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On [[18 April]] [[1906]], [[San Francisco]] was ravaged by an '''[[earthquake]]''' and consumed by [[fire]]. [[Azathoth]] and her [[rakshassi]] army, having been diverted here by the [[Seventh Doctor]], were consumed in the fire. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'') [[Caleera|The Sonomancer]] attempted to destroy the [[Earth]] with this earthquake, amplifying it with [[the Gift (The Gift)|the Gift]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gift (audio story)|The Gift]]'') The [[vampire]] known as [[Weird Harold]] was found buried alive after the earthquake. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')
The '''1906 San Francisco earthquake''' struck [[San Francisco|the city]] on [[18 April]], [[1906]]. [[Caleera]] hoped to exacerbate it with her gift to destroy [[Earth]], but the [[Eighth Doctor]] stopped her by transferring it into [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. The earthquake caused massive destruction and a [[fire]] on [[Telegraph Hill]].


While wondering why the residents of [[Pompeii]] didn't move away after the [[62]] earthquake, the [[Tenth Doctor]] answered his own question by saying, "then again, San Francisco". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'')
[[Helen Sinclair]] once watched a [[film]] about the earthquake starring [[Clark Gable]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Gift (audio story)|The Gift]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
The "Earth-Skaro Timescale" of ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'', while claiming that any corresponding events may be purely coincidental, acknowledges that in [[Skaro-year]] 10,823 ([[1906]]), a [[Dalek]] task force landed on Earth to examine the core of the [[planet]], causing much disturbance to the surface.
 
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Revision as of 14:24, 8 September 2020

1906 San Francisco earthquake

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the city on 18 April, 1906. Caleera hoped to exacerbate it with her gift to destroy Earth, but the Eighth Doctor stopped her by transferring it into his TARDIS. The earthquake caused massive destruction and a fire on Telegraph Hill.

Helen Sinclair once watched a film about the earthquake starring Clark Gable. (AUDIO: The Gift)