2000: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m (Bot: Cosmetic changes)
 
(260 intermediate revisions by 52 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==History of ''Doctor Who'' Universe==
{{YearNavLateral}}{{timeline}}
[[File:CakeFor2000.jpg|thumb|A cake commemorating the coming of the year 2000 at [[Walker General Hospital]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]]
'''2000''' was a [[year]].


===[[January]]===
== Properties ==
[[1st January|1]] - [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] leaves [[San Francisco]], [[Earth]] after preventing [[The Master]] from destroying the planet at the start of the last year of the millennium. [[Grace Holloway]] declines an invitation to travel with him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'')
The year 2000 was, as evidenced by statements by [[American]] news outlets and world-renowned chronologist [[Professor]] [[Wagg]] — the start of the third millennium. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) This view was shared by at least [[Eighth Doctor|one incarnation of the Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Novel of the Film (novelisation)}}) Despite the predilection of most [[human]]s to ''celebrate'' it as the beginning of the millennium, however, at least [[Sixth Doctor|one other incarnation of the Doctor]] regarded it as the final year of the second millennium. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) This tug-of-war between the technical and common conceptions of the year was reflected in an argument between [[Anji Kapoor]] and her boyfriend [[Dave Young]]. He held fast to the view that [[1 January]] [[2001]] was the beginning of the millennium, whereas she found this pedantry a reason to seriously consider leaving him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})


===[[August]]===
== Events ==
[[15th August]] - Events of [[BFA]]:''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]].
=== Dated ===
==== January - February ====
For the first ten minutes of [[1 January]], [[London]] was transformed into the [[Great Kingdom]]. [[Anne Travers]] sacrificed her life to return the universe to normal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}}) The [[Sixth Doctor]] [[Sixth Doctor's regeneration|regenerated]] shortly after leaving Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}})


===[[December]]===
Also in the morning of 1 January, the [[Eighth Doctor]] departed [[San Francisco]] after preventing {{Roberts}} from destroying the [[Earth|planet]] at the start of the year. [[Grace Holloway]] declined an invitation to travel with him and the Doctor did not agree to Grace's invitation for him to come with her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)|}}) After the departure of the Eighth Doctor, Grace discovered residue left over from the Master's [[Deathworm Morphant]] form. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fallen (comic story)}})
[[25th December|25]] - A year prior to this date, the [[Eighth Doctor]] warns [[Chang Lee]] not to be in [[San Francisco]] for [[Christmas]] 2000, suggesting knowledge of an event due to take place at this time. The Doctor recommends Chang Lee "take a vacation" on this date, but it's not known if he followed his advice. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'')


===Unknown date===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] were also on Earth on the 1st of January; visiting [[Paris]], much to Romana's chagrin as they had only just visited the city, albeit [[1979|twenty-one years earlier]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}})
* Sometime after the departure of [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Grace Holloway]] discovers residue left over from her encounter with [[The Master]] (''as seen in'' [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]''). Seeking out the possibility of developing a Human/Time Lord hybrid capable of [[regeneration]], she begins working for a genetics lab (later she learns she's actually working for a branch of [[MI6]]). ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead]]'')


==History of Doctor Who==
The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] were also on Earth on 1 January, enjoying the [[New Year]]'s celebrations at [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], as part of their tour of various New Year's celebrations in history. [[Ryan Sinclair]] cited this particular New Year as being his favourite. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resolution (TV story)}})
=== [[January]] ===


[[File:Grace return.jpg|thumb|left|[[Grace Holloway]] re-encounters the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Body Politic (comic story)|The Body Politic]]'')]]
In [[February]], the Eighth Doctor returned to Grace Holloway and offered her a trip in the TARDIS. This time, she accepted his offer. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Body Politic (comic story)}}) Sometime after the Doctor returned her to Earth, Grace quit her job at the hospital and, seeking to use the Master's DNA to develop a human/Time Lord hybrid capable of [[regeneration]], began working for a genetics lab; which she later learned was actually a branch of [[MI6]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fallen (comic story)}})


* [[Parallel 59]] First Published
==== November - December ====
In early [[November]], [[Thomas Daley|Tom]] wandered onto [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus]] thinking it was a real bus. Iris left London with Tom on the bus and the two began travelling together. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}})


* [[Last of the Gaderene]] First Published
Prior to [[Christmas]] 2000, the Eighth Doctor warned [[Chang Lee]] not to be in [[San Francisco]] on that date and advised him to "take a vacation". Exactly what event inspired that warning has as yet not been officially chronicled. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})


* [[The Land of the Dead]] First Released
=== Undated ===
The [[Cybermen]] unleashed a [[computer virus]] that destroyed all of the [[vowel]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Vrs (short story)}})


