Cold War

There is also a short story and a comic strip story with this name.

The Cold War was a term used to denote the tensions between the Capitalist nations of the world (particularly the United States and the United Kingdom) and the Communist nations of the world (particularly the Soviet Union) in which, though the tensions were high, no actual fighting occurred.

References

The Doctor took part in some events of the Cold War. (NA: First Frontier, EDA: Endgame)

The Doctor also made reference to the Cold War during a visit to 1958 New Mexico. (DW: Dreamland)

During the Cold War, there were plans to build an underground headquarters for the British government in the event of a nuclear war. (DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) At one point, to avoid warring, American, China and Russia gave their nuclear destructor codes to Great Britain. (DW: Robot)

Though the Cold War ended in the late 20th century, there were two power blocs poised to annihilate each other by 2084. (DW: Warriors of the Deep)

Behind the Scenes

• Both Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Robot imply that the Cold War was already over at the time those stories took place. However, in Goth Opera by Paul Cornell Tegan Jovanka, who comes from the year 1981 notes when visiting 1994, that the Cold War has now ended.