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I mean, Davros is described as their "pet" in their crucible vault with an "understanding" in Journey's End. Adding footnote with regard to The Stolen Earth's setting.
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On [[Christmas Day]] 2008, supposed [[Earthonomics]] expert [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Mr Copper]] was under the impression that "Ham Erica" was at [[war]] with the nations of [[Europe]]y. The [[Tenth Doctor]] corrected him with "not yet", but admitted that he could "argue that one". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | On [[Christmas Day]] 2008, supposed [[Earthonomics]] expert [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Mr Copper]] was under the impression that "Ham Erica" was at [[war]] with the nations of [[Europe]]y. The [[Tenth Doctor]] corrected him with "not yet", but admitted that he could "argue that one". ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'') | ||
In [[ | In the [[2000s]],{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} the [[New Dalek Empire]] attacked New York. The [[Dalek]]s destroyed the [[UNIT North America|UNIT]] [[UNIT HQ, New York City|New York Headquarters]] and killed most of the staff, including [[General]] [[Sanchez]] and [[Suzanne (The Stolen Earth)|Suzanne]], although [[Martha Jones]] escaped thanks to [[Project Indigo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') | ||
In [[2009]], [[Colonel]] [[Augustus Oduya]] noted, among other places across [[Earth]], America to have witnessed every [[human]] [[child]] [[the 456|being compelled]] to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming" at 8:40AM [[GMT]] on a [[Wednesday]] in [[September]], despite most of the population being a[[sleep]] at that time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Angered that the [[British government]] had conducted secret negotiations with an alien race known as the 456, the President sent [[General]] [[Austin Pierce]] to [[London]] to convey his utmost fury at the matter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'') Austin, seeing the British government as responsible for the problem, took over the operation of handing over 10% of the world's children to the 456. [[British Prime Minister]] [[Brian Green]] later considered this "lucky": they could blame America. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | In [[2009]], [[Colonel]] [[Augustus Oduya]] noted, among other places across [[Earth]], America to have witnessed every [[human]] [[child]] [[the 456|being compelled]] to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming" at 8:40AM [[GMT]] on a [[Wednesday]] in [[September]], despite most of the population being a[[sleep]] at that time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Angered that the [[British government]] had conducted secret negotiations with an alien race known as the 456, the President sent [[General]] [[Austin Pierce]] to [[London]] to convey his utmost fury at the matter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'') Austin, seeing the British government as responsible for the problem, took over the operation of handing over 10% of the world's children to the 456. [[British Prime Minister]] [[Brian Green]] later considered this "lucky": they could blame America. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||
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* In the mid-1980s, plans were made to film part of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' in the US, possibly in the vicinity of New Orleans. This plan was cancelled and the serial was filmed in Spain, instead. For most of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s history, no story had undertaken major filming within the United States (the 1996 telefilm, though set in [[San Francisco]], was filmed in [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]); some second-unit filming occurred for ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', but nothing involving the main cast. No major filming in America occurred until autumn 2010, when key scenes for ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', and ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' were filmed in [[Utah]]. | * In the mid-1980s, plans were made to film part of ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' in the US, possibly in the vicinity of New Orleans. This plan was cancelled and the serial was filmed in Spain, instead. For most of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s history, no story had undertaken major filming within the United States (the 1996 telefilm, though set in [[San Francisco]], was filmed in [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]); some second-unit filming occurred for ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', but nothing involving the main cast. No major filming in America occurred until autumn 2010, when key scenes for ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', and ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'' were filmed in [[Utah]]. | ||
* [[Dapol]], which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', released an original [[Dalek]] variant (W008-USA) exclusive to the American market, coloured in [[red]], [[white]] and [[blue]] to match the American [[flag]]. | * [[Dapol]], which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', released an original [[Dalek]] variant (W008-USA) exclusive to the American market, coloured in [[red]], [[white]] and [[blue]] to match the American [[flag]]. | ||
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