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'''Belgium''' is a nation in western [[Europe]]. It lies immediately to the north of [[France]]. | '''Belgium''' is a nation in western [[Europe]]. It lies immediately to the north of [[France]]. | ||
[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] | The [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] rescued a kidnapped [[Charlemagne]] from [[Momus]], an insane [[computer]], in [[Early_human_history#8th_century_AD|800]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'', [[WC]]: ''[[The Lonely Computer]]'') | ||
In [[1913]], the [[Sixth Doctor |The Doctor]] and [[Peri]] encountered Toby the Sapient Pig and Marcel Proust in a hotel in Ostende. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Year of the Pig]]'') | |||
In [[1914]], the [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] visited the battlefields of the First World War in Belgium twice, once with [[Rose Tyler]] and once with Daniel Francis Thompson. ([[DWAM]]: ''[[Warfreekz!]]'' and ''[[Deep and Dreamless Sleep]]'') | |||
In [[1944]], the [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Samantha Jones]] and [[Fitz Kreiner]] become involved with the Battle of the Bulge. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' | |||
In [[2001]], the [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Anji Kapoor]] and [[Fitz Kreiner]] became involved with preventing the Kulan invasion of Earth in [[Brussels]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'') | |||
==Minor references== | ==Minor references== | ||
*The Doctor visited Puccini shortly before he died in Brussels on 29 November 1924. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'') | |||
*The collision of the [[the TARDIS]] of the [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] incarnations threatened to blow a hole in the space-time continuum the exact size of Belgium, a somewhat anticlimactic apocalypse. ([[DW]]:''[[Time Crash]]'') | *The collision of the [[the TARDIS]] of the [[Tenth Doctor|tenth]] and [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] incarnations threatened to blow a hole in the space-time continuum the exact size of Belgium, a somewhat anticlimactic apocalypse. ([[DW]]:''[[Time Crash]]'') | ||
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s [[psychic paper]] convinced an [[Alexandra Palace]] security guard that he (the Doctor) was the king of Belgium. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | *[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s [[psychic paper]] convinced an [[Alexandra Palace]] security guard that he (the Doctor) was the king of Belgium. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'') | ||
*[[Agatha Christie]] made her fictional detective Hercule Poirot a Belgian. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') | *[[Agatha Christie]] made her fictional detective Hercule Poirot a Belgian. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'') | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 17 January 2009
Belgium is a nation in western Europe. It lies immediately to the north of France.
The The Doctor and Donna Noble rescued a kidnapped Charlemagne from Momus, an insane computer, in 800. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp, WC: The Lonely Computer)
In 1913, the The Doctor and Peri encountered Toby the Sapient Pig and Marcel Proust in a hotel in Ostende. (BFA: The Year of the Pig)
In 1914, the The Doctor visited the battlefields of the First World War in Belgium twice, once with Rose Tyler and once with Daniel Francis Thompson. (DWAM: Warfreekz! and Deep and Dreamless Sleep)
In 1944, the The Doctor, Samantha Jones and Fitz Kreiner become involved with the Battle of the Bulge. (EDA: Autumn Mist
In 2001, the The Doctor, Anji Kapoor and Fitz Kreiner became involved with preventing the Kulan invasion of Earth in Brussels. (EDA: Escape Velocity)
Minor references
- The Doctor visited Puccini shortly before he died in Brussels on 29 November 1924. (DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie)
- The collision of the the TARDIS of the tenth and fifth incarnations threatened to blow a hole in the space-time continuum the exact size of Belgium, a somewhat anticlimactic apocalypse. (DW:Time Crash)
- The Doctor's psychic paper convinced an Alexandra Palace security guard that he (the Doctor) was the king of Belgium. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)
- Agatha Christie made her fictional detective Hercule Poirot a Belgian. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)
- Circa 2007, the sale of Dogon eyes had some popularity by collectors of alien artefacts, especially in Belgium for some unknown reason. (TW: Random Shoes)
