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'''New Zealand''' was a collection of islands in [[Australasia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus (audio story)}}) Its [[people]] were known as [[Kiwi (people)|Kiwis]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Direct Action (short story)}}) | |||
'''New Zealand''' was a collection of islands in [[Australasia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
[[Napier]] was a [[city]] in New Zealand. Other locations included the [[Foveaux Strait]] and [[Lake Taupo]]. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Napier]] was a [[city]] in New Zealand. Other locations included the [[Foveaux Strait]] and [[Lake Taupo]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)}}) | ||
One island in New Zealand was called the [[South Island]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | One island in New Zealand was called the [[South Island]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) | ||
== Fauna == | |||
The [[kakapo]] lived in New Zealand until [[2017]], its [[extinction]] caused by the introduction of non-indigenous [[predator]]s as well as [[hunting]] for [[meat]] and [[skin]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Dodo (novel)}}) | |||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
[[Rugby]] was very popular in New Zealand. [[James Stevens]] claimed that an interest in the sport was drilled into him at an early age. ([[PROSE]]: | [[Rugby]] was very popular in New Zealand. [[James Stevens]] claimed that an interest in the sport was drilled into him at an early age. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== 18th century === | === 18th century === | ||
In [[1770]], the ''[[Endeavour]]'' approached the [[South Island]] of New Zealand with the [[First Doctor]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] on board. Sailing along the coast and around the [[South Cape]], the crew were initially unable to anchor anywhere along the coast, and later Ian was pushed overboard by [[Joseph Banks]] — who was unintentionally influenced by Susan's lingering telepathic abilities from her encounter with the [[Sensorite]]s — which led to Ian becoming desperately ill following the effects of hypothermia. Once he had awoken, they had left New Zealand and were en route to [[Australia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[1770]], the ''[[Endeavour]]'' approached the [[South Island]] of New Zealand with the [[First Doctor]] and [[Ian Chesterton]] on board. Sailing along the coast and around the [[South Cape]], the crew were initially unable to anchor anywhere along the coast, and later Ian was pushed overboard by [[Joseph Banks]] — who was unintentionally influenced by Susan's lingering telepathic abilities from her encounter with the [[Sensorite]]s — which led to Ian becoming desperately ill following the effects of hypothermia. Once he had awoken, they had left New Zealand waters and were en route to [[Australia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus (audio story)}}) | ||
=== 20th century === | === 20th century === | ||
In the [[1910s]], New Zealand, as part of the [[British Empire]], was involved in [[World War I]]. Along with [[Australia]], their [[soldier]]s made up the [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corp]] (ANZAC) which fought alongside the [[British Army]]. In [[1915]], ANZAC fought the forces of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the disastrous [[Gallipoli campaign]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In the [[1910s]], New Zealand, as part of the [[British Empire]], was involved in [[World War I]]. Along with [[Australia]], their [[soldier]]s made up the [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corp]] (ANZAC) which fought alongside the [[British Army]]. In [[1915]], ANZAC fought the forces of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the disastrous [[Gallipoli campaign]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Direct Action (short story)}}) | ||
The investigative journalist [[James Stevens]] was born in New Zealand on [[22 November]] [[1945]] and emigrated from there to [[Great Britain]] in [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The investigative journalist [[James Stevens]] was born in New Zealand on [[22 November]] [[1945]] and emigrated from there to [[Great Britain]] in [[1968]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) | ||
On [[24 December]] [[1953]], a train bound for [[Auckland]] derailed near [[Tangiwai]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] saved [[Matiu]] (a time traveller from [[2004]]) from the onrushing water the next day, and helped bring him to Tangiwai. ([[PROSE]]: | On [[24 December]] [[1953]], a train bound for [[Auckland]] derailed near [[Tangiwai]]. The [[Sixth Doctor]] saved [[Matiu]] (a time traveller from [[2004]]) from the onrushing water the next day, and helped bring him to Tangiwai. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Water's Edge (short story)}}) | ||
