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The United Kingdom largely consisted of [[Great Britain]]; the largest island composed of England, Scotland and Wales. The province of Northern Ireland was to its west. At one time, the whole of [[Ireland]] had been under British rule. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling]]'') The UK was in northern [[Europe]] with only the [[English Channel]] between itself and the mainland. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', et al.)

The government of the United Kingdom was led by a [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] who was appointed by a [[Democracy|democratic]] vote. Together, the Prime Minister and ministers formed the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]. The Cabinet traditionally operated out of the [[Houses of Parliament]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[Aliens of London]]'') Members of Parliament each had their own constituency where they were also empowered by a vote. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'') By [[2027]], the monarchy had been restored to full power and once again ruled England, and hence the UK. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Death in the Family]]'')

In a parallel UK the [[Third Doctor]] visited, the [[Republic of Great Britain]] was in control. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'') In [[Donna's World|a parallel world]] in which [[Donna Noble]] turned right on [[Little Sutton Street]], the UK fell into chaos and an [[Emergency Government]] acting on [[martial law]] came into power. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')

Military power was a significant feature of the UK's prowess. It allowed the [[British Empire]] to stretch to far off lands such as [[India]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') The [[British Army]] formed the primary ground force. Early troops were given the name Redcoats, because of the colour of their uniform. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') The term "Tommies" was applied to British troops during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')

The [[Royal Navy]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') and [[Royal Air Force]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'') each held their own roles in the military. [[UNIT]] also acted in the defence of the UK, largely against [[alien]] threats and in association with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'', et al.)

The [[Torchwood Institute]] was formed by [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] to fight alien threats. As opposed to UNIT, Torchwood was solely based in the [[British Empire]], and later the United Kingdom after [[1924]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Everything Changes]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') Its success led to it developing an almost mythical state and it branched off into several divisions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Everything Changes]]'')

[[MI5]] was a similar organisation. Although it was not directly created to deal with alien threats, it still did so upon occasion. It was based in [[Thames House]], London. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three]]'')

[[The Doctor]] had an obsession with the United Kingdom. Most of their journeys to Earth brought them to the UK. For this reason, they had 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]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'', et al.) The Doctor took on much of the UK's culture. They frequently drank [[tea]] and even took on the accents, whether English or Scottish. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|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 (TV story)|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 (novel)|History 101]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') The United Kingdom was also the most common source of their [[companion]]s, with the vast majority originating from the region. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'', ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', et al.)

The Doctor visited the UK throughout its history, from the joining of [[Scotland]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') to the region's departure from Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'') The vast majority of these visits saw them 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's association drew {{Delgado}} to the UK ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') and he became trapped there following his imprisonment at [[Fortress Island]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') In {{simm|n=another incarnation}}, he chose to run for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He won through use of the [[Archangel Network]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') Like the Doctor, the Master visited the UK throughout its history. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]], et al.)''

In [[1738]], the passing of the [[Nemesis]] statue possibly influenced the [[War of Jenkin's Ear]] which involved the United Kingdom. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')

In [[1752]], [[Faction Paradox]] bought from London authorities eleven days, [[2 September]] to [[14 September]], that never came to pass with the reform of the Gregorian Calendar, and separated them from reality to create the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'')

In [[1763]], the passing of the [[Nemesis]] statue possibly influenced the [[Seven Years' War]] which involved the United Kingdom. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')

During the [[18th century]], the emergence of the first modern [[Democracy|democracies]] in, among other countries, United Kingdom, began, along with [[America]] and [[France]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'')

In the early part of the century were the [[Napoleonic Wars]] with two Alliances at war, with the United Kingdom on one side, and [[France]] on the other. The wars ended with victory for Britain's alliance. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game]]'')

From [[1838]], [[Victoria]], Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India ruled the United Kingdom. Her reign, known as the [[Victorian era]], saw Britain make huge territorial gains across the globe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'', ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', ''[[Ghost Light]]'')

On [[25 December|Christmas Day]], [[1851]], the [[Tenth Doctor]], with the help of [[Jackson Lake]], defeated the [[CyberKing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'')

From [[1853]]-[[1856]], Britain and its allies fought the [[Crimean War]] against [[Russia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Angel of Scutari]]'')

In [[1879]], after an attack by the [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform]], Victoria banished the [[Tenth Doctor]] from her country and formed the [[Torchwood Institute]], as the [[British Empire]]'s defence against the dark forces which the Doctor seemed to consort. For a period of over a hundred years, Torchwood had many encounters with aliens. From [[1885]], a [[Torchwood Three|third Torchwood branch]] located in [[Cardiff]] monitored the activity of a [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Space-Time Rift]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay]]'') In [[1899]], [[Jack Harkness]], a [[Time Agent]] from the [[51st century]] and one of Torchwood Three's most famous employees, with a career lasting over one hundred years, joined the branch. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')

