Earth-10005

This page covers the original history of Earth-10005. For the new history after X-Men: Days of Future Past, see Earth-10005 Revised.

Original X-Men Cinematic Universe
Official Name	Earth-10005
Aliases	X-Men Universe
Status	Destroyed
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, David Hayter
First	X-Men (July 13, 2000)
First	X-Men (July 13, 2000)
Destruction	X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 20, 2014)
Destruction	X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 20, 2014)

History

Timeline

Ancient Egypt

The first known findings of mutant activity occurred in Ancient Egypt, when a young boy named En Sabah Nur telekinetically built a pyramid by himself. This mutant eventually became pharaoh, and even later became worshiped as a god. However, with power, came many enemies. En Sabah Nur's reign was put to an end when a coup and an attempted assassination attempt by his many followers led to him being buried alive within his fallen pyramid.

1960s

Erik Lehnsherr	You've known all along why I was here, Charles. But things have changed. What started as a covert mission - tomorrow, mankind will know that mutants exist. Shaw, us - they won't differentiate. They'll fear us. And that fear will turn to hatred.
Charles Xavier	Not if we stop a war. Not if we prevent Shaw. Not if we risk our lives doing so.
Erik Lehnsherr	Would they do the same for us?
Charles Xavier	We have it in us to be the better men.
Erik Lehnsherr	We already are.

Following this, mutantkind adapted to remain hidden among the members of human society, as to not be cast out or even eradicated. This didn't stop mutants from discreetly using their abilities to help them in their selected career paths, as some fought as soldiers and worked as scientists. Additionally, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, was also a mutant.

However, not all mutants were happy living in fear of those who would oppress them. The Hellfire Club, a group of these mutants led by Sebastian Shaw, sought to change the natural order by starting a nuclear war between countries that would end humankind, leaving mutants to inherit the world. Driven to maintain the peace, Charles Xavier teamed up with Shaw's enemy Erik Lehnsherr to form together the X-Men. The X-Men defeated Shaw and prevented nuclear war, but Lehnsherr and a few other mutants broke off into their own sect, for they had a different vision for the future of mutantkind.

1970s

The revelation of the existence of mutantkind to the government changed the direction of science and technology. Scientist and businessman Bolivar Trask was driven by the belief that mutants would one day become the dominant species, leaving humankind to go extinct. Trask began work on the Sentinel program, a line of robotic weapons designed to hunt down and kill mutants in preparation for that day. However, in experimenting on mutants for this program, Trask caught the attention of former X-Man Mystique, who assassinated Trask for his disregard for mutant life. Following Trask's asassination, President Richard Nixon decided to activate the Sentinel program for further development.

1980s

Mutant experimentation continued on into the 1980s, with Major William Strkyer experimenting on many mutants for his Weapon X program during this decade. Stryker orchestrated a series of events that led mutant operative James "Logan" Howlett to willfully volunteer to become a test subject. Due to his regenerative healing factor, Logan survived process and emerged with an Adamantium-laced skeleton. Once Logan found out about Stryker's manipulations, he put an end to him and his Weapon X program.

2000s

Xavier, now the headmaster of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and Lehnsherr, now leading the Brotherhood of Mutants, were put into their first major conflict with one another when Lehnsherr revealed that he possessed a machine that could turn humans into mutants. Logan and his newfound travel companion Rogue, a mutant with the ability of power absorption, were caught in the conflict, because Rogue was the key to starting Lehnsherr's machine. Logan, going by the codename Wolverine, and the modern incarnation of the X-Men were able to defeat the Brotherhood and save Rogue.

Stryker, still seeking to have control over mutants, orchestrated an assassination attempt on the President through the use of a mindcontrolled mutant teleporter named Kurt Wagner. Stryker used the President's distress over the situation to order a raid of Xavier's School. Stryker captured many mutants and learned the way to build his own Cerebro because of this. Realizing they have a common enemy in Stryker, the X-Men and the Brotherhood united their forces to put and end to him. While Stryker was killed in the end, Jean Grey had to sacrifice her life so that the X-Men could escape Stryker's research facility.

A new threat exposed itself to mutantkind when scientists created a way to suppress the mutant gene after it had already been manifested. "The Cure" stirred a lot of controversy between both humankind and mutantkind, with some mutants opting to take it, while other mutants scorned those who did. Lehnsherr's Brotherhood grew tremendously when he rallied many mutant activists groups to his cause. The X-Men tried to maintain the peace, but this was challenged when Jean Grey returned as the cataclysmic force known as the Phoenix. Many sides fought to have her on their side, which only angered the Phoenix force more, resulting in the deaths of Xavier and a few more. In the end, the X-Men were able to break the ranks of the Brotherhood and Wolverine was able to destroy the Phoenix by killing Jean.

