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'''1968''' was an important year for the [[Time Lord]]s. [[Cuthbert Simpson]] learned the [[randomiser]] code for [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] from [[Susan Seymour]], ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Banquo Legacy]]'') allowing the Time Lords to track down the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'')
'''1968''' was a [[year]].
 
== Properties ==
1968 was a [[leap year]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})
 
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[May]] ===
=== Dated ===
* [[Jack Harkness]] was present for the [[Paris]]ian student riots. ([[TM]]: ''[[The Book of Jahi]]'')
==== January - June ====
On [[14 February]], the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' reported that [[Revolution Man]]'s symbol had appeared on both towers of the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
On [[21 February]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] left [[Henry Gordon Jago]] and [[George Litefoot|Professor George Litefoot]] in the [[Red Tavern]] in [[London]], mistakenly believing that it was the [[1890s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Voyage to the New World (audio story)}})
 
On [[29 February]], the [[Third Doctor]] invited [[Gerry Billing]] to a meeting at the future [[UNIT HQ]]. Gerry came with his mother [[Claire Billing|Claire]], and after hearing Gerry's story of how he had encountered the [[First Doctor]] in [[1963]], the Doctor deduced Gerry had developed a [[psychic link]] with [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and, through it, him. The Doctor broke Gerry's link with the ship, and arranged for the [[Billing family|Billings]] to move to [[Shoreditch]], having [[Ian Chesterton]] meet Gerry and Claire there just after the Doctor had left. He also left Gerry a second [[Doctor Bear]] to replace the destroyed original. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})
 
On [[15 March]], ''[[La Stampa]]'' reported the Revolution Man's symbol had appeared on the floor of [[St Peter's Cathedral]]. [[Pope]] [[Paul VI]] claimed that this was "the most serious of crimes."
 
On [[28 April]], the Revolution Man's symbol appeared in the [[Red Square]]. In response to this, [[Leonid Brezhnev]] said that the "forces of imperialist and capitalist aggression" would be punished for their "provocative action" against the "heroic Soviet people".
 
On [[29 April]], the ''[[Pravda]]'' reported about the Red Square's vandalism.
 
According to one account, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}}) the [[Great Intelligence]] invaded London sometime before June. It took over most of the [[London Underground]] with a deadly web and began spreading upwards into the streets. The city was evacuated and the military were sent into the Underground to stop the web at its source. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], and [[Victoria Waterfield]] were brought to Earth by the Intelligence. With the help of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], the Doctor was able to defeat the Intelligence. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web of Fear (TV story)}})
 
Before June, the [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was formed in response to the [[London Event]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
In [[June]], [[India]] and East [[Pakistan]] were damaged by a series of extreme [[tidal wave]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
On [[3 June]], [[Andy Warhol]] was shot by [[Valerie Solanis]]. The [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Sam Jones]], and [[Iris Wildthyme]] were present for the events surrounding the shooting. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Femme Fatale (short story)}})
 
On [[5 June]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]] came to England and met up with [[Jean-Pierre Rex]]. After their visit, Rex was psychically attacked by [[Ed Hill]] and decapitated and drowned in a pond. Hill then took Rex's place as the Revolution Man.
 
Also on 5 June, the [[China|Chinese]] army came to [[Tibet]] to steal the psychic drug [[Om-Tsor]] from a group of monks. [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Madeline Burton]] were with the Monks the time of the attack. Madeline managed to escape with the help of the Eighth Doctor, but Fitz was taken by the Chinese. For the rest of the year, Fitz was brainwashed into becoming loyal to the Chinese. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
==== July - December ====
On [[1 July]], the ''[[Times of India]]'' reported that the Indian government had accused China of a deliberate attack on Indian territory. The Indian army was mobilised along in the provinces of [[Assam]] and [[Bengal]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
On [[18 July]], [[Lucia Moretti]], a lover of [[Jack Harkness]] and the eventual mother of his [[Alice Carter|daughter]], began her work as a [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] agent. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)}})
 
In early [[August]], the [[Great Mother (The Case of the Gluttonous Guru)|Great Mother]] came to London with [[Sanjaya Starr]] to impregnate people with her eggs. The children of the great mother secreted mind-altering hormones which the Great Mother used to make cooks put her eggs into their food. She decided to impregnate Henry Gordon Jago with the next Great Mother. Jago was almost eaten from the inside by the next Great Mother, but George Litefoot made Jago drink a medicine that killed the new Great Mother. Litefoot then did the same thing for the rest of the Great Mother's victims.
 
