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[[File:WorldWarI.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Western Front (World War I)|original Western Front]] of the cataclysmic [[World War I|First World War]], which planted the seeds for a repeat of the struggle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'') | [[File:WorldWarI.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Western Front (World War I)|original Western Front]] of the cataclysmic [[World War I|First World War]], which planted the seeds for a repeat of the struggle. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'')]] | ||
Between [[1914]] and [[1918]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] fought against [[German Empire|Imperial Germany]] on French and [[Belgium|Belgian]] soil on the stagnant [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[World War I|First World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', ''et al.'') Germany and her allies were defeated and the end of the war was marked by [[Armistice Day]] on [[11 November]] 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'') | Between [[1914]] and [[1918]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] fought against [[German Empire|Imperial Germany]] on French and [[Belgium|Belgian]] soil on the stagnant [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] of the [[World War I|First World War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', ''et al.'') Germany and her allies were defeated and the end of the war was marked by [[Armistice Day]] on [[11 November]] 1918. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Room (audio story)|The White Room]]'') | ||
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Leading Nazi [[Rudolf Hess]] embarked on a mission in a plane. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'') He was captured by the British and imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect (novel)|The Domino Effect]]'') | Leading Nazi [[Rudolf Hess]] embarked on a mission in a plane. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'') He was captured by the British and imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect (novel)|The Domino Effect]]'') | ||
As London, Britain and the Empire continued to suffer under the German onslaught, Churchill became desperate for something that would give Britain an advantage over Germany. It was in this context that the last [[Dalek]]s in existence arrived in 1941 and located a remaining [[Progenitor]] device. Unable to activate it as they were viewed as genetically impure, the Daleks passed themselves off as [[robot]]ic war machines called Ironsides invented by [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Edwin Bracewell]], himself actually an [[android]], who approached the British military with plans for the so-called "[[Ironside Project]]". Despite his desperation, Churchill initially had his doubts about the Ironsides, seeing them as "too good to be true." ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') He called the Eleventh Doctor for assistance, citing a "potentially very dangerous" situation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'')[[File:A Churchill moment - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|Demonstration of the [[Ironside Project]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | As London, Britain and the Empire continued to suffer under the German onslaught, Churchill became desperate for something that would give Britain an advantage over Germany. It was in this context that the last [[Dalek]]s in existence arrived in 1941 and located a remaining [[Progenitor]] device. Unable to activate it as they were viewed as genetically impure, the Daleks passed themselves off as [[robot]]ic war machines called Ironsides invented by [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Edwin Bracewell]], himself actually an [[android]], who approached the British military with plans for the so-called "[[Ironside Project]]". Despite his desperation, Churchill initially had his doubts about the Ironsides, seeing them as "too good to be true." ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') He called the Eleventh Doctor for assistance, citing a "potentially very dangerous" situation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]'')[[File:A Churchill moment - Doctor Who - BBC|thumb|Demonstration of the [[Ironside Project]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')]]However, the Doctor arrived a month late. By then Churchill had become convinced of the Ironsides' effectiveness. They proved excellent at shooting down German aircraft flying over London and even produced new technologies which augmented the strength of the RAF by creating devices which went as far as to make their aircraft [[space]]-worthy. Churchill hoped to one day use the Ironsides in numbers to take the war to Germany. Ultimately, the Daleks were using themselves as bait to lure the Doctor to 1941 and confirm to the Progenitor, via his [[testimony]], that they were truly Daleks. With this achieved, the active Progenitor produced the first Daleks of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. | ||
