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'''1997''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[April]] ===
=== Dated ===
* [[30 April|30]] - [[Bernice Summerfield]] was dropped off at [[the Doctor]]'s [[Smithwood Manor|house]], whereupon she discovered he had [[regenerated]] into his [[eighth incarnation|eighth self]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
==== January - July ====
In the spring, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] visited London to find that it was frozen by [[abominable alien]]s. The Doctor took his TARDIS to the aliens' base in the ice-solid [[River Thames]] and attached it to the machine the aliens used to freeze London. The TARDIS reversed the temporary winter and the aliens left Earth. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Wintervention (comic story)}})


=== [[May]] ===
On [[30 April]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] was dropped off at [[the Doctor]]'s [[Smithwood Manor|house]], whereupon she discovered he had [[regenerated]] into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. On [[6 May]], Bernice first met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation. [[Britain]] sent the [[Mars Orbiter]] to [[Mars]] and the three [[astronaut]]s on the surface stumbled across the [[Ice Warrior]] tomb of the [[Kyruul|Great Marshall Kyruul]] of the [[Argyre Clan]] under the sands of the [[Mare Sirenum]] and were killed. The [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was assassinated in [[Washington DC|Washington]]. [[Xznaal|Lord Xznaal]]'s ship arrived over [[London]] and ordered the [[country]] to submit to his rule. On [[7 May]], [[Alexander Christian]] escaped from his military captors and contacted [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. The [[United Kingdom]] submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government.
* [[6 May|6]] - Bernice first met the Doctor in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth body]]. [[Britain]] sent the [[Mars 97 Orbiter]] to [[Mars]] and the three [[astronaut]]s on the surface stumbled across the [[Ice Warrior]] tomb of the [[Kyruul|Great Marshall Kyruul]] of the [[Argyre Clan]] under the sands of the [[Mare Sirenum]] and were killed. The [[British Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was assassinated in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. [[Xznaal|Lord Xznaal]] arrived over [[London]] and ordered the country to submit to his rule. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')


* [[7 May|7]] - [[Alexander Christian]] escaped from his military captors and contacted [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. The [[United Kingdom]] submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
Around this time, [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] was deposed and Xznaal was crowned [[King]]. She had a second coronation on [[23 November]], at which the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]] were present. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})


* ''Unknown date'' - [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] was deposed and the [[Ice Warrior]] [[Xznaal]] was crowned [[King]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
Shortly after the [[Mars 97]] incident, [[Carolyn McConnell]] summoned the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones to [[San Francisco]] to assist her with [[vampire]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Vampire Science (novel)}}) During the adventure, Sam asked UNIT to contact her parents. When a UNIT soldier came to the Jones residence, he learned that Sam hadn't yet begun travelling with the Doctor and then told Sam's parents to not tell Sam that he had come. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}})
[[File:Dying days001.jpg|thumb|left|The Eighth Doctor, shortly after destroying an Ice Warrior spaceship. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})]]


=== [[November]] ===
On [[14 May]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Ace]] met her younger brother [[Liam McShane]] for the first time in [[San Antonio, Spain|San Antonio]] on [[Ibiza]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rapture (audio story)}})
* [[23 November|23]] - The second [[coronation]] of [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] of the [[United Kingdom]] took place, at which the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] were present. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')


=== Dates unknown ===
Before the end of the [[Coal Hill School]] year, in one version of history, the [[Eighth Doctor]] came to [[76 Totter's Lane]] shortly after his regeneration. [[Sam Jones]] was in the junkyard at the time getting drugs. Due to the fact that the Doctor had recently regenerated, [[Faction Paradox]] were able to use his [[biodata]] to change Sam's life to make her into a suitable companion for the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}})
* After [[7 May]] but before [[23 November]] - The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] encountered Arthurian knights in [[Carbury]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'')
* After [[7 May]] but before [[23 November]]; after the events of ([[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]'') - Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General.{{facts}} ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')
* [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] 1 shot down a [[Jathaa sunglider]] over the [[Shetland Islands]]. They began reverse-engineering its technology. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'')
* [[Samantha Jones]] joined the Eighth Doctor on his travels. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'')
* A Friday - [[Carolyn McConnell]] summoned the Eighth Doctor and Samantha Jones to [[San Francisco]] to assist her with [[vampire]]s. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'')
* [[Carys Fletcher]]'s mother died in a car crash. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
In another version of history, the Eighth Doctor met Sam Jones in Totter's Lane while she was trying to stop a group of kids from dealing drugs. The Doctor, who was suffering from amnesia due to a trap left for him by {{Roberts}}, scared off the drug dealers and picked up their [[cocaine]]. The [[Coal Hill]] police saw him with the cocaine and assumed that he was the drug dealer. The Doctor was taken in for questioning, but he quickly escaped and ran back to Totter's Yard, where Sam was being attacked by the drug dealers. The Doctor ran into his TARDIS and left without saving her. After meeting all his past selves, the Doctor came back and brought Sam into the TARDIS. She began travelling with him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}})
=== [[January]] ===
* [[8 January|8]] - [[Tom Bowman]], who played a sentry in [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'', died.
* [[16 January|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' was first published. It featured return appearances by [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Elizabeth Shaw]].
* 16 - [[MA]]: ''[[Burning Heart]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Sixth Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series.
* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' was first published.
* [[30 January|30]] - [[Nicholas Mallett]], who directed [[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'', died.


