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[[Self-Replicating Robot]]s on [[Zazz's moon]] were forced to periodically hide underground to avoid meteorite showers. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Gift (comic strip)|The Gift]]'') |
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==Known Meteorites== |
==Known Meteorites== |
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Revision as of 23:46, 6 August 2011
A meteorite is an object from space, usually rock, that survives an impact with Earth's surface. Some fraction of them are vessels for alien energies and/or entities.
Liz Shaw was an expert on meteorites. (DW: Spearhead from Space)
It was commonly believed that a meteor wiped out the Dinosaurs, but it was in fact Briggs' freighter. (DW: Earthshock)
Self-Replicating Robots on Zazz's moon were forced to periodically hide underground to avoid meteorite showers. (DWM: The Gift)
A meteorite landed in New York City's Central Park in 1976, temporarily giving Alice Trefusis super-powers. (AG: Starfall)
Known Meteorites
- In 1283, a meteorite from the Jeggorabax Cluster landed in the Weserbergland Mountains of Lower Saxony, in present-day Germany. The Weserbergland Meteorite housed an energy entity that would become known as the Pied Piper. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)
- In 1913, the Family of Blood arrived at Farringham in an invisible spaceship. John Smith dismissed it as a meteorite. (DW: Human Nature)
- In the 1970s, the Nestene Consciousness fashioned plastic meteorites and sent them to Earth to prepare for an invasion. (DW: Spearhead from Space)
- In 2007, Sex Gas came to Earth in an meteorite which fell near Cardiff. (TW: Day One)
- In 2008, the meteorite K67 almost impacted with the Earth, but this was averted. (SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)
- In the late 21st century, Space Station W3 warned spacecraft of meteorite storms. (DW: The Wheel in Space)
- In the late 22nd century, the Daleks used meteorites to spread a plague on Earth prior to their invasion six months later. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
