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Africa, formerly Afric, (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"]) was the second largest continent on the planet Earth, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)"]) whilst the Fifth Doctor identified Asia and the singular America as two of Earth's largest continents. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead)
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Africa was part of all four Hemispheres of Earth. The Equator, an imaginary line which divided the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, ran through the continent, as did the prime meridian which divided the Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) Africa was situated to the south of Europe, to the west of Asia and was separated from the Americas to its west by the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Verd Isles were located in the Atlantic Ocean just to the west of North Africa. (TV: War of the Sontarans [+]Loading...["War of the Sontarans (TV story)"])
Fauna[[edit] | [edit source]]
It was home to lots of animals, including lions, elephants, gazelles, buffalo, zebras, rhinos, (PROSE: Prelude Birthright [+]Loading...["Prelude Birthright (short story)"]) and mountain gorillas. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"]) It was the ancestral home of the mammoth and the human. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor had encountered early hominids on the plains of Africa over a million years before the dawn of human civilisation. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Apocalypse [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)"])
The legions of the Roman Empire conquered territory as far as Africa. (GAME: "Amy's Profile: The Romans" [+]Part of Amy's History Hunt, Loading...{"namedpart":"Amy's Profile: The Romans","1":"Amy's History Hunt (video game)"})
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the end of the 19th century, the British Empire and the Transvaal allies fought over the ownership of the precious jewels and mineral ores of Africa in the Second Boer War. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
John Riddell hunted big game in Africa in the early 20th century. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"])
In the 1970s, the Third Doctor briefly materialised in Africa while attempting to go to Bombay. (PROSE: Island of Death [+]Loading...["Island of Death (novel)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 21st century, Africa made up the "Third World" alongside Latin America. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"])
By 2007, H.C. Clements had an office in Africa. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Loading...["The Runaway Bride (TV story)"])
Martha Jones' fiancé Thomas Milligan worked as a paediatrician in Africa. Eight people in Africa were killed when Luke Rattigan tested his ATMOS system to see if it could successfully release clone-feed gas; their deaths, along with 44 others in different countries, prompted an investigation by the Unified Intelligence Taskforce into ATMOS to determine its origin. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"])
Martha Jones told Plummer that she wished to visit Africa. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"])
According to Ianto Jones, North Africa was one of the first areas the Daleks landed in the start of the War in the Medusa Cascade. As they were attacking military areas, the Air Force there attempted to retreat. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)"])
In 2010, Santiago Jones' mother went to Africa to find shell flower plants. (TV: Death of the Doctor [+]Loading...["Death of the Doctor (TV story)"])
In light of Miracle Day in March 2011, Africa reported no deaths along with the rest of the world. (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"])
During the Year of the Slow Invasion, Shakri cubes were reported in every African nation. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])
In the 2010s, West Africa was among the places where newly-hatched Zygons were settled across the world as part of Operation Double. (TV: The Zygon Invasion [+]Loading...["The Zygon Invasion (TV story)"])
Later history[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following the plague sent by the Daleks during their 22nd century invasion of Earth, the majority of the population of Africa died before a cure was found. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])
In the early 27th century, the President of Africa was one of the five co-existing Presidents of Earth. (COMIC: Masters of the World [+]Loading...["Masters of the World (comic story)"])
During the Ice Age of the year 5000, scavengers were evacuated to rehabilitation centres in Africa. (TV: The Ice Warriors [+]Loading...["The Ice Warriors (TV story)"])
Birds from Africa were on board the Ark in circa 10,000,000. (TV: The Ark [+]Loading...["The Ark (TV story)"])
Alternate timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an alternate timeline in which Nazi Germany won World War II as a result of the Seventh Doctor and Ace accidentally leaving laser technology in Colditz Castle in October 1944, Africa eventually fell, with the Mau Mau Uprising of 1953 against Nazi rule in Kenya. The Luftwaffe was sent in immediately. On the orders of the Führer Adolf Hitler, they proceeded to carpet-bomb the tribal areas and wipe out most of the native population. (AUDIO: A Thousand Tiny Wings [+]Loading...["A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)"])
Mondas[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Mondas, the twin planet of Earth, the landmasses resembled those of Earth but were mirrored and upside down. Barclay pointed out Mondas' equivalent of Africa. (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"])
Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]
Martha Jones was shocked to hear William Shakespeare describe her as a "Queen of Afric". (TV: The Shakespeare Code [+]Loading...["The Shakespeare Code (TV story)"])
According to the Tenth Doctor, the food hall of the Cosmomart was the size of Africa. (COMIC: Supremacy of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)"])
When he encountered DN6, the First Doctor claimed to have never been to Africa. (TV: Planet of Giants [+]Loading...["Planet of Giants (TV story)"])
When the Doctor's TARDIS materialised in an unknown location, Chertzog speculated that they were in "darkest Africa." (PROSE: The Playthings of Fo [+]Loading...["The Playthings of Fo (short story)"])
