New Zealand

New Zealand is an island nation located near Australia.

Journalist James Stevens was originally from New Zealand, and emigrated from it in the 1960s. (MA: Who Killed Kennedy)

In Christmas 2008, when Astrid called Earth beautiful, the Doctor stated that the Pyramids of Egypt and New Zealand were beautiful, not the street of London they were standing on. (DW: Voyage of the Damned)

Due to the Myloki conflict of 2066-8, Japan invaded New Zealand. (PDA: The Indestructible Man)

Behind the scenes

 * Both Anna-Louise Plowman, who portrayed Diana Goddard, and writer David Bishop were born in New Zealand.


 * New Zealand actor, Russell Crowe, auditioned for the role of The Eighth Doctor. He very much wanted the role as he has been a life long fan of the show, his father is a huge fan of the show and his grandfather was, his oldest son Charlie is also a fan of the new series. Crowe, who had expressed interest in playing the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Doctor and has expressed interest in playing the Twelth and Thirteenth Doctor stated that if he ever lands the role, it would mean so much to him and his family that there would be a very big and very emotional celebration, even bigger then the celebration he had when he won the Oscar.