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Geocomtex was an IT solutions company owned by multi-billionaire Henry Van Statten. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146.) Geocomtex later expanded into the production of "cutting edge" technology derived from alien objects left on Earth, fuelling Van Statten's massive wealth and even giving him the influence over US presidents. (TV: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146.)
Those in Geocomtex's employ included, but certainly were not limited to: Polkowski, Diana Goddard, Simmons, Adam Mitchell, Bywater, De Maggio (TV: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 147.) Sven, (WC: Sven and the Scarf [+]Andrew Ireland, Doctor Who: Lockdown! (2020)., PROSE: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Dalek (Robert Shearman), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2021).) and Yevgeny Kandinsky. (PROSE: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Dalek (Robert Shearman), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2021).) In total, the Utah base had over four hundred employees. After disposing of Van Statten following the massacre of two hundred employees by the Metaltron, Goddard took over Geocomtex. (TV: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Pages 146-147.)
Van Statten owned a base near Salt Lake City in Utah, an underground fifty-three storey repurposed nuclear bunker, named the Vault. On the fifty-third floor, half a mile below ground, the Exhibit Room housed his collection of alien artefacts. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Pages 146-147.)
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The full name of the company was the "Geocomtex Corporation", (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Justin Richards, BBC Books (2014). Chapter 2, "The Daleks"; Page 52.) but was more commonly as simply "Geocomtex". (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146., The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Justin Richards, BBC Books (2014). Chapter 2, "The Daleks"; Page 52., "Welcome Home" [+]Part of The Time Lord Letters, Justin Richards, BBC Books (2015). Chapter 4, "Coal Hill School"; Page 90., etc.) In their advertising and on their website, the company's name was stylised as "GEOCOMTEX". (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Products [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005)., etc.)
History[]
Early history[]
Information about Van Statten Corporation and any other relevant information from PROSE: Dalek needs to be added.
The Geocomtex Corporation (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Justin Richards, BBC Books (2014). Chapter 2, "The Daleks"; Page 52.) was founded in 1999 to combat the Y2K bug, (PROSE: Products [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005).) after Henry van Statten's father reluctantly signed over the Van Statten Corporation to him before his death. (PROSE: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Dalek (Robert Shearman), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2021).) While the company originally just specialised in IT solutions, (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) given that one of Van Statten's father's personal assistants, Otto von Donitz, had taught him to invest his money into the telecommunications business, (PROSE: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Dalek (Robert Shearman), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2021).) the company would expand into "every area of cutting edge technology", utilising scavenged and recovered alien objects left on Earth to create their technological and medical innovations. (TV: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146.)
In the week following the Slitheen's failed attempt to plunge Earth into nuclear war on 6-7 March 2006, Mickey Smith (TV: Aliens of London [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., World War Three [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., etc.) interviewed Van Statten about his thoughts on aliens on his conspiracy website Who is Doctor Who?, (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) as, by that time, Van Statten had become well-known for his interest in aliens. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146.) Van Statten spoke about how Geocomtex funded his vested interest in the collection of alien artefacts, as well as generously giving Mickey a pile of Geocomtex hardware to offer as a prize for an alien-themed writing competition. Mickey also started advertising Geocomtex on his website. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
At this time, Geocomtex had a corporate website, (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX home page [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005)., etc.) which contained a page displaying a selection of the products they sold, (PROSE: Products [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005).) an FAQs page, (PROSE: Support [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005).) a recruitment page, (PROSE: Recruitment [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005).) and a disclaimer. (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX home page [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005).) They later had a redesign. (PROSE: GEOCOMTEX home page [+]BBC webteam, GEOCOMTEX (BBC, 2005). Edition: 2006 redesign.)
In 2007, the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum's security system used software from Geocomtex. (GAME: Security Bot [+]BBC (2006).)
When the Tenth Doctor looked up H.C. Clements on a mobile phone on Christmas Eve 2007, he went past two websites when he used his sonic screwdriver to search the Internet. The first was Henry Van Statten's interview on Who is Doctor Who? and the second was the FAQs page of the Geocomtex website. (TV: The Runaway Bride [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2006 (BBC One, 2006).)
Battle of Geocomtex[]
- Main article: Battle of Geocomtex
After arranging Van Statten's memory wipe and for the Vault to be filled with cement/concrete, (TV: Dalek [+]Robert Shearman, adapted from Jubilee (Robert Shearman), Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Page 146.) Goddard usurped Van Statten after the death of the Metaltron. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008). Chapter 3, "Everything Changes"; Pages 146-147.)
Behind the scenes[]
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In licensed Doctor Who fiction and non-fiction alike, the name of Henry van Statten's corporation is consistently rendered as "Geocomtex", with the full-caps "GEOCOMTEX" used for in-universe branding. However, when this Wiki's page on Gecomtex was created in 2007, the page stylised the name as "GeoComTex", seemingly coining this stylisation. While unconfirmed that this Wiki's earlier, incorrect page was the citogenesis of the stylisation, it has since been used in the YouTube description for Sven and the Scarf[1] and in an online bonus chapter of the 2021 reference book Dalek.[2]