Attempting to get the Doctor off their back so they could escape, the new Daleks lit up every light in London, prompting German bombers to set off over the Channel at once to cause as much damage to the city as possible. However, the augmented [[Spitfire]]s [[Jubilee (Victory of the Daleks)|Jubilee]], [[Flintlock]] and their leader [[Danny Boy (Victory of the Daleks)|Danny Boy]] flew into space and engaged the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek saucer]] above [[the Moon]], knocking out the beam and plunging London back under the cover of darkness. The Daleks then set the [[Oblivion Continuum]] which powered Bracewell to detonate. With the whole of the Earth threatened with destruction, the Doctor had no choice but to leave the Daleks in order to deactivate the bomb, allowing them to escape the war via [[time corridor]] and rebuild their race. However, the Doctor and [[Amy Pond]] were able to defuse the bomb by helping Bracewell override it with his humanity. All alien technology was subsequently removed by the Doctor to prevent wide-scale tampering with history. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | Attempting to get the Doctor off their back so they could escape, the new Daleks lit up every light in London, prompting German bombers to set off over the Channel at once to cause as much damage to the city as possible. However, the augmented [[Spitfire]]s [[Jubilee (Victory of the Daleks)|Jubilee]], [[Flintlock]] and their leader [[Danny Boy (Victory of the Daleks)|Danny Boy]] flew into space and engaged the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek saucer]] above [[the Moon]], knocking out the beam and plunging London back under the cover of darkness. The Daleks then set the [[Oblivion Continuum]] which powered Bracewell to detonate. With the whole of the Earth threatened with destruction, the Doctor had no choice but to leave the Daleks in order to deactivate the bomb, allowing them to escape the war via [[time corridor]] and rebuild their race. However, the Doctor and [[Amy Pond]] were able to defuse the bomb by helping Bracewell override it with his humanity. All alien technology was subsequently removed by the Doctor to prevent wide-scale tampering with history. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Bracewell continued to work with Churchill and the British. Later that year, he brought a [[The Pandorica Opens|mysterious painting]] by [[Vincent van Gogh]] before Churchill. Regarding the painting, Churchill tried to contact the Doctor but reached [[River Song]] in the [[Stormcage]] facility instead. He warned her about the painting so she could pass on the message to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') The Eleventh Doctor later recruited Danny Boy and the augmented Spitfires to [[Battle of Demons Run|fight]] at [[Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') [[File:Miss Wyckham.jpg|thumb|[[Wyckham]] and [[Koenig]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | Bracewell continued to work with Churchill and the British. Later that year, he brought a [[The Pandorica Opens|mysterious painting]] by [[Vincent van Gogh]] before Churchill. Regarding the painting, Churchill tried to contact the Doctor but reached [[River Song]] in the [[Stormcage]] facility instead. He warned her about the painting so she could pass on the message to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') The Eleventh Doctor later recruited Danny Boy and the augmented Spitfires to [[Battle of Demons Run|fight]] at [[Demons Run]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'') [[File:Miss Wyckham.jpg|thumb|[[Wyckham]] and [[Koenig]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]]In June, a small group of Germans, led by Lieutenant [[Koenig]] assisted by [[Wyckham|Miss Wyckham]], secretly landed on the south coast of [[England]]. They used a piece of [[Chronosteel]] found in the [[Rhineland]] to block early warning systems, which they hoped would allow the Germans to invade Britain in full force. [[Clyde Langer]] and [[George Woods]] stopped them, with Clyde returning the Chronosteel to its rightful place with [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] and [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]] in [[2010]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'') | ||
According to the Seventh Doctor, the Blitz effectively ended in [[July]] 1941 ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') as the Germans moved east, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Losing the Audience (short story)|Losing the Audience]]'') although Britain suffered further bombing attacks even after that point, which continued for the rest of the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hounded (audio story)|Hounded]]'', ''[[Churchill Victorious (audio story)|Churchill Victorious]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ash (short story)|Ash]]'', ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') | According to the Seventh Doctor, the Blitz effectively ended in [[July]] 1941 ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') as the Germans moved east, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', ''[[Losing the Audience (short story)|Losing the Audience]]'') although Britain suffered further bombing attacks even after that point, which continued for the rest of the war. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hounded (audio story)|Hounded]]'', ''[[Churchill Victorious (audio story)|Churchill Victorious]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ash (short story)|Ash]]'', ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'') | ||
