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|name = ''Cardiff Earthquake'' | |name = ''Cardiff Earthquake'' | ||
|image = Cardiff Earthquake.jpg | |image = Cardiff Earthquake.jpg | ||
|setting = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]] | |setting = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]] | ||
|release date = [[June (releases)|June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | |release date = [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] | ||
|writer = [[BBC webteam]] | |writer = [[BBC webteam]] | ||
|publisher = BBC | |publisher = BBC | ||
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{{you may|Cardiff Earthquake|n1=the titular earthquake}} | {{you may|Cardiff Earthquake|n1=the titular earthquake}} | ||
'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was the | '''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was the fourteenth short story and nineteenth release exclusively published on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]{{note|As this was released alongside ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', it is likely it was released on 4 June.}} by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''. ''Cardiff Earthquake'' was the eighth release in the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe [[press briefing]]s. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | {{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, 15 June 2023
- You may be looking for the titular earthquake.
Cardiff Earthquake, prefixed as PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake on the story's page, was the fourteenth short story and nineteenth release exclusively published on the U.N.I.T. website on 4 June 2005[nb 1] by the BBC webteam to coincide with the broadcast of Boom Town. Cardiff Earthquake was the eighth release in the UNIT Press Briefings series of in-universe press briefings.
Plot
In the wake of the Cardiff Earthquake, on 8 October, UNIT reports in a press briefing that the clean-up operation has been successful. However, Margaret Blaine is among the many people missing and UNIT's Scientific Advisors have agreed that, due to the instability of the ground the plant was to be built on, the Blaidd Drwg Power Plant project should be abandoned.
Characters
Referenced only
References
- Blaine was Mayor of Cardiff.
Notes
- to be added
Continuity
- The story is set in the aftermath of Boom Town.
External links
Footnotes
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