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| {{wikipediainfo}} | | {{merge|Car crash|this is already well-covered there. Feel free to port information not already there into that article, including this alternate name, if it is indeed sourced.}} |
| [[File:Matt fathers day.jpg|thumb|[[Matt (Father's Day)|Matt]], just before hitting [[Pete Tyler]] on the [[road]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')]]
| | '''Road traffic accidents (RTA)''' was the term for incidents involving [[road]] [[vehicle]]s. |
| A '''car crash''', also known as a '''car accident''', was when a [[car]] [[crash|collided]] with something else, often another vehicle or a person. Car accidents often resulted in [[death]]. They could also affect participants in other ways, such as [[brain]] damage ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') [[paralysis]], ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'', ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'') or recurring [[heart attack]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')
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| While the event often wrecked the car or cars involved, sometimes making [[smoke]] come out of the engine, [[the TARDIS]] was entirely unaffected by cars crashing into it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')
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| According to "[[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]]", car accidents sometimes happened when [[vision|visibility]] was low, such as when it was [[raining]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'') Another cause was sometimes [[alcohol]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'') or the use of a [[mobile phone]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'')
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| [[Rani Chandra]] said that if things just disappeared all the time, like [[Clyde Langer]]'s mother [[Carla Langer|Carla]] did, there would be cars crashed everywhere. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Planet (TV story)|The Empty Planet]]'')
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| == History ==
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| === 20th century===
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| [[Mary Elson]]'s parents, [[Reverend]] [[Matthew Townsend]]'s brother and sister-in-law, died in a car crash before [[1951]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'')
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| On [[18 August]] 1951, [[Eddie Smith|Eddie]] and [[Barbara Smith]], [[companion]] [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s parents, having abandoned their toddler in a [[pram]], were killed when their car collided with a [[tractor]] after having attended the [[Foxgrove Village Fête]]. Though she didn't find out until much later on life, they did this, in fact, to protect the world from [[the Trickster]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'') Sarah Jane was subsequently sent to live with her aunt, [[Lavinia Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'', ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'')
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| Sometime in the [[1970s]], [[Bernard Forbes]] was killed in a car accident. While there was a [[funeral]], [[Krashen]] later changed history, for [[money]], so that Bernard hadn't died in the accident. When the [[Third Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] visited the Forbes home, they found him alive, but slowly losing his mental facilities. After Krashen and his time machine were destroyed, Bernard just vanished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Honest Living]]'')
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| Classmates [[Turlough]] and [[Ibbotson]] went for a joyride in the Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's priceless antique car and crashed it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')
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| In an [[Inferno Earth|alternate Earth]], [[Keith Gold (Inferno Earth)|Keith Gold]] was killed in a car accident. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') At some point after leaving [[UNIT]] in [[1979]], [[Carol Bell]] was in a car accident that left her with [[brain]] damage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
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| On [[7 November]] [[1987]] on [[Jordan Road]] in [[London]], a beige [[car]] with the [[number plate]] [[NEH 793W]], driven by [[Matt (Father's Day)|Matt]], hit and killed [[Pete Tyler]], father of [[companion]] [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]. In an [[alternate timeline|altered timeline]], [[Rose Tyler]] pushed Pete out of the way, and he continued on to the [[wedding]] of [[Stuart Hoskins]] and [[Sarah Clark]]. In the end, after [[Reaper]]s appeared because of the [[temporal paradox]], the only way out of the situation was for Pete to die as he originally did. The car drove down the road in front of the [[Parish of St Christopher's]] in a [[time loop|loop]]; Pete voluntarily ran out in front of the car, and was killed. Rose comforted him as he died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')
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| [[Carys Fletcher]]'s [[Carys' mother (Day One)|mother]] died in a car crash in [[1997]], leaving [[Carys' father (Day One)|her husband]] a [[widower]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'') [[Victor Zierath]]'s wife was killed in a car accident, caused by his own carelessness. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Schoolboy's Story]]'')
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| === 21st century ===
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| [[Samuel Lloyd|Sam Lloyd]] moved to [[Saint Anthony's Children Home]] in [[Danemouth]] when his mum and dad died in a car accident in [[2001]], when the boy was seven years old. ([[TV]] : ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'') [[Chloe Webber]]'s [[Chloe Webber's father|abusive father]] died in a car crash while [[drunk]]. Wife [[Trish Webber]] and Chloe thought they were now "safe" from him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