After Jago recovered, he was shown his new studio for ''[[Those Were the Days]]'': the [[Palace Theatre]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (audio story)}})
 
On [[11 November]], Ed Hill used his powers to destroy US aircraft carrier ''[[Constitution (ship)|Constitution]]''. He then carved the Revolution Man symbol on the broken metal of the ship.
 
On [[12 November]], ''[[The Times]]'' reported on the destruction of the ''Constitution'' and its implications for the future of the [[Vietnam War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})
 
In [[December]], the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'' starring [[Edmund Trevithick]] as the title character was rebroadcast on [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC2]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}, {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}})
 
During the filming of the ''[[Those Were the Days]]'' Christmas special, [[Guinevere Godiva]] reconstituted the mind of [[Magnus Greel]] using a [[Venusian]] crystal. He took possession of Detective Inspector [[Dave Sacker]] to continue living. When Greel was killed by Jago and Litefoot, Jago and Litefoot used the pre-programmed time cabinet to travel from 1968 to 1893 again. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Final Act (audio story)}})
 
On [[20 December]], [[Cristián Alvarez]] met the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[London]]. At this time, the Doctor began transforming into [[Huitzilin]]. [[Hamlet Macbeth]] found the Doctor and, with the help of [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]], brought the Doctor to a UNIT laboratory. The Doctor spent the next three weeks recovering. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}})
 
On [[23 December]], [[the Sentience (Nightshade)|the Sentience]] began stirring in [[Crook Marsham]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})
 
On [[24 December]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Ace]] arrived in Crook Marsham and became involved in the fight against the Sentience. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})
 
On [[25 December]], the final battle against the Sentience took place. It departed Crook Marsham. Actor [[Edmund Trevithick]] died in the incident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})
 
=== Undated ===
[[Cuthbert Simpson]] learned the [[randomiser]] code for [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] from [[Susan Seymour]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Banquo Legacy (novel)}}) allowing the Time Lords to track down the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}})
 
The [[United Nations]] had established protocols for [[first contact]] with [[alien]] life by this time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sound of Drums (TV story)}})
 
[[Igrix]] intended to stop the [[Vietnam War]] in 1968. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}})
 
According to some accounts, the [[London Event]] occurred in 1968, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}}, {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}}, [[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Global Conspiracy? (home video)}}) leading to the formation of [[UNIT]] by the end of the year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}}, {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})


=== [[June]] ===
The [[First Monk]] deposited [[Pound sterling|£200]] in a [[London]] [[bank]], and collected a fortune with compound interest by travelling forward in time to [[2168]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time Meddler (TV story)}})
* [[21 June|21]] - The [[cryogenic]]ally frozen [[World War I]] soldier [[Tommy Brockless]] was revived, as he was on this date every year since [[1919]]. Exploring the outside world, he was intrigued by the short skirts worn by young women. In [[2008]], he claimed it was as if all of his [[Christmas]]es had come at once. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'')


=== [[July]] ===
The [[1968 Olympics|1968 Olympic Games]] were held in [[Mexico]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Underwater Menace (TV story)}})
* [[18 July|18]] - [[Lucia Moretti]], a lover of [[Jack Harkness]] and the eventual mother of his [[Alice Carter|daughter]], began her work as a [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] agent. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three]]'')


=== [[October]] ===
An attempt by the [[Cybermen]] to build a [[Cyber City]] on Earth was defeated by the [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Cyber Empire (comic story)}})
* The [[Olympics]] were held in [[Mexico City]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' )


