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On [[Earth]], the '''20th century''', recorded as '''2.0K''' by the [[43rd century]] dating system, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') was one of the most turbulent, violent, yet progressive centuries in the [[planet]]'s history. In addition to major conflicts including the [[First World War|First]] ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') and [[Second World War]]s, ([[ | On [[Earth]], the '''20th century''', recorded as '''2.0K''' by the [[43rd century]] dating system, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') was one of the most turbulent, violent, yet progressive centuries in the [[planet]]'s history. In addition to major conflicts including the [[First World War|First]] ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') and [[Second World War]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'') humankind began to explore beyond their homeworld for the first time, and also began to make huge leaps in technological advancement. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') It was also during the 20th century that many world governments learned of the existence of extraterrestrial lifeforms. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') According to many accounts the general public also learned of alien life, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'', ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|The Mark of Mandragora]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') although other accounts indicate they remained in the dark about this until the beginning of the [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') | ||
Numerous alien defence organisations came to power in this century, including the [[Torchwood Institute]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') [[the Forge]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'') [[LONGBOW]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group|Counter-Measures]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remebrance of the Daleks]]'') [[C19]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps|HAVOC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]'') [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') [[Ministry for Alien Incursions and Ontological Wonders|MIAOW]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'') and [[UNISYC]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'') | |||
The [[Modular]]s believed that Earth in this era was a complete temporal mess due to the high amounts of aliens and time travellers. The planet was constantly being destroyed, replaced, removed from history, but the timelines somehow always stablisied. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Elementary, My Dear Sheila (novel)|Elementary, My Dear Sheila]]'') | |||
The Doctor had a great affinity for this century, though his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] initially claimed to tolerate but not enjoy it. ([[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]") However, his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] believed that he had a fondness for the 20th century as he often visited it on their travels together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]'') He lived during this time period for several years as an exile from [[Gallifrey]] (during his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]), ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', et al.) and again for a number of months in [[1913]] and [[1969]] in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] (to name just two examples). ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Blink]]'') Many of the Doctor's Earth [[companion]]s came from this century, as he visited it often. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', et al.) | The Doctor had a great affinity for this century, though his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] initially claimed to tolerate but not enjoy it. ([[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]") However, his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] believed that he had a fondness for the 20th century as he often visited it on their travels together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]'') He lived during this time period for several years as an exile from [[Gallifrey]] (during his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]), ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', et al.) and again for a number of months in [[1913]] and [[1969]] in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] (to name just two examples). ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Blink]]'') Many of the Doctor's Earth [[companion]]s came from this century, as he visited it often. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior]]'', et al.) | ||