=== [[February]] ===
Before [[August]], Sam Jones' parents received the first of many postcards from Sam. This postcard came from [[Fleeble 14]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}})
* [[8 February|8]] - [[Elroy Josephs]], who played [[Jamaica (The Smugglers)|Jamaica]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'', died.
* [[16 February|16]] - [[Arthur Hewlett]] ([[Kalmar]] in [[DW]]: ''[[State of Decay]]'' and [[Kimber]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids]]'') died in England.
* [[20 February|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' was first published.
* 20 - [[MA]]: ''[[A Device of Death]]'' was first published.


=== [[March]] ===
==== August - December ====
* [[9 March|9]] - [[Terry Nation]], creator of the [[Dalek]]s and the TV series ''[[Blake's 7]]'', died.
On [[1 August]], Sam's parents received a letter which had been kept in the mail system since [[1894]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}})
* [[20 March|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' was first published. Chronologically, this was the final [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. It featured many characters from the TV series and New Adventures. It was notable for fully expanding the [[Cartmel Masterplan]] regarding the Doctor's origins. It was not the final Seventh Doctor NA novel to be published due to the delay on [[NA]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''.
* 20 - [[MA]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Second Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.


=== [[April]] ===
On [[11 October]], [[Mary Barton]] killed her mother. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|There's Something About Mary (short story)}})
* [[17 April|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'' was first published. This was the final book commission in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line of original ''Doctor Who'' novels, but not the last published. It was the first and only book in the NA line to feature the [[Eighth Doctor]] and marked the final appearance to date of [[Bernice Summerfield]] with the Doctor, as the book helped to launch her continuation of the New Adventures.
* 17 - [[MA]]: ''[[The Well-Mannered War]]'' was first published. Featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]], it was the last release in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.


=== [[May]] ===
Before the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] settled down in [[Shoreditch]] in [[1963]], they took a brief trip to [[St Albans]] on [[17 December]] 1997 to ensure that the [[United Kingdom]] would remain safe during and after the [[1960s]]. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were in the vicinity on the same day. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Little Things (short story)}})
* [[NA]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was finally published. Although scheduled for release earlier in the year, manuscript issues resulted in its release this month. It became the final book in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line featuring the Doctor to see print and the last to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It described the circumstances surrounding the departure of [[Roz Forrester]] from the series. The NA series continued for a couple more years featuring the adventures of [[Bernice Summerfield]].
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' was first published, continuing the Virgin New Adventures line as the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]], featuring companion [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The NA books from here on in were devoid of overt references to ''Doctor Who'', although other non-TV characters from the NA series appeared.
* [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' was first published. As Virgin no longer had the licence for ''Doctor Who'', the book focused on companion [[Roz Forrester]].


=== [[June]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was first published.
[[File:SeventhBrigBessie.jpg|thumb|The Seventh Doctor and the Brigadier with Bessie. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}})]]
* [[2 June|2]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'' was first published, launching the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] line. It was the first multi-Doctor original novel and included references to many TV episodes. It conflicted with elements of the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line. [[Samantha Jones]] became the Doctor's newest companion.
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] encountered Arthurian knights in [[Carbury]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}}) Afterwards, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
* 2 - [[PDA]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'' was first published, a [[Third Doctor]] adventure launching the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line.


=== [[July]] ===
[[Torchwood One]] shot down a [[Jathaa sunglider]] over the [[Shetland Islands]] around this time. They began reverse-engineering its technology. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' was first published.
* [[7 July|7]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'' was first published.
* 7 - [[PDA]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Second Doctor]].
* 7 - [[Royston Tickner]], who played [[Steinberger P. Green]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' and [[Robbins]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'', died.
* [[16 July|16]] - [[Hugh Martin]], who appeared as [[Munro (Terror of the Zygons)|Munro]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' and a Priest in [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'', died from a heart operation.
* [[22 June|22]] - [[Don Henderson]] ([[Gavrok]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'') died.


