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In [[1950]], the [[Royal Air Force]] officer [[Ian Gilmore|Squadron Leader Ian Gilmore]] was assigned to Berlin, where he befriended a [[Czech]] medic named [[Nadia Červenka]]. They shared several drinks as well as rations. He and his troops rendered assistance to the Berliners in rebuilding their city in the aftermath of [[World War II]]. Due to the increasingly contentious [[Cold War]], his troops were eventually airlifted out of Germany with Červenka's assistance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]'') | In [[1950]], the [[Royal Air Force]] officer [[Ian Gilmore|Squadron Leader Ian Gilmore]] was assigned to Berlin, where he befriended a [[Czech]] medic named [[Nadia Červenka]]. They shared several drinks as well as rations. He and his troops rendered assistance to the Berliners in rebuilding their city in the aftermath of [[World War II]]. Due to the increasingly contentious [[Cold War]], his troops were eventually airlifted out of Germany with Červenka's assistance. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]'') | ||
Following World War II, [[Germany]] was partitioned into East Germany, which was controlled of the [[Soviet Union]], and West Germany, which was administered by the rest of the [[Allies]]. The same was true of Berlin. During the Cold War, a barrier known as the [[Berlin Wall]] separated West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany as a whole. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | Following World War II, [[Germany]] was partitioned into East Germany, which was controlled of the [[Soviet Union]], and West Germany, which was administered by the rest of the [[Allies]]. The same was true of Berlin. During the Cold War, a barrier known as the [[Berlin Wall]] separated West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany as a whole. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | ||
In [[1965]], Group Captain Gilmore, [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] and Sir [[Toby Kinsella]] visited both West Berlin and East Berlin to investigate reports of [[Unidentified Flying Object|UFO]] sightings and smuggled footage of an alien making contact with Soviet agents. Both turned out to be incidents of Soviet misinformation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unto the Breach (audio story)|Unto the Breach]]'') | In [[1965]], Group Captain Gilmore, [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]] and Sir [[Toby Kinsella]] visited both West Berlin and East Berlin to investigate reports of [[Unidentified Flying Object|UFO]] sightings and smuggled footage of an alien making contact with Soviet agents. Both turned out to be incidents of Soviet misinformation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unto the Breach (audio story)|Unto the Breach]]'') | ||
In the [[1960s]], [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Christopher Isherwood]] went cruising on the {{w|Kurfürstendamm}} when they visited Berlin. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | |||
Democratic uprisings in the Eastern Bloc countries resulted in the fall of the Berlin Wall on [[9 November]] [[1989]] as well as the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early [[1990s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') | Democratic uprisings in the Eastern Bloc countries resulted in the fall of the Berlin Wall on [[9 November]] [[1989]] as well as the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early [[1990s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') | ||
