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Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo was a city in Europe.

Geography[]

Monte Carlo was located next to a body of water and near the Forest of Digne, and a series of boathouses, one of which was used in a plot by Carl's gang, (TV: The Man from MI.5 [+]Alan Fennell, Thunderbirds crossover stories series 1 (ITV, 1966).) while structures within the city included the Monte Carlo Cassino (PROSE: The Tudor Engagement [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) and another casino which was once visited by Parker. A hotel was either within or close to the city. (TV: The Man from MI.5 [+]Alan Fennell, Thunderbirds crossover stories series 1 (ITV, 1966).)

History[]

In 1893, the Paternoster Gang cornered bank robber Volta in the kitchens of the Monte Carlo Cassino, at which point he used a device to travel through time to the court of Henry VIII in 1544. The gang followed him to 1544, and returned to Monte Carlo shortly after, handing Volta over to the police. (PROSE: The Tudor Engagement [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

In an account dated to 1965, Monte Carlo was the setting of a scheme by Carl and his gang to steal the plans to a nuclear device from MI5 agent Captain Blacker's yacht, destroy the yacht with explosives, and escape. After fellow MI5 agent Jimmy Bondson saw the event and contacted International Rescue, he explained the situation to Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the Forest of Digne and they decided to help him.

After a series of events led to Lady Penelope being kidnapped, left on a boat to be blown up, and subsequently being saved by her fellow International Rescue members, the plans were recovered and returned to Bondson in the Forest of Digne, while the members of Carl's gang were captured. (TV: The Man from MI.5 [+]Alan Fennell, Thunderbirds crossover stories series 1 (ITV, 1966).)

Other sources dated the activities of International Rescue to the 1990s, (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Lance Parkin, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1997).) the 2060s, (PROSE: Titan Declares War! [+]TV Century 21 cover stories (City Magazines, 1965). et al.) and the 2080s. (PROSE: Captain Scarlet in Death Crash! [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW. et al.)

Shortly before travelling to the Gogglebox inside the Moon in the far future, the Fifth Doctor dropped off Peri Brown and Erimem in Monte Carlo in 1966, so they could stop the Veiled Leopard from being stolen. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard [+]Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, Big Finish DWM originals (Big Finish Productions, 2006)., The Gathering [+]Joseph Lidster, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2006).)

However, shortly before visiting his former companion Evelyn Smythe on Világ, the Seventh Doctor dropped off Ace and Hex in Monte Carlo during the same era and instructed them to steal the Veiled Leopard. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard [+]Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, Big Finish DWM originals (Big Finish Productions, 2006)., Thicker Than Water [+]Paul Sutton, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2005).)

In one of her incarnations, Iris Wildthyme played roulette there, which soon developed into an obsession. (AUDIO: Dark Side [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)

On 5 March 2005, when Henrik's heir Rudi Henrik was late arriving at the ruins of the Central London branch of the department store to meet employees, one disgruntled former security guard suggested his helicopter had been delayed at Monte Carlo. (PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).)

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