Napoleon's invasion of Russia
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During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon overextended himself and made what the Second Doctor described as a "disastrous attempt" to invade Russia. (PROSE: World Game)
In 1812, Napoleon was at the Russian front when he met the First Doctor. (AUDIO: Mother Russia) On that occasion or possibly during another encounter prior to their third incarnation, the Doctor advised "Boney" that "an army marches on its stomach". (TV: Day of the Daleks) Like the First Doctor, Iris Wildthyme met Napoleon on the Russian front in 1812 and claimed that, in spite of what the history books said, he was "anything but small." (AUDIO: The Panda Invasion, Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa)
As Napoleon's forces advanced on the city of Moscow, the Eighth Doctor met Dusha, a local girl who he later found was the emotional half of a Magellan who had been divided and exiled from the future to two different time zones. (PROSE: Emotional Chemistry)
Facing Russia, England, Prussia, Austria, with Spain and Portugal in perpetual revolt, Napoleon found himself surrounded. The Allies marched on Paris. Talleyrand quickly changed sides again and negotiated peace, with Napoleon abdicating in 1814. (PROSE: World Game)
