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== History == | == History == | ||
In the [[1890s]], Plymouth was a key stop-off point for [[steamship|steamers]] leaving [[London]] on trips to places such as [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]] and [[Cape Town]]. Adverts for the trips appeared in an 1890s copy of ''[[The Times]]''. ([[TV]]: | In the [[1890s]], Plymouth was a key stop-off point for [[steamship|steamers]] leaving [[London]] on trips to places such as [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]] and [[Cape Town]]. Adverts for the trips appeared in an 1890s copy of ''[[The Times]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Deep Breath (TV story)}}) | ||
During a riot at [[Dartmoor prison]], the | During a riot at [[Dartmoor prison]], the governor alerted police taskforces in both Exeter and Plymouth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rags (novel)}}) | ||
In [[2006]], the [[Royal Navy]] [[submarine]] [[HMS Taurean|HMS ''Taurean'']] was stationed in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Plymouth. [[Mickey Smith]] launched [[harpoon missile]] [[UGM-84A]] from the ''Taurean'' at [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: | In [[2006]], the [[Royal Navy]] [[submarine]] [[HMS Taurean|HMS ''Taurean'']] was stationed in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of Plymouth. [[Mickey Smith]] launched [[harpoon missile]] [[UGM-84A]] from the ''Taurean'' at [[10 Downing Street]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) | ||
During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Plymouth. ([[TV]]: | During the [[ghost shift]] craze of [[2007]], [[ghost]]s, actually [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World]], were forecast as appearing in Plymouth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | ||
During [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]], an [[Plymouth Overflow Camp|overflow camp]] was set up in or around Plymouth. ([[TV]]: | During [[Miracle Day]] in [[2011]], an [[Plymouth Overflow Camp|overflow camp]] was set up in or around Plymouth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Categories of Life (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Royston Luke Gold]] had a fear of Plymouth. ([[TV]]: | [[Royston Luke Gold]] had a fear of Plymouth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}}) | ||
In 2020, several bodies were discovered in Plymouth, apparently victims of spontaneous combustion. [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] were tasked by their [[Superior]]s to close a dimensional rift nearby. They discovered that the deaths were being caused by a spindly, faceless entity carrying a tool of unknown purpose; Iris speculated that it was a scientist from a higher dimension, inadvertently killing humans while trying to examine them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Flickering Flame (short story)}}) | |||
{{Devon}} | {{Devon}} | ||
[[Category:Devonshire locations]] | [[Category:Devonshire locations]] | ||
[[Category:English cities]] | [[Category:English cities]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:European cities from the real world]] | ||