2010s

Following this, Wolverine remained with the X-Men for a time, before going off on his own once again. He was summoned to Japan by Yashida, a former soldier who was hoping to thank Logan for saving his life in World War II. However, Wolverine stumbled upon a plot to steal him of his healing factor and came into conflict with many factions vying for control over the Yashida Corporation. Despite being more susceptible to injury and fatality, Wolverine overcame all opponents with the help of Yukio, and set off from Japan to adventure with her.

2020s

The commission of the Sentinel Mk X led to the almost complete annihilation of mutants. The only resistance was led by the Free Mutants, who utilized Kitty Pryde's ability to send people's minds back through time to evade capture. The X-Men conjured up the plan to send Wolverine back in time to the 1970s, in order to prevent the Sentinel program from ever being commissioned. Wolverine was successful in his attempt, which led to the creation of a new timeline that overwrote this one.

Chronological Film Order

• X-Men: First Class (1962)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (1979)
• X-Men (2003)
• X2: X-Men United (2003)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• The Wolverine (2013)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2023)

Residents

See: Earth-10005 Characters

X-Men

Free Mutants

Wolverine (Logan)

Professor Charles Xavier

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Jean Grey

Storm (Ororo Munroe)

Beast (Hank McCoy)

Rogue (Marie D'Ancanto)

Iceman (Bobby Drake)

Kitty Pryde

Colossus (Peter Rasputin)

Angel (Warren Worthington III)

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

Mariko Yashida

Yukio

Gambit (Remy LeBeau)

John Wraith

Kayla Silverfox

Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)

Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)

Colonel William Stryker

Sebastian Shaw

Emma Frost

Pyro (John Allerdyce)

Sabretooth (Victor Creed)

Ichirō Yashida

Shingen Yashida

Viper (Doctor Green)

Weapon XI (Wade Wilson)

Agent Zero (David North)

Notes

• This reality was used in materials which were meant to be part of 20th Century Fox's original X-Men film universe.
  • Films: X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, The Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • Comic tie-ins: X-Men the Movie Iconnect Special #1, X-Men 2 Prequel: Wolverine #1, X-Men 2 Prequel: Nightcrawler #1, X-Men 2 Movie #1, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: The High Hand #1
    • X-Men the Movie Special Edition #1, X-Men Movie Prequel: Wolverine #1, X-Men Movie Prequel: Rogue #1, X-Men Movie Prequel: Magneto #1, X-Men Movie Adaptation #1 are non-canon to the movies and take place in an alternate reality.
  • Video games: X-Men: The Official Game
    • X-Men 2: Battle, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, X-Men: The Last Stand - Mind Maze and X-Men Origins: Wolverine take place in different alternate realities.
  • Novels: X-Men: A Novelization, X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand
• With the release of X-Men: First Class, a number of continuity issues appeared between the film and the established continuity of the original trilogy of films. For a more comprehensive look at these issues, please see the notes section of the X-Men: First Class page.
• Future installments in the franchise confirmed by Marvel and 20th Century Fox were settled further in revised timeline.
  • In Deadpool & Wolverine, that timeline is referred to by this reality's name.
• Bryan Singer talked about "changing history from 1973" in an interview with Empire Magazine. The director stated "I don't want people to panic about us erasing the movies. I believe in multiverses," explaining the possibility of certain events as they would be part of the history of alternate universes.
• Following the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox and its assets, some films in the X-Men film series were re-categorized as "Marvel Legacy" movies on the streaming platform Disney+, to separate it from films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Trivia

• 10005 is a zip code in NYC, the city in which the first films take place.
• Earth-10005 has spawned several alternate timelines of its own:
  • See: Earth-10005 Diverged Realities

See Also

• 18 appearance(s) of Earth-10005
• 2 mention(s) of Earth-10005
• 637 image(s) of Earth-10005
• 169 characters that originate from Earth-10005
• 11 teams that originate from Earth-10005
• 14 organizations that originate from Earth-10005
• 1 locations that originate from Earth-10005
• 7 items that originate from Earth-10005

Links and References

• X-Men Movies Wiki
  • Earth-10005 on the X-Men Movies Wiki