In [[ | In [[1978]], [[picture]]s of the [[Ninth Doctor]] taken off New Zealand's [[coast]] after a series of [[UFO]] sightings were published in [[The Press (newspaper)|a newspaper]] by [[Christchurch Press]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) | ||
During the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] invasion in [[December]] [[1986]], the crew of the ''[[Zeus IV]]'' mentioned that they were over the [[South Island]] of New Zealand. ([[TV]]: | In [[December]] [[1980]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited Napier. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)}}) | ||
During the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] invasion in [[December]] [[1986]], the crew of the ''[[Zeus IV]]'' mentioned that they were over the [[South Island]] of New Zealand. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) | |||
=== 21st century === | === 21st century === | ||
Matiu was a [[Maori]] man who lived in [[Auckland]] in the [[21st century]]. In [[Christmas]] [[2004]], Matiu travelled back in time to [[1953]] to find out what happened to [[Hemi Tokona|his grandfather]]. ([[PROSE]]: | Matiu was a [[Maori]] man who lived in [[Auckland]] in the [[21st century]]. In [[Christmas]] [[2004]], Matiu travelled back in time to [[1953]] to find out what happened to [[Hemi Tokona|his grandfather]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Water's Edge (short story)}}) | ||
By [[2007]], [[H.C. Clements]] had an office in New Zealand. ([[TV]]: | By [[2007]], [[H.C. Clements]] had an office in New Zealand. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}) | ||
Following the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]], [[Martha Jones]] visited New Zealand. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dissected (audio story)}}) | |||
[[ | Due to the [[Myloki]] conflict of [[2066]]-[[2068|8]], [[Japan]] invaded New Zealand. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Indestructible Man (novel)}}) | ||
[[File:Moonbase-4 Becket S.jpeg|thumb|[[Sam Becket]] with a New Zealand flag on his uniform on [[Moonbase Laika]] in [[2070]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Moonbase (TV story)}})]][[Sam Becket]], a crew member aboard the weather station on the moon during a Cyberman invasion in [[2070]], was a New Zealander. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Moonbase (TV story)}}) | |||
=== References === | |||
While in [[Barnes Common]] in [[1963]], [[Ian Chesterton]] thought that a warm fire and a supper prepared by his [[landlady]] seemed as far as away as New Zealand. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)}}) | |||
On [[Christmas Eve]] in the [[2000s]],{{note|Although [[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}} is supposedly set the [[Christmas]] after the [[2007]] setting of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}, the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series which aired immediately before and after ''Voyage'' give [[Aliens of London dating controversy|contradicting dates]] for when their present day is set. [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Paradox Moon (short story)}} places [[Martha Jones]]' present day in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 3]] in [[June]] 2007. [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Recruits (audio story)}} dates it to [[March]] [[2008]]. A newspaper clipping in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)}} places ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' on a [[Sunday]] [[4 June]], which in the real world does not fall on a Sunday in either 2007 or 2008. [[Donna Noble]]'s present day in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]] is set in 2008 according to [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Waters of Mars (TV story)}}, and [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|SOS (audio story)}} (and is heavily implied by [[TV]]: {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}}), or in approximately [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]], according to [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beautiful Chaos (novel)}}.}} when [[Astrid Peth]] called [[Earth]] beautiful, the [[Tenth Doctor]] stated that the Pyramids of [[Egypt]] and New Zealand were beautiful, not the street of [[London]] on which they were standing. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}}) | |||
In the [[Unbound Universe]] when [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[Unbound Doctor|the Doctor]] reunited, Lethbridge-Stewart revealed that he'd intended to retire to New Zealand but instead settled in [[Hong Kong]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | On [[13 February]], the [[Hypnosis|hypnotic]] [[love wraith]] attempted to make [[P.R.O.B.E. director]] [[Giles]] run away to New Zealand with her, so that she could finish draining his [[emotion]]s without the interference of Giles's [[P.R.O.B.E.|team]]. However, [[Maxie Masters]] realised what was happening, and freed Giles from her control, before they left the country. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Stacey Facade (webcast)}}) | ||
