Wenley Moor Affair

Wenley Moor Affair
Dates:	Late 20th century
Location:	Earth
Combatants
UNIT
Early Silurians

The Wenley Moor Affair, as the Seventh Doctor referred to it, (COMIC: Final Genesis) was the first contact between humanity and Silurians in the late 20th century.

The Silurians in question were of the subspecies identified as early Silurian by historians. (PROSE: The Monster Vault)

Chronology

Despite conflicting accounts and inconsistencies, the affair is generally agreed to have occurred in the 1970s, (PROSE: Transit) circa 1973 by most accounts. (PROSE: Blood Heat)

A Sourcebook for Field Agents dated this event to 72,687 TL, known to humans as 1979 AD. (PROSE: "Silurians / Sea Devils" ^[+]Part of A Sourcebook for Field Agents, Loading...{"namedep":"Silurians / Sea Devils","1":"A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)"})

History

Background

The Third Doctor tried to mediate between the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce and the Silurians, but failed. After combating a virus released by the Silurians and preventing them from altering the Van Allen Belt, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart bombed the Silurians hibernating at Wenley Moor. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)

Aftermath

Weeks afterwards, the Doctor and Brigadier still weren't on good terms from the event. (AUDIO: Shadow of a Doubt)

The Doctor would again try to make peace when the UNIT Master awakened a colony of Sea Devils from hibernation during the Seaspite Incident. (TV: The Sea Devils)

The Doctor mentions the event when pointing out the Brigadier's arrogance and lack of mercy. (AUDIO: The Children of the Future)

The Fifth Doctor remembered the event well during Icthar and Sauvix's raid on Sea Base 4 in 2084. (TV: Warriors of the Deep ^[+]Loading...["Warriors of the Deep (TV story)"]) According to one account, Icthar was the Silurian scientist also known as K'to, who had survived the affair, (PROSE: The Universal Databank ^[+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"]) The "sole survivor of the Silurian Triad", Warriors of the Deep ^[+]Loading...["Warriors of the Deep (TV story)"]) Icthar went on to orchestrate the Sea Base 4 attack in which he perished along all the Earth Reptile invaders. (PROSE: The Universal Databank ^[+]Loading...["The Universal Databank (reference book)"]) However, other historians who acknowledged the physical differences between Silurians indicated that the Silurians of Wenley Moor and those who attacked Sea Base 4 were two different subspecies, Early Silurian and Middle Silurian respectively. (PROSE: The Monster Vault ^[+]Loading...["The Monster Vault (novel)"])

The Sixth Doctor hinted on the event when he met Sh'vak below the Galapagos Islands during 1835. (AUDIO: Bloodtide)

The Seventh Doctor remembered it as one of his many regrets. (COMIC: The Last Word [+])

The Eleventh Doctor mentioned it to Nasreen Chaudhry, Malohkeh, and Restac during the Cwmtaff incident. Restac used it to justify her xenophobic war on humans; while Malohkeh and his leader, Eldane, proved more forgiving. (TV: Cold Blood)

Vastra, a lone Silurian Warrior who lived in London, was aware that UNIT "once murdered a whole colony of [her] people, as they lay sleeping and defenseless." (AUDIO: Rescue)

Parallel Universes

The Wenley Moor Affair was a crucial nexus-point in Earth's time stream. A countless number of futures could be claimed from that moment... The divergent realities were near-endless.The Seventh Doctor.

In a sub-universe created by Mortimus and Artemis the Chronovore, the Third Doctor was killed with no regeneration, and twenty years later in 1993 humanity was still fighting with Silurians and Sea Devils. The Seventh Doctor would end up destroying this universe, as leaving it to exist would shorten the lifespan of the real universe. (PROSE: Blood Heat)

The Seventh Doctor would later encounter another parallel universe where his third self succeeded in brokering peace, only for it to be threatened twenty years later by Mortakk. (COMIC: Final Genesis)