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Publicly, the year '''2012''' was the year the [[Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] were held in [[London]] and a year that the [[United States]] held a presidential election. Secretly, however, in an underground bunker in [[Utah]], 2012 was the year [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] first learned he was not the only survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]].
'''2012''' was a [[year]].


=== July ===
== Events ==
* According to one account, the [[United Kingdom]] had a [[king]] by this time. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
=== Dated ===
* The [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]] visited [[Wiltshire]], [[England]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'')
==== January - May ====
* [[27 July|27]] - The [[Olympic Games|2012 Summer Olympics]] opened in [[London]] during a period of unseasonably cold weather in the city, caused by an [[Isolus pod]] draining all the nearby heat. The [[Tenth Doctor]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and people inside the Olympic Stadium were all among those placed inside drawings made by Chloe Webber, aided by an [[Isolus]] to give the stranded Isolus a family. Digging up the pod, [[Rose Tyler]] threw it into the Olympic Flame to heat it up, resulting in the Isolus releasing those it had kidnapped. Due to a mishap along the torch relay route, the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Doctor, who appeared on international television. The morale of the Games allowed the Isolus to fly home. Afterward, the Doctor and Rose attended a neighbourhood celebration in London. By this time, the [[Torchwood Institute]] seemed to have been relatively well-known, enough that the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] of several years earlier was now known as the "Battle of Torchwood". ([[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'')
According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], in [[January]], [[Earth]] was invaded by [[tiny horse]]s from outer space. They were so small that nobody but the Doctor noticed them. The Doctor gave them some tiny [[sugar]] lumps, after which they went home happy.
* Somewhere around the same time, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] met an athlete who was on the run from a [[Weeping Angel]] who was trying to steal the Olympic Flame in order to ruin the spirit of the Olympics, and ended up in the TARDIS. The Angel took the torch with the flame, but the Doctor destroyed the Angel with his screwdriver and received a gold medal for saving the Olympics. ([[DW]]: ''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]'')


=== November ===
For reasons that [[scientist]]s could not explain, the entire month of [[February]] smelled faintly of [[blackcurrant]] - except for [[Doncaster]], where everything turned a "lovely shade of [[Orange (colour)|orange]]".
* The United States held its presidential election. Earlier in the year, [[Diana Goddard]] suggested that the Democratic candidate would win, indicating that she found Democrats "funny". ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
[[File:Meteor TDGt2012.jpg|thumb|The [[meteor (The Doctor's Guide to 2012)|meteor]] resembling [[Dermot O'Leary (in-universe)|Dermot O'Leary]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})]]
In [[March]], a [[meteor (The Doctor's Guide to 2012)|meteor]] in the exact shape of [[Dermot O'Leary (in-universe)|Dermot O'Leary]]'s face came dangerously close to Earth, but it burned up in the atmosphere until it was no bigger than a [[pea]] that looked like [[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]].


=== December ===
[[April]] looked to be "the most uneventful month in recorded history" until a talking [[dog]] predicted the end of the world would occur in [[May]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
* 25 - Amy and Rory set a place for the [[Eleventh Doctor|Doctor]] at [[Christmas]] again. For the second year in a row, he did not show up. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')
 
On [[11 May]], the movie ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' came out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})
 
On [[25 May]], the [[SpaceX Dragon]] became the first commercial [[spacecraft]] to rendezvous with Earth's [[International Space Station]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
 
Overall, May turned out to be a normal month for humanity, except for the sudden abundance of talking dogs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
 
==== June - September ====
On [[11 June]], a [[Dalek]] fleet landed at the [[CERN]] [[nuclear]] [[laboratory]] in [[Switzerland]]. Before [[the Doctor]] could intervene, the [[scientist]]s accidentally created a [[black hole]] that swallowed the Daleks, as well as half of [[France]]. A passing [[dog|talking dog]] reportedly said "told you so". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
 
In [[July]], the [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Fitz Kreiner]] and [[Compassion]] visited [[Wiltshire]], [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}})
 