When all the residents of the [[Hawkshaw Manor]] nursing home went missing (due to the fact that they had been teleported off world by the [[Eleventh Doctor]]), the cover story revealed that they had all emigrated to New Zealand. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (comic story)}}) | |||
=== Later history === | |||
In the year [[200,100]], lower [[Australia]] and New Zealand, collectively known as [[Australasia]], were obliterated by the [[Dalek fleet]] during the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]'s [[Battle of the Game Station|attack on Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The East of the Earth (feature)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) | |||
== Other realities == | |||
In the [[Unbound Universe]] when [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] and [[Unbound Doctor|the Doctor]] reunited, Lethbridge-Stewart revealed that he'd intended to retire to New Zealand but instead settled in [[Hong Kong (Unbound Universe)|Hong Kong]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Both [[Anna-Louise Plowman]], who portrayed [[Diana Goddard]], and writer [[David Bishop]] were born in New Zealand. | * Both [[Anna-Louise Plowman]], who portrayed [[Diana Goddard]], and writer [[David Bishop]] were born in New Zealand. | ||
* New Zealand was the first country to buy | * New Zealand was the first country to buy the rights to broadcast [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 TV movie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/Selling_Doctor_Who#FIRST_WAVE|title=Selling Doctor Who - BroaDWcast|date of source=6 June 2014|website name=BroaDWcast|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref> | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
=== Notes === | |||
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=== Citations === | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Nations}} | {{Nations}} | ||
[[Category:New Zealand| ]] | [[Category:New Zealand| ]] | ||
[[Category:Nations from the real world]] | [[Category:Nations from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Australasian islands]] | [[Category:Australasian islands]] | ||
[[Category:Islands from the real world]] | [[Category:Islands from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Nations visited by the Fourth Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Nations visited by the Sixth Doctor]] | [[Category:Nations visited by the Sixth Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:Nations visited by the Ninth Doctor]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:55, 2 October 2024
New Zealand was a collection of islands in Australasia. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus [+]Loading...["The Transit of Venus (audio story)"]) Its people were known as Kiwis. (PROSE: Direct Action [+]Loading...["Direct Action (short story)"])
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Napier was a city in New Zealand. Other locations included the Foveaux Strait and Lake Taupo. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])
One island in New Zealand was called the South Island. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus [+]Loading...["The Transit of Venus (audio story)"], TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
Fauna[[edit] | [edit source]]
The kakapo lived in New Zealand until 2017, its extinction caused by the introduction of non-indigenous predators as well as hunting for meat and skins. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"])
Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
Rugby was very popular in New Zealand. James Stevens claimed that an interest in the sport was drilled into him at an early age. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
18th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1770, the Endeavour approached the South Island of New Zealand with the First Doctor and Ian Chesterton on board. Sailing along the coast and around the South Cape, the crew were initially unable to anchor anywhere along the coast, and later Ian was pushed overboard by Joseph Banks — who was unintentionally influenced by Susan's lingering telepathic abilities from her encounter with the Sensorites — which led to Ian becoming desperately ill following the effects of hypothermia. Once he had awoken, they had left New Zealand waters and were en route to Australia. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus [+]Loading...["The Transit of Venus (audio story)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1910s, New Zealand, as part of the British Empire, was involved in World War I. Along with Australia, their soldiers made up the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) which fought alongside the British Army. In 1915, ANZAC fought the forces of the Ottoman Empire in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. (PROSE: Direct Action [+]Loading...["Direct Action (short story)"])
The investigative journalist James Stevens was born in New Zealand on 22 November 1945 and emigrated from there to Great Britain in 1968. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
