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The Shoreditch Incident was an event which occurred in 1963 and written about in detail by ex-[[UNIT]] officer [[Hamlet Macbeth]] (in a book of the same name).
The '''Shoreditch Incident''' was an event in which [[Imperial Dalek|Imperial]] and [[Renegade Dalek]] factions battled in [[Shoreditch|that area]] of [[London]] in [[1963]]. At that time, the [[Dalek]]s were engaged in the [[Imperial-Renegade Civil War]], each side attempting to procure the [[Hand of Omega]].  


The Incident surrounded two [[Dalek]] forces landing in the central London district attempting to gain access to the [[Hand of Omega]].
A [[Human]] military force, the [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]] led by Group Captain [[Gilmore]], and the [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] also intervened at this time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
 
The conflict was later naamed "the Shoreditch Incident" by Human authorities aware of [[alien]] intervention in [[Earth]] affairs. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)]]'', ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') A book of that name was written by ex-[[UNIT]] officer [[Hamlet Macbeth]]. (source?)
 
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Revision as of 16:07, 20 March 2007

The Shoreditch Incident was an event in which Imperial and Renegade Dalek factions battled in that area of London in 1963. At that time, the Daleks were engaged in the Imperial-Renegade Civil War, each side attempting to procure the Hand of Omega.

A Human military force, the Intrusion Countermeasures Group led by Group Captain Gilmore, and the the Doctor also intervened at this time. (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks)

The conflict was later naamed "the Shoreditch Incident" by Human authorities aware of alien intervention in Earth affairs. (MA: Downtime (novelisation), Who Killed Kennedy) A book of that name was written by ex-UNIT officer Hamlet Macbeth. (source?)