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American humourist Franklin Adams dies.
Historical records and "The Seeds of Doom."
The 4th Doctor visits Professor Chronotis at St Cedd's College in Cambridge. While there, he receives an honorary degree.
"Shada."
Professor Stahlman begins work which will eventually lead to the creation of the project to be known as "Inferno."
Eleven years before "Inferno" (1972).
A Dalek, time-tossed survivor of a Time War against the Time Lords, falls to Earth, landing on Ascension Island in the south Atlantic Ocean. It burns... and screams... in a crater for three days before anyone can approach it. Over the years, it is sold at auction, passing from collector to collector, before ending up in the hands of American billionaire Henry van Stratton in the 21st century.
More than fifty years before "Dalek" (2012).
Rani Ghosh is born. He will become one of Suzie Costello's murder victims in 2007.
Rani is 45 when he is killed not long before "Everything Changes" (TW) (2007).
Benjamin Wainwright dies.
Seen on his tomestone in "Blink".
On the planet Marinus, Arbitan, the Keeper of the Conscience, sends his daughter Sabetha in search of the Keys to the Conscience. Also on Marinus, the hunter-trapper Vason kills a wolf with his bare hands.
Both events happened a year before "The Keys of Marinus" (1964).
March 29: A young lady named Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lewis is raped and murdered by her date, Ed Morgan. The crime remains unsolved until 2007 when Owen Harper of Torchwood accidentally uses a quantum transducer to witness the assault.
"Ghost Machine" (TW).
The 1st Doctor and Susan arrive in London; Susan enrolls at Coal Hill School. Her schoolwork eventually begins to suffer, prompting her history teacher, Barbara Wright, to visit Susan's grandfather at 76 Totter's Lane. She finds only a scrapyard. Susan also piques the interest of her science teacher, Ian Chesterton. At some point, the Doctor arranges to have the Hand of Omega, disguised as a coffin, stored in a funeral parlour, intending to have it buried.
These events all take place in the five months leading up to "100 000 BC." The Hand of Omega is from "Remembrance of the Daleks."
Smithers begins his work on the insecticide DN6.
A year before "Planet of Giants" (1964).
A song by John Smith and the Common Men goes from 19 to 2 on the charts.
Shortly before "100 000 BC."
October: 100 000 BC: An Unearthly Child: Schoolteachers Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton investigate their student Susan's background, discover the TARDIS and encounter Susan's grandfather, the 1st Doctor. The Doctor decides he must take the schoolteachers away with him to protect his secret.
The October dating comes from "Remembrance of the Daleks," which happens in November, a few weeks after this story.
November: Remembrance of the Daleks: 1,2,3,4: The 7th Doctor and Ace are caught between two factions of warring Daleks, one led by Davros. Both groups have travelled back to this time period to retrieved the Hand of Omega, a stellar manipulator previously left on Earth by the Doctor. After Davros' group wipes out the other, the Doctor allows the Hand to fall into the Daleks' possession. When it is activated, the Hand, acting on the Doctor's pre-programmed orders, travels forwards through time and destroys the Dalek homeworld of Skaro. Feedback from the explosion also destroys the Dalek ship in this time.
November 22: US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald, an event heralded by the Nemesis statue's passing over the Earth. The 9th Doctor is present in the crowd witnessing the shooting.
Historical records and "Silver Nemesis." The Doctor's presence established in "Rose."
The Keys of Marinus: The Sea of Death; The Velvet Web; The Screaming Jungle; The Snows of Terror; Sentence of Death; The Keys of Marinus: On the planet Marinus, the 1st Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara are forced to collect 4 micro-circuits, or Keys, needed to run a mind-control machine called the Conscience. After finally collecting all the Keys, the Conscience is destroyed to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Voord.
The Aztecs: The Temple of Evil: The TARDIS leaves the planet Marinus.
July 12: The Beatles sell out the Brighton Hippodrome Theatre on the first leg of their Summer 1964 UK.
Historical records. A headline about the concert is seen on the newspaper shown in "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?" (SJA).
July 13: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (SJA): 1,2: Maria Jackson briefly meets a 13 year-old Sarah Jane Smith and Andrea Yates before being pulled fully out of time by a Graske. Shortly after, Sarah Jane and Andrea explored a dilapidated pier which collapses, causing Andrea to fall into the water and drown. An alternative timeline is created when the Trickster makes a deal with Andrea to trade places with Sarah; this will, unknown to Andrea, destroy the world in 2008. When the 2008 Andrea takes back the deal, time returns to its original sequence.
Sarah Jane is deeply affected by Andrea's death, showing her how precious life is and inspiring her to defend life.
"Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?" (SJA).
Planet of Giants: Planet of Giants; Dangerous Journey; Crisis: Accidentally reduced to an inch in size, the 1st Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian discover a ruthless businessman, Forester, plans to develop an insecticide, DN6, which is deadly not simply to insects, but to all living creatures. The travellers manage to attract the attention of the police, putting an end to Forester's plans.
