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The organisation was [[Foundation|founded]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') by [[Edward Van Statten]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') Edward used the company to make millions in the armaments and oil industries. When his son, Henry, was fifteen, Henry invested his inherited one million dollars into the electronics, communications and telecommunications industries instead. The switch in industries proved successful and Henry quickly usurped his father to become the leader of the organisation, renaming it GeoComTex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') | The organisation was [[Foundation|founded]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') by [[Edward Van Statten]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Products (feature)|Products]]'') Edward used the company to make millions in the armaments and oil industries. When his son, Henry, was fifteen, Henry invested his inherited one million dollars into the electronics, communications and telecommunications industries instead. The switch in industries proved successful and Henry quickly usurped his father to become the leader of the organisation, renaming it GeoComTex. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek (novelisation)|Dalek]]'') | ||
[[File:GeoComTex logo.jpg|thumb|A later version of the GeoComTex [[logo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX (fictional website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'')]] | [[File:GeoComTex logo.jpg|thumb|A later version of the GeoComTex [[logo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX (fictional website)|GEOCOMTEX]]'')]] | ||
By | By mid-[[2006]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', etc.) GeoComTex had [[GeoComTex website|a corporate website]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.) which they [[Advertisement|advertised]] on websites such as [[Who is Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Henry Van Statten (short story)|Henry Van Statten]]'', ''[[Mars (WiDW short story)|Mars]]'', etc.) At some point after [[Christmas Eve]] [[2007]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') they changed their logo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[GEOCOMTEX home page (feature)|GEOCOMTEX home page]]'', etc.) | ||
GeoComTex was [[Earth|the world]]'s leading electronics company as of [[2012]]. Also it secretly owned the [[Internet]]. One of the GeoComTex specialised in [[computer|computing]] products. Following disastrous events in [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], van Statten's assistant Goddard took charge of the company. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | GeoComTex was [[Earth|the world]]'s leading electronics company as of [[2012]]. Also it secretly owned the [[Internet]]. One of the GeoComTex specialised in [[computer|computing]] products. Following disastrous events in [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], van Statten's assistant Goddard took charge of the company. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') |