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== External influence == | == External influence == | ||
=== Influence on the Doctor === | === Influence on the Doctor === | ||
[[The Doctor]] had an obsession with the United Kingdom. Most of his journeys to Earth brought him to the UK. For this reason, he an intimate knowledge of the countries' history and had acquainted himself with many of its historical figures and was even a friend of the monarchy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', et al.) The Doctor took on much of the UK's culture. He frequently drank [[tea]] and even took on the accents, whether English or Scottish. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] even decided that he ''was'' British because of this attachment. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') When visiting other countries, it was often suggested that he was British either because of his appearance, mannerisms, accent or all three. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') The United Kingdom was also the most common source of his [[companion]]s, with the vast majority originating from the region. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'', ''[[The Highlanders]]'', ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'', et al.) | [[The Doctor]] had an obsession with the United Kingdom. Most of his journeys to Earth brought him to the UK. For this reason, he an intimate knowledge of the countries' history and had acquainted himself with many of its historical figures and was even a friend of the monarchy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', et al.) The Doctor took on much of the UK's culture. He frequently drank [[tea]] and even took on the accents, whether English or Scottish. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] even decided that he ''was'' British because of this attachment. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') When visiting other countries, it was often suggested that he was British either because of his appearance, mannerisms, accent or all three. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[History 101]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') The United Kingdom was also the most common source of his [[companion]]s, with the vast majority originating from the region. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'', ''[[The Highlanders]]'', ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'', et al.) | ||
The Doctor singled out England to be his favourite place, specifically during the [[19th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') After the Doctor was [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], he lived in the UK and carried on defending the Earth by assisting UNIT in their various operations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | The Doctor singled out England to be his favourite place, specifically during the [[19th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') After the Doctor was [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], he lived in the UK and carried on defending the Earth by assisting UNIT in their various operations. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') | ||
[[File:John Smith 2.jpg|left|thumb|[[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]; a very British [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')]] | [[File:John Smith 2.jpg|left|thumb|[[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]; a very British [[Tenth Doctor|Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')]] | ||
While posing as a human, the [[Seventh Doctor]] appeared to be of British nationality, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') and this was again the case under a similar situation where the [[Tenth Doctor]] believed he ''was'' British as he became [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], a teacher at [[Farringham School for Boys]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') In [[1963]], the Doctor lived in the UK for some time, | While posing as a human, the [[Seventh Doctor]] appeared to be of British nationality, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') and this was again the case under a similar situation where the [[Tenth Doctor]] believed he ''was'' British as he became [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], a teacher at [[Farringham School for Boys]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') In [[1963]], the [[First Doctor]] lived in the UK for some time, enrolling his granddaughter, [[Susan Foreman]], in education. During this time he operated out of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] which he had stored in [[76 Totter's Lane]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') | ||
The Doctor visited the UK throughout its history, from the joining of [[Scotland]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'') to the region's departure from Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'') The vast majority of these visits saw him defending the UK from alien threats, sometimes with the assistance of [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'', ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', et al) | The Doctor visited the UK throughout its history, from the joining of [[Scotland]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'') to the region's departure from Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'') The vast majority of these visits saw him defending the UK from alien threats, sometimes with the assistance of [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'', ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', et al) | ||
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The British Space Programme later sent a manned mission to [[Mars]]. However, they lost contact with the craft for seven months. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | The British Space Programme later sent a manned mission to [[Mars]]. However, they lost contact with the craft for seven months. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') | ||
After this, Lethbridge-Stewart and the Doctor faced many threats from the Doctor's old | After this, Lethbridge-Stewart and the Third Doctor faced many threats from the Doctor's old friend, {{Delgado}}. Facing a return from the Autons ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]''); the [[Keller Machine]] disrupting the [[World Peace Conference]] almost causing World War III, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]''); an attempted [[Axon]] invasion ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]]''); and the rise of [[Azal]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') | ||
The Second World Peace Conference was later threatened by [[Dalek]]s from an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] where they ruled Earth in the [[22nd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') | The Second World Peace Conference was later threatened by [[Dalek]]s from an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] where they ruled Earth in the [[22nd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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In [[March]] [[2005]], the Nestene Conciousness again invaded Earth using Autons. The invasion was foiled by [[Rose Tyler]] after she knocked a vial of [[anti-plastic]] into the Consciousness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | In [[March]] [[2005]], the Nestene Conciousness again invaded Earth using Autons. The invasion was foiled by [[Rose Tyler]] after she knocked a vial of [[anti-plastic]] into the Consciousness. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'') | ||