Erato, the high ambassador of the planet Tythonus, arrives on the planet Chloris to negotiate a trade agreement between the two worlds. The first person he encounters is the Lady Adrasta, who is unwilling to give up her metal monopoly on the mineral-poor world. As a result, she steals Erato's communications device and has the ambassador, a several-hundred foot wide blob, placed in a pit he cannot escape. Unknown to her, Erato's ship begins sending out a distress signal to his people, who will eventually send a neutron star to destroy Chloris.
15 years before "The Creature from the Pit" (1979).
The 4th Doctor once again visits Professor Chronotis at St Cedd's College.
"Shada."
The horror film The Gorgon, starring Christopher Lee and Barbara Shelley, is released. In 2008, when Beatrice Nelson-Stanley talks about her encounter with Gorgons, her fellow nursing home resident Mrs. Randall assumes she is referring to this movie.
The film is name-checked in "Eye of the Gorgon" (SJA).
During a weekend in Brighton, Doris gives Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart a wristwatch as a "mark of her gratitude."
Eleven years prior to "Planet of the Spiders" (1976).
The Web Planet: The Web Planet; The Zarbi; Escape to Danger; Crater of Needles; Invasion; The Centre: On the planet Vortis, The 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki help the butterfly-like Menoptera and the slug-like Optera regain their planet from the control of the Animus and its slaves, the ant-like Zarbi.
The Chase: The Executioners: The Beatles perform their new single, "Ticket to Ride," in a concert on BBC1.
The Chase: The Planet of Decision: Ian and Barbara arrive home in a Dalek time-machine, and explore London after destroying the ship.
Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns; Trap of Steel; Air Lock; The Exploding Planet: On an unnamed planet in Galaxy 4, the 1st Doctor, Vicki and Steven encounter the Rills, a hideous-looking but peaceful race, and the Drahvins, a beautiful yet evil people. The travellers help the Rills to escape the planet before it explodes, despite the Drahvins' efforts to the contrary.
The quiz show "Call My Bluff" begins airing on the BBC. A deadly version of this program will be broadcast in the far future through the Game Station.
Historical records and "Bad Wolf."
The Daleks' Master Plan: The Feast of Steven: While fleeing the Daleks, the 1st Doctor, Steven and Sara Kingdom stop briefly in Liverpool on Christmas Day.
The Daleks' Master Plan: Escape Switch: The Meddling Monk finds himself on an unnamed, icy world and discovers that the Doctor has stolen his TARDIS' directional control.
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve: Bell of Doom: On Wimbledon Common, the 1st Doctor and Steven inadvertently pick up a new crew member, Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet.
The Ark: The Bomb: The 1st Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the Celestial Toymaker's realm.
The Celestial Toymaker: The Celestial Toyroom; The Hall of Dolls; The Dancing Floor; The Final Test: The 1st Doctor, Steven and Dodo are pulled into the Celestial Toymaker's realm and forced to play the Toymaker's games to get the TARDIS back. They all succeed at their games, destroying the Toymaker's realm.
The Chase: Flight Through Eternity: While fleeing the Daleks, the 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki stop briefly on the Empire State Building in New York. The Daleks also stop there briefly.
The War Machines: 1,2,3,4: The 1st Doctor and Dodo encounter a super-computer called WOTAN, which has decided only it can run the world efficiently. It hypnotizes several people, including Dodo. The Doctor discovers this and sends her to the country for a rest. Meanwhile, WOTAN has robots, dubbed War Machines, built to take over London. The Doctor defeats them with the help of sailor Ben Jackson, and a secretary named Polly. Dodo stays behind, and Ben and Polly join the Doctor in his travels.
The Five Doctors: While waiting for Dodo to recover from her ordeal, the 1st Doctor visits a garden, where he is abducted by Borusa and brought to Gallifrey in 1983; he returns to his proper time shortly after.
During the final episode of "The War Machines." Placement here is conjecture. This is one time when the Doctor is likely to be by himself, as depicted in "The Five Doctors."
The Smugglers: 1: The 1st Doctor, Polly and Ben leave in the TARDIS.
The Faceless Ones: 1,2,3,4,5,6: Later the same day, Polly and Ben return in the company of the 2nd Doctor and Jamie. They prevent an alien race known as Chameleons from kidnapping airline passengers and taking on their identities. Polly and Ben decide to remain in their own time. The Doctor and Jamie discover that the TARDIS has been stolen.
The Evil of the Daleks: 1,2: Professor Edward Waterfield is forced by the Daleks to capture the 2nd Doctor and Jamie, and bring them back to the year 1866.
September: The science fiction television series "Star Trek" premieres, featuring the alien character, Mr. Spock.
