San Francisco San Francisco was a city located in California in the United States of America . According to a mid - 20th century resident named Jessica Willamy , it was mostly known for " the streetcar s and the hills , the rich suburbs and the bay " . But it was also famous in American history for at least two major cultural events : the 1906 earthquake and the Summer of Love in 1967 . ( PROSE : " Wonderland " ) History . On 18 April 1906 , San Francisco was ravaged by an earthquake and consumed by fire . Azathoth and her rakshassi army , having been diverted here by the Seventh Doctor , were consumed in the fire . ( PROSE : " All - Consuming Fire " ) The Sonomancer attempted to destroy the Earth with this earthquake , amplifying it with the Gift . ( AUDIO : " The Gift " ) The vampire known as Weird Harold was found buried alive after the earthquake . ( PROSE : " Vampire Science " ) While wondering why the residents of Pompeii didn ' t move away after the 62 earthquake , the Tenth Doctor answered his own question by saying , " then again , San Francisco " . Lobus Caecilius believed the Doctor was referring to a restaurant in Naples . ( TV : " The Fires of Pompeii " ) In January 1967 , when the city was the hub of the hippie movement , the Second Doctor , Ben Jackson and Polly Wright attended the Human Be - In event in Golden Gate Park and put a stop to a dangerous strain of LSD called Blue Moonbeams , which threatened to kill many of the people in attendance . ( PROSE : " Wonderland " ) In 1976 , the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones visited San Francisco and saved Carolyn McConnell from a vampire . They then travelled to 1997 to battle more vampires . ( PROSE : " Vampire Science " ) On 31 December 1999 , the Seventh Doctor regenerated into his eighth incarnation . After an initial bout of amnesia , the newly regenerated Doctor stopped from stealing his body and destroying the Earth , with the help of Dr Grace Holloway . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) On 31 December 1999 , the renegade Time Lady Iris Wildthyme and her companion Panda arrived in San Francisco in her TARDIS . Immediately after their arrival , Iris spilled gin into the bus ' control and out into Time Vortex , resulting in various different versions of Panda from alternative realities crossing over into the primary universe . With the assistance of Dr George Strangeways , Iris was able to close the rift , though not before the Panda from the primary universe had been dragged into it . Iris told Dr Strangeways that , on her previous visit to San Francisco , she brought two humpback whales back to the future in order to save Earth . ( AUDIO : " The Panda Invasion " ) On 1 January 2000 , the Eighth Doctor told Chang Lee to " take a vacation " and warned him to stay away from San Francisco over the following Christmas . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) In November 2002 , the Eighth Doctor , Sam and Fitz Kreiner visited San Francisco . Sam and the TARDIS fell into a dimensional anomaly . Sam was reverted to her original timeline , but sacrificed herself to save the TARDIS and San Francisco . ( PROSE : " Unnatural History " ) In 2008 , Coldfire Construction put up a reactor in Los Angeles . This was causing a massive loss of power in Los Angeles which was spreading north towards San Francisco . ( TV : " Revenge of the Slitheen " ) In 2009 , Mike Yates was running an ecology project in San Francisco with Brendan Richards . Mike and Brendan were invited to Sarah Jane Smith ' s aborted wedding with Peter Dalton , but couldn ' t make it so fast because they were in San Francisco . ( PROSE : " The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith " ) According to one account , San Francisco fell into the sea in 2011 . ( PROSE : " The Janus Conjunction " ) However , a city named San Francisco was around in the 22nd century ( PROSE : " The Face - Eater " ) and the 26th century . ( PROSE : " Beige Planet Mars " ) Alternate timeline . In a parallel universe , Starfleet Academy was located in San Francisco in the 24th century . The Eleventh Doctor showed Jean - Luc Picard a future where Starfleet Academy had been destroyed by the Cybermen and they marched along the Golden Gate Bridge . ( COMIC : " Assimilation² " ) Places in San Francisco . The following locations were known to exist in San Francisco , at some point in history :