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|name            = ''Cardiff Earthquake''
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|setting        = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]]
|setting        = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]]
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|release date    = 4 June 2005
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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.
'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was the twelfth short story and sixteenth release published exclusively on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] in [[June (releases)|June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] 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 ==
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* [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]]
* [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Blaine was [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff|Mayor of Cardiff]].
* Blaine was [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff|Mayor of Cardiff]].


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{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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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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  • to be added

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  • The story is set in the aftermath of Boom Town.

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  1. ↑ As this was released alongside Boom Town, it is likely it was released on 4 June.
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