Wenley Moor nuclear research facility

Wenley Moor nuclear research facility was a nuclear power research centre built in the late 20th century at Wenley Moor.

After a series of power drains occurred, Edward Masters, an Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, went there to investigate. The Silurians had caused the power drains. The Silurians operated nearby and had woken up from hibernation after their predicted end of the world event millions of years prior to the incident. The Silurians attempted to infect the people there with a virus that would end the human race, but a cure was found and later mass produced with the Third Doctor and Dr Liz Shaw's help. They were also responsible for mental breakdowns. They wanted to use the nuclear facility to power a molecular disperser to end the human race, but their plans were thwarted again when the Doctor and Liz overloaded the disperser. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)

The nuclear research facility was subsequently shut down after the plague outbreak.

After the failure of the Wenley Moor nuclear research facility, among other incidents, was publicised by the journalist James Stevens in his "Bad Science" series of articles in the Daily Chronicle, Harold Wilson's position as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom became untenable and the Labour Party lost the general election in June 1970 to the Conservatives, led by Edward Heath. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)