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{{Rename|[[Sontaran Stratagem]]}} | |||
{{Infobox Conflict | {{Infobox Conflict | ||
|aka = ATMOS gas crisis | |aka = ATMOS gas crisis<br />ATMOS Stratagem | ||
|image = Sontaran invasion of Earth.jpg | |image = Sontaran invasion of Earth.jpg | ||
|part of = [[Rutan-Sontaran War]] | |part of = [[Rutan-Sontaran War]] | ||
|date = [[2009]] | |date = [[2009]] | ||
|location = [[Earth]] | |location = [[Earth]] | ||
|result = {{il|[[Human]] victory|Destruction of [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]] save for [[Commander]] [[Kaagh]]|Death of | |result = {{il|[[Human]] victory|Destruction of [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]], save for [[Commander]] [[Kaagh]]|Death of Luke Rattigan}} | ||
|side1 = [[Sontaran Empire]], [[ATMOS]] staff | |side1 = [[Sontaran Empire]], [[ATMOS]] staff | ||
|side2 = [[ | |side2 = [[UNIT]], [[Donna Noble]] | ||
|leader1 = [[Staal]], [[Luke Rattigan]] (defected) | |leader1 = [[Staal]], [[Luke Rattigan]] (defected) | ||
|leader2 = [[Alan Mace|Colonel Mace]], [[Tenth Doctor]] | |leader2 = [[Alan Mace|Colonel Mace]], [[Tenth Doctor]] | ||
|strength1 = Hundreds | |strength1 = Hundreds | ||
|strength2 = Hundreds | |strength2 = Hundreds | ||
}}The '''Sontaran invasion of Earth''' was the attempted takeover of [[Earth]] by the [[Sontaran]]s for the purposes of breeding more [[clone]] warriors. | }}{{You may|2001 Sontaran invasion of Earth|n1=the 2001 invasion|2021 Sontaran invasion of Earth|n2=the 2021 invasion}} | ||
The '''2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth''' was the attempted takeover of [[Earth]] by the [[Sontaran]]s for the purposes of breeding more [[clone]] warriors. | |||
On [[Earth]], it was reported as the '''ATMOS gas crisis''' by [[BBC News 24]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | On [[Earth]], it was reported as the '''ATMOS gas crisis''' by [[BBC News 24]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') It was later claimed to be an environmental terrorist attack, just big business covering up a terrible mistake. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Driving Miss Wells (audio story)|Driving Miss Wells]]'') | ||
To the Sontarans, it was remembered as the '''ATMOS [[Stratagem]]'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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The [[Tenth Doctor]] ignited the smog with Luke Rattigan's [[atmospheric converter]] and flames spread across the Earth. When they died down, the planet's atmosphere was restored to its previous state. The Sontarans prepared to attack the Earth with its fleet. However, Rattigan sacrificed himself by using the atmospheric converter on the flagship. He exploded the flagship; its fragments destroyed the rest of the fleet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | The [[Tenth Doctor]] ignited the smog with Luke Rattigan's [[atmospheric converter]] and flames spread across the Earth. When they died down, the planet's atmosphere was restored to its previous state. The Sontarans prepared to attack the Earth with its fleet. However, Rattigan sacrificed himself by using the atmospheric converter on the flagship. He exploded the flagship; its fragments destroyed the rest of the fleet. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
== Aftermath == | |||
Many humans were afraid to travel by car (as it had been cars that the ATMOS devices were connected to). Other than that, life on Earth apparently returned to normal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') UNIT took advantage of the [[teleport pod]]s left behind in the ATMOS factory and the [[Rattigan Academy]]. This led to [[Project Indigo]], which would prove useful during the [[War in the Medusa Cascade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') UNIT also obtained a Sontaran cloning pod which they stored in the [[Grey Archive]]. Years later the pod managed to reactivate and produced three defective Sontarans and a clone based on Rattigan, who were stopped by [[Petronella Osgood]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[For the Girl Who Has Everything (short story)|For the Girl Who Has Everything]]'') | |||
One Sontaran pod from the fleet, piloted by Commander [[Kaagh]], survived the destruction of the fleet. When the flagship was destroyed, his pod was knocked into space by the explosion and crash-landed on Earth, near [[Goblin's Copse]]. A badly injured Kaagh staggered out with a scarring gash across the right side of his face and part of his right ear mangled, the lone survivor of the Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet. Though severely injured, he repaired his ship in secret in the woods near the [[Tycho Project]] radio telescope. His drones looked like lights in the sky, attracting human attention. Kaagh used the drones to lure Professor [[Nicholas Skinner]] and his [[Lucy Skinner|daughter]] out of the radio telescope. He seized them and fitted them with neural implants to control their actions. He put Professor Skinner to work to make all of Earth's satellites crash onto nuclear stations. This would cause a chain reaction and destroy the Earth, avenging the loss of his comrades-in-arms. His plans were foiled by [[Sarah Jane Smith]], her [[Luke Smith|son]] and his friends. Kaagh was sent home to Sontar in shame. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]'') | |||
== Other realities == | |||
In [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]], the invasion was instead thwarted by the [[Torchwood Three]] team. [[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Ianto Jones]] were killed in the process and Captain [[Jack Harkness]] was transported to the [[Sontar|Sontaran homeworld]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The invasion of modern [[London]] by General Staal is mentioned by Commander [[Strax]] in the fourth-wall-breaking cinema intro for ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''. He is disappointed to learn that the anniversary feature is about [[the Doctor]] as opposed to a [[Sontaran]] historical drama featuring heroic accounts of their various military campaigns which he was anticipating with his [[clone batch]]. | * The invasion of modern [[London]] by General Staal is mentioned by Commander [[Strax]] in the fourth-wall-breaking cinema intro for ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''. He is disappointed to learn that the anniversary feature is about [[the Doctor]] as opposed to a [[Sontaran]] historical drama featuring heroic accounts of their various military campaigns which he was anticipating with his [[clone batch]]. | ||
[[Category:Conflicts]] | [[Category:Conflicts]] | ||
[[Category:21st century Earth-based conflicts]] | [[Category:21st century Earth-based conflicts]] | ||
[[Category:Human conflicts]] | [[Category:Human conflicts]] | ||
[[Category:Conflicts involving the Tenth Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Conflicts involving the Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:UNIT conflicts]] | [[Category:UNIT conflicts]] | ||
[[Category:Sontaran conflicts]] | |||
[[Category:Parallel world (Turn Left)]] | |||