=== [[December]] ===
{{Delgado|n=The Master}} planted the [[Necronomicon]] on [[Jamie McCrimmon]] in [[London]]. It then took [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] to the [[Nameless City]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nameless City (short story)}})
* [[20 December|20]] - [[Cristián Alvarez]] met the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[London]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
* [[23 December|23]] - The [[Sentience]] began stirring in [[Crook Marsham]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
* [[24 December|24]] - The Seventh Doctor and [[Ace]] arrived in Crook Marsham and became involved in the fight against the Sentience. ([[NA]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
* [[25 December|25]] - The final battle against the Sentience took place. It departed Crook Marsham. Actor [[Edmund Trevithick]] died in the incident. ([[MA]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')


=== Unknown dates ===
The London [[police]] announced that they would be scrapping all [[police box]]es. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nameless City (short story)}})
* The [[United Nations]] had by this time established protocols for [[first contact]] with [[alien]] life. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
* [[The Monk]] deposited £200 in a [[London]] bank, planning to withdraw it with compound interest in two hundred years. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
[[Jack Harkness]] was present for the [[Paris]]ian student riots. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of Jahi (short story)}})
=== [[January]] ===
* [[6 January|06]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[13 January|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[20 January|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[27 January|27]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. The episode was followed by a specially shot scene of the [[Second Doctor]] on the London Underground set addressing the viewers about the events of the next story, ''[[The Web of Fear]]''.


=== [[February]] ===
[[Apollo 7]] was launched. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}}) A [[Space shuttle (The Time Museum)|space shuttle]] which orbited Earth this year later became an exhibit in the [[Time Museum]] visited by the Second Doctor, John and Gillian. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Time Museum (comic story)}})
* [[1 February|01]] - [[Tom Baker]] made his TV acting debut in an episode of ''Market in Honey Lane''.
* [[3 February|03]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[10 February|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[17 February|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of [[Nicholas Courtney]] as Col. (later Brigadier) [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], a character that became a regular part of the ''Doctor Who'' universe for the next forty years.
* [[24 February|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.


=== [[March]] ===
The [[cryogenic]]ally frozen [[World War I]] soldier [[Tommy Brockless]] was revived. Exploring the outside world, he was intrigued by the short skirts worn by young women. He later claimed it was as if all of his [[Christmas]]es had come at once. ([[TV]]: {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}})
* [[2 March|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[9 March|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[16 March|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[23 March|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[30 March|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.


=== [[April]] ===
[[Bernie Wilson]] began working for [[Henrik's, Central London|Henrik's]] in the Kitchenwares department. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
* [[4 April|04]] - [[wikipedia:Martin Luther King|Martin Luther King, Jr.]] was assassinated.
* [[6 April|06]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
** [[Keith Pyott]], who played [[Autloc]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'', died.
* [[13 April|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[20 April|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. [[Deborah Watling]] left the series with this episode.
* [[23 April|23]] - [[Ricky Groves]] ([[Markus Creevy]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Thin Ice]] ''and ''[[Crime of the Century]]'') was born.
* [[27 April|27]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.


=== [[May]] ===
=== Alternate timelines ===
* [[4 May|04]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. This was the debut of [[Wendy Padbury]] as new companion [[Zoe Heriot]].
In an aborted timeline, the [[Eighth Doctor]] prevented [[Valerie Solanis]] from shooting [[Andy Warhol]] by jumping into the line of fire because he was unaware that Warhol was supposed to be shot. The Doctor and [[Sam Jones]] became trapped on Earth. [[Iris Wildthyme]] travelled back in time and prevented this version of history from occurring. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Femme Fatale (short story)}})
* [[11 May|11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[12 May|12]] - [[Catherine Tate]] ([[Donna Noble]]) was born.
* [[18 May|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[25 May|25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[28 May|28]] - [[Kylie Minogue]] ([[Astrid Peth]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') was born.


