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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Three frogs.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Minister of Enlightenment]] and the [[Minister of Persuasion]] in human-like form. The [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] is seated in the background. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'')]] | [[File:Three frogs.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Minister of Enlightenment]] and the [[Minister of Persuasion]] in human-like form. The [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] is seated in the background. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'')]] | ||
The Urbankans were slowly being converted into [[android]]s over 40,000 years and during this time, [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] made four trips to [[Earth]]. Though the response was always hostile, the Urbankans were able to capture a few [[human]]s. These humans were also converted into [[android]]s and were allowed to stay. As well, the speed of the trip was increased each time as more and more improvements were made. Monarch planned to finally discover the secret to [[faster-than-light travel]], whereby he would go back in time to meet God, which he believed would be himself. | The Urbankans were slowly being converted into [[android]]s over [[BC|40,000 years]] and during this time, [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]] made four trips to [[Earth]]. Though the response was always hostile, the Urbankans were able to capture a few [[human]]s. These humans were also converted into [[android]]s and were allowed to stay. As well, the speed of the trip was increased each time as more and more improvements were made. Monarch planned to finally discover the secret to [[faster-than-light travel]], whereby he would go back in time to meet God, which he believed would be himself. | ||
Back on [[Urbanka]], the [[planet]] was continuously mined for more raw materials for the androids. Eventually, by the [[8th century|700s]], the planet was uninhabitable, meaning all three billion Urbankans had to move. They decided to go back to Earth and strip mine it as well. Despite this, Monarch was stopped and the human androids decided to go their own way. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | Back on [[Urbanka]], the [[planet]] was continuously mined for more raw materials for the androids. Eventually, by the [[8th century|700s]], the planet was uninhabitable, meaning all three billion Urbankans had to move. They decided to go back to Earth and strip mine it as well. Despite this, Monarch was stopped and the human androids decided to go their own way. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | ||
When the [[Fifth Doctor]] met Monarch in [[AD]] [[1981]], he claimed that it had taken him [[2500 (number)|2500]] [[year]]s to travel to Earth and back, and that he had doubled the speed of his ship from each previous visit. The approximate dates of the Urbankans' visits to Earth would then have been 34,481 BC, 14,481 BC, 4481 BC, 519 BC, and AD 1981. However, historical information about the native [[Earthmen]] taken by the aliens contradicted the above dates. It was therefore likely that the real time it took for the Urbankans to reach Earth was only about [[1250 (number)|1250]] years, and that their visits occurred in 3019 BC, 1769 BC, 519 BC, AD [[731]] and 1981. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Universal Databank (reference book)}}) | |||
[[Category:Humanoid species]] | [[Category:Humanoid species]] | ||
[[Category:Androids]] | [[Category:Androids]] | ||
[[Category:Species with green skin]] | [[Category:Species with green skin]] | ||
