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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|name | |range = U.N.I.T. (tie-in website){{!}}U.N.I.T. | ||
| | |number in range = #19 | ||
|name = ''Cardiff Earthquake'' | |||
|setting | |image = Cardiff Earthquake.jpg | ||
|release date | |setting = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]] | ||
|writer | |release date = 4 June 2005 | ||
|publisher | |writer = BBC webteam | ||
| | |publisher = BBC | ||
|series | |genre = Science fiction | ||
|prev | |format = Online short story | ||
|next | |website = ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' | ||
|series2 | |series = [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]] | ||
|prev2 | |prev = Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story) | ||
|next2 | |next = Guinevere One (short story) | ||
}} | |series2 = ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' | ||
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'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was | |next2 = Alien Life (short story) | ||
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'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was the fourteenth short story and nineteenth release exclusively published on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]{{note|As this was released alongside ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', it is likely it was released on 4 June.}} by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''. ''Cardiff Earthquake'' was the eighth release in the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe [[press briefing]]s. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
In the wake of the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], on [[8 October]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] reports in a [[press briefing]] that the clean-up operation has been successful, | In the wake of the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], on [[8 October]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] reports in a [[press briefing]] that the clean-up operation has been successful. However, [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]] is among the many people missing and UNIT's [[Scientific advisor|Scientific Advisors]] have agreed that, due to the instability of the ground the plant was to be built on, the [[Blaidd Drwg|Blaidd Drwg Power Plant]] project should be abandoned. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]] | * [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Blaine was [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff|Mayor of Cardiff]]. | * Blaine was [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff|Mayor of Cardiff]]. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The story is set in the aftermath of | * The story is set in the aftermath of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name= | {{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
=== Notes === | |||
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[[Category:UNIT Press Briefings short stories]] | [[Category:UNIT Press Briefings short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2006]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2006]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:08, 22 October 2024
- You may be looking for the titular earthquake.
Cardiff Earthquake, prefixed as PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake on the story's page, was the fourteenth short story and nineteenth release exclusively published on the U.N.I.T. website on 4 June 2005[nb 1] by the BBC webteam to coincide with the broadcast of Boom Town. Cardiff Earthquake was the eighth release in the UNIT Press Briefings series of in-universe press briefings.
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In the wake of the Cardiff Earthquake, on 8 October, UNIT reports in a press briefing that the clean-up operation has been successful. However, Margaret Blaine is among the many people missing and UNIT's Scientific Advisors have agreed that, due to the instability of the ground the plant was to be built on, the Blaidd Drwg Power Plant project should be abandoned.
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Blaine was Mayor of Cardiff.
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The story is set in the aftermath of Boom Town.
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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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