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Evacuation

Evacuation was the process of removing civilians from an area that was deemed to be under threat.

During World War II, many British children were evacuated from major cities. In 1941, the Blitz forced many children in London to be evacuated. Tom Flanagan was taken to Cardiff and then out to the countryside. (TV: Ghost Machine)

Central London was evacuated during the Great Intelligence's attack. (PROSE: Downtime, Who Killed Kennedy)

London was again evacuated in the 1970s after dinosaurs appeared on the streets. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

In 1974, a chosen few UK residents were evacuated by the Prime Minister and either Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart or General Maxwell-Lennon in the wake of an approaching galactic cyclone. (COMIC: Doomcloud)

UNIT evacuated the residents of Carbury after the town was attacked by Morgaine and her forces. (TV: Battlefield)

In an alternate world, people from London and the surrounding area were evacuated after a replica of the Titanic crashed into Buckingham Palace, causing a nuclear explosion. The Noble family were evacuated to Leeds. (TV: Turn Left)

The humans of Tír na n-Óg began evacuating to Earth after Dagda's Wheel disappeared. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)

In 2368 of the Federation universe, the Deltan Prime Minister had Jahson order a planetary evacuation when Delta IV was attacked by the Borg-Cyberman Fleet. (COMIC: Assimilation²)

In an alternate timeline, the First Doctor and Captain Parlos organised an evacuation of Urbinia after the Daleks attacked the planet with the Time Destructor. The whole operation went badly. The Dalek Fleet intercepted every ship leaving a city and they all surrendered, leaving the capital, Kiria, effectively besieged. The Second Doctor managed to restore the original timeline. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)

Just before the Thal-Dalek battle, the Daleks of Section 3 attempted to evacuate as they began feeling the effects of the anti-radiation drug only to perish before they could. (AUDIO: The Lights of Skaro) With the Daleks managing to survive the Thal-Dalek battle, the Thals were forced to evacuate Skaro. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks) During the reign of the Restoration Empire, the Emperor of the Restoration ordered an evacuation of Skaro when the Entity attacked. Though many Dalek flying saucers were destroyed as they tried to take off, some did manage to launch. (WC: The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy) The Emperor's forces were later recalled to Skaro once the Entity had been defeated. (WC: Day of Reckoning)

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