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'''Los Angeles''', often initialised as '''LA''', was a major city in [[California]]. A significant portion of LA was the neighbourhood of [[Hollywood]] | {{subpage tabs}} | ||
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'''Los Angeles''', often initialised as '''LA''', was a major [[city]] in [[California]] and was the fourth largest city on [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') | |||
== Geography == | |||
[[File:UNIT Master locations.jpg|thumb|The location of Los Angeles. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')]] | |||
Located on the south-west coast of the [[North America]], and roughly south of [[San Francisco]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') Los Angeles was a [[California]]n city. A significant portion of LA was the neighbourhood of [[Hollywood]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') | |||
The city was home to [[Torchwood Los Angeles|a branch of Torchwood]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'') and [[Faction Hollywood|a branch of Faction Paradox]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', ''[[Remake/Remodel (short story)|Remake/Remodel]]'') [[UNIT]] had [[Los Angeles UNIT headquarters|a large base]] in downtown Los Angeles. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') | |||
Los Angeles had [[Los Angeles Fashion District|a fashion district]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') The [[L.A. Herald]] was the city's local newspaper. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nightmare on the Boulevard (comic story)|Nightmare on the Boulevard]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Prehistory === | === Prehistory === | ||
Circa [[BC#Prehistory|33,000 years BC]], [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Rory Williams]] visited the site where Los Angeles would one day be built. The TARDIS became stuck in a tar pit, while they | Circa [[BC#Prehistory|33,000 years BC]], [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Rory Williams]] visited the site where Los Angeles would one day be built. The TARDIS became stuck in a tar pit, while they encountered a [[mammoth]] and a [[sabre-toothed tiger]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)|The Doctor and the Nurse]]'') | ||
=== 20th century === | === 20th century === | ||
The [[ | [[file:Any guess to the motive, Amos?.png|thumb|left|The [[Los Angeles Homicide Bureau]] were active in Los Angeles, [[1965]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Who Killed Death? (comic story)|part=2}})]] | ||
In [[1936]], the [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade Time Lady]] [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] visited [[Hollywood]] in Los Angeles, where they met the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Elixir of Doom (audio story)|The Elixir of Doom]]'') | |||
In [[1947]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] visited Los Angeles and encountered [[Mykloz]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Playback (short story)|Playback]]'') | |||
In the [[1950s]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visited the city, foiling a [[Dominator]] plot. During their stay, Martha was abducted by [[Adam Mitchell]]. The Tenth Doctor took the chance to contact [[Frobisher]] to bait a trap for Mitchell. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Quiet on the Set (comic story)|Quiet on the Set]]'') | |||
[[Lisa Drake]] was born in Los Angeles in [[1956]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Legions of Death (game)|namedep=Player Characters}}) | |||
In [[1965]], the [[Los Angeles Homicide Bureau]] were active in Los Angeles, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? (comic story)}}, etc.) as was a [[theatre (Who Killed Lord Nelson?)|theatre]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Who Killed Lord Nelson? (comic story)}}) They were later reported on in ''[[TV Century 21 (in-universe)|TV Century 21]]'' in [[2065]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)}}, etc.) through use of the [[TV 21 Time Machine|''TV 21'' Time Machine]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? (comic story)}}, etc.) | |||
In [[1968]], [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]], having been shot down ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) at the Los Angeles [[Ambassador Hotel]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Web of Lies (webcast)}}) | |||
In [[1973]], the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]] visited the city and rescued [[Vita Monet]] from one of her ex-husbands. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Elixir of Doom (audio story)|The Elixir of Doom]]'') | |||
In [[1976]], two priests who were members of the [[Order of Saint Peter]] pursued a [[vampire]] from [[Poland]] to Los Angeles and destroyed it. One of them stayed behind to found a chapter of the order there, and later became the father of [[Becky Lee Kowalczyck]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') | |||
Los Angeles hosted the [[1984 Olympics]], which were boycotted by the [[Soviet Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Reaping (audio story)|The Reaping]]'') | |||
[[Tracey (Hospitality)|Tracey]] came from Los Angeles. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Hospitality (short story)|Hospitality]]'') | |||
In [[ | In [[1999]], Los Angeles was home to a shady conglomerate known as [[InterCom]], which aroused the suspicion of [[UNIT]], after it was linked to illegal sales of [[plutonium]]. [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] was joined in his investigations in the city by the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Vislor Turlough]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Terror (novel)|The King of Terror]]'') | ||
Also in 1999, [[Chris Cwej]] faced [[Chad Vandemeer]] in the [[Mount Usu duel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
