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'''1908''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[30 June]], the energy created by the impact of a [[meteor]] which later became known as the [[Tunguska Event]] caused the [[Great Divide (Birthright)|Great Divide]] to open in [[Russia]], allowing some of the [[Charrl]] to enter that time period from [[22000|22,000]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'') The [[Third Doctor]] attempted to take [[Liz Shaw]] and [[Jo Grant]] to witness the meteor impact but [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] instead [[materialise]]d in [[St Petersburg]] in [[December]] [[1916]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin (novel)|The Wages of Sin]]'') A concurrent [[meteor shower]] would later be reported on in [[Nature (magazine)|''Nature'']] [[magazine]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
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The [[Tunguska Scroll]] was recovered in the [[Tunguska Basin]] in [[Russia]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'')


===History of the Doctor Who Universe===
[[Narayan|Ayyappan]] left the [[Karabar Caves]] in [[India|British India]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Emerald Tiger (audio story)|The Emerald Tiger]]'')
* [[27th August]] - [[Australia]]n [[cricket]] player [[Donald Bradman]] is born in [[Wikipedia:Cootamundra |Cootamundra]], [[Wikipedia:New South Wales |New South Wales]]. [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] meets him circa [[1932]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'')


===History of ''Doctor Who''===
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] encountered the [[Koltroxa]], who was destroyed in a paradox caused by meeting her alternate future self. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Time Stealer (comic story)|The Time Stealer]]'', ''[[The Battle for Time (comic story)|The Battle for Time]]'')
====[[January]]====
* [[8th January|8]] - [[William Hartnell]], the first actor to play [[the Doctor]], is born at [[Wikipedia:St. Pancras|St. Pancras]], [[London]].


====[[February]]====
[[Herbert Asquith]] became the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birthright (novel)|Birthright]]'')
* [[15th February|15]] - [[Raf De La Torre]], who played the [[Senior Judge (The Keys of Marinus) |Senior Judge]] in "[[The Keys of Marinus]]," is born in [[Paris]].


====Unknown Date====
== Births and deaths ==
*The [[Tunguska Scroll]] is recovered in the [[Tanguska Basin]] in [[Russia]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]'')
=== Dated ===
:''It is heavely implied that the scroll reached the Earth in the real-life [[Wikipedia:Tunguska Event|Tunguska Event]], which would place the recovery somewhere after June 30, the date of the impact''
On [[7 January]], [[Nora Wicker]]'s husband [[Ernie Wicker|Ernie]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The World Tree (audio story)|The World Tree]]'')


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[[James Stewart]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'')
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1908 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 30 June, the energy created by the impact of a meteor which later became known as the Tunguska Event caused the Great Divide to open in Russia, allowing some of the Charrl to enter that time period from 22,000. (PROSE: Birthright) The Third Doctor attempted to take Liz Shaw and Jo Grant to witness the meteor impact but the TARDIS instead materialised in St Petersburg in December 1916. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin) A concurrent meteor shower would later be reported on in Nature magazine. (PROSE: Birthright)

Undated

The Tunguska Scroll was recovered in the Tunguska Basin in Russia. (TV: Enemy of the Bane)

Ayyappan left the Karabar Caves in British India. (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger)

The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble encountered the Koltroxa, who was destroyed in a paradox caused by meeting her alternate future self. (COMIC: The Time Stealer, The Battle for Time)

Herbert Asquith became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (PROSE: Birthright)

Births and deaths

Dated

On 7 January, Nora Wicker's husband Ernie was born. (AUDIO: The World Tree)

Undated

James Stewart was born. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two)