Geneva
Geneva (Geneve) (TV: The Bounty Hunter) was the capital city of Switzerland, (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) located close to the French border. (AUDIO: Death in Geneva [+]Loading...["Death in Geneva (audio story)"])
It was notably home to UNIT Central Control (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"], et. al.) and was a known location of UNIT HQ. (AUDIO: Death in Geneva [+]Loading...["Death in Geneva (audio story)"]) During the Brigadier's tenure with UNIT he consulted frequently by phone with Geneva, (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"]) as he was tasked with keeping UNIT's Central Headquarters in Geneva constantly up to date on the affairs of UNIT in the United Kingdom. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Geneva was home to UNIT Central Control, (TV: Spearhead from Space [+]Loading...["Spearhead from Space (TV story)"], et. al.) Space Command HQ, (TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"]) as well as CERN headquarters. (AUDIO: Lost Souls [+]Loading...["Lost Souls (audio story)"])
Landmarks in Geneva included the Palace of Nations. The city also contained the University of Geneva (AUDIO: Death in Geneva [+]Loading...["Death in Geneva (audio story)"]) and the underground, highly secure Site B9. (AUDIO: Old Soldiers [+]Loading...["Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 16th century, Geneva was considered a free Protestant city. The Sixth Doctor suggested William Leaf and George Crow move there while the Catholic Queen Mary I ruled England. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2000, UNIT organised a covert, high-security United Nations Weapons Crisis Committee at the underground Site B9 to try and control the spread of Cobalt Blue. (AUDIO: Old Soldiers [+]Loading...["Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)"])
On 10 September 2008, CERN first tested their Large Hadron Collider, (TV: Extremis [+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"]) accidentally opening a portal to another reality, and letting neutron eaters loose. Jack Harkness and his Torchwood Three team contained the threat. (AUDIO: Lost Souls [+]Loading...["Lost Souls (audio story)"])
In approximately the 2000s,[nb 1] after the Saxon Master turned humanity into the "Master Race", he consulted with a UNIT officer in Geneva. (TV: The End of Time (part 2) [+]Loading...{"part":"2","1":"The End of Time (TV story)"})
At some point in the 2010s, Colonel Vikram Shindi and Doctor Elizabeth Klein were stationed in Geneva as UNIT faced a Silurian invasion of Great Britain. (AUDIO: United [+]Loading...["United (audio story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Year That Never Was[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the Year That Never Was, which incorporated the Toclafane invasion, the population of Geneva was massacred. A representative from Geneva contacted the Valiant with the message "Valiant, this is Geneva. We're getting slaughtered down here. Valiant, report. Help us. For God's sake, help us! They're everywhere!". (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
References[[edit] | [edit source]]
The CIA's files on the Torchwood Institute had referrals going back to Geneva and above. (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The U.N.I.T. tie-in website homepage lists Geneva as one of the locations of UNIT, along with New York, Hong Kong, and Essex.
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- ↑ Both Planet of the Dead and The End of Time are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of Journey's End, which is set in either 2008, according to TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS (and heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle), or six weeks after the middle of May 2009, circa June, according to PROSE: Beautiful Chaos. However, the year of The End of Time is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the Christmas immediately after Journey's End.
