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The '''Great Catastrophe''' was an event that occurred prior to the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s visit to the [[Le Verrier]] station of the [[38th century]]. It caused a tectonic realignment which resulted in [[India]] and [[Japan]] becoming merged and a new Indo-Japanese culture. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More]]'') | {{you may|Great Catastrophe (The Exterminators)|n1=another Great Catastrophe}} | ||
The '''Great Catastrophe''' was an event that occurred prior to the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s visit to the ''[[Le Verrier]]'' station of the [[38th century]]. It caused a [[tectonic realignment]] which resulted in [[India]] and [[Japan]] becoming merged into [[Indo-Japan]], and a new Indo-Japanese culture. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
After the airing of ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'', writer [[Mark Gatiss]] confirmed that "The Great Catastrophe" was a reference to ''[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]'' where the Earth had collided with the [[Sun]].<ref>[http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2015/11/doctor-who-13-things-you-may-not-know-about-sleep-no-more-by-mark-gatiss/ McAlpine, Fraser. "'Doctor Who': Mark Gatiss's 13 Things You May Not Know About 'Sleep No More'". 15 November 2015. bbcamerica.com]</ref> | |||
However, this assertion is somewhat difficult to prove, using the actual script of ''Frontios'' itself. In trying to explain where the Frontios colony of humans came from, the [[Fifth Doctor]] stops himself at the word "great", in an apparent attempt to spare [[Tegan]]'s feelings. But she is insistent: | |||
:'''Tegan''': In the great what, Doctor? | |||
:'''Doctor''' All civilisations have their ups and downs. | |||
:'''[[Turlough]]''': (reading from TARDIS computer) "Fleeing from the imminence of a catastrophic collision with the sun, a group of refugees from the doomed planet Earth ..." | |||
So, while, the Fifth Doctor comes ''awfully'' close to saying the words "Great Catastrophe" in ''Frontios'', he doesn't quite make it. Gatiss is therefore connecting some dots that the script doesn't. The connection is also difficult to make since ''Frontios'' is usually considered to take place in the far future, well beyond the 38th century. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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