[[File:Tenth Doctor main14.jpg|thumb|The Doctor carries the Olympic torch. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})]]
On [[27 July]], the [[2012 Olympics]] opened in [[London]] during a period of unseasonably cold weather in the city, caused by an [[Isolus pod]] draining all the nearby heat. The [[Tenth Doctor]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] and people inside the Olympic Stadium were all among those placed inside drawings made by [[Chloe Webber]], aided by an [[Isolus]] to give the stranded Isolus a family. Digging up the pod, [[Rose Tyler]] threw it into the Olympic Flame to heat it up, resulting in the Isolus releasing those it had kidnapped. Due to an injured runner during the torch relay route, the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Doctor, who appeared on international television. The morale of the Games allowed the Isolus to fly home. Afterward, the Doctor and Rose attended a neighbourhood celebration in London. By this time, the [[Torchwood Institute]] seemed to have been relatively well-known, enough that the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] of several years earlier was now known as the "Battle of Torchwood". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})
 
The [[Fifth Doctor]] attempted to take [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] to the 2012 Olympics but the TARDIS instead materialised in London in [[1982]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The King of the Dead (audio story)}})
 
Somewhere around the same time, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] met an athlete who was on the run from a [[Weeping Angel]] who was trying to steal the Olympic Flame in order to ruin the spirit of the Olympics, and ended up in the TARDIS. The Angel took the torch with the flame, but the Doctor destroyed the Angel with his screwdriver and received a gold medal for saving the Olympics. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Good as Gold (TV story)}})
 
At the end of July, an outbreak of [[man-eating toaster]]s occurred. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
 
Shortly after the Olympics, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) [[the Year of the Slow Invasion]] began. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}})
 
By [[August]], the latest [[fashion]] involved [[clothing|clothes]] made of [[fish]], which started when [[Lady Gaga]] accidentally spilled a [[tuna sandwich]] all down her front.
 
In [[September]], something "so brilliantly amazing" and "amazingly brilliant" happened, as claimed by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], one's [[head]] would "literally [[Explosion|explode]]" if they found out what it was. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
 
Rory was sent back in time by the Weeping Angels to [[New York City]] in [[1938]]. After creating a paradox that destroyed the "battery farm" [[Winter Quay]] that year, he was sent back in time again from 2012 by a survivor of that event. Amy allowed the Angel to send her to Rory, and they "lived to death" together, forever separated from the Eleventh Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})
 
==== October - December ====
In [[October]] a "[[wibbly wobbly, timey wimey|timey-wimey catastrophe]]" involving the [[Silence]] and an [[angry badger]] caused a whole week to go missing. It was eventually found in [[North Wales]], where the [[man (The Doctor's Guide to 2012)|one man]] who lived through it described it as "[[rain]]y". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
[[File:Annual psychopath meeting.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Metaltron|last]] [[Dalek]] confronts [[Henry van Statten]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}]]
In [[Utah]], in an underground facility called [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], the "last [[Dalek]]", nicknamed the [[Metaltron]] by its billionaire collector, [[Henry van Statten]], used the [[DNA]] of the time traveller, Rose Tyler, to recover itself. Not having any orders from above, it killed most of the base, but hesitated once it approached Rose. Believing the humanity Rose had given it was "sickness", it allowed itself to be destroyed. Afterward, [[Adam Mitchell]] accepted an invitation to join the [[Ninth Doctor]] and Rose on their travels. Van Statten was stripped of his power and was ordered to have his memory erased. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) At some point after this incident, the Vault was sealed and a [[BBC Radio]] documentary crew did an investigative report on the creatures known as [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dalek Conquests (audio story)}})
 
According to some accounts, the [[Van Statten Incident]] occurred in a timeline where the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] and the [[Planetary Relocation Incident]] had not occurred, as they had not yet occurred in the [[personal timeline]]s of [[the Doctor]] and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}})


=== Unknown dates ===
* In [[Utah]], in an underground facility called [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], the "last [[Dalek]]", nicknamed the [[Metaltron]] by its billionaire collector, [[Henry van Statten]], used the [[DNA]] of the time traveller, Rose Tyler, to recover itself. Not having any orders from above, it killed most of the base, but hesistated once it approached Rose. Believing the humanity Rose had given it was "sickness", it allowed itself to be destroyed. Afterward, [[Adam Mitchell]] accepted an invitation to join the [[Ninth Doctor]] and Rose on their travels. Van Statten was stripped of his power and was ordered to have his memory erased. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
** At some point after this incident, the Vault was sealed and a [[BBC Radio]] documentary crew did an investigative report on the creatures known as [[Dalek]]s. ([[AG]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests]]'')
: ''As the 2012 US election is referenced as having not happened yet, this means these events occurred prior to November.''
: ''As the 2012 US election is referenced as having not happened yet, this means these events occurred prior to November.''


