Lighthouse Keeper". The Kent-based hardcore punk band November Coming Fire released a 2006 album entitled Dungeness , featuring a track called "Powerstation" which included a recording of waves on

4290-432: Was replaced by a wooden lighthouse in 1615 which was 11 m (35 ft) tall. As the sea retreated, this had to be replaced in 1635 by a new lighthouse nearer to the water's edge known as Lamplough's Tower which was around 34 m (110 ft) high. As more shingle was thrown up, a new and more up-to-date lighthouse was built near the sea in 1792 by Samuel Wyatt. This lighthouse was 35 m (116 ft) high and of

4356-549: Was the setting for a major part of an EastEnders special. The BBC filmed episodes of Doctor Who in Dungeness during the 1970s. The 1981 fantasy film Time Bandits shot its "Time of Legends" sequence on the beach, and Dungeness was used to film a scene in Danny Boyle 's Trance . Much of the Michael Winterbottom 's 1998 film I Want You was set in and around Dungeness: the lead character's home

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