Washington DC
Washington, D.C. was the capital city of the United States of America on Earth.
History
In 1865, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe travelled to the city to fix history changes made by Robert Knox, including the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (BFA: Assassin in the Limelight) In 1951, after being sequestered by intelligence agencies the Eighth Doctor found himself in needing to report to people in Washington, not long after visiting Moscow in Russia. (EDA: Endgame) Before 1997 Brigadier-General Adrienne Kramer met the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in Washington when it was about to disappear into a time rift. (EDA: Vampire Science) In 2008, Alan Jackson moved here with his daughter Maria Jackson from their old home in the Ealing district of London. (SJA: The Last Sontaran)
Notable events
- On 11th April 1865 Abraham Lincoln gave his final public address, in the wake of the end of the American Civil War. (TN: Blood and Hope)
- In 1997, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was assassinated there on the 6th of May. (NA: The Dying Days)
- On Christmas Day 2009, President Barack Obama gave a speech from the White House when, like everyone else, he was converted into a copy of the Master. (DW: The End of Time)
- The Tenth Doctor visited the city in 4041 and battled the Klytode there. (DWAM: Return of the Klytode)
