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'''1972''' was a [[year]]. | |||
== Events == | |||
=== Dated === | |||
On [[5 January]], [[President of the United States]] [[Richard Nixon]] ordered the [[construction|building]] of a [[space shuttle]]. He was cagey when asked why, saying "You don't know who might be [[listening]]..." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) | |||
On [[1 May]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] worked with [[MIAOW]] to stop a coven of [[witch]]es from summoning [[the Devil]] in [[Hobbe's End]]. Afterwards, they celebrated by throwing a [[May Day]] party with many of Iris' friends. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|From Wildthyme with Love (novel)}}) | |||
On [[4 July]], [[UNIT]] bought the [[Tunguska Scroll]] from a private collector and placed it within the [[Black Archive]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Enemy of the Bane (TV story)}}) | |||
On [[22 July]] in [[Los Angeles]], a young woman named [[Loretta van Cheaden|Lori]] was able to extract deadly revenge against [[criminal]]s who had killed a friend of hers. She was called [[Ini-Ma]] by a [[Lai-Ma|shadowy figure]] who indicated that he would later collect on a debt which she now owed him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instruments of Darkness (novel)}}) | |||
On [[14 December]], [[Apollo 17]] departed the surface of [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas on the Moon (short story)}}) | |||
On [[23 December]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] helped [[Jess Collins]] deliver [[Christmas card]]s to various friends of the Collins family, including their neighbour [[Walter (Be Forgot)|Walter]]. | |||
[[File:Walter's delusion.jpg|thumb|left|[[Walter (Be Forgot)|Walter]]'s hallucination of [[Obadiah Grimm]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Be Forgot (comic story)}})]] | |||
Some time before [[24 December]], Walter suffered a mental breakdown over the anniversary of the death of his mother [[Carmen (Be Forgot)|Carmen]]. He imagined he was being attacked by comic book character [[Obadiah Grimm]]. On 24 December, the Twelfth Doctor, Jess, and [[Devina Collins]] broke into his house and helped him calm down. They then called an ambulance to take Walter to the hospital. | |||
On [[25 December]], a neighbourhood [[Christmas]] [[breakfast]] was hosted by the Collins family in their backyard. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Be Forgot (comic story)}}) | |||
=== Undated === | |||
The [[Alliance of Shades]] was disbanded. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dreamland (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Pestilent Heart (comic story)}} et al) and, according to some accounts, the [[Third Doctor]] were both [[Exile on Earth|stuck on Earth]] in this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Island of Death (novel)}}, {{cs|Countdown to TV Action (short story)}} et al) | |||
[[Ocean Waters]] had her memories erased by the [[Men in Black (Dreamland)|Men in Black]] after she discovered the vault in [[St Jude's Hospital]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Vault of Secrets (TV story)}}) | |||
[[File:Doctor Sea Devil Leader.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Third Doctor]] with the [[Chief Sea Devil (The Sea Devils)|Chief Sea Devil]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sea Devils (TV story)}})]] | |||
According to one account, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)}}) {{Delgado}} escaped from his prison on [[Fortress Island]] by hypnotising the staff and awakening a local colony of [[Sea Devil]]s. Under the Master's influence the Sea Devils decided to go to war with humanity, providing a distraction while the Master escaped. The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]] stopped the Sea Devils, but didn't capture the Master. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sea Devils (TV story)}}) | |||
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] encountered the [[Corvid]]s in [[Highgate]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Highgate Horror (comic story)}}) | |||
A lock-in occurred in [[Berlin]] which [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda|Clockwork Panda]] were invited to. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart (short story)}}) | |||
When Iris was exiled to 1972, Panda became a [[journalist]] and helped her in her investigations. After meeting the [[White Rabbit (The Mind Robber)|White Rabbit]] and Mock Turtle, Panda started to believe that [[Alice in Wonderland]] was real. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)|The Land of Wonder}}) | |||
[[Sazali Sabudin]] published his book ''[[Pai'ngya Stands-in-the-Middle: Cunning Mesmerist or Holy Warrior?]]'' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}) | |||
=== [[ | === Other timelines === | ||
[[File:Eighth Doctor Fugitives.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan]] are chased through [[London]] by [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fugitives (audio story)}})]] | |||
In an aborted timeline where [[Kotris]] allied with the [[Dalek]]s, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|X and the Daleks (audio story)}}) the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan]] visited [[107 Baker Street]] and encountered the [[Ides Scientific Institute]]. Dr [[Sally Armstrong]] followed instructions given to her for when the Doctor arrived and activated a time machine which brought the Daleks to 1972. The Doctor and Molly ran from the Daleks and escaped in their TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fugitives (audio story)}}) | |||
In an aborted timeline where [[WOTAN]] was not defeated by the [[First Doctor]], [[Louise Bamford]], a test subject in a [[2006]] time travel experiment, arrived in [[Whitechapel]] on [[18 October]]. However, the trip was a one way journey and Bamford became stuck in 1972. | |||
In a timeline branching off of the one where WOTAN's attack was successful, the First Doctor, [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], and [[Susan Foreman]] came to 1972 with [[Griffiths (The Time Travellers)|Griffiths]] to get back their TARDIS after it was sent back in time by the 2006 time experiments. With the help of a version of Ian from an alternate timeline, they got it out of the [[River Thames]] and continued with their travels. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Travellers (novel)}}) | |||
== Births and deaths == | |||
=== Dated === | |||
On [[16 April]], [[Caroline Hall]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}) | |||
On [[25 May]], [[Joseph Serf]] was born in [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Man Who Never Was (TV story)}}) | |||
On [[5 October]], [[Alice Devlin]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Undated === | |||
[[Nazi]] war criminal [[Oskar Steinmann]] died of [[spine]] [[cancer]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}) | |||
"Less than a year" after his meeting with the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and her friends, actor and martial artist [[Bruce Lee]] dead from an untreated swelling on his [[brain]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The White Dragon (comic story)}}) | |||
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1972 was a year.