In [[March]] [[2006]], the [[Passameer-Day Branch]] of the [[Slitheen family]] killed the Prime Minister and also murdered several government officials whom they used as disguises. They crashed their own [[Slitheen craft|ship]] into the Thames ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') to convince the world there was an alien threat so they would be given the codes for nuclear weapons by the [[United Nations]], which they would then use to destroy Earth and then sell its remains for starship fuel. This plot was foiled when [[Mickey Smith]] fired a [[Harpoon missile]] at [[10 Downing Street]], where the Slitheen awaited the nuclear codes. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') A [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|surviving Slitheen]], posing as Mayor of Cardiff, exploited the Cardiff rift and advocated a plan for a proposed [[nuclear power plant]] called Blaidd Drwg. Secretly, she wanted to cause an "accident" at Blaidd Drwg. This disaster, located so near the rift, would destroy Earth. | In [[March]] [[2006]], the [[Passameer-Day Branch]] of the [[Slitheen family]] killed the Prime Minister and also murdered several government officials whom they used as disguises. They crashed their own [[Slitheen craft|ship]] into the Thames ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') to convince the world there was an alien threat so they would be given the codes for nuclear weapons by the [[United Nations]], which they would then use to destroy Earth and then sell its remains for starship fuel. This plot was foiled when [[Mickey Smith]] fired a [[Harpoon missile]] at [[10 Downing Street]], where the Slitheen awaited the nuclear codes. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') A [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|surviving Slitheen]], posing as Mayor of Cardiff, exploited the Cardiff rift and advocated a plan for a proposed [[nuclear power plant]] called Blaidd Drwg. Secretly, she wanted to cause an "accident" at Blaidd Drwg. This disaster, located so near the rift, would destroy Earth and allow her to use the [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]] to escape the planet. Blon was captured by the [[Ninth Doctor]], and her contingency plan of using an alien power source to blow up the world was also foiled when the [[heart of the TARDIS]] opened up, regressing Blon into an egg, and the TARDIS absorbed the rift energy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'') | ||
After the Slitheen plot of March, [[Harriet Jones]] soon became Prime Minister, but the newly regenerated [[Tenth Doctor]] plunged her career into downfall on Christmas Day after she destroyed a [[Sycorax]] ship fleeing Earth after an attempted invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') In the period of government paralysis ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'') that followed, {{Simm|n=Harold Saxon}} became popular with the government and the people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') | After the Slitheen plot of March, [[Harriet Jones]] soon became Prime Minister, but the newly regenerated [[Tenth Doctor]] plunged her career into downfall on Christmas Day after she destroyed a [[Sycorax]] ship fleeing Earth after an attempted invasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'') In the period of government paralysis ([[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'') that followed, {{Simm|n=Harold Saxon}} became popular with the government and the people. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
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In late 2007, in the aftermath of the destruction of Torchwood One, Torchwood Three in Cardiff under Jack Harkness was forced to operate on its own, facing many threats in Cardiff throughout the next few years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Day One]]'', ''[[Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', et al.) | In late 2007, in the aftermath of the destruction of Torchwood One, Torchwood Three in Cardiff under Jack Harkness was forced to operate on its own, facing many threats in Cardiff throughout the next few years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Day One]]'', ''[[Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', et al.) | ||
On Christmas Eve, the [[Empress of the Racnoss]]' [[Webstar]] briefly attacked London. After the Doctor drowned her children, Harold Saxon ordered the Webstar destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') | On Christmas Eve, the [[Empress of the Racnoss]]' [[Webstar]] briefly attacked London. After the Tenth Doctor drowned her children, Harold Saxon ordered the Webstar destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') | ||
During the fourth quarter of the 2000s, the United Kingdom, along with most of the world, suffered from an economic recession. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | During the fourth quarter of the 2000s, the United Kingdom, along with most of the world, suffered from an economic recession. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | ||
[[File:Descend.jpg|left|thumb|[[Toclafane]] descend upon the UK in [[The Year That Never Was]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | [[File:Descend.jpg|left|thumb|[[Toclafane]] descend upon the UK in [[The Year That Never Was]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')]] | ||
In [[2008]], Harold Saxon continued his campaign for Prime Minister. He was given high support after the [[Royal Hope Hospital]]'s disappearance and reappearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') A few days later, he was elected Prime Minister. He presented the [[Toclafane]] to the public, saying they were peaceful aliens offering friendship with Earth. However this turned out to be an invasion and the Toclafane ruled over Earth for a [[The Year That Never Was|year]]. This year was then negated by | In [[2008]], Harold Saxon continued his campaign for Prime Minister. He was given high support after the [[Royal Hope Hospital]]'s disappearance and reappearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'') A few days later, he was elected Prime Minister. He presented the [[Toclafane]] to the public, saying they were peaceful aliens offering friendship with Earth. However this turned out to be an invasion and the Toclafane ruled over Earth for a [[The Year That Never Was|year]]. This year was then negated by [[Martha Jones]] and Jack Harkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
In 2008, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] formed a group of friends including her adopted [[Luke Smith|son]]. Based in [[13 Bannerman Road]], they fought many alien threats for the next few years in [[Ealing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', et al.) | In 2008, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] formed a group of friends including her adopted [[Luke Smith|son]]. Based in [[13 Bannerman Road]], they fought many alien threats for the next few years in [[Ealing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', et al.) | ||
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=== 24th century === | === 24th century === | ||
In [[2382]], the Sixth Doctor and [[Flip Jackson]] visited London. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'') | In [[2382]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Flip Jackson]] visited London. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Antidote to Oblivion (audio story)|Antidote to Oblivion]]'') | ||
=== 25th century === | === 25th century === | ||
