Sydney
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Sydney was a city located in New South Wales, Australia. By the late 26th century, it was known as Old Sydney.
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Areas of Sydney included Parramatta, Ultimo, Wahroonga, Chatswood, (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"]) and Glebe. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1970s, a group of Daleks based underneath Antarctica captured a nuclear submarine, the USS Jefferson and used it to attack Sydney, destroying Sydney Harbour Bridge. Their plan to use the city as a base from which to convert humans into Daleks and conquer Earth was defeated by the Third Doctor with the aid of Lt Davis. (COMIC: *Sub Zero [+]Loading...["*Sub Zero (comic story)"])
BOSS proposed that, after he conquered the world, they would get the Sydney Orchestra to play at his victory ceremony. (TV: The Green Death [+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"])
In 1982, Tegan Jovanka and Kyle met in Sydney. (AUDIO: The Waters of Amsterdam [+]Loading...["The Waters of Amsterdam (audio story)"])
On 14 July 1993, the Seventh Doctor met with thirty-seven year old Dorothée in a café in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney.
In 1995, the Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield visited the interdimensional café in Glebe. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])
In 1996, the Doctor, Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester visited Sydney for a week. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Loading...["Return of the Living Dad (novel)"])
In the 20th century, the Doctor, Ace and Bernice visited Sydney. (PROSE: Virgin Lands [+]Loading...["Virgin Lands (short story)"])
The Third Doctor bought a beach house in Sydney while his house in Kent was being painted. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Loading...["SLEEPY (novel)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends watched the New Year fireworks from Harbour Bridge in 2000. (TV: Resolution [+]Loading...["Resolution (TV story)"])
During the 5 March 2005 incident, Sydney was among the thousand cities where Autons activated. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])
Sydney was one of ten major cities across the world, all of which had underground railways, where Coldfire Construction built a reactor within a period of 18 months as part of a plot by the Slitheen to drain the Sun's energy, operated by at least one Slitheen disguised using a skin suit made from a local. After the Slitheen's plot failed, UNIT cleaned up the Coldfire sites. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"])
Sydney celebrated the return of Earth from the Medusa Cascade with fireworks. (TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"])
In 2010, Sydney was plagued by chronal waves caused by the SKARDIS which released prehistoric creatures into Sydney and aged the passengers of an aircraft greatly. The Tenth Doctor and Majenta Pryce investigated with UNIT. The last chronal wave the SKARDIS caused before it was destroyed froze parts of Sydney in ice from the Ice Age. According to the Doctor, it would take Sydney years to rebuild and recover from this new Ice Age. (COMIC: The Age of Ice [+]Loading...["The Age of Ice (comic story)"])
By 2015, there were numerous coffee shops and an IMAX cinema in Sydney. At Christmas Day of that year, the Pyramid Eternia appeared in Sydney's harbour. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Loading...["Big Bang Generation (novel)"])
In the 2010s, the Cyber-pollen clouds were above the Sydney Opera House. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Loading...["Death in Heaven (TV story)"]) The Twelfth Doctor, Nardole and Bill Potts visited Sydney to escape from a sentient oil creature that had been in a puddle. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)"])
In 2096, Sydney was an independent city-state. (PROSE: The Indestructible Man [+]Loading...["The Indestructible Man (novel)"])
The Eleventh Doctor, Kazran Sardick and Abigail Pettigrew visited Sydney on Christmas Eve. (TV: A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"])
26th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
Steven Reynart, a child of the Earth Empire who was born in 2587, stowed away on Rollo's TARDIS after Rollo accidentally materialised on one of his archeaologist father Michael Reynhart's digs in "Old Sydney". (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Iytean Menace, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Iytean Menace (game)"})
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
The swindler Garron attempted to sell the harbour of the city to an Arab and was asked to sell the Opera House. (TV: The Ribos Operation [+]Loading...["The Ribos Operation (TV story)"])
Anton Mordillo wanted to give a concert at the Sydney opera house. (COMIC: The Great Mordillo [+]Loading...["The Great Mordillo (comic story)"])
Books on Sydney[[edit] | [edit source]]
Clara Oswald had a travel guide to Sydney in her collection. (TV: Dark Water [+]Loading...["Dark Water (TV story)"])