In [[1901]], [[Edward VII]] succeeded Victoria and ruled until his death in [[1910]] when he was succeeded by [[George V]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Judoon]]'')

On [[28 June]] [[1914]], the [[assassination]] of Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand]] of Austria-Hungary triggered a series of events that rapidly escalated into Earth's first global conflict, [[World War I]], with the United Kingdom and its allies such as France and Russia, against the Central Powers of [[Germany]] and Austria-Hungary. Some of the battlegrounds were [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] and [[Battle of the Somme|the Somme]]. A million [[British Army|British soldiers]] died during the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') {{facts}}

The immortal [[Jack Harkness]] fought in the war ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]''), as did [[Tim Latimer]] and [[Hutchinson (TV character)|Hutchinson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') [[Tommy Brockless]] also served, and was eventually executed in [[1918]], when, suffering from [[shell shock]], he refused to return to the front lines. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'')

Several soldiers were kidnapped by the [[War Lord]]s for use in their war games. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'')

[[The Doctor]] visited the war several times. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Giants]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Front Line]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur]]'', ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', ''[[Warfreekz!]]'')

In [[1922]], [[Ireland]] was divided into the Republic and the north. The north remained a province of the United Kingdom. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Settling]]'')

On [[1 September]] [[1939]], [[Nazi]] Germany invaded [[Poland]] which caused Britain, France and Russia to declare [[World War II|war]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] ensured Hitler would fail to prevent the [[Battle of Dunkirk|British evacuation of Dunkirk]], thus ensuring Britain would remain in the war. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]])''

In [[1940]] and [[1941]] [[Germany]] bombed [[Great Britain]], an event known as the [[London Blitz]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]'') The [[Royal Air Force]] carried out its own systematic bombings of Germany. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test]]'')

During this period, [[Edwin Bracewell]] approached a desperate [[Winston Churchill]], offering what to all appearances were robotic war machines of a futuristic design that Churchill could use first to fend off [[Luftwaffe]] air raids on London and later, in mass numbers, take the war to Germany. Churchill summoned the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] to view the new weapon. The Doctor realised immediately that the "[[Ironsides]]" that Bracewell had "created" were actually a resurfacing of the [[Dalek]]s, who had used themselves as bait to get the Doctor to aid in the creation of the [[Progenitor]] Daleks. A small number of [[Spitfire]] fighters were briefly upgraded with Dalek technology to fight a Dalek saucer, but all tech was subsequently removed by the Doctor to prevent wide-scale tampering with history. The Daleks attempted to destroy Earth with a [[Oblivion Continuum|powerful explosive]] in their android, [[Edwin Bracewell]] but the Doctor and Amy defused it. The new Daleks then escaped to rebuild their race. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')

The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]], with the help of pre-Torchwood Jack Harkness, stopped the [[Empty Child|Empty Child Plague]] from infecting the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')

In [[1943]], [[Fenric]] was working with his [[Haemovore]]s at [[Maiden's Point]]. [[Russia]] and Britain, while nominally allies, were plotting against each other in preparation for post-war conflicts . ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'')

In [[1953]], [[Elizabeth II]] was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom. She reigned well into the early [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'')

In late [[1963]], a Russian spy ring aided by a [[Barker|double agent]] from [[MI6]], operated in London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Cambridge Spy]]'')

From [[29 November|29]] to [[30 November]] of the same year, [[Shoreditch]] became the site of the [[Shoreditch Incident|end]] of the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War|Dalek Civil War]] between [[Davros]]' [[Imperial Dalek]]s and [[Renegade Dalek]]s loyal to the [[Dalek Supreme]]. Both sides were fought by the [[Seventh Doctor]], aided by the human [[Intrusion Countermeasures Group]]. The Renegade forces (bar the Supreme) were destroyed by the Imperials, while they in turn were tricked and destroyed by the [[Hand of Omega]]. After leaving Earth, the Doctor then taunted the Supreme Dalek into self-destruction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')

In [[1965]], the British government was secretly contacted by an alien race dubbed [[the 456]], who demanded a dozen children in exchange for an anti-virus for an influenza outbreak that would otherwise kill millions. [[Jack Harkness]] of the Torchwood Institute delivered a busload of children from an orphanage in Scotland. The children were delivered, bar [[Clement McDonald|one]], the anti-virus was provided, and the flu outbreak was quelled. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')

With the assistance of the [[Second Doctor]], they defeated the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] invasion of London. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'')

Sometime later, the newly regenerated [[Third Doctor]] returned to Earth, forced into [[Exile on Earth|exile]] by the Time Lords. He helped UNIT defeat the [[Nestene Consciousness]] and its [[Auton]] servants' attack on Earth. During the next few years, the Doctor mainly stayed on Earth as UNIT's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'')

According to one account, 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]]'') According to another account, the [[Tenth Doctor]] claimed that the colonists who founded [[Bowie Base One]] in [[July]] [[2058]] were the "very first humans on Mars". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'')

