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Geneva was home to [[UNIT Central Control]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et. al.) [[Space Command HQ]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') as well as [[CERN]] headquarters. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | Geneva was home to [[UNIT Central Control]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', et. al.) [[Space Command HQ]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') as well as [[CERN]] headquarters. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | ||
Landmarks in Geneva included the [[Palace of Nations]]. The city also contained the [[University of Geneva]] | Landmarks in Geneva included the [[Palace of Nations]]. The city also contained the [[University of Geneva]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Geneva (audio story)|Death in Geneva]]'') and the underground, highly secure [[Site B9]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In the [[16th century]], Geneva was considered a free [[Protestant]] city. The [[Sixth Doctor]] suggested [[William Leaf]] and [[George Crow]] move there while the [[Catholic]] [[Queen]] [[Mary I]] ruled [[England]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | In the [[16th century]], Geneva was considered a free [[Protestant]] city. The [[Sixth Doctor]] suggested [[William Leaf]] and [[George Crow]] move there while the [[Catholic]] [[Queen]] [[Mary I]] ruled [[England]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[2000]], [[UNIT]] organised a covert, high-security [[United Nations]] [[Weapons Crisis Committee]] at the underground [[Site B9]] to try and control the spread of [[Cobalt Blue]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) | |||
On [[10 September]] [[2008]], [[CERN]] first tested their [[Large Hadron Collider]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') accidentally opening a portal to another reality, and letting [[neutron eater]]s loose. [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Three]] team contained the threat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | On [[10 September]] [[2008]], [[CERN]] first tested their [[Large Hadron Collider]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') accidentally opening a portal to another reality, and letting [[neutron eater]]s loose. [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Three]] team contained the threat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | ||
In approximately the [[2000s]],{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[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]]'' (and heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} after | In approximately the [[2000s]],{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[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]]'' (and heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} after the [[Saxon Master]] turned [[human]]ity into the "[[Master Race]]", he consulted with a [[UNIT]] officer in Geneva. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
At some point in the [[2010s]], [[Colonel]] [[Vikram Shindi]] and [[Doctor]] [[Elizabeth Klein]] were stationed in Geneva as UNIT faced a [[Silurian]] invasion of [[Great Britain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[United (audio story)|United]]'') | At some point in the [[2010s]], [[Colonel]] [[Vikram Shindi]] and [[Doctor]] [[Elizabeth Klein]] were stationed in Geneva as UNIT faced a [[Silurian]] invasion of [[Great Britain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[United (audio story)|United]]'') | ||
