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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 [[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 (TV story)|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.) | Air quality on [[Earth]] began to deteriorate during this century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dread of Night (audio story)|The Dread of Night]]'') | ||
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]]'') By the Doctor's [[fourth incarnation]], his affinity for 20th century Earth was so well known that anyone looking for him would first think to search there. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The English Way of Death (audio story)|The English Way of Death]]'') Many of the Doctor's Earth [[companion]]s came from this century, as he visited it often. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|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.) | |||
At some point in the 20th century, the [[Fisher King]] invaded the planet [[Tivoli]] and was there for ten years. The native [[Tivolian]]s were liberated by the [[Arcateenian]]s, but later enslaved by the very same race. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood]]'') | At some point in the 20th century, the [[Fisher King]] invaded the planet [[Tivoli]] and was there for ten years. The native [[Tivolian]]s were liberated by the [[Arcateenian]]s, but later enslaved by the very same race. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood]]'') | ||
