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'''Battersea Power Station''' was located in [[Battersea]], [[London]].
'''Battersea Power Station''' was located in [[Battersea]], [[London]].


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Circa [[1999]], the Battersea Power Station was purchased and demolished by [[Ashley Chapel]], who built the [[Millennium Hall]] in its place. Following the [[Great Kingdom]] crisis, the Millennium Hall faded from existence and the Power Station again took its place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'')
Circa [[1999]], the Battersea Power Station was purchased and demolished by [[Ashley Chapel]], who built the [[Millennium Hall]] in its place. Following the [[Great Kingdom]] crisis, the Millennium Hall faded from existence and the Power Station again took its place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'')


By the time of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] of [[Earth]], it had been converted into a [[nuclear power plant]]. This was much to the surprise of [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], who came from the year [[1963]]. It was visibly different from the power station that they knew, as two of the chimneys were damaged. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
By the time of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], it had been converted into a [[nuclear power plant]]. This was much to the surprise of [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], who came from the year [[1963]]. It was visibly different from the power station that they knew, as two of the chimneys were damaged. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')


=== Parallel Earth ===
=== Alternate timeline ===
[[File:Cybus-factory.jpg|thumb|left|Battersea on a [[Pete's World|parallel world]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')]]
In an alternate [[2006]], [[Barbara Wright]] identified the four white turrets of Battersea as a landmark in [[London]], with others of London's landmarks having been destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'')
On a [[Pete's World|parallel Earth]], the station no longer served its original purpose. [[Cybus Industries]] used it as a [[Cyber-conversion]] centre and base for the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] created by [[John Lumic]]. The factory was converted from the inside. Deep inside its structure, thousands of Cyber Conversion machines worked, cutting out the brains of London's population, 'upgrading' them. It was here that [[Crane (Rise of the Cybermen)|Mr Crane]], one of John Lumic's high-ranking employees, and his men created the first Cybermen before Lumic's arrival.


Notable areas included [[Deepcold 6]] and [[Cyber-Control (Pete's World)|Cyber-Control]].
In [[Pete's World]], [[Cybus Industries]] ran its [[London]] [[Cyber-conversion]] in the [[Battersea Cyber-factory]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')
 
When London was taken over by the Cybermen, John Lumic took full authority over his factory. Shortly after, the [[Tenth Doctor]] and his allies entered the factory and were led to Cyber Control. There, they met the upgraded John Lumic, the Cyber-Controller, who was a little different from a standard Cyberman.
 
The Doctor used [[Rose Tyler]]'s [[superphone]] to send a cancellation code to the [[emotional inhibitor]]s of the Cybermen, with the mental trauma making them insane and destroying them all. As the entire building was engulfed in flames, the Doctor and his friends made a lucky escape in the Cybus Industries Zeppelin. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'')


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Latest revision as of 02:44, 3 July 2024

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station was located in Battersea, London.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

In July 1966, Major Green chose Battersea Power Station as one of the strategically located manufacturing sites for the War Machines. (TV: The War Machines)

Circa 1999, the Battersea Power Station was purchased and demolished by Ashley Chapel, who built the Millennium Hall in its place. Following the Great Kingdom crisis, the Millennium Hall faded from existence and the Power Station again took its place. (PROSE: Millennial Rites)

By the time of the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, it had been converted into a nuclear power plant. This was much to the surprise of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, who came from the year 1963. It was visibly different from the power station that they knew, as two of the chimneys were damaged. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Alternate timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternate 2006, Barbara Wright identified the four white turrets of Battersea as a landmark in London, with others of London's landmarks having been destroyed. (PROSE: The Time Travellers)

In Pete's World, Cybus Industries ran its London Cyber-conversion in the Battersea Cyber-factory. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel)

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