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'''Briggs' freighter''' was a spacecraft under the command of Captain [[Briggs]]. Its cargo, unknown to the crew, was an army of [[Cybermen]]. They awoke and took over the ship. They planned to destroy life on [[Earth]] by hitting it with the craft that they had reprogrammed. The craft was brought back in time to ''c.'' 65.5 million BCE by the [[Fifth Doctor]]. [[Adric]]'s attempt to redirect the ship was interrupted by a Cyberman. The ship crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula, causing the extinction of the [[Dinosaur]]s and facilitating the rise of mammals and ultimately humans. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
'''Briggs' freighter''' was a [[spacecraft]] under the command of [[Captain]] [[Briggs (Earthshock)|Briggs]] in [[2526]]. Its [[cargo]], unknown to the crew, was an army of [[Neomorph]] [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. They awoke and took over the ship, planning to destroy life on [[Earth]] by hitting it with the craft which they had reprogrammed. [[Adric]] attempted to deactivate the Cyberman computer that was controlling its flight into Earth, but accidentally activated the [[warp drive]], sending the freighter back in time [[Distant past|65 million years]]. It still hit the Earth, killing Adric and causing the [[extinction]] of the [[dinosaur]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'')


The ship's crash was foretold to the [[Silurian]]s in a prophesy. In anticipation, they constructed a [[Silurian Ark|massive ark]] with which to transport and preserve myriad species of dinosaurs on another planet. Their plan was completed in 2367 CE by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] who founded the planet [[Siluria]] to replace the Cretaceous Earth which Biggs' freighter had destroyed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 21 April 2024

Briggs' freighter was a spacecraft under the command of Captain Briggs in 2526. Its cargo, unknown to the crew, was an army of Neomorph Cybermen. They awoke and took over the ship, planning to destroy life on Earth by hitting it with the craft which they had reprogrammed. Adric attempted to deactivate the Cyberman computer that was controlling its flight into Earth, but accidentally activated the warp drive, sending the freighter back in time 65 million years. It still hit the Earth, killing Adric and causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. (TV: Earthshock)