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[[File:Support Site & FAQs TRB.jpg|left|thumb|[[GEOCOMTEX - Support Site & FAQS|A page]] on the [[GeoComTex website]] as of [[Christmas Eve]], [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')]]
[[File:Support Site & FAQs TRB.jpg|left|thumb|[[GEOCOMTEX - Support Site & FAQS|A page]] on the [[GeoComTex website]] as of [[Christmas Eve]], [[2007]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'')]]
The organisation was [[Foundation|founded]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') by [[Edward Van Statten]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') Edward used the company to make millions in the armaments and oil industries. When his son, Henry, was fifteen, Henry invested his inherited one million dollars into the electronics, communications and telecommunications industries instead. The switch in industries proved successful and Henry quickly usurped his father to become the leader of the organisation, renaming it GeoComTex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'')
The organisation was [[Foundation|founded]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') by [[Edward Van Statten]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') Edward used the company to make millions in the armaments and oil industries. When his son, Henry, was fifteen, Henry invested his inherited one million dollars into the electronics, communications and telecommunications industries instead. The switch in industries proved successful and Henry quickly usurped his father to become the leader of the organisation, renaming it GeoComTex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'')
[[File:GeoComTex logo.jpg|thumb|A later version of the GeoComTex [[logo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX (fictional website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'')]]
[[File:GeoComTex logo.jpg|thumb|A later version of the GeoComTex [[logo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX (tie-in website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'')]]
By mid-[[2006]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', etc.) GeoComTex had [[GeoComTex website|a corporate website]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.) which they [[Advertisement|advertised]] on websites such as [[Who is Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', ''[[Mars (WiDW short story)|Mars]]'', etc.) At some point after [[Christmas Eve]] [[2007]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') they changed their logo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.)
By mid-[[2006]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', etc.) GeoComTex had [[GeoComTex website|a corporate website]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.) which they [[Advertisement|advertised]] on websites such as [[Who is Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', ''[[Mars (WiDW short story)|Mars]]'', etc.) At some point after [[Christmas Eve]] [[2007]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') they changed their logo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.)


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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
''[[GEOCOMTEX (fictional website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'' was an real-world site presented in-universe, and was created to tie-in with the then-current [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
''[[GEOCOMTEX (tie-in website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'' was an real-world site presented in-universe, and was created to tie-in with the then-current [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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Revision as of 16:59, 18 June 2023

You may wish to consult GeoComTex (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

GeoComTex, also stylised as GEOCOMTEX or Geocomtex (PROSE: Products, etc.) (formerly called the Van Statten Corporation) was the international company owned by Henry van Statten, who employed Sven, Adam Mitchell and Diana Goddard. It was located in Utah, near Salt Lake City.

History

The organisation was founded (PROSE: Products) by Edward Van Statten (PROSE: Dalek) in 1999 to combat the Y2K bug. (PROSE: Products) Edward used the company to make millions in the armaments and oil industries. When his son, Henry, was fifteen, Henry invested his inherited one million dollars into the electronics, communications and telecommunications industries instead. The switch in industries proved successful and Henry quickly usurped his father to become the leader of the organisation, renaming it GeoComTex. (PROSE: Dalek)

A later version of the GeoComTex logo. (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX)

By mid-2006, (PROSE: Henry Van Statten, etc.) GeoComTex had a corporate website, (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX home page, etc.) which they advertised on websites such as Who is Doctor Who?. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten, Mars, etc.) At some point after Christmas Eve 2007, (TV: The Runaway Bride) they changed their logo. (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX home page, etc.)

GeoComTex was the world's leading electronics company as of 2012. Also it secretly owned the Internet. One of the GeoComTex specialised in computing products. Following disastrous events in the Vault, van Statten's assistant Goddard took charge of the company. (TV: Dalek)

The Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum's security system used software from GeoComTex. (GAME: Security Bot)

Behind the scenes

GEOCOMTEX was an real-world site presented in-universe, and was created to tie-in with the then-current series 1 of Doctor Who.