South America
South America, also known as Southern America, was an Earth continent of the Americas, located below Central and North America. It was inhabited by the Native Americans. (TV: "The Sea of Death") Latin America encompassed the continent of South America. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Americas were located within the Western Hemisphere, to the west of the prime meridian and to the east of the International Date Line. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) The Americas were separated from Europe and Africa to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. (TV: War of the Sontarans)
The Equator, an imaginary line which divided the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, ran through the northern part of South America, (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"]) with the tip of the continent falling firmly within the southern hemisphere. (PROSE: Iceberg)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Cretaceous, Gondwana, which itself was once part of Pangaea along with the northern continent of Laurasia, split into South America, Antarctica, Australia and India, whilst Laurasia began to split into what would become North America and Asia. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])
The joining of South and North America caused a competition for prey which resulted in the extinction of the Phorusrhacos in 20 million BC. (PROSE: The Last Dodo [+]Loading...["The Last Dodo (novel)"]) According to one account, North and South America joined for the first time during the Pliocene. (PROSE: Prehistory Repeating Itself [+]Loading...["Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)"])
The Second Doctor, John and Gillian visited South America and helped a native village defend themselves from an enemy tribe. (COMIC: The TARDIS Worshippers)
The potato was first grown in South America and was brought from the West Indies to England by Spanish sailors. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot [+]Loading...["The Gunpowder Plot (video game)"])
Vampire bats were only found in South America, (TV: The Chase) as was the black orchid flower. (TV: Black Orchid)
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1911, the Forge harvested vampire DNA in South America. The DNA was used in Project: Twilight. (PROSE: Project: Valhalla)
In the late 20th century, amidst growing tensions between Russia and China, fighting broke out in South America and southern Asia before Sir Reginald Styles was able to negotiate peace, cooling the crisis and preventing World War III, with the Third Doctor preventing an alternate timeline where Styles was assassinated and war did indeed come to pass. (TV: Day of the Daleks)
In 1977, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart investigated an Inca pyramid in South America. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror)
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2007, H.C. Clements had an office in South America. (TV: The Runaway Bride)
During the 2010s invasion of Earth by parallel universe Cybermen, South America was among the places where they landed. (AUDIO: Master of Worlds)
Later history[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following the plague sent by the Daleks during their 22nd century invasion of Earth, a majority of the population of South America died before a cure could be found. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
One South American jungle was home to a mushroom known as the Great Power. The Daleks travelled to this jungle to obtain it, where they were defeated by the First Doctor and the Chief Voord. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks)
Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In Pete's World, the countries of South America had been unified as New South America by the 21st century. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac) In 2004, the South American state reported that 265,000 people had gone missing, implied to be Cybermen experiments. (WC: Tardisode 5)
Mondas[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Mondas, the twin planet of Earth, the landmasses resembled those of Earth but were mirrored and upside down. Ben Jackson pointed out Mondas' equivalent of South America. (TV: The Tenth Planet)