* [[Donald Cotton]], who wrote [[The Myth Makers]] and [[The Gunfighters]] dies.
The [[Sixth Doctor]] met [[Evelyn Smythe]] for the first time in [[Sheffield Hallam University]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)}})


* [[13th January | 13]] - [[Eric Dodson]], who portrayed the role of the headman in [[The Visitation]], dies.
The [[London Eye]] was opened sometime in this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Magic of the Angels (novel)}})


=== [[February]] ===
The [[Ninth Doctor]] was [[photograph]]ed fighting a [[pterodactyl]]. By [[2005]], [[Clive Finch]] had added a copy of the photo to his collection of information about the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})


[[Lily Henwick]]'s [[mother]] [[Angela Henwick|Angela]] and brother [[Noah Henwick|Noah]] were taken by the [[Zeeng]] through a [[rift]] inside [[Miriam Henwick's house|their house]]. The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]], who wound up in the area while attempting to refuel [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], helped rescue them, along with [[Stranger (The Monster in the Cupboard)|another abductee]], and sealed the rift. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster in the Cupboard (novel)}})


* [[The Shadows of Avalon]] First Published
=== Other realities ===
[[File:Eighth Dcotor Grace.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eighth Doctor (Grace Holloway's husband)|Eighth Doctor]] in bed with his wife [[Grace Holloway]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Glorious Dead (comic story)|The Glorious Dead]]'')]]
In an alternate universe, the [[Eighth Doctor (Grace Holloway's husband)|Eighth Doctor]] stayed in [[San Francisco]] after defeating {{Roberts}} and married [[Grace Holloway]]. He got a job as a [[professor]] at a [[university]] in San Francisco and happily lived a domestic life with Grace. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Glorious Dead (comic story)}})


* [[Tomb of Valdemar]] First Published
In [[Parallel universe (Exile)|another universe]], [[Previous Doctor (Exile)|the Doctor]] came to London to hide from the [[Time Lord (Exile)|Time Lords]] and avoid his trial. To improve his elusiveness, he jumped off a [[pylon]] and [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into [[The Doctor (Exile)|a woman]]. For a while, the Doctor managed to live an ordinary life on Earth working at a [[Sainsbury's]], but she was eventually found by two Time Lords and punished for her actions. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Exile (audio story)}})


* [[The Fearmonger (audio story)|The Fearmonger]] First Released
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[10 February]], [[Henry Noone|Henry Louis Noone]] was born in [[St Stephen's Hospital]] in London. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Death in the Family (audio story)}})


* [[1st February | 1]] - [[Reginald Jessup]], who played a servant in [[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]] and [[Savar|Lord Savar]] in [[The Invasion of Time]] dies.
=== Undated ===
[[Sally Morgan]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Nirvana (audio story)}})


=== [[March]] ===
[[Chloe Webber]] was born to [[Trish Webber]] and [[Chloe Webber's father|Chloe's father]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})


== Other ==
According to one account, [[Zoe Heriot]] originated from 2000. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Prison in Space (audio story)}}) Despite the fact that most sources date Zoe's life to a much later time, no source disputes that she was a fan of the [[Karkus]] comics published in the ''[[Hourly Telepress]]'' in this year. ([[TV]]:{{cs|The Mind Robber (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Wheel of Ice (novel)}})


* [[The Fall of Yquatine]] First Published
[[New York City]]'s total population was 8,008,278, 2,871,032 of whom were foreign-born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})


* [[Short Trips and Side Steps]] First Published
People in [[1966]] initially believed the [[rhinoceros]], an [[endangered species]], would be completely extinct by this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street (short story)}})


* [[The Marian Conspiracy]] First Released
== Behind the scenes ==
 
* References in the ''Doctor Who'' universe tend to indicate the year 2000 was the start of the millennium, rather than [[2001]], the technical start of that century.
=== [[April]] ===
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' directly contradicts ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', the television story the novelisation is adapted from. The [[1976 (releases)|1976]] novelisation considers the [[First Doctor's renewal|First Doctor's regeneration]] having taken place in 2000, rather the [[1986]] placement the [[1966 (releases)|1966]] television story gave.
 
<!--
 
PLEASE do not alter anything BELOW this line
* [[Coldheart]] First Published
===================
 
-->{{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|2000|{{cat|Years}}{{cat|DWU years}}|}}
* [[Verdigris]] First Published
 
* [[Dalek Empire]]: [[The Genocide Machine]] First Released
 
=== [[May]] ===
 
 
* [[The Space Age]] First Published
 
* [[Grave Matter]] First Published
 
* [[Red Dawn]] First Released
 
* [[Campaign]], a [[First Doctor]] novel rejected for the [[Past Doctor Adventures]] line, is self-published by its author, [[Jim Mortimore]].
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
 
* [[The Banquo Legacy]] First Published
 
* [[Heart of TARDIS]] First Published
 
* [[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]] First Released
 
* [[18th June | 18]] - [[Derek Sydney]], who played [[Sevcheria]] in "[[The Romans]]," dies from a heart attack in [[Wikipedia:San Marcos, California|San Marcos]], [[California]].
 
