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'''1912''' was notable as the year in which [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] sank.

==Events==
===Dated===
The ''Titanic'' sailed on her maiden voyage from [[Southampton]], [[England]]. The [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels family]] cancelled their plans to travel on the ship the day before. A photograph of the Daniels with the [[Ninth Doctor]] later came into [[Clive Finch]]'s possession. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') The Ninth Doctor later remarked that he was on board an "unsinkable" vessel. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')

On [[14 April]], the ''Titanic'' struck an iceberg as it crossed the North [[Atlantic Ocean]]. As the ship sank, the [[Seventh Doctor]] stopped [[Huitzilin]] from acquiring the [[Xiuhcoatl]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)|The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') The [[Fourth Doctor]] assured [[Borusa]] he "had nothing to do with it." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'') The sinking was a major event in [[20th century]] [[Earth]] history, and nearly a century later, [[Max Capricorn]] built a [[Titanic (spaceship)|space-faring replica]] which nearly met a similarly tragic end on [[25 December]] in the [[2000s]].{{note|Although ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' is supposedly set the [[Christmas]] after the [[2007]] setting of ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series which aired immediately before and after ''Voyage'' give [[Aliens of London dating controversy|contradicting dates]] for when their present day is set. [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Paradox Moon (short story)|The Paradox Moon]]'' places [[Martha Jones]]' present day in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 3]] in [[June]] 2007. [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]'' dates it to [[March]] [[2008]]. A newspaper clipping in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' places ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' on a [[Sunday]] [[4 June]], which in the real world does not fall on a Sunday in either 2007 or 2008. [[Donna Noble]]'s present day in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]] is set in 2008 according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' (and is heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or in approximately [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''.}} ([[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'')
[[File:Titanic.jpg|left|thumb|The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' reports on the sinking of the ''Titanic''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')]]

{{Pratt|c}}, who was trapped on Earth in the early [[20th century]], boarded the ''Titanic'' for its maiden voyage in order to avoid the upcoming [[World War I|First World War]] by migrating to the [[United States of America]]. He was unaware of its eventual fate. However, he managed to escape the sinking in a lifeboat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'')

On [[17 April]], the Daniels family read a newspaper with a headline depicting the ''Titanic{{'}}''s demise, realising then why the [[Ninth Doctor]] had taken their tickets for the voyage. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Battle Scars (audio story)|Battle Scars]]'')

In [[October]], the town of [[Compton]], [[England]] was destroyed by a [[meteorite]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fog (audio story)|The Fog]]'')

===Undated===
[[Robert Scott|Captain Robert Scott]] completed his journey from [[Cardiff]] to [[Antarctica]], having set off in [[1910]]. He died shortly afterwards, ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') and news of his death did not reach [[England]] until [[February]] [[1913]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Fog (audio story)|The Fog]]'')

The [[Royal Flying Corps]] was [[name]]d in this [[year]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')

While a child, [[Xznaal]] saw the [[plantation]]s in [[Mare Sirenum]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')

The [[Voynich manuscript]] was rediscovered by [[Wilfred Voynich]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ancient Whispers (short story)|Ancient Whispers]]'')

The [[Torchwood librarian]] went to lunch and never returned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Madam, I'm (audio story)|Madam, I'm]]'')

==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
On [[15 April]], [[Charlotte Pollard]], a future [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor|Eighth]] and [[Sixth Doctor]]s, was born to [[Richard Pollard|Lord Richard]] and [[Louisa Pollard|Lady Louisa Pollard]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'')

On [[22 July]] 1912, [[John Forester]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')

===Undated===
[[Francis Wilberforce, Jr.]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wrong Doctors (audio story)|The Wrong Doctors]]'')

President [[Lecomte]] of [[Haiti]] was [[murder]]ed by agents of [[Tancred Auguste]]. Auguste later moved Lecomte's body to the Presidential Palace and blew the building up to make it look as if Lecomte had perished in the explosion. Auguste seized power as president, but was himself soon assassinated. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'')

== Behind the scenes ==
According to the "Earth-Skaro Timescale" of ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'', the [[Earth]] [[year]] 1912 is concurrent to [[Skaro-year]] 10,835.

== Footnotes ==
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