Historical records. In "The Empty Child," Rose accuses the Doctor's technology tracking methods of being "not very Mr. Spock," thus comfirming that the second greatest SF series ever exsists in the universe of the all-time greatest SF series ever.
November 15: Perpugilliam Brown in born.
Peri's birthdate appears on her passport in "Planet of Fire."
Februrary 1: Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice, the future mother of Rose Tyler, is born.
The alternate Jackie celebrates her 40th birthday (although calling it her 39th) in "Rise of the Cybermen" (2007). Presumably, the mainstream Jackie shares the same birthday. Jackie's full name is given in "Father's Day".
While working on a missile guidance system, Doctor Fendelman begins work on the Time Scanner, which will allow him to find the Fendahl's skull in 1977.
Ten years before "Image of the Fendahl" (1977).
A Resurrection Gauntlet falls through the Cardiff Rift and lands in Cardiff Bay. Torchwood will eventually retrive it.
40 years before "They Keep Killing Suzie" (TW) (2007).
January 2: Future actor Cuba Gooding, Jr., is born in New York City. The official biography of a parallel reality's Jackie Tyler gives her birthdate as the same.
"Rise of the Cybermen". (This is a bit odd, given that Jackie celebrates her birthday on Februrary 1st. The year is a deliberate fabrication, but no reason is given why the exact day would be altered.)
The Web of Fear: 1,2,3,4,5,6: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Victoria once again meet Professor Travers and help him to fight the Great Intelligence and its robot Yeti in the London Underground. The Doctor meets then-Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart for the first time.
Fury From the Deep: 1,2,3,4,5,6: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Victoria come to the aid of a group trapped on an off-shore gas refinery. The base is under attack by a form of parasitic seaweed, which the Doctor discovers is vulnerable to sound. Using Victoria's amplified screaming, the Weed is destroyed. Victoria decides to remain with a couple living on the refinery.
The Wheel in Space: 1: The 2nd Doctor and Jamie leave Earth in the TARDIS.
The Meddling Monk deposits 200 pounds in a bank in England.
"The Time Meddler."
The 19th Summer Olympic Games are held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Historical records and "The Underwater Menace."
The Dominators: 1,2,3,4,5: On the planet Dulkis, a pair of Dominators attempt to destroy that world with the assistance of their robots, the Quarks. The Dominators intend to use the radio-active remains of Dulkis to power their space fleet. The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe help the Dulcians to destroy the Dominators' ship, foiling their scheme.
The Mind Robber: 1,2,3,4,5: Attempting to escape from an eruption on Dulkis, the 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive in a pocket dimension called the Land of Fiction. Those who rule the Land wish to use the Doctor's mind to fuel their world. The Doctor and his companions manage to overload the unseen rulers' machines, allowing them to escape.
The film Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda as a beautiful spy in space, is released.
Historical records. The film's existence in the "Doctor Who" universe is confirmed in "The Unquiet Dead."
January 30: The Beatles hold an unannounced concert on the rooftop of the headquarters to Apple Records in Savile Row, London. During the concert, the band temporarily slips through time to 2008.
"End of Days" (TW).
The Krotons: 1,2,3,4: On an unnamed planet, the 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe encounter the Krotons and the Gonds. The Gonds are treated like slaves by the Krotons, and the time-travelers give the Gonds the knowledge they need to destroy the Krotons and their ship.
The War Games: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10: The 2nd Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover a group of aliens conducting War Games with the help of the War Chief, a renegade Time Lord. Humans have been plucked from wars throughout history, and are being trained to become a massive army with which the War Lords will control the galaxy. After defeating the War Lords, the Doctor summons the Time Lords to replace all the displaced humans. However, the Doctor is placed on trail by the Time Lords for interfering with other cultures. Jamie and Zoe are returned to their own times, and the Doctor is forcibly regenerated and exiled the Earth in the late 20th century.
The 10th Doctor and Martha are stranded in this time by the Weeping Angels, seperated from their TARDIS. Fortunately, they have been given notes about the occurrence by Sally Sparrow in 2008 and know that, if they send messages to Sally in 2007, she will be able to send the TARDIS back to them. Martha gets a job in a shop to support herself and the Doctor, while the Doctor works out what must be done.
"Blink".
Blink: Detective Inspector Billy Shipton arrives in this time from 2007. He encounters the 10th Doctor and Martha, who explain that Billy is a victim of the Weeping Angels, thrown back in time and that he will have to live the rest of his life from this point on. Stranded in this time themselves, seperated from the TARDIS, the Doctor asks Billy to give Sally Sparrow a message when he once again reaches 2007.
Sometime after their encounter with Billy Shipton, the TARDIS arrives from 2007, thanks to the efforts of Sally Sparrow.
"Blink".
July 20: The lunar module Eagle lands on Earth's moon and American astronauts Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. become the first humans to walk on the moon. The 10th Doctor and Martha watch the event no less than four times.
Historical records and "Blink".
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