Uzbekistan

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan was a nation in Central Asia on Earth.

Its capital city in 2008 was Tashkent. Uzbek and Russian were spoken there. (AUDIO: Brave New Town)

Geography[[edit] | edit source]

West of Uzbekistan was the Caspian Sea, while a mountain range was located to the east of Tashkent. (AUDIO: The Memory Cheats)

Thorington and Safshika were both towns in Uzbekistan, located in and near the Aral Sea respectively. (AUDIO: Brave New Town)

History[[edit] | edit source]

In August 1919, the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot visited the country, while the Bolsheviks were seizing power. By this time the north was under Soviet control. (AUDIO: The Memory Cheats)

On 1 September 1991, Uzbekistan gained its independence from the Soviet Union.

On 24 October 2008, the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller encountered the Autons in Uzbekistan, near the Aral Sea. (AUDIO: Brave New Town)