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On [[Sunday]], [[7 December]] 1941, [[Japan]] attacked the [[United States of America|United States]] forces anchored at [[Pearl Harbor]] in [[Hawaii]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Connect (short story)|Only Connect]]'') Nevertheless, the [[Eighth Doctor]] noted that "America woke up from an isolationist slumber" following the attack, bringing them into the war on the side of the Allies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Itself (novel)|Fear Itself]]'') Rumours spread that Roosevelt knew the attack was going to happen but kept quiet so he could use it as justification to enter the war. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]'') With the United States finally in the war, Roosevelt and Churchill allied their countries in a great [[Atlantic Ocean|transatlantic]] bond. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'') The US mobilised the massive resources at her disposal to support Britain and the Soviet Union. With the German forces having been stopped outside [[Moscow]] and beginning to crack under pressure from fighting both European powers, the entry of the US into the war proved to be a disaster. In effect, it was no longer Britain but Germany who fought alone in Europe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')[[File:Third Doctor Nazi.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Third Doctor]] meets [[Nazi]]s during the [[war]] in [[January]] [[1942]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timebenders (comic story)|Timebenders]]'') | On [[Sunday]], [[7 December]] 1941, [[Japan]] attacked the [[United States of America|United States]] forces anchored at [[Pearl Harbor]] in [[Hawaii]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Connect (short story)|Only Connect]]'') Nevertheless, the [[Eighth Doctor]] noted that "America woke up from an isolationist slumber" following the attack, bringing them into the war on the side of the Allies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fear Itself (novel)|Fear Itself]]'') Rumours spread that Roosevelt knew the attack was going to happen but kept quiet so he could use it as justification to enter the war. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]'') With the United States finally in the war, Roosevelt and Churchill allied their countries in a great [[Atlantic Ocean|transatlantic]] bond. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'') The US mobilised the massive resources at her disposal to support Britain and the Soviet Union. With the German forces having been stopped outside [[Moscow]] and beginning to crack under pressure from fighting both European powers, the entry of the US into the war proved to be a disaster. In effect, it was no longer Britain but Germany who fought alone in Europe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')[[File:Third Doctor Nazi.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Third Doctor]] meets [[Nazi]]s during the [[war]] in [[January]] [[1942]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timebenders (comic story)|Timebenders]]'')]]In [[January]] [[1942]], Nazis in occupied [[France]] forced [[Pierre Vedrun]] to build them a transmat machine which could be used to cross the [[English Channel]] and invade England. His daughter, [[Monique Vedrun]], taken hostage, briefly used the machine to escape, unknowingly travelling through time to the [[1970s]]. The Nazis, an [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] group led by ''Kapitan'' [[Ernst Wolfgang Spiegal]], quickly recovered her, but the [[Third Doctor]] was brought back to 1942 with them. When the Doctor revealed Vedrun had created a time machine, Spiegal sought authorisation from General [[von Werstberg]] to use the experiment to bring back weapons from the future, such as the atomic bomb. The General asked to see one of these weapons as proof of the experiment's viability before granting full authorisation. However, the Doctor and the Vedruns were freed from captivity by [[Marcel Sangenez]]'s [[French Resistance]] fighters before Spiegal could proceed. | ||
Spiegal ordered the school building in the village of [[Eglise de Sangenez]] besieged and threatened to murder the children inside if the escaped prisoners did not return and complete the experiment. In the little time they had, the Doctor and Marcel infiltrated Vedrun's laboratory at [[Château de Sangenez]] and sabotaged the time machine. Meanwhile, General von Werstberg informed Spiegal that the operation was to be halted as its continuation was something the Reich could no longer afford. Spiegal was called back to Berlin but disobeyed the order and proceeded with the operation when the Doctor and Marcel returned in time to save the children. The Doctor's tampering with the time machine allowed him to return home to the 1970s, while Spiegal travelled to England but still in 1942. He was sent to jail by British defence forces. The experiment was ended when Marcel tipped off the RAF, who targeted and destroyed the Château with [[Mosquito (bomber)|Mosquito bombers]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timebenders (comic story)|Timebenders]]'') | Spiegal ordered the school building in the village of [[Eglise de Sangenez]] besieged and threatened to murder the children inside if the escaped prisoners did not return and complete the experiment. In the little time they had, the Doctor and Marcel infiltrated Vedrun's laboratory at [[Château de Sangenez]] and sabotaged the time machine. Meanwhile, General von Werstberg informed Spiegal that the operation was to be halted as its continuation was something the Reich could no longer afford. Spiegal was called back to Berlin but disobeyed the order and proceeded with the operation when the Doctor and Marcel returned in time to save the children. The Doctor's tampering with the time machine allowed him to return home to the 1970s, while Spiegal travelled to England but still in 1942. He was sent to jail by British defence forces. The experiment was ended when Marcel tipped off the RAF, who targeted and destroyed the Château with [[Mosquito (bomber)|Mosquito bombers]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Timebenders (comic story)|Timebenders]]'') | ||