* [[28th June | 28]] - [[David Neal]] (The President in [[The Caves of Androzani]]) dies from natural causes.
 
* [[29th June | 29]] - [[John Abineri]], who had roles in [[Fury from the Deep]], [[The Ambassadors of Death]], [[Death to the Daleks]] and [[The Power of Kroll]] dies from motor neurone disease.
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
 
* [[The Ancestor Cell]] First Published
 
* [[Prime Time]] First Published
 
* [[Winter for the Adept]] First Released
 
* [[11th July | 11]] - [[Roy Purcell]] ([[Powers|Chief Prison Officer Powers]] in [[The Mind of Evil]] and the [[President of the Council]] in [[Lord President|The Three Doctors]]) dies as a result of complications from an operation.
 
=== [[August]] ===
 
 
* [[The Burning]] First Published
 
* [[Imperial Moon]] First Published
 
* [[Dalek Empire]]: [[The Apocalypse Element]] First Released
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
 
* [[Casualties of War]] First Published
 
* [[Festival of Death]] First Published
 
* [[The Fires of Vulcan]] First Released
 
* [[The Dead Men Diaries]] First Published, returning [[Bernice Summerfield]] to the literary arena and launching the [[Big Finish - Bernice Summerfield Series]] series of books. This is the first of numerous Summerfield short story collections.
 
* [[Mary Ridge]], who directed [[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]] dies.
 
* [[4th September | 4]] - [[UK]] release of the remastered and unedited version of [[An Unearthly Child]] on Video
 
=== [[October]] ===
 
 
* [[The Turing Test]] First Published
 
* [[Independence Day]] First Published
 
* [[The Shadow of the Scourge]] First Released
 
* [[2nd October | 02]] - Future ''Doctor Who'' co-star [[Billie Piper]] releases her second and final album, ''Walk of Life''. After the release of this album, Piper decides to concentrate on her acting career.
 
* [[14th October | 14]] - [[Lawrence Davidson]], who appeared as the [[Draconian First Secretary]] in [[Frontier in Space]] dies.
 
* [[21st October | 21]] - [[Alan Rowe]], who played numerous memorable guest roles on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', dies.
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
 
* [[Endgame]] First Published
 
* [[The King of Terror]] First Published
 
* [[The Holy Terror]] First Released
 
* [[The Doomsday Manuscript]] First Published, the first full-length novel in the [[Big Finish - Bernice Summerfield Series]] of books.
 
 
=== [[December]] ===  
 
 
* [[The Mutant Phase]] First Released
 
* [[Morris Barry]], who directed [[The Moonbase]], [[The Tomb of the Cybermen]] and [[The Dominators]], as well as playing [[Tollund]] in [[The Creature from the Pit]] dies.
 
* [[17th December | 17]] - [[Maurice Quick]], who played the [[Gold Usher]] in [[The Deadly Assassin]] dies.
 
* [[21st December | 21]] - [[John Lee]], who portrayed [[Alydon]] in "[[The Daleks]]," dies in [[Wikipedia:Melbourne|Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
 
 
<center>
<table class="browser">
<tr>
<td class="prev">[[1999]]</td>
<td class="topic">[[21st century]]<br />[[2000s]]</td>
<td class="next">[[2001]]</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
[[Category:Timeline]]

Latest revision as of 03:23, 22 October 2024

2000 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 2000
21st century | 2000s
1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006
WikipediaInfo.png
A cake commemorating the coming of the year 2000 at Walker General Hospital. (TV: Doctor Who)

2000 was a year.

Properties

The year 2000 was, as evidenced by statements by American news outlets and world-renowned chronologist Professor Wagg — the start of the third millennium. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) This view was shared by at least one incarnation of the Doctor. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"]) Despite the predilection of most humans to celebrate it as the beginning of the millennium, however, at least one other incarnation of the Doctor regarded it as the final year of the second millennium. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"]) This tug-of-war between the technical and common conceptions of the year was reflected in an argument between Anji Kapoor and her boyfriend Dave Young. He held fast to the view that 1 January 2001 was the beginning of the millennium, whereas she found this pedantry a reason to seriously consider leaving him. (PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"])

Events

Dated

January - February

For the first ten minutes of 1 January, London was transformed into the Great Kingdom. Anne Travers sacrificed her life to return the universe to normal. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"]) The Sixth Doctor regenerated shortly after leaving Earth. (PROSE: Head Games [+]Loading...["Head Games (novel)"])

