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Unknown to the passengers and crew, Capricorn had arranged for the ''Titanic'' to be destroyed in Earth orbit to take revenge on the board of directors of his company, who had forced him out of his own firm. Captain Hardaker, terminally ill, had agreed to pilot the vessel in return for his family being taken care of. Capricorn, himself a [[cyborg]], also boarded the vessel but expected to be protected from the disaster and later rescued. | Unknown to the passengers and crew, Capricorn had arranged for the ''Titanic'' to be destroyed in Earth orbit to take revenge on the board of directors of his company, who had forced him out of his own firm. Captain Hardaker, terminally ill, had agreed to pilot the vessel in return for his family being taken care of. Capricorn, himself a [[cyborg]], also boarded the vessel but expected to be protected from the disaster and later rescued. | ||
Hardaker orchestrated matters so that the ship's [[Force field| | Hardaker orchestrated matters so that the ship's [[Force field|shields]] would be lowered as three small [[asteroid]]s approached the vessel. The resulting impact killed many of the crew and passengers (including Hardaker), but did not destroy the vessel outright. Capricorn had arranged for the Hosts' programming to be changed so they would kill any survivors. Over the next few hours, the Doctor and his friends, assisted by the ''Titanic's'' only surviving bridge crewmember, Midshipman [[Alonso Frame]], worked to stop it from crashing on Earth, which the Doctor feared would cause an explosion strong enough to wipe out all life on the planet. | ||
Efforts to stabilize the orbit failed and ''Titanic'' entered the Earth's [[atmosphere]]. After defeating Capricorn and rendering the Hosts harmless, the Doctor narrowly prevented ''Titanic'' from crashing into [[Buckingham Palace]] in London, and started the vessel's secondary [[storm drive]] by using the heat of re-entry to fire it up, returning it to the skies. The vessel, under the temporary command of Alonso Frame, was salvaged after he sent a [[distress call]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | Efforts to stabilize the orbit failed and ''Titanic'' entered the Earth's [[atmosphere]]. After defeating Capricorn and rendering the Hosts harmless, the Doctor narrowly prevented ''Titanic'' from crashing into [[Buckingham Palace]] in London, and started the vessel's secondary [[storm drive]] by using the heat of re-entry to fire it up, returning it to the skies. The vessel, under the temporary command of Alonso Frame, was salvaged after he sent a [[distress call]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | ||
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=== Alternate timeline === | === Alternate timeline === | ||
In the [[Donna's World|alternate timeline]] orchestrated by the [[time beetle]], the Doctor, having died a year earlier, did not prevent the ''Titanic'' from crashing to Earth in the heart of London. Although the resulting explosion did not wipe out all life on Earth, it decimated southern England, almost instantly transforming the nation into a third-world country and leading to a series of events that resulted in it becoming a police state. This timeline was negated when [[Donna Noble]] restored the timeline, preventing the Doctor's premature death. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'') | In the [[Donna's World|alternate timeline]] orchestrated by the [[time beetle]], the Doctor, having died a year earlier, did not prevent the ''Titanic'' from crashing to Earth in the heart of London. Although the resulting explosion did not wipe out all life on Earth, it decimated southern England, almost instantly transforming the nation into a third-world country and leading to a series of events that resulted in it becoming a police state. This timeline was negated when [[Donna Noble]] restored the timeline, preventing the Doctor's premature death. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'') | ||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||
[[Category:Individual spacecraft]] | [[Category:Individual spacecraft]] | ||
[[Category:Tourism]] | [[Category:Tourism]] | ||
