Belgium

Belgium was a nation in western Europe.
== Geography ==
Southern Belgium was known as Wallonia, and located there were Waterloo and Plancenoit. (AUDIO: )
Ostend and Brussels were cities in Belgium, (AUDIO: ) the latter of which served as its capital. (PROSE: )
The forests of Soignes (AUDIO: ) and Mormal were both located there. (COMIC: )
== History ==
=== Early history ===
Belgium was located in the same region as 5th century Gaul. (PROSE: )
The Tenth Doctor rescued the kidnapped Charlemagne from Momus, an insane computer, in 800. (TV: , PROSE: )
=== 19th century ===
Belgians were among the Allied army which opposed Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. (PROSE: ) The Battle of Waterloo took place on 18 June, with both the Sixth Doctor (AUDIO: ) and the Second Doctor present, and ended in victory for the Allies. (PROSE: )
In 1865, Leopold II was crowned King of the Belgians. (AUDIO: )
=== 20th century ===
In 1913, the Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown encountered Toby the Sapient Pig and Marcel Proust in a hotel in Ostend. (AUDIO: )
In 1914, Belgium was allied with France. Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Germany invaded Belgium. As the United Kingdom was also allied with France, it declared war against Germany. (PROSE: )
The Tenth Doctor visited the battlefields of the First World War in Belgium twice, once with Rose Tyler and once with Daniel Francis Thompson. (COMIC: , PROSE: ) Belgium was notable for being a key location on the Western Front. Its towns and cities, including Mons, (COMIC: ) Ypres (TV: ) and Antwerp saw much of the action during the conflict. (AUDIO: )
In October 1914, Germany bombarded Antwerp. Using her yacht, a British woman named Jessica Borthwick evacuated numerous Belgians across the English Channel while under German fire. (AUDIO: )
In 1939, the Seventh Doctor told Adolf Hitler that Belgium was one of the countries Germany would conquer. By 1940, the Wehrmacht had overrun Belgium. (PROSE: )
On 7 June 1941, the German fleet was preparing to depart harbours all along the Dutch and Belgian coast when Koenig and Wyckham's plot to use Chronosteel to enable the German invasion of Britain was thwarted by Clyde Langer and George Woods in Little Malding. (TV: )
In 1944, the country faced further conflict in the Second World War, when the region of Ardennes became the location of the Battle of the Bulge. The Eighth Doctor, Sam Jones and Fitz Kreiner become involved in this battle. (PROSE: )
=== 21st century ===
In February 2001, Anji Kapoor and her boyfriend Dave Young encountered Kulan agents whilst in Brussels. Fitz Kreiner met them, suspecting the Eighth Doctor's involvement. Also in February 2001, Pierre-Yves Dudoin attempted to launch his Star Dart, but it was destroyed. (PROSE: )
The sale of Dogon eyes were somewhat popular with collectors of alien artefacts, especially in Belgium. (TV: )
Around the 2010s, Missy ordered the Cybermen to blow up Boat One as well as Belgium. She said they "might as well" kill some Belgians because they weren't even French. (TV: )
== Culture ==
According to the Tenth Doctor, Belgium had the finest chocolatiers in all the galaxy. (COMIC: ) According to Agatha Christie, they made "such lovely buns". (TV: )
== References ==
The collision of the TARDISes of the tenth and fifth incarnations threatened to blow a hole in the space-time continuum the exact size of Belgium, a somewhat anticlimactic apocalypse. (TV: )
The Tenth Doctor's psychic paper convinced an Alexandra Palace security guard that the Doctor was the King of Belgium. (TV: )
Agatha Christie made her fictional detective Hercule Poirot a Belgian. (TV: )
 
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