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|image = [[Image:Dreamlandbase.JPG|250px]] | |image = [[Image:Dreamlandbase.JPG|250px]] | ||
|object name = Area 51 | |object name = Area 51 | ||
|type = Military base | |type = Military base | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland]]'' | |appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' | ||
|mentions =[[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' | |mentions =[[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Area 51''', alternatively called '''Wright Patterson Air Base''' or Wright Field (and nicknamed '''[[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 artifacts. 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]]'') | |||
'''Area 51''', alternatively called '''Wright Patterson Air Base''' or Wright Field | |||
[[Image:androvax ship3.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Androvax steals the designs of the alien ship from the Dreamland archives ([[SJA]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')]] | [[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 | During his brief stay on Earth in [[2009]], [[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 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 | *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 supernatural and alien artifacts. | ||
{{wikipediainfo}} | {{wikipediainfo}} | ||
[[Category:Military Bases]] | [[Category:Military Bases]] | ||
[[Category:United States locations]] | [[Category:United States locations]] | ||
Revision as of 06:46, 17 November 2010
Area 51, alternatively called Wright Patterson Air Base or Wright Field (and nicknamed 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 artifacts. 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 in 2009, 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 supernatural and alien artifacts.
