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Sydney

You may wish to consult Sydney (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Sydney was a city located in New South Wales, Australia. By the late 26th century, it was known as Old Sydney.

Geography[]

Areas of Sydney included Parramatta (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Gary Russell, Virgin Missing Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).) and Glebe. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)

History[]

20th century[]

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In the 1970s, a man stumbles around near the Dalek-destroyed Sydney Harbour Bridge. (COMIC: *Sub Zero)

In the 1970s, a group of Daleks based underneath Antarctica captured the nuclear submarine USS Jefferson and used it to attack Sydney, destroying Sydney Harbour Bridge. Their plan to use the city as a base from which to convert humans into Daleks and conquer Earth was defeated by the Third Doctor with the aid of Lt Davis. (COMIC: *Sub Zero [+]Dennis Hooper, TVA comic stories (Polystyle, 1972).)

BOSS proposed that, after he conquered the world, they would get the Sydney Orchestra to play at his victory ceremony. (TV: The Green Death [+]Robert Sloman, Doctor Who season 10 (BBC1, 1973).)

In 1982, Tegan Jovanka and Kyle met in Sydney. (AUDIO: The Waters of Amsterdam [+]Jonathan Morris, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2016).)

On 14 July 1993, the Seventh Doctor met with thirty-seven year old Dorothée in a café in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)

In 1995, the Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield visited the interdimensional café in Glebe. (PROSE: Set Piece [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1995).)

In 1996, the Doctor, Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester visited Sydney for a week. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).)

In the 20th century, the Doctor, Ace and Bernice visited Sydney. (PROSE: Virgin Lands [+]Sarah Groenewegen, Short Trips: Zodiac (Short Trips, 2002).)

The Third Doctor bought a beach house in Sydney while his house in Kent was being painted. (PROSE: SLEEPY [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996).)

21st century[]

The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends watched the New Year fireworks from Harbour Bridge in 2000. (TV: Resolution [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2019 (BBC One, 2019).)

During the 5 March 2005 incident, Sydney was among the thousand cities where Autons activated. (PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).)

Sydney was one of ten major cities across the world, all of which had underground railways, where Coldfire Construction built a reactor within a period of 18 months as part of a plot by the Slitheen to drain the Sun's energy, operated by at least one Slitheen disguised using a skin suit made from a local. After the Slitheen's plot failed, UNIT cleaned up the Coldfire sites. (TV: Revenge of the Slitheen [+]Gareth Roberts, The Sarah Jane Adventures series 1 (BBC One and CBBC, 2007).)

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Fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge. (TV: Journey's End)

Sydney celebrated the return of Earth from the Medusa Cascade with fireworks. (TV: Journey's End [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)

In 2010, Sydney was plagued by chronal waves caused by the SKARDIS which released prehistoric creatures into Sydney and aged the passengers of an aircraft greatly. The Tenth Doctor and Majenta Pryce investigated with UNIT. The last chronal wave the SKARDIS caused before it was destroyed froze parts of Sydney in ice from the Ice Age. According to the Doctor, it would take Sydney years to rebuild and recover from this new Ice Age. (COMIC: The Age of Ice [+]Dan McDaid, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2009).)

At Christmas 2015, the Pyramid Eternia appeared in Sydney's harbour. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Gary Russell, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2015).)

In 2015 there were numerous coffee shops and an IMAX cinema in Sydney. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Gary Russell, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2015).)

In the 2010s, the Cyber-pollen clouds were above the Sydney Opera House. (TV: Death in Heaven [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).) The Twelfth Doctor, Nardole and Bill Potts visited Sydney to escape from a sentient oil creature that had been in a puddle. (TV: The Pilot [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).)

In 2096, Sydney was an independent city-state. (PROSE: The Indestructible Man [+]Simon Messingham, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2004).)

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Kazran Sardick and Abigail Pettigrew in front of Sydney Opera House. (TV: A Christmas Carol)

The Eleventh Doctor, Kazran Sardick and Abigail Pettigrew visited Sydney on Christmas Eve. (TV: A Christmas Carol [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2010 (BBC One, 2010).)

26th century[]

Steven Reynart, a child of the Earth Empire who was born in 2587, stowed away on Rollo's TARDIS after Rollo accidentally materialised on one of his archeaologist father Michael Reynhart's digs in "Old Sydney". (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Iytean Menace, J. Andrew Keith, The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA, 1985).)

Undated events[]

The swindler Garron attempted to sell the harbour of the city to an Arab and was asked to sell the Opera House. (TV: The Ribos Operation [+]Robert Holmes, Doctor Who season 16 (BBC1, 1978).)

Anton Mordillo wanted to give a concert at the Sydney opera house. (COMIC: The Great Mordillo [+]Trevor Baxendale, DWA comic stories (BBC Magazines, 2008).)

References[]

Clara Oswald had a travel guide to Sydney in her collection. (TV: Dark Water [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 8 (BBC One, 2014).)

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