Submarine
A submarine or U-boat was a ship designed to operate underwater. Submarines could be used as either warships or research vessels.
In 1492, the Fourth Doctor claimed that Leonardo da Vinci's submarine design wasn't practical. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"]) The Twelfth Doctor concurred, rhetorically asking "what was he thinking?" (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"]) The Twelfth Doctor thought a submarine that didn't fly was annoying, wanting to invent one that could do so himself. (TV: Hell Bent [+]Loading...["Hell Bent (TV story)"])
British subs[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the early 19th century, Sir Adrian Stapleford tried to develop a submarine for the Royal Navy. His assistant Sam and he nearly suffocated in it when Lord Trumpsworth sabotaged it. They were rescued by the Fourth Doctor, who convinced Adrian to discontinue work on the craft. (COMIC: The Emperor's Spy [+]Loading...["The Emperor's Spy (comic story)"])
The first British submarine was launched in 1901, as was announced in the copy of The Times the Fifth Doctor found aboard the S.S. Shadow. (TV: Enlightenment [+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"])
In the 1970s, Captain John Hart sent out a submarine expedition led by Commander Ridgeway to search for the Sea Devils. The Sea Devils captured the submarine and its crew, but the Third Doctor helped free them. (TV: The Sea Devils [+]Loading...["The Sea Devils (TV story)"])
A bathyscaphe was a type of submarine that the Third Doctor and Liz Shaw used to reach the Carpanthan city. (COMIC: The Fishmen of Carpantha [+]Loading...["The Fishmen of Carpantha (comic story)"])
Some time later, a group of Daleks based underneath Antarctica used a captured nuclear submarine, the USS Jefferson to attack Sydney as part of their plan to use the city as a base from which to convert humans into Daleks and conquer Earth. (COMIC: *Sub Zero [+]Loading...["*Sub Zero (comic story)"])
Some time later, the Master used time-displaced Scottish warriors to seize a nuclear submarine and threaten Britain with obliteration if he wasn't given the Doctor's TARDIS. (COMIC: The Glen of Sleeping [+]Loading...["The Glen of Sleeping (comic story)"])
In 2006, Mickey Smith launched Harpoon missile UGM-84A from the submarine HMS Taurean at 10 Downing Street. (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"])
In 2119, the Drum had a submarine. (TV: Under the Lake [+]Loading...["Under the Lake (TV story)"])
German U-boats[[edit] | [edit source]]
During World War I, a German U-boat, the U-20, sank the RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915, which precipitated the entry into the United States of America into the First World War. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time [+]Loading...["The Sirens of Time (audio story)"])
In July 1915, the U-29 transported Victor von Stein and Ingrid Karnstein to Haiti. (PROSE: White Darkness [+]Loading...["White Darkness (novel)"])
In 1917, the Eleventh Doctor, Edward Anderson and Lord Hellcombe escaped in a U-boat and fired a torpedo to damage a Dalek flying saucer underwater. It was damaged by Aqua-Daleks. (COMIC: The Dalek Project [+]Loading...["The Dalek Project (comic story)"])
In World War II, a German U-boat patrolling the English Channel in 1943 was sent forward in time to October 1964, where it threatened to torpedo the Isle of Wight ferry. Sir Toby Kinsella of the Intrusion Counter-Measures Group ordered Group Captain Ian Gilmore and his squad to investigate and render assistance to the personnel of the nearby Lanchester Naval Base. (AUDIO: State of Emergency [+]Loading...["State of Emergency (audio story)"])
Another U-boat sank the ship on which Alfred Beadle served. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])
At some point, Alec Palmer was involved in operations in the North Sea to disrupt U-boats. (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])
U-147 was among the various ships captured by the Daleks. Its crew was brainwashed and the U-boat took part in the Daleks' raid on Sydney Harbour during the 1970s. (COMIC: *Sub Zero [+]Loading...["*Sub Zero (comic story)"])
Other human subs[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1983, the frozen body of Grand Marshall Skaldak was picked up and revived in the Firebird, a Soviet submarine. (TV: Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"])
In 1993 on a parallel world, Silurians used Kronosaurs to harass the remaining human submarines. (PROSE: Blood Heat [+]Loading...["Blood Heat (novel)"])
In 2006, the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness investigated the decommissioned submarines at an abandoned Russian naval base. (PROSE: The Deviant Strain [+]Loading...["The Deviant Strain (novel)"])
Extraterrestrial subs[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2594, the SSSSSSS used a submarine to explore Tyler's Folly. (PROSE: Down [+]Loading...["Down (novel)"])
On Marinus, the Voord used small one-man glass submarines to get to the Conscience of Marinus. One of these submarines fractured, as a result of which the acid sea consumed the Voord within — leaving only their protective suit. (TV: "The Sea of Death" [+]Part of The Keys of Marinus, Loading...{"namedep":"The Sea of Death (1)","1":"The Keys of Marinus (TV story)"})
On Olleril, Luminus was based on a submarine called the Gargantuan. (PROSE: Tragedy Day [+]Loading...["Tragedy Day (novel)"])
On one planet, the Daleks tested the prototype of their Dalesub, which crashed on the ocean floor, killing the crew. A thousand years later, Jeff Stone and the crew of Bathylab 3 discovered and repaired the Dalesub, taking it for themselves. (COMIC: The Super Sub [+]Loading...["The Super Sub (comic story)"])
The planet Viksa had distinctive submarines. (PROSE: Ring Theory [+]Loading...["Ring Theory (short story)"])
