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{{Rename|[[Sontaran Stratagem]]}} | |||
{{Infobox Conflict | {{Infobox Conflict | ||
|aka = ATMOS gas crisis<br>ATMOS Stratagem | |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]] | ||
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|result = {{il|[[Human]] victory|Destruction of [[Tenth Sontaran Battle Fleet]], save for [[Commander]] [[Kaagh]]|Death of Luke Rattigan}} | |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 | ||
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The '''2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth''' was the attempted takeover of [[Earth]] by the [[Sontaran]]s for the purposes of breeding more [[clone]] warriors. | The '''2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth''' was the attempted takeover of [[Earth]] by the [[Sontaran]]s for the purposes of breeding more [[clone]] warriors. | ||
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== Aftermath == | == 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 | 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]]'') | 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 | 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]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 15 September 2024
- You may be looking for the 2001 invasion or the 2021 invasion.
The 2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth was the attempted takeover of Earth by the Sontarans 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) It was later claimed to be an environmental terrorist attack, just big business covering up a terrible mistake. (AUDIO: Driving Miss Wells)
To the Sontarans, it was remembered as the ATMOS Stratagem. (PROSE: A Soldier's Education)
Background[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the early 21st century, the Sontaran Empire was losing its war with the Rutan Host. They were running out of soldiers and needed to produce more. They decided that a large planet such as Earth would be a good target and set about their plans to eradicate humanity and convert Earth into a cloning factory. (TV: The Poison Sky)
Beginnings[[edit] | [edit source]]
Part of their plan called for Luke Rattigan to market ATMOS devices across Earth. These would be activated at the appropriate time. They did so shortly after the Unified Intelligence Taskforce's storming of the ATMOS factory. After UNIT had taken over the factory, Martha Jones was captured and cloned to become an agent for the sontarans. When the ATMOS devices were activated, they pumped a thick gas into the atmosphere which had two purposes — to poison humans and to aid the growth of Sontaran clones. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)
At this point, many humans died — the first deaths happened in Tokyo, Japan. As other urban areas filled with smog, refugees escaped to more rural areas or even into the oceans. (TV: The Poison Sky)
Battle[[edit] | [edit source]]
UNIT prepared many plans for the Sontarans, including firing nuclear weapons at the Sontaran flagship, an act of interstellar war. This attack was thwarted by a clone of Martha Jones, who was given a device to wipe the nuclear launch codes and the order to do so repeatedly. This was not because it would damage the Sontaran ships — it wouldn't — but because it would ignite the clonefeed in the atmosphere and end the invasion.
Around this time, a Sontaran attack squad retook the ATMOS factory from UNIT and killed all the humans in the area. Shortly after, UNIT prepared its soldiers from one of its nearby bases and used the Valiant to clear the smog from the area and shoot the factory, killing several Sontarans. Entering the factory once again, the human soldiers swiftly decimated the Sontaran attack squad. (TV: The Poison Sky)
Sontaran defeat[[edit] | [edit source]]
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)
Aftermath[[edit] | [edit source]]
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) UNIT took advantage of the teleport pods 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) 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)
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 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 son and his friends. Kaagh was sent home to Sontar in shame. (TV: The Last Sontaran)
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 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 Sontaran homeworld. (TV: Turn Left)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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. 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.