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{{title|RMS ''Lusitania''}}The '''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was an ocean liner torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'' on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. | {{title|RMS ''Lusitania''}}The '''RMS ''Lusitania''''' was an ocean liner torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'' on [[7 May]] [[1915]]. This act helped provoke the [[United States]] into entering [[World War I]] two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named [[Eric Charles Vincent]]. | ||
In an [[alternative timeline]], the ''Lusitania'' did not sink due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. Vincent, having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt before the biologist discovered penicillin. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'') | In an [[alternative timeline]], the ''Lusitania'' did not sink due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. Vincent, having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt before the biologist discovered penicillin. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'') | ||
