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'''Area 51''' was a | {{Template:Infobox Object | ||
|image = [[Image:Dreamlandbase.JPG|250px]] | |||
|object name = Area 51 | |||
|type = Military base | |||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland]]'' | |||
|mentions =[[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' | |||
}} | |||
:''For other uses, see [[Dreamland]]'' | |||
'''Area 51''', alternatively called '''Dreamland''', was a secret U.S. military base established near [[Dry Springs]] in Arizona following an alien spaceship crash in [[Roswell]], [[New Mexico]] in 1947. The base was designed to hold [[Seruba Velak]] and re-engineer her wrecked ship, among many other alien. In 1958, when [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] was taken to the base, it was under the command of Colonel [[Stark]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV Story)|Dreamland]]'') | |||
[[Image:androvax ship3.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Androvax steals the designs of the alien ship from the Dreamland archives ([[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')]] | |||
During his brief stay on Earth years later, [[Androvax]] made [[Mr Smith]] hack into the Dreamland base's computer systems to acquire the schematics for the ship. Using the designs he built a ship for himself to try to escape. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'') | |||
==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
*The vault bears some similarity to Hanger 51 in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. It was first seen in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and then in ''Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull'' | *The base's vault bears some similarity to Hanger 51 in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. It was first seen in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and then in ''Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull'', housing at least both supranatural and alien artifacts. | ||
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[[Category:Military Bases]] | [[Category:Military Bases]] | ||
[[Category:United States locations]] | [[Category:United States locations]] | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 27 August 2010
- For other uses, see Dreamland
Area 51, alternatively called Dreamland, was a secret U.S. military base established near Dry Springs in Arizona following an alien spaceship crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. The base was designed to hold Seruba Velak and re-engineer her wrecked ship, among many other alien. In 1958, when the Doctor was taken to the base, it was under the command of Colonel Stark. (DW: Dreamland)
Androvax steals the designs of the alien ship from the Dreamland archives (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
During his brief stay on Earth years later, Androvax made Mr Smith hack into the Dreamland base's computer systems to acquire the schematics for the ship. Using the designs he built a ship for himself to try to escape. (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
Behind the Scenes
- The base's vault bears some similarity to Hanger 51 in the Indiana Jones series. It was first seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and then in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, housing at least both supranatural and alien artifacts.
