Battle of Waterloo: Difference between revisions

The '''Battle of Waterloo''' took place on [[18 June]] [[1815]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Waterloo]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') It saw the defeat of the reconstituted [[French]] imperial army of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] by the British under the [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]] and the [[Prussia]]ns under Marshal [[Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher|Blucher]]. The time-manipulating [[Player]]s tried to subvert this by [[Assassination|assassinating]] the Duke before the battle and then issuing false orders to the Prussian reinforcements. These attempts were thwarted by the [[Second Doctor]] and his companion [[Serena]]. Serena sacrificed herself to take the shot that would have killed the Duke. The Doctor later posed as Napoleon- the two being superficially similar enough for the Doctor to pass himself off as Napoleon to the average French soldier who had never met their Emperor directly but only seen him at a distance- to pass safely through French territory and deliver the message to the Prussians. This defeat marked the end of the [[French Empire]]. Bonaparte was deposed as Emperor for the second time and once again exiled. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game]]'')

As part of a plan to conquer Earth, [[Davros]] attempted to alter the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo by providing Napoleon with [[Dalek]] weapons, but when Napoleon learned of Davros' true agenda from the [[Sixth Doctor]], he deliberately allowed himself to lose to save humanity from being conquered by the Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros]]'')

After the battle, Wellington told the Doctor, "The only thing sadder than a battle lost is a battle won." Some time later, the [[Fourth Doctor]] considered how right he was. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')

"Waterloo" became a byword for defeats. For example, the [[Fourth Doctor]] told the [[Sontaran]] [[Marshal (The Sontaran Experiment)|Marshal]] that his defeat was "your Waterloo". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'')

In a history project for school in [[2009]], [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Luke Smith]] were required to show the battle strategies by Wellington and Napoleon at the battle. The pair re-enacted the battle on [[Mr Smith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran]]'')

 

In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] where the Players assassinated the Duke of Wellington before the battle, the French forces won. The [[Countess (Players)|Countess]] convinced Napoleon to continue his plans for the expansion of France regardless of the strain that he put on his men. As a result, the empire which he had created had collapsed by [[1865]]. The countries which he had conquered reverted to smaller kingdoms. They engaged in minor conflicts with each other. This timeline was negated when the Second Doctor learned how the Duke had died. He travelled back to the night of his assassination to avert it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game]]'')