=== [[June]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[1 June|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast, concluding the fifth season of ''Doctor Who''. The episode ended with the [[Second Doctor]] showing [[Zoe Heriot|Zoe]] a recording of a recent adventure, leading into a rebroadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' which filled the gap before the start of the next season.
[[Ross Bevan]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|One Rule (audio story)}})
* [[6 June|06]] - [[wikipedia:Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy]] was assassinated.
* [[7 June|7]] - [[Sarah Parish]] (the [[Empress of the Racnoss]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') was born.
* [[28 June|28]] - [[Adam Woodyatt]] ([[Ian Beale]] in a cameo appearance in [[DW]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'') was born.


=== [[August]] ===
[[Colin (And You Will Obey Me)|Colin]], [[Helen (And You Will Obey Me)|Helen]], [[Mikey (And You Will Obey Me)|Mikey]] and [[Janine (And You Will Obey Me)|Janine]] were born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|And You Will Obey Me (audio story)}})
* [[5 August|5]] - [[Matt Jones]], best known in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' world for writing the ''Doctor Who'' episodes [[DW]]: ''[[The Impossible Planet]]''/''[[The Satan Pit]]'' and the ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' episode [[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'', was born.
* [[10 August|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast, launching [[Season 6]].
* [[17 August|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* 17 - [[Helen McCrory]] ([[Rosanna Calvierri]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'') was born.
* [[24 August|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[31 August|31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.


=== [[September]] ===
[[Linda Grainger]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Childhood Living (short story)}})
* The fourth ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1969|Doctor Who Annual]]'' was published.
* [[7 September|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Dominators]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[8 September|8]] - [[Louise Minchin]] (a [[Newsreader (Children of Earth)|newsreader]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'') was born.
* [[14 September|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[21 September|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[28 September|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.


=== [[October]] ===
[[Simon Jenkins]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}})
* [[Frazer Hines]] released the pop single "Who's Dr. Who?" on Major Minor Records.
* [[5 October|05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[9 October|09]] - [[James Dreyfus]], who played [[John Harrison]] in [[SJA]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'', was born.
* [[12 October|12]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast, followed by several weeks of preemptions caused by coverage of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City.


=== [[November]] ===
[[Martin Luther King]] was [[assassinated]]. This led to many riots in the [[United States of America]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Age of Revolution (audio story)}})
* [[2 November|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. [[Terrance Dicks]]' long association with the ''Doctor Who'' franchise began with this episode, on which he served as script editor. Although the character was not yet identified by name, [[John Levene]] made his debut as [[John Benton]].
* [[9 November|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast, in which [[UNIT]] was officially introduced. [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] appeared as a brigadier for the first time, though he did not become a regular until 1970.
* [[16 November|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[23 November|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. This was the show's fifth anniversary.
* [[30 November|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.


=== [[December]] ===
[[Shirley1968]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lonely (short story)}})
* [[7 December|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[14 December|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast.
* [[18 December|18]] - [[Nina Wadia]], who played [[Ramsden]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', was born.
* [[21 December|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'' Episode 8 was first broadcast. Except for minor references, this was the last appearance of the Cybermen until [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' in 1975.
* [[28 December|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Krotons]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' script for the prolific [[Robert Holmes]].


== See also ==
== Other ==
* [[:Category:Stories set in 1968|Stories set in 1968]]
[[Paul VI]] was the [[Pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})


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1968 was a year.

Properties

1968 was a leap year. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

Events

Dated

January - June

On 14 February, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Revolution Man's symbol had appeared on both towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

On 21 February, the Sixth Doctor left Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot in the Red Tavern in London, mistakenly believing that it was the 1890s. (AUDIO: Voyage to the New World [+]Loading...["Voyage to the New World (audio story)"])

On 29 February, the Third Doctor invited Gerry Billing to a meeting at the future UNIT HQ. Gerry came with his mother Claire, and after hearing Gerry's story of how he had encountered the First Doctor in 1963, the Doctor deduced Gerry had developed a psychic link with the TARDIS and, through it, him. The Doctor broke Gerry's link with the ship, and arranged for the Billings to move to Shoreditch, having Ian Chesterton meet Gerry and Claire there just after the Doctor had left. He also left Gerry a second Doctor Bear to replace the destroyed original. (PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

On 15 March, La Stampa reported the Revolution Man's symbol had appeared on the floor of St Peter's Cathedral. Pope Paul VI claimed that this was "the most serious of crimes."