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 (TV story)|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]] where they ruled Earth in the [[22nd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'')

In late [[1997]], Queen Elizabeth was temporarily deposed by the Ice Lord [[Xznaal]] in the [[Ice Warrior]] invasion of Earth. The invasion was later defeated by the [[Eighth Doctor]] and Elizabeth was restored to the throne. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')

In [[2002]], as the United Kingdom headed for a general election, [[Sherilyn Harper]]'s far-right [[New Britannia Party]] threatened to hold the balance of power in a volatile political climate. Several assassination attempts were made against Harper, first by unknown gunmen and then by a terrorist organisation called [[United Front]] — which also firebombed some district NBP offices in the southeast. These assassination attempts were later discovered to have been staged by the NBP itself. As the crisis deepened, riots broke out in London just before polling day. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fearmonger]]'')

[[File:Number 10 goes boom.jpg|right|thumb|Number 10 is destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[World War Three]]'')]]

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]]'')

In summer [[2007]], [[Torchwood One]] caused ghosts to appear across Earth. These were revealed to be [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] from a [[Pete's World|parallel universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'') The [[Cult of Skaro]], having survived the [[Last Great Time War]], also arrived and fought the Cybermen. [[Dalek Sec]] then released millions of Dalek prisoners from the [[Genesis Ark]], causing a catastrophic battle across London resulting in many deaths and the near-destruction of the Torchwood Institute. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')

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 (The Runaway Bride)|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]]'')

[[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 [[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.)

Miss [[Cofelia|Foster]], exploiting the serious weight problems in the United Kingdom, created [[Adipose Industries]], using the [[Adipose pill]] so it would kill humans and replace them with Adipose. However, due to the intervention of the Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]], only one human was killed and merely 10,000 Adipose were born in the [[March of the Adipose]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')

In [[2009]], the UK branch of UNIT fought the [[Sontaran]]'s [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|invasion]] when [[ATMOS]] caused gases to poison the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]'')

In the [[Dalek Invasion of Earth (2009)|Dalek Invasion of Earth]] in 2009, [[Torchwood Three]] in [[Cardiff]] and [[Mr Smith]] in [[Ealing]] allied together to use the Earth's phones and the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] to bring the Tenth Doctor into the [[Medusa Cascade]], where the Earth and [[stolen planets|26 other missing planets]] were one second out of sync with the rest of the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') They later helped use the Rift to allow the TARDIS to pilot the Earth home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'')

By [[2010]], the Torchwood Institute ceased to function, though [[Torchwood (team)|a revival group]] operated in [[Swansea]] and [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp|Cowbridge]] for a time in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'', ''[[The Categories of Life]]'', ''[[The Middle Men]]'', ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')

Sometime before [[2050]], [[Lomax (The Bounty Hunter)|Lomax]], a [[Korven]] from the future, hijacked the British government. [[MI5]] and [[MI6]] were turned into the brutal, totalitarian government agency known as [[the Department]]. Lomax needed an ally on Earth and recruited [[Thorne]], who was implanted with [[Meron]] DNA as the Korven aided them in their war against the [[Jixen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eclipse of the Korven]]'')

Adelaide inspired her granddaughter, [[Susie Fontana Brooke]], to captain the first human visit to an extrasolar location, [[Proxima Centauri]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'')

[[File:Dalekinvasion title.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Dalek]] passes in front of [[Big Ben]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')]]

The epicentre of this invasion was [[Bedfordshire]], a county in England. There, the Daleks planned to drill through the ground to the Earth's core. The [[First Doctor]] and his companions thwarted the Dalek plan and helped the inhabitants of Bedfordshire stage a revolution against their conquerors. Soon enough, the humans were once again in control. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')

By the [[29th century]], the United Kingdom — with the exception of Scotland, who wanted their own ship — abandoned Earth for a spaceship, [[Starship UK]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')

In the year [[4000]], London, still known as Central City, served as the apparent capital of [[Earth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')

Only twice in the [[BBC Wales]] era has the full name of the UK been mentioned, this being ''[[The Beast Below]]'' — which implies Northern Ireland will still be part of the UK in the [[29th century]], and the contemporary ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three]]''.

Ratings in the UK have varied over ''Doctor Who'''s history. The [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]] era drew consistently high viewing figures, primarily because of the "[[Dalekmania]]" period, but not restricted to stories featuring them. [[Patrick Troughton]]'s final season had notably low ratings but the show was saved thanks to the popularity of the show in colour. [[Tom Baker]] saw the ratings go from strength to strength, peaking at sixteen million during the [[ITV]] strike.<ref>[[City of Death#Ratings]]</ref>

Many stories have been set in the United Kingdom, starting with the Shoreditch, [[London]] setting of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' (identified as Shoreditch in ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''). Setting aside the many unspecified locations, almost every region of the country has been used as a setting. However, no television story has ever been set in [[Northern Ireland]].