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The name is one of Jonathan Swift's jokes; ''la puta'' is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "the [[whore]]". | The name is one of Jonathan Swift's jokes; ''la puta'' is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "the [[whore]]". | ||
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Revision as of 09:17, 1 December 2013
Laputa was a floating island above Venice, Italy. In 1609, Irving Braxiatel held a gathering of aliens on Laputa in order to create the Armageddon Convention. When he first heard the name, the First Doctor was confused — Laputa was the name of a fictional island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)
Behind the scenes
The name is one of Jonathan Swift's jokes; la puta is Spanish for "the whore".