* The Ninth Doctor returned Adam Mitchell to his own time zone after expelling him from the TARDIS for sending information about future technology to his home era; Adam immediately caused a panic in his household when an advanced [[biochip]] implant from the year [[200000|200,000]] was revealed in his forehead. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'')
The United States held its [[2012 United States presidential election|presidential election]]. Earlier in the year, [[Diana Goddard]] suggested that the Democratic candidate would win, indicating that she found Democrats "funny". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}})
* [[Alistair Gryffen]] was born in [[Canada]]. ([[K9TV]]: ''[[Taphony and the Time Loop (TV story)|Taphony and the Time Loop]]'')
 
* The Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] arrived in [[Hollywood]] and discovered alien entity [[Amelia Hubble|Miss Hubble]], who spent months draining the lifeforce out of everyone in Hollywood. The Doctor defeated Miss Hubble and made sure that Hollywood returned to its normal timelines. ([[DWA]]: ''[[Nightmare on the Boulevard]]'')
The Ninth Doctor returned Adam Mitchell to his own time zone after expelling him from the TARDIS for sending information about future technology to his home era; Adam immediately caused a panic in his household when an advanced [[biochip]] implant from the year [[200000|200,000]] was revealed in his forehead. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Long Game (TV story)}})
* A [[Cybermen (Pete's World)|Cyberman Factor Ship]] landed in London and quickly began a takeover, powered by a fragment of an [[Eternity Clock]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]] worked together to shut down the Cyber Factory and destroy the Cybermen. When they later traveled to the year [[2106]], the remains of the Cyber Factory could still be seen. ([[VG]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
 
* The Doctor visited 2012 on at least one occasion during or prior to his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Raincloud Man (audio story)|The Raincloud Man]]'')
November also saw the emergence of large [[alien sea monster]]s who came to Earth for a [[holiday]]. Humans were warned not to go [[swimming]] at this time, as they looked exactly like the monsters' favourite kind of [[Marmite]]-flavoured [[chewing gum]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)}})
 
In [[December]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[Papua New Guinea]], where they discovered a crashed spaceship. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Conscription (short story)}})
 
=== Undated ===
The Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]] arrived in [[Hollywood]] and discovered alien entity [[Amelia Hubble|Miss Hubble]], who spent months draining the lifeforce out of everyone in Hollywood. The Doctor defeated Miss Hubble and made sure that Hollywood returned to its normal timelines. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Nightmare on the Boulevard (comic story)}})
 
A [[Cyberman]] Factory Ship landed in London and quickly began a takeover, powered by a fragment of an [[Eternity Clock]]. The Eleventh Doctor and [[River Song]] worked together to shut down the Cyber Factory and destroy the Cybermen. When they later travelled to the year [[2106]], the remains of the Cyber Factory could still be seen. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Eternity Clock (video game)}})
 
A Cyberman invasion that took place in 2012 was one of the events that inspired [[Sonny Robinson]] to create the comic ''[[Time Surgeon]]'', which began publication that same year. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
The Doctor visited 2012 on at least one occasion during or prior to his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Raincloud Man (audio story)}})


'''NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.'''
[[Lord]] [[Barset]] led an expedition to [[Antarctica]] in the ''[[Fortitude (Frozen Time)|Fortitude]]'', where they discovered [[Ice Warrior]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Frozen Time (audio story)}})


