Paris

For the human of the same name, see Paris (The Myth Makers). For the American town of the same name, see Paris, New Mexico.

Paris is the capital of France. Paris, along with Poosh, was one of the two places the Doctor would consider retiring. (TDL: The Vampire of Paris)

History

16th century

• While the First Doctor had gone off to meet Charles Preslin, who lived there, Steven Taylor ended up stranded in Paris in 1572 before the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. (DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)

18th century

• Separated from his TARDIS, the Doctor and his companions got caught up in the French Revolution here in 1794. (DW: The Reign of Terror)

19th century

• In the 1880s, the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith arrived with the Apache chief War Eagle, having earlier mistakenly arrived in Paris, New Mexico in the United States. (Perils of Paris)

20th century

• The Doctor shared a drink with John Lucarotti in a Parisian inn. (DWM: The Meeting)
• Paris was, the Fourth Doctor, said, "the one place in the universe where one can truly relax." The Louvre, one of the best art galleries in the universe, was located in Paris and in it, the only known copy of the Mona Lisa (though Scaroth of the Jagaroth had had more comissioned.) It was noted for the location of the Eiffel Tower, a well-known landmark of the country. (DW: City of Death)
• By 1997, Paris had its own branch of UNIT called NUIT. (NA: The Dying Days)
• A mime was acting in Paris at the turn of the millenium, transporting passers-by through time and space, to a series of underground catacombs, where a Minotaur was held, allowing those taken captive to go free if they could correctly answer his riddle. (IDW: The Forgotten)

21st century

• In 2006,
• In 2008, when the Rift Manipulator caused temporal incursions on a global scale, there were fears of a guillotine appearance in Paris. (TW: End of Days)
• In 2010, the Doctor brought Vincent van Gogh to the Musée d'Orsay in order to show him how appreciated his work would become. (DW: Vincent and the Doctor)
• In 2086, the Ice Warriors of Mars propelled an asteroid towards Earth and it crashed into Paris, completely destroying the city. This event marked the beginning of the Thousand Day War between humans and Ice Warriors. (NA: Transit)

Behind the scenes

• City of Death was filmed in Paris in 1979, marking the first that shooting for Doctor Who had occurred outside the United Kingdom, though at that time France was one of the few European countries that had yet to import the series.