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By [[2005]], conspiracy theorists had various theories on why humanity kept on forgetting the existence of alien life. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) | By [[2005]], conspiracy theorists had various theories on why humanity kept on forgetting the existence of alien life. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) | ||
Revision as of 20:19, 8 November 2024
The phrase "human awareness of extraterrestrial life" (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"]) referred to the general public awareness of aliens within humanity. While humanity would become familiar with aliens after they became a space-faring race, (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]) the matter of human awareness while on Earth in the 21st century and earlier was complicated, with the public often being aware for periods but then forgetting for various possible reasons. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])
This concept was related to first contact.
History
19th century
Following the 1851 incident involving the CyberKing, (TV: The Next Doctor [+]Loading...["The Next Doctor (TV story)"]) the general public seemingly forgot about it. The Eleventh Doctor reasoned that a crack in time was responsible. (TV: Flesh and Stone [+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"])
In the 1890s, the community which would become Trap Street, London worked diligently to remain unknown to humanity. (PROSE: The Paternoster's Guide to London [+]Loading...["The Paternoster's Guide to London (feature)"])
20th century
From 1953 to 1972, the Men in Black worked for the Alliance of Shades to restrict human awareness of aliens. (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"])
Following the Zygon gambit, UNIT hushed up the appearance of the Skarasen in London such that it never officially happened. (TV: Terror of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"])
Some accounts indicated that the general public accepted extraterrestrial life as fact following incidents such as the Gantacian invasion of 1992 and the Availlon fiasco of 1997. The United Nations made UNIT and its operations public knowledge, and the Foreign Hazard Duty was created to replace UNIT as the official secret organisation for fighting aliens. (COMIC: The Mark of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)"])
21st century
TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"], Voyage of the Damned [+]Loading...["Voyage of the Damned (TV story)"], Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"], The Pyramid at the End of the World [+]Loading...["The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)"]
By 2005, conspiracy theorists had various theories on why humanity kept on forgetting the existence of alien life. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])
In 2022, the Redaction erased all knowledge of the Doctor and events involving them from the universe, including Earth. (AUDIO: Salvation [+]Loading...["Salvation (audio story)"])
During the November 2023 UFO incident, (PROSE: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (novelisation)"]) UNIT arrested a BBC reporter for reporting on the UFO crash. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"])
