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A nuclear war was a war in which nuclear weapons were used. On the worlds on which they were fought, they usually resulted in making the planet mostly or completely uninhabitable.
Nuclear wars on Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Main article: World War III
The First Doctor warned Steven Taylor that even saving the life of a child in the 1240 siege of Kiev could change history into a future where Adolf Hitler did not lose the Second World War and an atomic war consumed most of Asia. (PROSE: Bunker Soldiers [+]Loading...["Bunker Soldiers (novel)"])
During the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century, fear of a third world war was usually connected to the potential for civilisation-destroying nuclear war. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])
The Vault in Utah was designed to function as a bunker in the event of nuclear war. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"])
In one possible future, nuclear war was amongst the catastrophes that turned the Earth into Orphan 55. (TV: Orphan 55 [+]Loading...["Orphan 55 (TV story)"])
Nuclear wars on other worlds[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Skaro, the neutronic war between the Dals and the Thals resulted in massive deaths and mutations which eventually led to the creation of the Daleks. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])
The Kraals fought many savage atomic wars which devastated their home world Oseidon and reduced their race to a mere handful. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Android Invasion [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (novelisation)"])
The planet Minyos was rendered uninhabitable by nuclear war, which had been indirectly caused by the Time Lords. (TV: Underworld [+]Loading...["Underworld (TV story)"])
Atrios and Zeos were engaged in nuclear war for five years. (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"])
The planet Argolis was made uninhabitable and the Argolins made sterile after a twenty-minute nuclear war with the Foamasi. (TV: The Leisure Hive [+]Loading...["The Leisure Hive (TV story)"])
The Earth colony on Eldair became divided into two superpowers that annihilated each other in a nuclear war. (PROSE: House [+]Loading...["House (short story)"])
The Panjistri told the Kirithons that the original inhabitants of Kirith had destroyed themselves in a nuclear war, leaving only their ruins behind; this, like everything else the Panjistri told them, was a lie. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])
The civilisation of one planet destroyed itself in a nuclear war after a group of Eternals posed as gods and gave them knowledge of atomic power. (COMIC: Uninvited Guest [+]Loading...["Uninvited Guest (comic story)"])
Emmeron was embroiled in a nuclear war by the time that the Second Great Dalek Occupation began. It was reduced to a Stone Age level by the Alliance Daleks. (AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter One [+]Loading...["Dalek War: Chapter One (audio story)"])