New York City

New York City was the capital of New York state and one of the largest and most impressive cities in the United States of America.

Geography

Manhattan was one borough of New York City. Two landmarks, Central Park were located there. Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty lay off the shore.

History

20th century

In 1930, the Cult of Skaro established a base of operations in Empire State Building. At the same time, a community of the homeless, known as Hooverville (one of several Hoovervilles across the United States as a result of the Great Depression), had gotten established in Central Park. (DW: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks) During Halloween 1938, Orson Welles had scheduled a radio play based on War of the Worlds. (BFA: Invaders From Mars)

The Empire State Building was once again visited by Daleks in the 1960s. (DW: The Chase) The alien Latter-Day Pantheon (who posed as modern-day gods) visited there in 1965 and formed a religion based on themselves. (PDA: Salvation)

Circa 1985, the Doctor and Frobisher went there to pick up Peri, who had taken some time off from the TARDIS there. (DWM: Time Bomb)

21st century

During the early part of the 21st century, Witch Kids, occult-oriented street gangs had spread throughout the city (as well as the world). The Doctor, on a mission of his own, visited the city as part of one of his over-reaching plot against the Butler Institute. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)

Later history

In 2157, the Daleks destroyed New York City in the course of their invasion of Earth. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase)

By the time of the founding of New New York on the planet New Earth, the city had been re-created fourteen times. This promptedthe Doctor to joke that New New York should have a much longer name, to make it accurate. (DW: New Earth)