=== January ===
The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane and [[Harry Sullivan]] visited [[Prague]]. The Doctor took part in a [[cooking]] contest against [[Drakos]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dragons of Prague (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Curse of Davros]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The Foe from the Future (audio story)|The Foe from the Future]]'' and ''[[The Valley of Death]]'' were released as a special double release.
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Anachronauts]]'' was released.
* ''[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures#The Fourth Doctor Adventures|The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]'': ''[[Destination: Nerva]]'' was released. This was the first in a new series, featuring [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]].
* [[1 January|1]] - Fifth anniversary of the debut of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* 1 - [[Bob Anderson]], who played a fighting Guard in [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'', died.
* [[3 January|3]] - [[Jenny Tomasin]], who played [[Tasambeker]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', died.
* [[4 January|4]] - [[Harry Fowler]], who played [[Harry (Remembrance of the Daleks)|Harry]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', died.
* [[9 January|9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' were released on Region 2 DVD in the ''UNIT'' box set.
* [[10 January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' were released on Region 1 DVD in the ''UNIT'' box set.
* [[16 January|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[23 January|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[30 January|30]] - [[Frederick Treves]], who played [[Brotadac]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'', died.


=== February ===
[[Peter Hinton]]'s ''[[The Greeks had a Play about It]]'' was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Fourth Wall]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[Power Play]]'' was released.
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Selachian Gambit]]'' was released.
* [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]: ''[[The Renaissance Man]]'' was released.
* [[2 February|2]] - [[QR]]: ''[[Magic of the Angels]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* 2 - [[AG]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Four]]'' audio box set was released in the UK. This set contained audio tracks for several [[Second Doctor]] missing stories: ''[[The Macra Terror]], [[The Faceless Ones]], [[Evil of the Daleks]], [[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' and ''[[The Ice Warriors]]''.
* [[6 February|6]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Series 5 (SJA)|The Complete Fifth Series]]'' of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[13 February|13]] - [[Revisitations|Revisitations 3]] was released. It was a [[DVD]] set comprised of special editions of three stories: [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]], [[The Three Doctors]]'', and ''[[The Robots of Death]]''. At this time, it was the final scheduled Revisitations release.
* [[19 February|19]] - [[Peter Halliday]], who had appeared in twenty-three episodes of ''Doctor Who'', died.
* [[20 February|20]] - [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' began filming.
* [[29 February|29]] - [[Dennis Chinnery]], appeared in several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories, died.


=== March ===
[[Flip Jackson]] and [[Jared Ramon]] were married in London. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Quicksilver (audio story)}}) The Sixth Doctor was invited to attend but did not. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Widow's Assassin (audio story)}}, {{cs|Quicksilver (audio story)}}) During the reception, Flip was taken to [[Vienna]] in [[1948]] by means of a [[time scoop]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Quicksilver (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Wirrn Isle]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The First Sontarans]]'' was released.
* [[CC]]: ''[[Binary (audio story)|Binary]]'' was released.
* [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]: ''[[The Wrath of the Iceni]]'' was scheduled for release.
* The fourth series of ''[[Jago and Litefoot]]'' was released, comprising ''[[Jago in Love]], [[Beautiful Things]], [[The Lonely Clock]]'', and ''[[The Hourglass Killers]]''.
* [[Stephen Jenn]], who played [[Secker]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]'', died.
* [[5 March|5]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* 5 - [[Philip Madoc]], who played [[Solon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'', died.
* [[19 March|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Daemons]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.


=== April ===
[[Carlos Esteban]] left 2012 with [[Iris Wildthyme]] to go on an adventure in [[4281]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iris at the V&A (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Emerald Tiger (audio story)|The Emerald Tiger]]'' was released.
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Wanderer (audio story)|The Wanderer]]'' was released.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'' was released.
* [[2 April|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[10 April|10]] - [[Nick Webb]] died.
* [[15 April|15]] - [[Peter Wragg]], a [[visual effects designer]] for ''Doctor Who'', died.
* [[25 April|25]] - This was the 50th anniversary of the day that [[Donald Wilson]] received the programming report that ultimately led to the creation of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[27 April|27]] - [[Zohra Sehgal]] became the series' first centenarian.
* [[30 April|30]] - [[George Murdock]], who played a [[Preacher (Dead of Night)|Preacher]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'', died.


=== May ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Jupiter Conjunction (audio story)|The Jupiter Conjunction]]'' was released.
In a universe where [[Melanie Bush]] never met the [[Sixth Doctor]], Mel died of a brain tumour brought on by [[mobile phone]] radiation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|He Jests at Scars... (audio story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Jigsaw War (audio story)|The Jigsaw War]]'' was released.
* [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]: ''[[Trail of the White Worm]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The Guardians of Prophecy]]'' was released.
* [[7 May|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' and ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' were released on DVD, together as the ''Ace Adventures'' box set.