On a [[Christmas Eve]] in the late 20th century, the [[Second Doctor]] took [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] to downtown LA in an effort to make them understand that no society, even the most egalitarian-minded ones, could escape the difficulties of poverty. The trio worked at the [[Los Angeles Midnight Mission|Midnight Mission]] and stopped a desperate [[homeless]] man named [[Charlie (Goodwill Toward Men)|Charlie]] from robbing the charity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goodwill Toward Men (short story)|Goodwill Toward Men]]'') | |||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Kevin (When Worlds Collide)|Kevin]] visited Los Angeles, where they posed as police detectives. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Your Destiny Awaits (comic story)|Your Destiny Awaits]]'') | |||
=== 21st century === | === 21st century === | ||
The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Victoria Waterfield]] once found themselves imprisoned in the city by [[Face-Painter]], who somehow stripped them of their faces, and his minion, [[Rachel (Face-Painter)|Rachel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Face-Painter (short story)|Face-Painter]]'') | |||
At some point in the [[21st century]], Los Angeles was one of ten major cities across the world, all of which had [[underground railway]]s, where [[Coldfire Construction]] built a reactor within a period of 18 months as part of a plot by the [[Slitheen]] to drain [[Sol|the Sun]]'s energy, operated by at least one Slitheen disguised using a [[skin suit]] made from a local. [[Sarah Jane Smith]] foiled this plot with the help of her friends at [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]] at [[Ealing]] in [[London]]. She then contacted [[UNIT]] so that they could clear up the Coldfire sites. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') | |||
[[File:Miracle Rally speech (TCOL).jpg|thumb|right|[[Oswald Danes]] speaks at the [[Miracle Rally]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'')]] | |||
In [[2011]], after [[Miracle Day]], a renewed [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood]] team moved to [[Venice Beach]] to investigate closely what [[PhiCorp]] was up to in LA. [[Rex Matheson]] had family in this city. ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'') Later, [[Oswald Danes]] presented the [[Miracle Rally]], greatly raising his public image. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') | |||
[[Clyde Langer]] went to Los Angeles to adapt his comics into a television series. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TotT TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'') | |||
=== 22nd century === | |||
In [[2157]], a mysterious [[virus]] wiped out millions in Los Angeles. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') | |||
=== 26th century === | === 26th century === | ||
In [[2540]], demonstrators in Los Angeles burned an effigy of the [[President of Earth (Frontier in Space)| | In [[2540]], demonstrators in Los Angeles burned an effigy of the [[President of Earth]] [[Dora (Frontier in Space)|Dora]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
=== Far future === | === Far future === | ||
In [[8162]], [[Spratt]] and [[Keepsake's vulture]] spent some time living in "the [[Los Angeles Resettlement]]". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Body in Question (comic story)}}) | |||
Toward the end of [[Earth]]'s life, [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]] had a home on the [[Los Angeles Crevasse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | Toward the end of [[Earth]]'s life, [[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17]] had a home on the [[Los Angeles Crevasse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | ||
=== Undated events === | |||
[[Category:Los Angeles]] | [[j Mendoza]] met the [[Ninth Doctor]] in the Los Angeles [[Los Angeles Fashion District|fashion district]] at some point. The Doctor was carrying [[fruit]] and [[vegetable]]s. In [[March]] [[2005]], j Mendoza wrote about his encounter with the Doctor on the conspiracy website [[Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 21 October 2024
Los Angeles, often initialised as LA, was a major city in California and was the fourth largest city on Earth. (PROSE: The King of Terror)
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Located on the south-west coast of the North America, and roughly south of San Francisco, (TV: The End of Time, Revenge of the Slitheen) Los Angeles was a Californian city. A significant portion of LA was the neighbourhood of Hollywood. (PROSE: The King of Terror)
The city was home to a branch of Torchwood (AUDIO: The Dollhouse) and a branch of Faction Paradox. (PROSE: The Book of the War, Remake/Remodel) UNIT had a large base in downtown Los Angeles. (PROSE: The King of Terror)
Los Angeles had a fashion district. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?) The L.A. Herald was the city's local newspaper. (COMIC: Nightmare on the Boulevard)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Prehistory[[edit] | [edit source]]
Circa 33,000 years BC, Eleventh Doctor and Rory Williams visited the site where Los Angeles would one day be built. The TARDIS became stuck in a tar pit, while they encountered a mammoth and a sabre-toothed tiger. (COMIC: The Doctor and the Nurse)
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1936, the renegade Time Lady Iris Wildthyme and Jo Jones visited Hollywood in Los Angeles, where they met the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Elixir of Doom)
In 1947, the Seventh Doctor visited Los Angeles and encountered Mykloz. (PROSE: Playback)
In the 1950s, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited the city, foiling a Dominator plot. During their stay, Martha was abducted by Adam Mitchell. The Tenth Doctor took the chance to contact Frobisher to bait a trap for Mitchell. (COMIC: Quiet on the Set)
Lisa Drake was born in Los Angeles in 1956. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedep":"Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})
In 1965, the Los Angeles Homicide Bureau were active in Los Angeles, (COMIC: Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? [+]Loading...["Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? (comic story)"], etc.) as was a theatre. (COMIC: Who Killed Lord Nelson? [+]Loading...["Who Killed Lord Nelson? (comic story)"]) They were later reported on in TV Century 21 in 2065 (PROSE: Zodiac's Rescue Bid! [+]Loading...["Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)"], etc.) through use of the TV 21 Time Machine. (COMIC: Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? [+]Loading...["Who Killed Elias Hoodreim? (comic story)"], etc.)