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Himmler had assigned Otto Klein to examine the visions in the Scrying Glass. Klein determined that they presented a narrative and even appeared to show the future – mystic rituals involving the Glass were among them. Himmler believed the Glass depicted "the glorious future of the Reich" and performed many ceremonies to conjure more images. He gave Klein five days to plan the operation to raid Turelhampton and find more artefacts. Himmler reported the plan to Hitler, who instructed that the Doctor (Major Johann Schmitt of the [[Fifth Medical Corps]]) was to take part in the mission. The Doctor subsequently met Himmler in [[Wewelsburg Castle]] and was briefed on the mission. | Himmler had assigned Otto Klein to examine the visions in the Scrying Glass. Klein determined that they presented a narrative and even appeared to show the future – mystic rituals involving the Glass were among them. Himmler believed the Glass depicted "the glorious future of the Reich" and performed many ceremonies to conjure more images. He gave Klein five days to plan the operation to raid Turelhampton and find more artefacts. Himmler reported the plan to Hitler, who instructed that the Doctor (Major Johann Schmitt of the [[Fifth Medical Corps]]) was to take part in the mission. The Doctor subsequently met Himmler in [[Wewelsburg Castle]] and was briefed on the mission. | ||
The Doctor was kept separate from the rest of the raid and dropped in [[Ireland]] near the [[Ulster]] border from where he made his way to mainland Britain. He reached Turelhampton ahead of the Germans but found the Scrying Glass missing, and came to realise that Himmler already had it, hence how he knew to send the mission to Turelhampton in the first place. The Doctor waited for the Germans to arrive. When [[Voss (The Shadow in the Glass)|Captain Voss]] and his team came ashore, they recovered the ship's hibernation tank with a Vvormak inside but ran into British soldiers and fled. The Doctor feigned injury and was captured by [[George Henderson]] but he was let go after one of Churchill's generals recognised him. The Doctor reported that his intelligence had been faulty and that his mission was not over. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'')[[File:Paris 1944 celebrations.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] attend the celebrations in liberated [[Paris]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Trust (comic story)|Trust]]'') | The Doctor was kept separate from the rest of the raid and dropped in [[Ireland]] near the [[Ulster]] border from where he made his way to mainland Britain. He reached Turelhampton ahead of the Germans but found the Scrying Glass missing, and came to realise that Himmler already had it, hence how he knew to send the mission to Turelhampton in the first place. The Doctor waited for the Germans to arrive. When [[Voss (The Shadow in the Glass)|Captain Voss]] and his team came ashore, they recovered the ship's hibernation tank with a Vvormak inside but ran into British soldiers and fled. The Doctor feigned injury and was captured by [[George Henderson]] but he was let go after one of Churchill's generals recognised him. The Doctor reported that his intelligence had been faulty and that his mission was not over. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]'')[[File:Paris 1944 celebrations.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] attend the celebrations in liberated [[Paris]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Trust (comic story)|Trust]]'')]]Paris was soon liberated from Nazi rule. The Twelfth Doctor and [[Clara Oswald]] visited the city, where they thwarted a plan by the [[Darapok Empire]] to brainwash humanity into destroying itself by destroying their transmitter on the [[Eiffel Tower]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Trust (comic story)|Trust]]'') | ||
Before fleeing form Paris, the Nazis loaded trains with Parisian artwork to be transported back to Germany. [[Hermann]], as a young German soldier, was on the last of these trains to leave Paris one night ahead of the Americans reached the city. The journey was disrupted by resistance fighters, who blew up sections of the railway tracks and attacked the convoys. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[City of Death (novelisation)|City of Death]]'') | Before fleeing form Paris, the Nazis loaded trains with Parisian artwork to be transported back to Germany. [[Hermann]], as a young German soldier, was on the last of these trains to leave Paris one night ahead of the Americans reached the city. The journey was disrupted by resistance fighters, who blew up sections of the railway tracks and attacked the convoys. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[City of Death (novelisation)|City of Death]]'') | ||