=== [[August]] ===
''[[It's a Mystery]]'' by [[T. Wilcox]] was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror from the Sky! (short story)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' was first published.
* [[4 August|4]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]'' was first published.
* 4 -[[PDA]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]].
* 4 - ''Doctor Who'' [[film cameraman]] [[Dick Bush]] died.
* [[16 August|16]] - [[Robin Wentworth]] ([[Gilbert Horner]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') died.
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Bill Mitchell]] (the [[Newscaster (Bill Mitchell)|Newscaster]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') died.


=== [[September]] ===
=== Alternate universes ===
* [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' was first published. This post-BBC licence short story collection featured very little noticeable connection to ''Doctor Who'' save for one story featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]]. It was the last volume of the series.
In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Unbound Doctor|the Third Doctor]] was [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], as he was in [[N-Space]] but only arrived on arrived on [[30 June]] 1997 in [[Hong Kong (Unbound Universe)|Hong Kong]], the day the [[city]] was to be handed over to [[China]] from the [[British Empire]]. The Doctor discovered [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] living in the city, who told him of the dark turn [[Earth (Unbound Universe)|Earth]] had taken since the [[1960s]] without the Doctor to aid against the extra-normal. When the two set out to investigate the crashing of an invisible plane, they came across [[Unbound Master|the Master]] stuck on Earth since the [[1970s]]. The Doctor and the Master struck a deal to leave Earth together only for the Master to renege on the deal. Having anticipated this, the Doctor double-crossed the Master and left him stranded, instead leaving Earth and 1997 with the Brigadier. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Down]]'' was first published.
* [[Robert Cawdron]] ([[Bruno Taltalian]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]'') died.
* [[1 September|1]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PDA]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]'' was first published. This novel was notable for chronicling the adventure in which [[Melanie Bush]] first met the [[Sixth Doctor]]. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the Sixth Doctor.
* [[7 September|7]] - News reporter turned actor [[Alex MacIntosh]], who made a cameo as himself in [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'', died.
* [[12 September|12]] - [[Leonard Maguire]] ([[Draith]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'') died.
* [[19 September|19]] - [[Jack May]] ([[Nikolai Hermack]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'') died.
* [[25 September|25]] - [[Paul Bernard]], who directed several ''Doctor Who'' serials, died.


=== [[October]] ===
According to one account, the Doctor and the Brigadier left Earth to never return, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masters of War (audio story)}}) while another had them return to Hong Kong and enjoy a peaceful retirement. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'' was first published.
* [[5 October|5]] - [[Andrew Keir]] ([[Wyler]] in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'') died.
* [[6 October|6]] - [[Adrienne Hill]], who played [[List of companions|companion]] [[Katarina]], died from [[cancer]].
* 6 - [[EDA]]: ''[[War of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'' was first published. This was the first solo "Past Doctor/Missing Adventures"-style novel to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* 6 - [[Tom Baker]] published his autobiography, ''[[Who on Earth was Tom Baker?]]''. An audio book version, read by Baker, was also released on this date.
* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Book of Monsters]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Book of Lists]]'' was first published.
* [[13 October|13]] - [[Ian Stuart Black]], who wrote and novelised three ''Doctor Who'' stories, died.
* [[16 October|16]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Licence Denied]]'' was first published.
* [[17 October|17]] - [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] cable network, launched. It aired classic-era ''Doctor Who'' during its first few years. In the late 2000s it would become the Canadian broadcast home of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and the revived ''Doctor Who''.
* [[30 October|30]] - [[Sydney Newman]], the creator of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', died from a heart attack in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]], aged eighty.


=== [[November]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'' was first published.
[[Carys Fletcher]]'s mother was killed in a [[car crash]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day One (TV story)}})
* [[20 November|20]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Second Doctor]]'' was first published.
* 20 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[24 November|24]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' was first published. This book introduced [[Faction Paradox]], later to be featured in a series of spin-off audio dramas and novels.
* 24 - [[PDA]]: ''[[The Roundheads]]'' was first published.


=== [[December]] ===
[[Rose Tyler]]'s maternal grandfather [[Prentice (Army of Ghosts)|Prentice]] died when his [[heart]] gave out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
* [[5 December]] - [[VG]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'', a home computer adventure game, was released. The game used newly recorded audio of all surviving Doctor actors except [[Paul McGann]] and featured [[Anthony Ainley]] in newly shot video footage as [[the Master]], his final appearance in this role.
 
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'' was first published.
[[James Stewart]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)}})
* This was a down month for both the [[EDA]] and [[PDA]] book lines.
 
