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Laputa above Venice. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)

Laputa was a floating island above Venice, Italy. In 1609, Irving Braxiatel held a gathering of aliens on Laputa in order to create the Armageddon Convention. When he first heard the name, the First Doctor was confused — Laputa was the name of a fictional island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)

The name is one of Jonathan Swift's jokes; la puta is Spanish for "the whore".

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 [[File:Laputa.jpg|thumb|Laputa above [[Venice]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')]]
-'''Laputa''' was a floating island above [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. In [[1609]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] held a gathering of aliens on Laputa in order to create the [[Armageddon Convention]]. When he first heard the name, the [[First Doctor]] was confused — Laputa was the name of a fictional island in [[Jonathan Swift]]'s ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')
+'''Laputa''' was a floating [[island]] above [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. In [[1609]], [[Irving Braxiatel]] held a gathering of aliens on Laputa in order to create the [[Armageddon Convention]]. When he first heard the name, the [[First Doctor]] was confused — Laputa was the name of a fictional island in [[Jonathan Swift]]'s ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'')
 In the [[far future]], [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] compared the [[Venusian]] floating city [[Amtor]] to Laputa. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'')