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Numerous Allied prisoners of war in Europe were held is [[Colditz Castle|the castle]] in the German town of [[Colditz]]. Escape plans were made frequently, many of which were successful. An escape committee was run by Flying Officer [[Bill Gower]] to decide who could be involved in an escape plan and who would be excluded from the inner circle. POWs caught escaping were sent to solitary confinement. By [[October]], the committee were in the process of constructing a glider concealed behind a fake wall. By this time, Germany's defeat was looking evermore likely, highlighted by increased Allied bombing raids on German territory. This worried Colditz POW [[Timothy Wilkins]], a young war reporter trapped behind enemy lines. He was among prominent prisoners who would be used as hostages following the Allied invasion of Germany. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'') [[Heinrich O'Donnell]] of the [[Waffen-SS]] was stationed near Colditz Castle for a time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)|A Thousand Tiny Wings]]'') | Numerous Allied prisoners of war in Europe were held is [[Colditz Castle|the castle]] in the German town of [[Colditz]]. Escape plans were made frequently, many of which were successful. An escape committee was run by Flying Officer [[Bill Gower]] to decide who could be involved in an escape plan and who would be excluded from the inner circle. POWs caught escaping were sent to solitary confinement. By [[October]], the committee were in the process of constructing a glider concealed behind a fake wall. By this time, Germany's defeat was looking evermore likely, highlighted by increased Allied bombing raids on German territory. This worried Colditz POW [[Timothy Wilkins]], a young war reporter trapped behind enemy lines. He was among prominent prisoners who would be used as hostages following the Allied invasion of Germany. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'') [[Heinrich O'Donnell]] of the [[Waffen-SS]] was stationed near Colditz Castle for a time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings (audio story)|A Thousand Tiny Wings]]'') | ||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] became prisoners at Colditz in the same month. Subsequently, [[Elizabeth Klein]], travelling back from an [[Alternate timeline (Klein's Story)|alternate]] [[1965]] in which Germany won the war, infiltrated the camp command to extract the Doctor and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to tidy up loose ends in her own timeline. The Doctor realised that Ace's confiscated [[Walkman]] could be used by the Nazis to study [[laser]] technology and tip the balance in the [[Manhattan Project|race]] to develop [[nuclear weapon]]ry. He ensured to retrieve the Walkman before he and Ace fled Colditz, preventing Klein's timeline from coming to pass. ''[[Sergeant|Feldwebel]]'' [[Kurtz]] pursued them but was ripped apart as he stood in the TARDIS door as the ship dematerialised. Klein, meanwhile, remained at large, an anomaly in the restored timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'')[[File:234 simmons.jpg|thumb|[[Simmons (The Impossible Astronaut)|Simmons]] and other POWs attempt an escape with [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] became prisoners at Colditz in the same month. Subsequently, [[Elizabeth Klein]], travelling back from an [[Alternate timeline (Klein's Story)|alternate]] [[1965]] in which Germany won the war, infiltrated the camp command to extract the Doctor and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to tidy up loose ends in her own timeline. The Doctor realised that Ace's confiscated [[Walkman]] could be used by the Nazis to study [[laser]] technology and tip the balance in the [[Manhattan Project|race]] to develop [[nuclear weapon]]ry. He ensured to retrieve the Walkman before he and Ace fled Colditz, preventing Klein's timeline from coming to pass. ''[[Sergeant|Feldwebel]]'' [[Kurtz]] pursued them but was ripped apart as he stood in the TARDIS door as the ship dematerialised. Klein, meanwhile, remained at large, an anomaly in the restored timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colditz (audio story)|Colditz]]'')[[File:234 simmons.jpg|thumb|[[Simmons (The Impossible Astronaut)|Simmons]] and other POWs attempt an escape with [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'')]] | ||
Many POWs had been sent to Germany. There were Italians, Poles and Russians in captivity as well as English. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] attempted to lead a breakout in a German POW camp. He helped [[Simmons (The Impossible Astronaut)|Simmons]] and other men to build a tunnel beneath the camp. However, the Doctor emerged in the camp commandant's office and the escape was exposed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | Many POWs had been sent to Germany. There were Italians, Poles and Russians in captivity as well as English. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Turing Test (novel)|The Turing Test]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] attempted to lead a breakout in a German POW camp. He helped [[Simmons (The Impossible Astronaut)|Simmons]] and other men to build a tunnel beneath the camp. However, the Doctor emerged in the camp commandant's office and the escape was exposed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'') | ||
