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==Notable events==
==Notable events==
*ON [[11th April]] [[1865]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] gave his final public address, in the wake of the end of the [[American Civil War]]. ([[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'')
*On [[11th April]] [[1865]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] gave his final public address, in the wake of the end of the [[American Civil War]]. ([[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'')
*In [[1997]], the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was assassinated there on the [[6th May|6th of May]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
*In [[1997]], the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was assassinated there on the [[6th May|6th of May]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
*On [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] [[2009]], President [[Barack Obama]] gave a speech from the [[White House]] when, like everyone else, he was converted into [[the Master Race|a copy of]] [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
*On [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] [[2009]], President [[Barack Obama]] gave a speech from the [[White House]] when, like everyone else, he was converted into [[the Master Race|a copy of]] [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|the Master]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')

Revision as of 18:44, 30 December 2010

Washington, D.C. was the capital city of the United States of America on Earth.

History

In 1865, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe travelled to the city to fix history changes made by Robert Knox, including the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (BFA: Assassin in the Limelight) In 1951, after being sequestered by intelligence agencies the Doctor found himself in needing to report to people in Washington, not long after visiting Moscow in Russia. (EDA: Endgame) Before 1997 Brigadier-General Adrienne Kramer met the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in Washington was about to disappear into a time rift. (EDA: Vampire Science) In 2008, Alan Jackson moved here with his daughter Maria Jackson from their old home in the Ealing district of London. (SJA: The Last Sontaran)

Notable events

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