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Independence was the state of not being dependent. A nation that was independent was free from outside control.
The Declaration of Independence, issued on 4 July 1776, was the foundational document of the United States of America. (PROSE: Blood and Hope [+]Loading...["Blood and Hope (novel)"])
The planet of Tivoli entered what the Tivolians deemed an "unwelcome state of independence" when the Vorgel Scourge were wiped out by a space plague. (AUDIO: The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much [+]Loading...["The Tivolian Who Knew Too Much (audio story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor, upon seeing his reflection, stated that his eyebrows were "independently cross", and probably wanted to "secede from the rest of [his] face and set up their own independent state of eyebrows". (TV: Deep Breath [+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"])
In Pete's World, (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"], etc.) upon taking control of the population of London via the EarPods, John Lumic proclaimed that he had "declared independence". (TV: The Age of Steel [+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"])
On St Andrew's Day, 30 November 2814, Starship Scotland launched and declared independence from Starship UK (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"]) as the nations of Earth were evacuating the planet due to solar flares. Scotland was still independent from Starship UK in the 33rd century. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"])