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[[File:Luftwaffe.jpg|thumb|[[Aeroplane]]s of the Luftwaffe bomb [[London]] during [[the Blitz]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')]]

On [[Earth]], the '''20th century''', recorded as '''2.0K''' by the [[43rd century]] dating system, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') was one of the most turbulent, violent, yet progressive centuries in the [[planet]]'s history. In addition to major conflicts including the [[First World War|First]] ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') and [[Second World War]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'') humankind began to explore beyond their homeworld for the first time, and also began to make huge leaps in technological advancement. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') It was also during the 20th century that many world governments learned of the existence of extraterrestrial lifeforms. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'') According to many accounts the general public also learned of alien life, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'', ''[[The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)|The Mark of Mandragora]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', ''[[Soldiers from Zolta (short story)|Soldiers from Zolta]]'') although other accounts indicate they remained in the dark about this until the beginning of the [[21st century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')

Numerous alien defence organisations came to power in this century, including the [[Torchwood Institute]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') [[the Forge]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight]]'') [[LONGBOW]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'') [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group|Counter-Measures]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') [[C19]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') [[Home-Army Fifth Operational Corps|HAVOC]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Showstoppers (novel)|The Showstoppers]]'') [[UNIT]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'') [[MIAOW]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'') [[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.O.B.E.]], ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'') and [[UNISYC]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'')

The [[Modular]]s believed that Earth in this era was a complete temporal mess due to the high amounts of aliens and time travellers. The planet was constantly being destroyed, replaced, removed from history, but the timelines somehow always stablisied. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Elementary, My Dear Sheila (short story)|Elementary, My Dear Sheila]]'')

The climate and air quality on [[Earth]] began to [[global warming|deteriorate]] during this century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dread of Night (audio story)|The Dread of Night]]'')

The Doctor had a great affinity for this century, though his [[First Doctor|first incarnation]] initially claimed to tolerate but not enjoy it. ([[TV]]: "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]") However, his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] believed that he had a fondness for the 20th century as he often visited it on their travels together. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Alchemists (audio story)|The Alchemists]]'') He lived during this time period for several years as an exile from [[Gallifrey]] (during his [[Third Doctor|third incarnation]]), ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', et al.) and again for a number of months in [[1913]] and [[1969]] in his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] (to name just two examples). ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'') By the Doctor's [[fourth incarnation]], his affinity for 20th century Earth was so well known that anyone looking for him would first think to search there. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The English Way of Death (audio story)|The English Way of Death]]'') Many of the Doctor's Earth [[companion]]s came from this century, as he visited it often. ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'', ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'', ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'', ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'', et al.)

At some point in the 20th century, the [[Fisher King]] invaded the planet [[Tivoli]] and was there for ten years. The native [[Tivolian]]s were liberated by the [[Arcateenian]]s, but later enslaved by the very same race. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'')

It was also among the centuries endured by [[Ashildr]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'') a [[9th century]]<ref>In ''The Woman Who Lived'', which is set in the year [[1651]], Ashildr mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> [[Viking]] girl who was rendered effectively [[immortality|immortal]] when she was brought back to life by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] through a self-repairing [[Mire]] [[repair kit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'')

In [[1943]], the [[Spy Master]] was stranded in [[Paris]] and robbed of [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], forcing him to live through the remainder of the 20th century on Earth, which he found hard to do as he had to escape from several places. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'')

By the year [[3012]], the 20th century was considered ancient [[history]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Festival of Death (novel)|Festival of Death]]'')

Making [[omelette fines herbes]] for himself and [[Craig Owens]] in [[2010]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] explained that he learned to [[cook]] in 18th century Paris. Realising that was "not recent", the Doctor amended it to the [[17th century]] then the 20th century. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'')

Speaking during the [[English Civil War]], the [[Second Doctor]] acknowledged a triumphalist, hereditary [[Puritan Protectorate]] that ruled [[England]] until the 20th century as one [[possible future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'')