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| On [[Monday]] [[25 June]] [[2007]], [[Donna Noble]] purposefully let herself be run over to prevent her past self from turning right, averting [[Donna's World|the world]] from which she came. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') | | On [[Monday]] [[25 June]] [[2007]], [[Donna Noble]] purposefully let herself be run over to prevent her past self from turning right, averting [[Donna's World|the world]] from which she came. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'') |
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| Less than an hour after [[Maggie Hopley]]'s [[2008]] [[wedding]] with [[Brian Hopley]], the couple's car flipped over, and only Maggie survived. A year later, Maggie intended to [[suicide|kill herself]], but chose not to after listening to [[Owen Harper]]'s story about his [[resurrection]] and [[the Pulse]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'')
| | On 8:40AM [[GMT]] on a [[Wednesday]] in [[September]] [[2009]], numerous RTAs occurred across [[Earth]] as a result of [[the 456]] compelling every [[human]] [[child]] to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming." As noted by [[Torchwood Three]], seventeen RTAs all involving children occurred between 8:40 and 8:41 across [[Britain]] from [[Glasgow]] to [[St Ives]], fifteen occurred in [[France]] at 9:40AM French time, along with others in [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Bosnia]], and [[Tokyo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') |
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| When [[April MacLean]] was 8 years old, [[Huw MacLean|her father]] purposefully drove off the [[motorway]] with April and her mother [[Jackie MacLean|Jackie]] in the car. Jackie was [[paralysed]] as a result, while her daughter was not hurt. April's dad went to [[prison]] for causing the crash. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'') Jackie since got around in a [[wheelchair]], and adapted to her new condition. April took care of her. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'')
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| In [[2009]], [[Jack Harkness]] crashed the [[Torchwood SUV]]. [[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Rhys Williams]] witnessed the crash, and brought him to the [[hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'') That same year, [[Alison Lloyd]] was killed in a car accident, but was only dead for five minutes. When she was revived, a thought-form had attached to her that manifested as her doll [[Mr Pickles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[SkyPoint (novel)|SkyPoint]]'')
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| On 8:40AM [[GMT]] on a [[Wednesday]] in [[September]] 2009, numerous RTAs occurred across [[Earth]] as a result of [[the 456]] compeling every [[human]] [[child]] to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming." As noted by [[Torchwood Three]], seventeen RTAs all involving children occured between 8:40 and 8:41 across [[Britain]] from [[Glasgow]] to [[St Ives]], fifteen occured in [[France]] at 9:40AM French time, along with others in [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Bosnia]], and [[Tokyo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | |
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| [[Rory Williams]] implied [[Amy Pond]] had been in a road traffic accident while driving his car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'') | | [[Rory Williams]] implied [[Amy Pond]] had been in a road traffic accident while driving his car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'') |
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| In [[2014]], [[Mary O'Linne]], wife of [[Tom O'Linne|Tom]], was killed in a car accident, three weeks before Tom met [[Leela]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Second Sight (audio story)|Second Sight]]'')
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| [[Danny Pink]] was involved in a road traffic accident, being killed by a car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') | | [[Danny Pink]] was involved in a road traffic accident, being killed by a car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') |
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| In [[2016]], one of [[Gregson (Joyride)|Gregson]]'s colleagues, driving from a meeting, refused to give way to a car driven by a seemingly crazy [[Poppy (Joyride)|young girl]]. The colleague swerved away at the last moment, and died after crashing into a [[truck]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
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| === Post-21st entury ===
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| On the [[human]] colony [[Red Rocket Rising]], [[Morgan (Blood of the Daleks)|Morgan]] crashed his [[solar power|solar-powered]] car into the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s [[the TARDIS|TARDIS]] while being pressured by "[[Martez|Asha Gryvern]]" to speed, causing his death. Another passenger within the vehicle at the time of the crash was [[Eileen Klint]]; the three were leaving the mob behind, and on the run from them. While the TARDIS was not so much as scratched from the impact, but the car, as described by [[Lucie Miller]], "bounced right the way over the other side of the [[road]]". Smoke protruded from the [[solar cell]] engine. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blood of the Daleks (audio story)|Blood of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[Professor]] [[Emile Moorhouse]] suffered from regular [[panic attack]]s after surviving a car crash the year before his ultimate murder by the [[Foretold]]. He was selected by the Foretold because of his weakened state. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| Actor [[Roger Delgado]], who played the original {{delgado|n=Master}}, to [[Jon Pertwee]]'s [[Third Doctor]], died in a car accident on [[18 June (people)|18 June]] [[1973 (people)|1973]]. In later interviews, [[Jon Pertwee]] cited Delgado's death as a contributing factor, along with the departure of [[Barry Letts]] as [[producer]], in his decision to [[1974 (production)|leave the series in 1974]].
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| ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', the [[1964 (releases)|1964]] novelisation, changed the meeting of the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]], [[Barbara Wright|Barbara]] and [[Ian Chesterton|Ian]] in [[Totter's Yard|a junkyard]] in [[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]" to a car crash on [[Barnes Common]].
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