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History[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born in Florence. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])
The Twelfth Doctor visited Leonardo da Vinci in Florence in 1505, where Clara Oswald posed for Mona Lisa. (COMIC: The Swords of Kali) The Fourth Doctor also visited Florence in 1505 in connection to Mona Lisa. (TV: City of Death)
The First Doctor accidentally brought Vicki and Steven Taylor to Florence in 1514 where the trio unwittingly became embroiled in the local politics, the power struggle between brothers Guiliano de Medici, the ruler of Florence, and Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, better known to the world as Pope Leo X, all in the middle of Niccolo Machiavelli's machinations to restore his political influence. (AUDIO: The Ravelli Conspiracy)
In 1560, Florence was ruled by the Duke of Medici. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Quatrain)
In 1590, when the Lunaries invited ambassadors from every European nation to the Moon, Florence sent a delegation led by Duke Ferdinand in spaceships designed by Leonardo da Vinci. They became England's chief rival in the bid to form an alliance with the Lunaries. (PROSE: Minions of the Moon)
Lured to Florence in 1639, the Eighth Doctor, Liv Chenka and Helen Sinclair discovered a trap set by the Eleven involving a pair of Volkbrood and the Doctor's old friend, Galileo Galilei. (AUDIO: The Galileo Trap)
After locking up the Abomination, Giuseppe di Cattivo was found in his Florence apartment and had gone completely insane. (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge)
In the 19th century, River Song visited Florence to temporarily escape a bad day at her DreamInc job. (PROSE: Death in New Venice)
Imitations[[edit] | [edit source]]
A Poldagon research planet was used to replicate 1560 Earth as part of an invasion training scenario. The Seventh Doctor visited the planet at this time, arriving in the Florence replica. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Quatrain)