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A '''nuclear weapon''' is an explosive device that spreads [[radiation]] in addition to its destructive capabilities. They were developed on [[Earth]] in [[1945]]. | A '''nuclear weapon''' is an explosive device that spreads [[radiation]] in addition to its destructive capabilities. They were developed on [[Earth]] in [[1945]]. | ||
In [[2009]], [[UNIT]] attempted to fire nuclear weapons at the [[Sontaran flagship]] to prevent the [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]], but this was thwarted by a clone of [[Martha Jones]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') | In [[2009]], [[UNIT]] attempted to fire nuclear weapons at the [[Sontaran flagship]] to prevent the [[Sontaran invasion of Earth]], but this was thwarted by a clone of [[Martha Jones]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 16 November 2009
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that spreads radiation in addition to its destructive capabilities. They were developed on Earth in 1945.
In 2009, UNIT attempted to fire nuclear weapons at the Sontaran flagship to prevent the Sontaran invasion of Earth, but this was thwarted by a clone of Martha Jones. (DW: The Poison Sky)
On Skaro, nuclear weapons were used early on in the Thousand Year War. (DW: Genesis of the Daleks)
Nuclear weapons were also used in the war between the Argolins and the Foamasi. (DW: The Leisure Hive)
On Alrakis, Tonska rebels used a nuclear bomb to destroy Zaniah's laboratories, inadvertently allowing a Cerunnos to escape to Earth. (VD: ...And Eternity in an Hour)
On Mars, a nuclear device was used by Adelaide Brooke to destroy Bowie Base One after an infection known as The Flood broke loose. (DW: The Waters of Mars
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