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The '''Sycorax invasion of Earth''' was an attempted invasion of [[Earth]] on [[24 December]] to [[25 December]] [[2006]] by the [[Sycorax]] in order to turn half of the [[human]] population into slaves via forcing surrender through [[blood control]]. The invasion was stopped by the [[Tenth Doctor]] when he defeated the [[Fadros Pallujikaa|Sycorax leader]] in combat. After [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] ordered the destruction of the retreating [[Sycorax spaceship]], the Doctor organised her downfall in retaliation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'')

Mickey researched pilot fish on the [[Internet]] and discovered them to be scavengers as the Doctor had stated. However, Mickey also discovered that pilot fish swam alongside bigger fish such as sharks which meant that something worse than the Roboforms was coming. Since "the pilot fish don't swim far from their Daddy," Rose and Mickey realised that whatever else was coming was close.

As Mickey researched pilot fish, Jackie turned on a news report about the ''[[Guinevere One]]'' which [[Daniel Llewellyn]] and his team had briefly lost contact with and which was about to broadcast its first images from the [[Mars|Martian]] surface. As Rose and Mickey discussed what Mickey had found on the Internet, Jackie drew their attention to the news report where a snarling [[Sycorax]] was broadcast from ''Guinevere One''.

As the world reeled from absolute proof of the existence of [[alien]] life, Daniel was transported to a [[UNIT]] command centre beneath the [[Tower of London]] where he met with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]]. Though Harriet had a story put out that the transmission was a hoax, she recognised that it was in fact real and sent by a species unlike any that had ever been encountered before.

Unaffected, Daniel realised that this was what the Sycorax meant: surrender or everyone under the Sycorax's control would die. Alex reported to Harriet that not everyone was affected, only about one-third of the population of Earth, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') over [[2000000000 (number)|2000000000]] people. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Life (short story)|Alien Life]]'') However, this left approximately two billion people poised to jump to their deaths if so ordered by the Sycorax. Harriet was informed by Major Blake that while Torchwood had what they needed, Torchwood had also lost one-third of their staff to the Sycorax control and needed more time to be ready. At the same time, Alex realised that everyone affected was from family lines such as siblings and parents and children, but no husbands and wives. After checking the personnel records of everyone from [[UNIT]] who was affected, Daniel discovered that they all had an A+ blood type. As part of ''[[Guinevere One]]'', Daniel had included a vial of A+ blood which the Sycorax were now using to their advantage.

Shortly after the TARDIS was taken by the Sycorax, the earlier version of the TARDIS, containing the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[UNIT]] [[Captain]] [[Mike Yates]] landed on the Powell Estate. Before disembarking, the Doctor found that his [[regenerative energy]] was being drained, which Jo suggested was the work of the Master. However, the Doctor realised that a future version of himself was present in this time, and was in need of the energy. Moments later, the strain on the Doctor passed just before he and his companions were confronted by Jackie Tyler. As he introduced himself, Jackie adopted the mistaken assumption that this Doctor was the next form of her Doctor, and that Jo and Yates were the new forms of Rose and Mickey.

Following the failed invasion, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] stated that the people of [[Earth]] could no longer deny the existence of [[alien]] life in the universe and called it "a whole new world." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') [[UNIT]] issued a [[press briefing]] where they confirmed the existence of aliens, and said that they will be waiting for Earth's next visitors, to offer [[friendship]] or to [[challenge]] them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Life (short story)|Alien Life]]'') [[Jack Harkness]] would use the [[Sycorax spaceship]] as well as the later [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] as proof while discussing aliens with [[Gwen Cooper]]. However, it was apparent that some remained unconvinced, with Gwen noting that her boyfriend [[Rhys Williams]] believed that [[drug]]s in [[water]] supplies had caused mass hallucinations, a theory which Jack called "stupid". ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')