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Sometime before their [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor told [[Iris Wildthyme]] that he was instrumental at Trafalgar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') The Doctor later told [[Izzy Sinclair]] that he used a sextant to calculate the position of Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'') The Fourth Doctor claimed to have "whipped up" an advantageous [[storm]] which helped lead [[England]] to victory. The Doctor recalled being specifically thanked for his key role in the battle by Nelson himself as he lay dying, with the Admiral's final words constituting a request that the Doctor [[kiss]] him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gallery of Ghouls (audio story)|Gallery of Ghouls]]'') | Sometime before their [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]], the Doctor told [[Iris Wildthyme]] that he was instrumental at Trafalgar. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') The Doctor later told [[Izzy Sinclair]] that he used a sextant to calculate the position of Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'') The Fourth Doctor claimed to have "whipped up" an advantageous [[storm]] which helped lead [[England]] to victory. The Doctor recalled being specifically thanked for his key role in the battle by Nelson himself as he lay dying, with the Admiral's final words constituting a request that the Doctor [[kiss]] him. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gallery of Ghouls (audio story)|Gallery of Ghouls]]'') | ||
====Peninsular War==== | |||
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The Peninsular War was fought between the French and the British across [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]]. During this [[war]], six of Napoleon's [[marshal]]s, comprising the majority of them, were defeated by [[Arthur Wellesley]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Game (novel)|World Game]]'') It was one of the [[Earth]] conflicts from which the [[War Lord]]s took combatants for their [[War Game]]. It was given its own zone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'') | |||
Major General [[Robert Ross (Washington Burns)|Robert Ross]] was a veteran of the Peninsular War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Washington Burns (audio story)|Washington Burns]]'') | |||
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