=== June ===
[[Alistair Gryffen]] was born in [[Canada]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Taphony and the Time Loop (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Butcher of Brisbane]]'' was released.
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Rings of Ikiria]]'' was released.
* [[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure]]'' was released, ending the first season of this audio series.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[Power Play (audio story)|Power Play]]'' was released.
* [[5 June|5]] - [[Caroline John]], who played [[companion]] [[Liz Shaw]], died.
* [[18 June|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.


=== July ===
[[Janet McKay]] died on the Isle of [[Hoy]], [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Revenants (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'' was released, featuring the return of the audio-only companion [[Hex]].
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Time Museum (audio story)|The Time Museum]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The First Sontarans (audio story)|The First Sontarans]]'' was released.
* [[2 July|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Krotons (TV story)|The Krotons]]'' first released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[26 July|26]] - [[Mary Tamm]], who played the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s companion [[Romana I]] died.
* [[27 July|27]] - The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games, which had been featured six years earlier in [[DW]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]''.
* [[30 July|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD, completing the DVD release of [[Seventh Doctor]] stories.


=== August ===
[[Ryan Sinclair's mother]] died of a [[heart attack]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Black and White]]'' was released
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Uncertainty Principle]]'' was released.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The Masters of Luxor (audio story)|The Masters of Luxor]]'' was released
* A new series of audio dramas featuring [[Iris Wildthyme]] was released: ''[[The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society]], [[Iris Rides Out]]'', and ''[[Midwinter Murders]]''.
* [[2 August|2]] - [[AG]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Five]]'' was released. This is the final collection of CDs containing the remastered, narrated audio of several classic series [[missing episodes]]. This volume contains the [[Second Doctor]] stories ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'', ''[[The Web of Fear]]'', ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'', ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'', ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'', and ''[[The Space Pirates]]''.
* [[20 August|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' was released on Region 2 DVD.
* [[25 August|25]] - [[Neil Armstrong]], who appeared as himself in archive footage in [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'', died.


=== September ===
[[Sewa Singh]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Growing Higher (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Burning Prince]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[CC]]: ''[[Project: Nirvana]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[The Lost Stories]]: ''[[The Rosemariners]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[1 September|1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV Story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' is scheduled to premiere on BBC One and BBC America, launching [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] of "Doctor Who".
* [[10 September|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]'' is scheduled for re-release on DVD as a special edition. Despite being one of the series' first DVD releases, the serial had not been included in the original series of re-releases, ''[[Revisitations]]'', but was given a special release due to fan support.


=== October ===
== Other ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Acheron Prince]]'' is scheduled for release.
A [[Cyberman]] [[Cybermen invasion of 2012|invasion]] of [[Earth]] occurred in this year. [[The Doctor]] was involved in this incident. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Last Post]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[1 October|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)]]'' is scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD, after a lengthy period of restoration.
* [[22 October|22]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos]] Special Edition'' is scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.


=== November ===
According to one account, the [[United Kingdom]] had a [[king]] by this time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadows of Avalon (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Shadow Heart]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[CC]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men]]'' is scheduled for release.


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* [[11 December|11]] - [[DW]]: [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] Part One is scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
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2012 was a year.

Events

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January - May

According to the Eleventh Doctor, in January, Earth was invaded by tiny horses from outer space. They were so small that nobody but the Doctor noticed them. The Doctor gave them some tiny sugar lumps, after which they went home happy.

For reasons that scientists could not explain, the entire month of February smelled faintly of blackcurrant - except for Doncaster, where everything turned a "lovely shade of orange".

The meteor resembling Dermot O'Leary. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

In March, a meteor in the exact shape of Dermot O'Leary's face came dangerously close to Earth, but it burned up in the atmosphere until it was no bigger than a pea that looked like Davina McCall.

