Earth-616

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Earth-616
Also called:	Earth 616
Type:	Universe
Location:	Omniverse
First appearance:	A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair... [+]Loading...["A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair... (comic story)"]
Appearances:	see list

Earth-616, (COMIC: Camelot Lost ^[+]Loading...["Camelot Lost (comic story)"]) also stylised as Earth 616, (COMIC: Rough Justice ^[+]Loading...["Rough Justice (comic story)"], Tying the Knot ^[+]Loading...["Tying the Knot (comic story)"], etc.) was a designation for a universe which was home to many individuals who operated as superheroes. (COMIC: Clobberin' Time! ^[+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"], Priceless! ^[+]Loading...["Priceless! (comic story)"], Clone Drive ^[+]Loading...["Clone Drive (comic story)"], etc.)

The Doctor had various interactions with individuals from this universe or variations thereof. Sources differed on if 616 was the same reality as the Doctor's universe or if it was a different universe entirely. (COMIC: Time Bomb! ^[+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"], Clobberin' Time! ^[+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"], etc.)

Nature

Some accounts seemed to depict Earth-616 as the same universe as the one occupied by the Doctor, (COMIC: Time Bomb! ^[+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"], Clobberin' Time! ^[+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"], etc.) while others depicted it as its own, distinct universe. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead ^[+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

Superheroes from this universe were once able to visit the BBC Television Centre during Red Nose Day 1991 to donate to Comic Relief, seemingly suggesting them to exist within the Doctor's universe; (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic ^[+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"]) in contrast, other accounts, including some that were contemporary with those implying a shared universe, depicted the likes of Spider-Man as fictional on the Earth the Doctor usually visited. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Horror ^[+]Loading...["The Stockbridge Horror (comic story)"], PROSE: Forever Autumn ^[+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"], etc.)

Inhabitants

Inhabitants of Earth-616 included several superhero teams, such as the Avengers, (COMIC: Clone Drive ^[+]Loading...["Clone Drive (comic story)"], etc.) X-Men, (COMIC: The Sword is Drawn ^[+]Loading...["The Sword is Drawn (comic story)"], The Trial of Lockheed ^[+]Loading...["The Trial of Lockheed (comic story)"], etc.) Excalibur, (COMIC: The Sword is Drawn ^[+]Loading...["The Sword is Drawn (comic story)"], etc.) the Fantastic Four, (COMIC: Clobberin' Time! ^[+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"], April is the Cruelest Month ^[+]Loading...["April is the Cruelest Month (comic story)"], etc.) and the Guardians of the Galaxy. (COMIC: The Blue River Score ^[+]Loading...["The Blue River Score (comic story)"])

History

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The Seventh Doctor drops Death's Head off atop the Four Freedoms Plaza. (COMIC: Time Bomb! ^[+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"])

During her trial before the Supreme Omniversal Tribune for her involvement in the "Earth 238 disaster", Opal Luna Saturnyne stated Captain Britain to be of "Earth 616". (COMIC: Rough Justice ^[+]Loading...["Rough Justice (comic story)"])

The Seventh Doctor dropped Death's Head off atop the Four Freedoms Plaza, (COMIC: Time Bomb! ^[+]Loading...["Time Bomb! (comic story)"]) where he encountered the Fantastic Four. (COMIC: Clobberin' Time! ^[+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"])

Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus fighting in Earth-616, as glimpsed on the Omniversal Spectrum. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead ^[+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

When Esterath explained to the Eighth Doctor about the Omniversal Spectrum, a glimpse of Spider-Man fighting Doctor Octopus in Earth-616 was visible. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead ^[+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

Behind the scenes

Opal Luna Saturnyne refers to Captain Britain as being "of" Earth 616. (COMIC: Rough Justice (colourised) ^[+]Loading...{"var":"colourised","1":"Rough Justice (comic story)"})

"Earth-616" refers to the main universe of Marvel Comics' comic books, and is part of the Marvel Multiverse. However, in the early days of the Marvel Multiverse, the line between parallel universes was much less defined as opposed to Marvel's current rigorous numbering system brought by handbooks in the 2000s. As such, in comics crossing over with the Doctor Who universe (DWU) from the 1980s and 1990s, Earth-616 is generally not treated as an entirely separate universe as it is in modern comics such as Clone Drive ^[+]Loading...["Clone Drive (comic story)"], due to the use of retroactive continuity on Marvel's part.

The first use of the name was styled "Earth 616" and appeared in the Captain Britain story Rough Justice ^[+]Loading...["Rough Justice (comic story)"], which also featured several members of the Special Executive originating from the "Black Sun War" trilogy of stories in Doctor Who Monthly. However, the first appearance of Earth-616 in any comic is considered to be 1939's Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, the first appearance of Namor the Sub-Mariner. The first DWU appearance of Earth-616 is contentious; see Marvel Multiverse#Earth-616 for more information.

External links

• Earth-616 at the Marvel Database
• Marvel Universe at the DC Database
• Earth-616 at the Super Friends Wiki
• Reality: 616 at the Fortnite Wiki