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| | The '''Invasion of the Cubes''', otherwise known as the '''Shakri invasion of Earth''', was an attempted invasion by the [[Shakri]] on [[21st century]] [[Earth]]. They studied life on Earth by placing monitoring cubes all over the planet, which [[human]]s quickly became accustomed to. By taking these Cubes into their homes, and normalising their presence by posting about them on [[social media]], humanity becamd the instrument for their own destruction. |
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| |leader1 = [[Shakri (The Power of Three)|Shakri]]
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| |leader2 = [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Kate Stewart]]
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| |strength1 = [[Orderlies (The Power of Three)|Orderlies]], [[Shakri cube]]s
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| |strength2 = [[UNIT]]
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| |result = {{il|The Shakri flee Earth and all of the Cubes removed|[[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] begin permanently travelling with the Doctor again}}
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| '''The Year of the Slow Invasion''' was a gradual secretive [[Alien invasion|invasion]] of [[Earth]] over the course of [[2012]] and [[2013]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse]]'') <!--''The Whoniverse'' places this as being shortly after the start of the 2012 Olympics--> by the [[Shakri cube]]s so that the [[Shakri]] could eliminate [[human]]ity. | |
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| Believing humanity to be a [[plague]] that would bring ruin to the [[universe]] should they go out into the [[star]]s to colonise, the Shakri decided to conduct "pest control" by sending their cubes to infiltrate 21st century [[Earth]] in the month of [[July]].<!--There is no evidence the infiltration occurs in 2020. 10 years have passed for Amy in The Power of Three, but not for Earth--> They were inactive but still were believed to be a threat. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Kate Stewart]], and [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] decided to watch the cubes until some kind of activity occurred, though the Doctor eventually got bored and didn't resume observing the cubes until he returned to Earth in [[June]]. The cubes were subjected to numerous tests by [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] to see what could destroy them; through human methods, it was impossible. Eventually, the Shakri began using [[Outlier droid|an android]] to command [[Orderlies (The Power of Three)|fake orderlies]], which kidnapped multiple humans over the course of the year.
| | After a year observing humanity, the Shakri determined that the [[heart]] was a major weakness in [[human anatomy|human biology]], and attempted to kill one third of the population with [[cardiac arrest]]s, brought on by the Cubes. They were stopped by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], aided by [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') |
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| The following July, every last cube performed some random function; some of them were harmful (such as spewing fire and causing mood swings) and some were just plain annoying (like playing the "[[Chicken Dance]]"). The cubes then sucked in [[electricity]], using it to stop the [[heart]]s of one-third of the human population. The Doctor infiltrated the [[Shakri ship]] and used the cubes' programming to restart the hearts they previously stopped. The ricocheting wave of energy caused one of their ships to explode, sealing them back outside the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three]]'')
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Revision as of 04:29, 24 January 2022
The Invasion of the Cubes, otherwise known as the Shakri invasion of Earth, was an attempted invasion by the Shakri on 21st century Earth. They studied life on Earth by placing monitoring cubes all over the planet, which humans quickly became accustomed to. By taking these Cubes into their homes, and normalising their presence by posting about them on social media, humanity becamd the instrument for their own destruction.
After a year observing humanity, the Shakri determined that the heart was a major weakness in human biology, and attempted to kill one third of the population with cardiac arrests, brought on by the Cubes. They were stopped by the Eleventh Doctor, aided by UNIT. (TV: The Power of Three)