Also in the morning of 1 January, the Eighth Doctor departed San Francisco after preventing the Bruce Master from destroying the planet at the start of the year. Grace Holloway declined an invitation to travel with him and the Doctor did not agree to Grace's invitation for him to come with her. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)",""]) After the departure of the Eighth Doctor, Grace discovered residue left over from the Master's Deathworm Morphant form. (COMIC: The Fallen [+]Loading...["The Fallen (comic story)"])

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II were also on Earth on the 1st of January; visiting Paris, much to Romana's chagrin as they had only just visited the city, albeit twenty-one years earlier. (COMIC: The Forgotten [+]Loading...["The Forgotten (comic story)"])

The Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS were also on Earth on 1 January, enjoying the New Year's celebrations at Sydney Harbour Bridge, as part of their tour of various New Year's celebrations in history. Ryan Sinclair cited this particular New Year as being his favourite. (TV: Resolution [+]Loading...["Resolution (TV story)"])

Grace Holloway re-encounters the Eighth Doctor. (COMIC: The Body Politic)

In February, the Eighth Doctor returned to Grace Holloway and offered her a trip in the TARDIS. This time, she accepted his offer. (COMIC: The Body Politic [+]Loading...["The Body Politic (comic story)"]) Sometime after the Doctor returned her to Earth, Grace quit her job at the hospital and, seeking to use the Master's DNA to develop a human/Time Lord hybrid capable of regeneration, began working for a genetics lab; which she later learned was actually a branch of MI6. (COMIC: The Fallen [+]Loading...["The Fallen (comic story)"])

November - December

In early November, Tom wandered onto Iris Wildthyme's Celestial Omnibus thinking it was a real bus. Iris left London with Tom on the bus and the two began travelling together. (PROSE: Verdigris [+]Loading...["Verdigris (novel)"])

Prior to Christmas 2000, the Eighth Doctor warned Chang Lee not to be in San Francisco on that date and advised him to "take a vacation". Exactly what event inspired that warning has as yet not been officially chronicled. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

Undated

The Cybermen unleashed a computer virus that destroyed all of the vowels. (PROSE: Vrs [+]Loading...["Vrs (short story)"])

The Sixth Doctor met Evelyn Smythe for the first time in Sheffield Hallam University. (AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])

The London Eye was opened sometime in this year. (PROSE: Magic of the Angels [+]Loading...["Magic of the Angels (novel)"])

The Ninth Doctor was photographed fighting a pterodactyl. By 2005, Clive Finch had added a copy of the photo to his collection of information about the Doctor. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

Lily Henwick's mother Angela and brother Noah were taken by the Zeeng through a rift inside their house. The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler, who wound up in the area while attempting to refuel the TARDIS, helped rescue them, along with another abductee, and sealed the rift. (PROSE: The Monster in the Cupboard [+]Loading...["The Monster in the Cupboard (novel)"])

Other realities

The Eighth Doctor in bed with his wife Grace Holloway. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)

In an alternate universe, the Eighth Doctor stayed in San Francisco after defeating the Bruce Master and married Grace Holloway. He got a job as a professor at a university in San Francisco and happily lived a domestic life with Grace. (COMIC: The Glorious Dead [+]Loading...["The Glorious Dead (comic story)"])

In another universe, the Doctor came to London to hide from the Time Lords and avoid his trial. To improve his elusiveness, he jumped off a pylon and regenerated into a woman. For a while, the Doctor managed to live an ordinary life on Earth working at a Sainsbury's, but she was eventually found by two Time Lords and punished for her actions. (AUDIO: Exile [+]Loading...["Exile (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 10 February, Henry Louis Noone was born in St Stephen's Hospital in London. (AUDIO: A Death in the Family [+]Loading...["A Death in the Family (audio story)"])

Undated

Sally Morgan was born. (AUDIO: Project Nirvana [+]Loading...["Project Nirvana (audio story)"])

Chloe Webber was born to Trish Webber and Chloe's father. (TV: Fear Her [+]Loading...["Fear Her (TV story)"])

Other

According to one account, Zoe Heriot originated from 2000. (AUDIO: Prison in Space [+]Loading...["Prison in Space (audio story)"]) Despite the fact that most sources date Zoe's life to a much later time, no source disputes that she was a fan of the Karkus comics published in the Hourly Telepress in this year. (TV:The Mind Robber [+]Loading...["The Mind Robber (TV story)"], PROSE: The Wheel of Ice [+]Loading...["The Wheel of Ice (novel)"])

New York City's total population was 8,008,278, 2,871,032 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

People in 1966 initially believed the rhinoceros, an endangered species, would be completely extinct by this year. (PROSE: The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street [+]Loading...["The Rhino of Twenty-Three Strand Street (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

Retrieved from "https://tardis.wiki/w/index.php?title=2000&oldid=3878539"