On 28 April, the Revolution Man's symbol appeared in the Red Square. In response to this, Leonid Brezhnev said that the "forces of imperialist and capitalist aggression" would be punished for their "provocative action" against the "heroic Soviet people".

On 29 April, the Pravda reported about the Red Square's vandalism.

According to one account, (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"]) the Great Intelligence invaded London sometime before June. It took over most of the London Underground with a deadly web and began spreading upwards into the streets. The city was evacuated and the military were sent into the Underground to stop the web at its source. The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, and Victoria Waterfield were brought to Earth by the Intelligence. With the help of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, the Doctor was able to defeat the Intelligence. (TV: The Web of Fear [+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"])

Before June, the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce was formed in response to the London Event. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

In June, India and East Pakistan were damaged by a series of extreme tidal waves. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

On 3 June, Andy Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanis. The Eighth Doctor, Sam Jones, and Iris Wildthyme were present for the events surrounding the shooting. (PROSE: Femme Fatale [+]Loading...["Femme Fatale (short story)"])

On 5 June, the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones came to England and met up with Jean-Pierre Rex. After their visit, Rex was psychically attacked by Ed Hill and decapitated and drowned in a pond. Hill then took Rex's place as the Revolution Man.

Also on 5 June, the Chinese army came to Tibet to steal the psychic drug Om-Tsor from a group of monks. Fitz Kreiner and Madeline Burton were with the Monks the time of the attack. Madeline managed to escape with the help of the Eighth Doctor, but Fitz was taken by the Chinese. For the rest of the year, Fitz was brainwashed into becoming loyal to the Chinese. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

July - December

On 1 July, the Times of India reported that the Indian government had accused China of a deliberate attack on Indian territory. The Indian army was mobilised along in the provinces of Assam and Bengal. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

On 18 July, Lucia Moretti, a lover of Jack Harkness and the eventual mother of his daughter, began her work as a Torchwood agent. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])

In early August, the Great Mother came to London with Sanjaya Starr to impregnate people with her eggs. The children of the great mother secreted mind-altering hormones which the Great Mother used to make cooks put her eggs into their food. She decided to impregnate Henry Gordon Jago with the next Great Mother. Jago was almost eaten from the inside by the next Great Mother, but George Litefoot made Jago drink a medicine that killed the new Great Mother. Litefoot then did the same thing for the rest of the Great Mother's victims.

After Jago recovered, he was shown his new studio for Those Were the Days: the Palace Theatre. (AUDIO: The Case of the Gluttonous Guru [+]Loading...["The Case of the Gluttonous Guru (audio story)"])

On 11 November, Ed Hill used his powers to destroy US aircraft carrier Constitution. He then carved the Revolution Man symbol on the broken metal of the ship.

On 12 November, The Times reported on the destruction of the Constitution and its implications for the future of the Vietnam War. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

In December, the BBC science fiction series Nightshade starring Edmund Trevithick as the title character was rebroadcast on BBC2. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"], The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])

During the filming of the Those Were the Days Christmas special, Guinevere Godiva reconstituted the mind of Magnus Greel using a Venusian crystal. He took possession of Detective Inspector Dave Sacker to continue living. When Greel was killed by Jago and Litefoot, Jago and Litefoot used the pre-programmed time cabinet to travel from 1968 to 1893 again. (AUDIO: The Final Act [+]Loading...["The Final Act (audio story)"])

