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'''Briggs' freighter''' was a spacecraft under the command of Captain [[Briggs]]. Its cargo, unknown to the crew, was an army of [[Cybermen]]. They awoke and took over the ship. They planned to destroy life on [[Earth]] by hitting it with the craft that they had reprogrammed. The craft was brought back in time to ''c.'' 65.5 million BCE by the [[Fifth Doctor]]. [[Adric]]'s attempt to redirect the ship was interrupted by a Cyberman. The ship crashed into the Yucatán Peninsula, causing the extinction of the [[Dinosaur]]s and facilitating the rise of mammals and ultimately humans. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')
'''Briggs' freighter''' was a spacecraft under the command of Captain [[Briggs]]. Its cargo, unknown to the crew, was an army of [[Cybermen]]. They awoke and took over the ship. They planned to destroy life on [[Earth]] by hitting it with the craft that they had reprogrammed. The craft was brought back in time by the [[Fifth Doctor]]. It still hit the Earth and wiped out the [[Dinosaur]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'')


The ship's crash was foretold to the [[Silurian]]s in a prophesy. In anticipation, they constructed a [[Silurian Ark|massive ark]] with which to transport and preserve myriad species of dinosaurs on another planet. Their plan was completed in 2367 CE by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] who founded the planet [[Siluria]] to replace the Cretaceous Earth which Biggs' freighter had destroyed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]'')
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Revision as of 06:26, 10 September 2012

Briggs' freighter was a spacecraft under the command of Captain Briggs. Its cargo, unknown to the crew, was an army of Cybermen. They awoke and took over the ship. They planned to destroy life on Earth by hitting it with the craft that they had reprogrammed. The craft was brought back in time by the Fifth Doctor. It still hit the Earth and wiped out the Dinosaurs. (DW: Earthshock)