In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, having been shot down (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel. (WC: Web of Lies [+]Loading...["Web of Lies (webcast)"])
In 1973, the Third Doctor and Jo Grant visited the city and rescued Vita Monet from one of her ex-husbands. (AUDIO: The Elixir of Doom)
In 1976, two priests who were members of the Order of Saint Peter pursued a vampire from Poland to Los Angeles and destroyed it. One of them stayed behind to found a chapter of the order there, and later became the father of Becky Lee Kowalczyck. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Olympics, which were boycotted by the Soviet Union. (AUDIO: The Reaping)
Tracey came from Los Angeles. (PROSE: Hospitality)
In 1999, Los Angeles was home to a shady conglomerate known as InterCom, which aroused the suspicion of UNIT, after it was linked to illegal sales of plutonium. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart was joined in his investigations in the city by the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Vislor Turlough. (PROSE: The King of Terror)
Also in 1999, Chris Cwej faced Chad Vandemeer in the Mount Usu duel. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
On a Christmas Eve in the late 20th century, the Second Doctor took Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot to downtown LA in an effort to make them understand that no society, even the most egalitarian-minded ones, could escape the difficulties of poverty. The trio worked at the Midnight Mission and stopped a desperate homeless man named Charlie from robbing the charity. (PROSE: Goodwill Toward Men)
The Eleventh Doctor and Kevin visited Los Angeles, where they posed as police detectives. (COMIC: Your Destiny Awaits)
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield once found themselves imprisoned in the city by Face-Painter, who somehow stripped them of their faces, and his minion, Rachel. (PROSE: Face-Painter)
At some point in the 21st century, Los Angeles was one of ten major cities across the world, all of which had underground railways, where Coldfire Construction built a reactor within a period of 18 months as part of a plot by the Slitheen to drain the Sun's energy, operated by at least one Slitheen disguised using a skin suit made from a local. Sarah Jane Smith foiled this plot with the help of her friends at Park Vale Comprehensive School at Ealing in London. She then contacted UNIT so that they could clear up the Coldfire sites. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen)
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In 2011, after Miracle Day, a renewed Torchwood team moved to Venice Beach to investigate closely what PhiCorp was up to in LA. Rex Matheson had family in this city. (TV: Escape to LA) Later, Oswald Danes presented the Miracle Rally, greatly raising his public image. (TV: The Categories of Life)
Clyde Langer went to Los Angeles to adapt his comics into a television series. (TV: The Three Doctors)
22nd century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2157, a mysterious virus wiped out millions in Los Angeles. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising)
26th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2540, demonstrators in Los Angeles burned an effigy of the President of Earth Dora. (TV: Frontier in Space)
Far future[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 8162, Spratt and Keepsake's vulture spent some time living in "the Los Angeles Resettlement". (COMIC: The Body in Question [+]Loading...["The Body in Question (comic story)"])
Toward the end of Earth's life, Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 had a home on the Los Angeles Crevasse. (TV: The End of the World)
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
j Mendoza met the Ninth Doctor in the Los Angeles fashion district at some point. The Doctor was carrying fruit and vegetables. In March 2005, j Mendoza wrote about his encounter with the Doctor on the conspiracy website Doctor Who?. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)