Events
Dated
On 5 January, President of the United States Richard Nixon ordered the building of a space shuttle. He was cagey when asked why, saying "You don't know who might be listening..." (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
On 1 May, Iris Wildthyme worked with MIAOW to stop a coven of witches from summoning the Devil in Hobbe's End. Afterwards, they celebrated by throwing a May Day party with many of Iris' friends. (PROSE: From Wildthyme with Love [+]Loading...["From Wildthyme with Love (novel)"])
On 4 July, UNIT bought the Tunguska Scroll from a private collector and placed it within the Black Archive. (TV: Enemy of the Bane [+]Loading...["Enemy of the Bane (TV story)"])
On 22 July in Los Angeles, a young woman named Lori was able to extract deadly revenge against criminals who had killed a friend of hers. She was called Ini-Ma by a shadowy figure who indicated that he would later collect on a debt which she now owed him. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness [+]Loading...["Instruments of Darkness (novel)"])
On 14 December, Apollo 17 departed the surface of the Moon. (PROSE: Christmas on the Moon [+]Loading...["Christmas on the Moon (short story)"])
On 23 December, the Twelfth Doctor helped Jess Collins deliver Christmas cards to various friends of the Collins family, including their neighbour Walter.
Some time before 24 December, Walter suffered a mental breakdown over the anniversary of the death of his mother Carmen. He imagined he was being attacked by comic book character Obadiah Grimm. On 24 December, the Twelfth Doctor, Jess, and Devina Collins broke into his house and helped him calm down. They then called an ambulance to take Walter to the hospital.
On 25 December, a neighbourhood Christmas breakfast was hosted by the Collins family in their backyard. (COMIC: Be Forgot [+]Loading...["Be Forgot (comic story)"])
Undated
The Alliance of Shades was disbanded. (TV: Dreamland [+]Loading...["Dreamland (TV story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor (COMIC: The Pestilent Heart [+]Loading...["The Pestilent Heart (comic story)"] et al) and, according to some accounts, the Third Doctor were both stuck on Earth in this year. (PROSE: Island of Death [+]Loading...["Island of Death (novel)"], Countdown to TV Action [+]Loading...["Countdown to TV Action (short story)"] et al)
Ocean Waters had her memories erased by the Men in Black after she discovered the vault in St Jude's Hospital. (TV: The Vault of Secrets [+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"])
According to one account, (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"]) the Master escaped from his prison on Fortress Island by hypnotising the staff and awakening a local colony of Sea Devils. Under the Master's influence the Sea Devils decided to go to war with humanity, providing a distraction while the Master escaped. The Third Doctor and Jo Grant stopped the Sea Devils, but didn't capture the Master. (TV: The Sea Devils [+]Loading...["The Sea Devils (TV story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald encountered the Corvids in Highgate. (COMIC: The Highgate Horror [+]Loading...["The Highgate Horror (comic story)"])
A lock-in occurred in Berlin which Iris Wildthyme and Clockwork Panda were invited to. (PROSE: Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart [+]Loading...["Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart (short story)"])
When Iris was exiled to 1972, Panda became a journalist and helped her in her investigations. After meeting the White Rabbit and Mock Turtle, Panda started to believe that Alice in Wonderland was real. (AUDIO: The Land of Wonder [+]Loading...["Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder (audio story)","The Land of Wonder"])
Sazali Sabudin published his book Pai'ngya Stands-in-the-Middle: Cunning Mesmerist or Holy Warrior? (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])
Other timelines
In an aborted timeline where Kotris allied with the Daleks, (AUDIO: X and the Daleks [+]Loading...["X and the Daleks (audio story)"]) the Eighth Doctor and Molly O'Sullivan visited 107 Baker Street and encountered the Ides Scientific Institute. Dr Sally Armstrong followed instructions given to her for when the Doctor arrived and activated a time machine which brought the Daleks to 1972. The Doctor and Molly ran from the Daleks and escaped in their TARDIS. (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"])
In an aborted timeline where WOTAN was not defeated by the First Doctor, Louise Bamford, a test subject in a 2006 time travel experiment, arrived in Whitechapel on 18 October. However, the trip was a one way journey and Bamford became stuck in 1972.
In a timeline branching off of the one where WOTAN's attack was successful, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, and Susan Foreman came to 1972 with Griffiths to get back their TARDIS after it was sent back in time by the 2006 time experiments. With the help of a version of Ian from an alternate timeline, they got it out of the River Thames and continued with their travels. (PROSE: The Time Travellers [+]Loading...["The Time Travellers (novel)"])
Births and deaths
Dated
On 16 April, Caroline Hall was born. (TV: Adrift [+]Loading...["Adrift (TV story)"])
On 25 May, Joseph Serf was born in Dayton, Ohio. (TV: The Man Who Never Was [+]Loading...["The Man Who Never Was (TV story)"])
On 5 October, Alice Devlin was born. (TV: Adrift [+]Loading...["Adrift (TV story)"])
Undated
Nazi war criminal Oskar Steinmann died of spine cancer. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])
"Less than a year" after his meeting with the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends, actor and martial artist Bruce Lee dead from an untreated swelling on his brain. (COMIC: The White Dragon [+]Loading...["The White Dragon (comic story)"])
