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{{retitle|RMS ''Lusitania''}}The '''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was an ocean liner torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'' on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. This act helped provoke the [[United States]] into entering [[World War I]] [[1917|two years later]]. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named [[Eric Charles Vincent]]. | {{retitle|RMS ''Lusitania''}}The '''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was an ocean liner torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'' on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. This act helped provoke the [[United States]] into entering [[World War I]] [[1917|two years later]]. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named [[Eric Charles Vincent]]. | ||
In an [[alternate timeline]], the ''Lusitania'' did not sink due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. Vincent, having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt in [[December]] [[1927]] before the biologist discovered [[penicillin]]. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to new strains of [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] were not defeated by the [[Earth Alliance]] in [[3562]] as they otherwise would have been. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'') | In an [[alternate timeline]], the ''Lusitania'' did not [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sink]] due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. Vincent, having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt in [[December]] [[1927]] before the biologist discovered [[penicillin]]. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to new strains of [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] were not defeated by the [[Earth Alliance]] in [[3562]] as they otherwise would have been. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'') | ||
The cabins on board the ''[[R101]]'' reminded the [[Eighth Doctor]] of the ''Lusitania''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') | The cabins on board the ''[[R101]]'' reminded the [[Eighth Doctor]] of the ''Lusitania''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') | ||