* After trying several "test balloon" services, the [[BBC]] officially launched BBC Online (also known as BBCi) at bbc.co.uk. This became the network's main online portal. In the coming years, a ''Doctor Who'' section of the site was launched which has featured not only promotions and archival features relating to both the 1963-89 and 2005-present series, but also original content such as webcasts and online fiction.
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* [[14 December|14]] - [[Stubby Kaye]] ([[Jerome Weismuller]], [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'') died.
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1997 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - July

In the spring, the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald visited London to find that it was frozen by abominable aliens. The Doctor took his TARDIS to the aliens' base in the ice-solid River Thames and attached it to the machine the aliens used to freeze London. The TARDIS reversed the temporary winter and the aliens left Earth. (COMIC: Wintervention [+]Loading...["Wintervention (comic story)"])

On 30 April, Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at the Doctor's house, whereupon she discovered he had regenerated into his eighth incarnation. On 6 May, Bernice first met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation. Britain sent the Mars Orbiter to Mars and the three astronauts on the surface stumbled across the Ice Warrior tomb of the Great Marshall Kyruul of the Argyre Clan under the sands of the Mare Sirenum and were killed. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was assassinated in Washington. Lord Xznaal's ship arrived over London and ordered the country to submit to his rule. On 7 May, Alexander Christian escaped from his military captors and contacted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government.

Around this time, Queen Elizabeth II was deposed and Xznaal was crowned King. She had a second coronation on 23 November, at which the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were present. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

Shortly after the Mars 97 incident, Carolyn McConnell summoned the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones to San Francisco to assist her with vampires. (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"]) During the adventure, Sam asked UNIT to contact her parents. When a UNIT soldier came to the Jones residence, he learned that Sam hadn't yet begun travelling with the Doctor and then told Sam's parents to not tell Sam that he had come. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

The Eighth Doctor, shortly after destroying an Ice Warrior spaceship. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

On 14 May, the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace met her younger brother Liam McShane for the first time in San Antonio on Ibiza. (AUDIO: The Rapture [+]Loading...["The Rapture (audio story)"])

Before the end of the Coal Hill School year, in one version of history, the Eighth Doctor came to 76 Totter's Lane shortly after his regeneration. Sam Jones was in the junkyard at the time getting drugs. Due to the fact that the Doctor had recently regenerated, Faction Paradox were able to use his biodata to change Sam's life to make her into a suitable companion for the Doctor. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

In another version of history, the Eighth Doctor met Sam Jones in Totter's Lane while she was trying to stop a group of kids from dealing drugs. The Doctor, who was suffering from amnesia due to a trap left for him by the Bruce Master, scared off the drug dealers and picked up their cocaine. The Coal Hill police saw him with the cocaine and assumed that he was the drug dealer. The Doctor was taken in for questioning, but he quickly escaped and ran back to Totter's Yard, where Sam was being attacked by the drug dealers. The Doctor ran into his TARDIS and left without saving her. After meeting all his past selves, the Doctor came back and brought Sam into the TARDIS. She began travelling with him. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])

Before August, Sam Jones' parents received the first of many postcards from Sam. This postcard came from Fleeble 14. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

August - December

On 1 August, Sam's parents received a letter which had been kept in the mail system since 1894. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])

On 11 October, Mary Barton killed her mother. (PROSE: There's Something About Mary [+]Loading...["There's Something About Mary (short story)"])

Before the First Doctor and Susan Foreman settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans on 17 December 1997 to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things [+]Loading...["The Little Things (short story)"])

Undated

The Seventh Doctor and the Brigadier with Bessie. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"])

The Seventh Doctor and Ace encountered Arthurian knights in Carbury. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"]) Afterwards, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

Torchwood One shot down a Jathaa sunglider over the Shetland Islands around this time. They began reverse-engineering its technology. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

It's a Mystery by T. Wilcox was published. (PROSE: Terror from the Sky! [+]Loading...["Terror from the Sky! (short story)"])

Alternate universes

In the Unbound Universe, the Third Doctor was exiled to Earth, as he was in N-Space but only arrived on arrived on 30 June 1997 in Hong Kong, the day the city was to be handed over to China from the British Empire. The Doctor discovered Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart living in the city, who told him of the dark turn Earth had taken since the 1960s without the Doctor to aid against the extra-normal. When the two set out to investigate the crashing of an invisible plane, they came across the Master stuck on Earth since the 1970s. The Doctor and the Master struck a deal to leave Earth together only for the Master to renege on the deal. Having anticipated this, the Doctor double-crossed the Master and left him stranded, instead leaving Earth and 1997 with the Brigadier. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])

According to one account, the Doctor and the Brigadier left Earth to never return, (AUDIO: Masters of War [+]Loading...["Masters of War (audio story)"]) while another had them return to Hong Kong and enjoy a peaceful retirement. (AUDIO: The 100 Days of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Carys Fletcher's mother was killed in a car crash. (TV: Day One [+]Loading...["Day One (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler's maternal grandfather Prentice died when his heart gave out. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])

James Stewart died. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])

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