On 24 December 1953, a train bound for Auckland derailed near Tangiwai. The Sixth Doctor saved Matiu (a time traveller from 2004) from the onrushing water the next day, and helped bring him to Tangiwai. (PROSE: Water's Edge [+]Loading...["Water's Edge (short story)"])
In 1978, pictures of the Ninth Doctor taken off New Zealand's coast after a series of UFO sightings were published in a newspaper by Christchurch Press. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])
In December 1980, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited Napier. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])
During the Cybermen invasion in December 1986, the crew of the Zeus IV mentioned that they were over the South Island of New Zealand. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Matiu was a Maori man who lived in Auckland in the 21st century. In Christmas 2004, Matiu travelled back in time to 1953 to find out what happened to his grandfather. (PROSE: Water's Edge [+]Loading...["Water's Edge (short story)"])
By 2007, H.C. Clements had an office in New Zealand. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
Following the Planetary Relocation Incident, Martha Jones visited New Zealand. (AUDIO: Dissected [+]Loading...["Dissected (audio story)"])
Due to the Myloki conflict of 2066-8, Japan invaded New Zealand. (PROSE: The Indestructible Man [+]Loading...["The Indestructible Man (novel)"])
Sam Becket, a crew member aboard the weather station on the moon during a Cyberman invasion in 2070, was a New Zealander. (TV: The Moonbase [+]Loading...["The Moonbase (TV story)"])
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
While in Barnes Common in 1963, Ian Chesterton thought that a warm fire and a supper prepared by his landlady seemed as far as away as New Zealand. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])
On Christmas Eve in the 2000s,[nb 1] when Astrid Peth called Earth beautiful, the Tenth Doctor stated that the Pyramids of Egypt and New Zealand were beautiful, not the street of London on which they were standing. (TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"])
On 13 February, the hypnotic love wraith attempted to make P.R.O.B.E. director Giles run away to New Zealand with her, so that she could finish draining his emotions without the interference of Giles's team. However, Maxie Masters realised what was happening, and freed Giles from her control, before they left the country. (WC: Stacey Facade [+]Loading...["Stacey Facade (webcast)"])
When all the residents of the Hawkshaw Manor nursing home went missing (due to the fact that they had been teleported off world by the Eleventh Doctor), the cover story revealed that they had all emigrated to New Zealand. (COMIC: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night [+]Loading...["Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (comic story)"])
Later history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the year 200,100, lower Australia and New Zealand, collectively known as Australasia, were obliterated by the Dalek fleet during the Dalek Emperor's attack on Earth. (PROSE: The East of the Earth [+]Loading...["The East of the Earth (feature)"], TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Unbound Universe when Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and the Doctor reunited, Lethbridge-Stewart revealed that he'd intended to retire to New Zealand but instead settled in Hong Kong. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Both Anna-Louise Plowman, who portrayed Diana Goddard, and writer David Bishop were born in New Zealand.
- New Zealand was the first country to buy the rights to broadcast the 1996 TV movie.[1]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Although TV: Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"] is supposedly set the Christmas after the 2007 setting of TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"], the Doctor Who series which aired immediately before and after Voyage give contradicting dates for when their present day is set. PROSE: The Paradox Moon [+]Loading...["The Paradox Moon (short story)"] places Martha Jones' present day in series 3 in June 2007. AUDIO: Recruits [+]Loading...["Recruits (audio story)"] dates it to March 2008. A newspaper clipping in PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)"] places Smith and Jones on a Sunday 4 June, which in the real world does not fall on a Sunday in either 2007 or 2008. Donna Noble's present day in series 4 is set in 2008 according to TV: The Fires of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"], TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"], and AUDIO: SOS [+]Loading...["SOS (audio story)"] (and is heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"] and TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"]), or in approximately April to June 2009, according to PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"].
Citations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Selling Doctor Who - BroaDWcast. BroaDWcast (6 June 2014). Retrieved on 25 August 2014.
