Capital city
A capital city was the city or town that functioned as the seat of government and administrative centre of a country or region.
Notable capital cities[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2065, Unity City was the capital of Earth's world government. The President of Earth had an office there. (COMIC: Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... [+]Loading...["Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... (comic story)"])
Africa[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cairo was the capital city of Egypt. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)"])
The Americas[[edit] | [edit source]]
Washington DC was the capital city of the United States of America. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"], TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
Brasília was the capital city of Brazil. Clyde Langer had erroneously believed it was Rio de Janeiro. (AUDIO: The Thirteenth Stone [+]Loading...["The Thirteenth Stone (audio story)"])
Asia[[edit] | [edit source]]
Delhi was the capital of India. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire. By 1289, the capital had moved to the Imperial Palace in Peking, leaving Karakorum abandoned. (TV: Marco Polo [+]Loading...["Marco Polo (TV story)"])
Beijing was the capital city of China. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Kyoto was the capital city of Japan in 1336. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Europe[[edit] | [edit source]]
London was the capital city of England (TV: "An Unearthly Child" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"An Unearthly Child (1)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}) and the United Kingdom. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"]) With a population of 10 million by 2007, it was deemed by Elton Pope to be a "major capital city". (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"]) Cardiff was the capital city of Wales. Edinburgh was the capital city of Scotland. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Barcelona was the capital city of Catalonia in Spain. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Paris was the capital city of France. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Berlin was the capital city of Germany. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)"])
Geneva was the capital city of Switzerland. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Budapest was the capital city of Hungary. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2007 reference book)"])
Moscow was the capital city of Russia. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (2011 reference book)"])
On other planets[[edit] | [edit source]]
Kaalann was the capital city of Skaro. (GAME: City of the Daleks [+]Loading...["City of the Daleks (video game)"])
Capitol City was the capital city of the human colony planet Tiestus in the 22nd century. (PROSE: Cybermen: Status Update [+]Loading...["Cybermen: Status Update (short story)"])
The aptly named Capitol was the capital city of Gallifrey. (TV: The Deadly Assassin [+]Loading...["The Deadly Assassin (TV story)"])
Urbinia's capital city was Kiria, regarded as a seat of great learning across the Third Galaxy. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods [+]Loading...["Daughter of the Gods (audio story)"])
During the later era of the Thousand Year War, "the last true Dal" lived in the ruins of the race's capital city. Davros and Elwyn made a pilgrimage to the city so that the Kaled could receive a vision of his future. (PROSE: The Last of the Dals [+]Loading...["The Last of the Dals (short story)"]) When the Daleks arose, Kaalann became the capital city of Skaro. (GAME: City of the Daleks [+]Loading...["City of the Daleks (video game)"])
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sarah Jane Smith noted that Coldfire Construction's sites were "not all capital cities". (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)"])
In the 2010s, the Twelfth Doctor and Nardole discovered that Harmony Shoal Institute had established institutions in every capital city on Earth, including Washington. Though the Doctor believed all their bases were in capital cities, he was corrected by Nardole, who pointed out that Harmony Shoal's main institution was in New York City, which was not a capital city. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio [+]Loading...["The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)"])
Tivoli's capital city had a sign saying, "if you occupied us, you'd be home by now." (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])