April looked to be "the most uneventful month in recorded history" until a talking dog predicted the end of the world would occur in May. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

On 11 May, the movie Dark Shadows came out. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"])

On 25 May, the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with Earth's International Space Station. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Overall, May turned out to be a normal month for humanity, except for the sudden abundance of talking dogs. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

June - September

On 11 June, a Dalek fleet landed at the CERN nuclear laboratory in Switzerland. Before the Doctor could intervene, the scientists accidentally created a black hole that swallowed the Daleks, as well as half of France. A passing talking dog reportedly said "told you so". (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

In July, the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner and Compassion visited Wiltshire, England. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"])

The Doctor carries the Olympic torch. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

On 27 July, the 2012 Olympics opened in London during a period of unseasonably cold weather in the city, caused by an Isolus pod draining all the nearby heat. The Tenth Doctor, his TARDIS and people inside the Olympic Stadium were all among those placed inside drawings made by Chloe Webber, aided by an Isolus to give the stranded Isolus a family. Digging up the pod, Rose Tyler threw it into the Olympic Flame to heat it up, resulting in the Isolus releasing those it had kidnapped. Due to an injured runner during the torch relay route, the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Doctor, who appeared on international television. The morale of the Games allowed the Isolus to fly home. Afterward, the Doctor and Rose attended a neighbourhood celebration in London. By this time, the Torchwood Institute seemed to have been relatively well-known, enough that the Battle of Canary Wharf of several years earlier was now known as the "Battle of Torchwood". (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

The Fifth Doctor attempted to take Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka to the 2012 Olympics but the TARDIS instead materialised in London in 1982. (AUDIO: The King of the Dead [+]Loading...["The King of the Dead (audio story)"])

Somewhere around the same time, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond met an athlete who was on the run from a Weeping Angel who was trying to steal the Olympic Flame in order to ruin the spirit of the Olympics, and ended up in the TARDIS. The Angel took the torch with the flame, but the Doctor destroyed the Angel with his screwdriver and received a gold medal for saving the Olympics. (TV: Good as Gold [+]Loading...["Good as Gold (TV story)"])

At the end of July, an outbreak of man-eating toasters occurred. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

Shortly after the Olympics, (PROSE: The Whoniverse [+]Loading...["The Whoniverse (novel)"]) the Year of the Slow Invasion began. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"])

By August, the latest fashion involved clothes made of fish, which started when Lady Gaga accidentally spilled a tuna sandwich all down her front.

In September, something "so brilliantly amazing" and "amazingly brilliant" happened, as claimed by the Eleventh Doctor, one's head would "literally explode" if they found out what it was. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

Rory was sent back in time by the Weeping Angels to New York City in 1938. After creating a paradox that destroyed the "battery farm" Winter Quay that year, he was sent back in time again from 2012 by a survivor of that event. Amy allowed the Angel to send her to Rory, and they "lived to death" together, forever separated from the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"])

October - December

In October a "timey-wimey catastrophe" involving the Silence and an angry badger caused a whole week to go missing. It was eventually found in North Wales, where the one man who lived through it described it as "rainy". (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

The last Dalek confronts Henry van Statten. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"]

In Utah, in an underground facility called the Vault, the "last Dalek", nicknamed the Metaltron by its billionaire collector, Henry van Statten, used the DNA of the time traveller, Rose Tyler, to recover itself. Not having any orders from above, it killed most of the base, but hesitated once it approached Rose. Believing the humanity Rose had given it was "sickness", it allowed itself to be destroyed. Afterward, Adam Mitchell accepted an invitation to join the Ninth Doctor and Rose on their travels. Van Statten was stripped of his power and was ordered to have his memory erased. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"]) At some point after this incident, the Vault was sealed and a BBC Radio documentary crew did an investigative report on the creatures known as Daleks. (AUDIO: The Dalek Conquests [+]Loading...["The Dalek Conquests (audio story)"])

According to some accounts, the Van Statten Incident occurred in a timeline where the Battle of Canary Wharf and the Planetary Relocation Incident had not occurred, as they had not yet occurred in the personal timelines of the Doctor and the Daleks. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Loading...["The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"])

As the 2012 US election is referenced as having not happened yet, this means these events occurred prior to November.

