Vladivostok

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Vladivostok

Vladivostok was a port city located on the Pacific coast in Russia, a nation on Earth.

The Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Turlough visited St Petersburg in 1904. Due to a teleportation accident, Tegan and Turlough were transported to Vladivostok, where they were forced to take a train back to St Petersburg. (PROSE: Gudok [+]Loading...["Gudok (short story)"])

Prior to the 1930s, the Russians began constructing a railway between Vladivostok and European Russia. This threatened the Chinese region of Manchuria with trade strangulation and influenced Japan's decision to invade in 1931. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])