On 20 December, Cristián Alvarez met the Seventh Doctor in London. At this time, the Doctor began transforming into Huitzilin. Hamlet Macbeth found the Doctor and, with the help of Ace and Bernice Summerfield, brought the Doctor to a UNIT laboratory. The Doctor spent the next three weeks recovering. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])

On 23 December, the Sentience began stirring in Crook Marsham. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

On 24 December, the Seventh Doctor and Ace arrived in Crook Marsham and became involved in the fight against the Sentience. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

On 25 December, the final battle against the Sentience took place. It departed Crook Marsham. Actor Edmund Trevithick died in the incident. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

Undated

Cuthbert Simpson learned the randomiser code for the Doctor's TARDIS from Susan Seymour, (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy [+]Loading...["The Banquo Legacy (novel)"]) allowing the Time Lords to track down the Eighth Doctor. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell [+]Loading...["The Ancestor Cell (novel)"])

The United Nations had established protocols for first contact with alien life by this time. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])

Igrix intended to stop the Vietnam War in 1968. (COMIC: The Love Invasion [+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"])

According to some accounts, the London Event occurred in 1968, (PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"], Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"], HOMEVID: Global Conspiracy? [+]Loading...["Global Conspiracy? (home video)"]) leading to the formation of UNIT by the end of the year. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"], Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

The First Monk deposited £200 in a London bank, and collected a fortune with compound interest by travelling forward in time to 2168. (TV: The Time Meddler [+]Loading...["The Time Meddler (TV story)"])

The 1968 Olympic Games were held in Mexico. (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"])

An attempt by the Cybermen to build a Cyber City on Earth was defeated by the Second Doctor, John and Gillian. (COMIC: The Cyber Empire [+]Loading...["The Cyber Empire (comic story)"])

The Master planted the Necronomicon on Jamie McCrimmon in London. It then took the Doctor's TARDIS to the Nameless City. (PROSE: The Nameless City [+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"])

The London police announced that they would be scrapping all police boxes. (PROSE: The Nameless City [+]Loading...["The Nameless City (short story)"])

Jack Harkness was present for the Parisian student riots. (PROSE: The Book of Jahi [+]Loading...["The Book of Jahi (short story)"])

Apollo 7 was launched. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"]) A space shuttle which orbited Earth this year later became an exhibit in the Time Museum visited by the Second Doctor, John and Gillian. (COMIC: The Time Museum [+]Loading...["The Time Museum (comic story)"])

The cryogenically frozen World War I soldier Tommy Brockless was revived. Exploring the outside world, he was intrigued by the short skirts worn by young women. He later claimed it was as if all of his Christmases had come at once. (TV: To the Last Man [+]Loading...["To the Last Man (TV story)"])

Bernie Wilson began working for Henrik's in the Kitchenwares department. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

Alternate timelines

In an aborted timeline, the Eighth Doctor prevented Valerie Solanis from shooting Andy Warhol by jumping into the line of fire because he was unaware that Warhol was supposed to be shot. The Doctor and Sam Jones became trapped on Earth. Iris Wildthyme travelled back in time and prevented this version of history from occurring. (PROSE: Femme Fatale [+]Loading...["Femme Fatale (short story)"])

Births and deaths

Ross Bevan was born. (AUDIO: One Rule [+]Loading...["One Rule (audio story)"])

Colin, Helen, Mikey and Janine were born. (AUDIO: And You Will Obey Me [+]Loading...["And You Will Obey Me (audio story)"])

Linda Grainger was born. (PROSE: Childhood Living [+]Loading...["Childhood Living (short story)"])

Simon Jenkins was born. (PROSE: Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])

Martin Luther King was assassinated. This led to many riots in the United States of America. (AUDIO: The Age of Revolution [+]Loading...["The Age of Revolution (audio story)"])

Shirley1968 was born. (PROSE: Lonely [+]Loading...["Lonely (short story)"])

Other

Paul VI was the Pope of the Catholic Church in this year. (PROSE: Revolution Man [+]Loading...["Revolution Man (novel)"])

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