The United States held its presidential election. Earlier in the year, Diana Goddard suggested that the Democratic candidate would win, indicating that she found Democrats "funny". (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"])

The Ninth Doctor returned Adam Mitchell to his own time zone after expelling him from the TARDIS for sending information about future technology to his home era; Adam immediately caused a panic in his household when an advanced biochip implant from the year 200,000 was revealed in his forehead. (TV: The Long Game [+]Loading...["The Long Game (TV story)"])

November also saw the emergence of large alien sea monsters who came to Earth for a holiday. Humans were warned not to go swimming at this time, as they looked exactly like the monsters' favourite kind of Marmite-flavoured chewing gum. (PROSE: The Doctor's Guide to 2012 [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Guide to 2012 (short story)"])

In December, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited Papua New Guinea, where they discovered a crashed spaceship. (PROSE: Conscription [+]Loading...["Conscription (short story)"])

Undated

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble arrived in Hollywood and discovered alien entity Miss Hubble, who spent months draining the lifeforce out of everyone in Hollywood. The Doctor defeated Miss Hubble and made sure that Hollywood returned to its normal timelines. (COMIC: Nightmare on the Boulevard [+]Loading...["Nightmare on the Boulevard (comic story)"])

A Cyberman Factory Ship landed in London and quickly began a takeover, powered by a fragment of an Eternity Clock. The Eleventh Doctor and River Song worked together to shut down the Cyber Factory and destroy the Cybermen. When they later travelled to the year 2106, the remains of the Cyber Factory could still be seen. (GAME: The Eternity Clock [+]Loading...["The Eternity Clock (video game)"])

A Cyberman invasion that took place in 2012 was one of the events that inspired Sonny Robinson to create the comic Time Surgeon, which began publication that same year. (COMIC: Invasion of the Mindmorphs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)"])

The Doctor visited 2012 on at least one occasion during or prior to his sixth incarnation. (AUDIO: The Raincloud Man [+]Loading...["The Raincloud Man (audio story)"])

Lord Barset led an expedition to Antarctica in the Fortitude, where they discovered Ice Warriors. (AUDIO: Frozen Time [+]Loading...["Frozen Time (audio story)"])

The Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry Sullivan visited Prague. The Doctor took part in a cooking contest against Drakos. (PROSE: The Dragons of Prague [+]Loading...["The Dragons of Prague (short story)"])

Peter Hinton's The Greeks had a Play about It was published. (PROSE: Theatre of War [+]Loading...["Theatre of War (novel)"])

Flip Jackson and Jared Ramon were married in London. (AUDIO: Quicksilver [+]Loading...["Quicksilver (audio story)"]) The Sixth Doctor was invited to attend but did not. (AUDIO: The Widow's Assassin [+]Loading...["The Widow's Assassin (audio story)"], Quicksilver [+]Loading...["Quicksilver (audio story)"]) During the reception, Flip was taken to Vienna in 1948 by means of a time scoop. (AUDIO: Quicksilver [+]Loading...["Quicksilver (audio story)"])

Carlos Esteban left 2012 with Iris Wildthyme to go on an adventure in 4281. (PROSE: Iris at the V&A [+]Loading...["Iris at the V&A (short story)"])

Births and deaths

In a universe where Melanie Bush never met the Sixth Doctor, Mel died of a brain tumour brought on by mobile phone radiation. (AUDIO: He Jests at Scars... [+]Loading...["He Jests at Scars... (audio story)"])

Alistair Gryffen was born in Canada. (TV: Taphony and the Time Loop [+]Loading...["Taphony and the Time Loop (TV story)"])

Janet McKay died on the Isle of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. (AUDIO: The Revenants [+]Loading...["The Revenants (audio story)"])

Ryan Sinclair's mother died of a heart attack. (TV: The Woman Who Fell to Earth [+]Loading...["The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)"], The Tsuranga Conundrum [+]Loading...["The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)"])

Sewa Singh was born. (PROSE: Growing Higher [+]Loading...["Growing Higher (short story)"])

Other

A Cyberman invasion of Earth occurred in this year. The Doctor was involved in this incident. (COMIC: Invasion of the Mindmorphs [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Mindmorphs (comic story)"])

According to one account, the United Kingdom had a king by this time. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon [+]Loading...["The Shadows of Avalon (novel)"])

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