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==Events==
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===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
'''1966''' was a [[year]].
====[[January]]====
* [[1st January|1]] - The [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] departs [[Trafalgar Square]], where it had arrived during the [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')


====[[July]]====
== Events ==
* [[5th July|5]] - [[Ben Jackson]] begins a five month shore posting. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'')
=== Dated ===
* [[12th July|12]] through [[20th July|20]] - From its base in the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[London]], [[WOTAN]] directs both [[mind control]]led [[Human]]s and [[robot]] [[War Machine]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'')
On [[1 January]], [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] departed from [[Trafalgar Square]], where it had arrived during the [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|namedep=Volcano (8)}})
* [[20th July|20]] - [[Second Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Polly]], [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] get involved with the schemes of the [[Chameleon]]s at [[Gatwick Airport]]. Ben and Polly decide to stay behind in their own time. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'') Meanwhile, the [[Dalek]]s steal [[the TARDIS]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')


====[[September]]====
Also on 1 January, [[Jill Mason|Jill]] and [[Bob Mason]] were married in [[Crook Marsham]]. Bob died of a brain aneurysm only four months later. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Nightshade (audio story)}})


====[[November]]====
In [[March]], the [[World Cup]] trophy was stolen by [[Goldsmith (This Sporting Life)|a goldsmith]]. He stole the trophy to get gold to repair an alien ship that crashed. The [[First Doctor]], [[Steven Taylor]] and [[Dodo Chaplet]] found the trophy and helped the aliens leave Earth. The Doctor left the trophy in a bag in a street and it was discovered a few minutes later. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|This Sporting Life (audio story)}})
* [[15th November|15]] - Birth of [[Perpugilliam Brown|Peri Brown]], companion of the [[the Doctor]] in his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] and [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] incarnations. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Fire]]'')


====Unknown date====
During the summer, on Thursdays, the first eleven numbered incarnations of [[the Doctor]] visited artist [[Andy Warhol]] individually. Warhol painted them on one painting. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The War of Art (WEB short story)}})
* [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visit [[London]] ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Love Invasion]]'')
* [[Ace]] and [[Hex]] meet [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Veiled Leopard]]'')  


===Real World===
On [[5 July]], [[Ben Jackson]] began a five-month shore posting, and on [[12 July]] met [[Polly Wright]] at the [[Inferno (club)|Inferno]] [[nightclub]] in [[Covent Garden]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}})
====[[January]]====
* [[1st January|01]] - "Volcano" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' Episode 8)
* [[8th January|08]] - "Golden Death" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' Episode 9)
* [[15th January|15]] - "Escape Switch" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' Episode 10)
* [[22nd January|22]] - "The Abandoned Planet" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' Episode 11)
* [[29th January|29]] - "Destruction of Time" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' Episode 12). [[Jean Marsh]] leaves the series as her character, [[Sara Kingdom]], becomes the second companion to die in the line of duty.
* [[30th January|30]] - [[Daphne Ashbrook]] is born in Long Beach, [[California]].


====[[February]]====
[[File:Warmachines title.jpg|thumb|left|The First Doctor and a War Machine. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}})]]
* [[5th February|05]] - "War of God" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' Episode 1)
From 12 July to [[20 July]], [[WOTAN]], from its base in the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[London]], directed [[mind control|mind-controlled]] [[human]] and [[robot]] [[War Machine]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}})
* [[12th February|12]] - "The Sea Beggar" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' Episode 2)
* [[19th February|19]] - "Priest of Death" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' Episode 3)
* [[26th February|26]] - "Bell of Doom" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' Episode 4). [[Jackie Lane]] makes her debut as companion [[Dodo Chaplet]].


====[[March]]====
[[16 July]] was initially set as [[C-Day]], when all of [[Earth]]'s computers would be placed under WOTAN's control. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})
* [[5th March|05]] - "The Steel Sky" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark]]'' Episode 1)
* [[12th March|12]] - "The Plague" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark]]'' Episode 2)
* [[19th March|19]] - "The Return" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark]]'' Episode 3)
* [[26th March|26]] - "The Bomb" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ark]]'' Episode 4)


====[[April]]====
On 20 July, the First Doctor and Dodo arrived in London and battled the War Machines. The Doctor left with new companions [[Polly Wright]] and Ben Jackson. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Machines (TV story)}}) After defeating WOTAN, the Doctor checked to see if the [[Hand of Omega]] had been buried in [[Shoreditch|Shoreditch Cemetery]] as per his instructions in [[November]] [[1963]], only to discover that it had been removed. He determined that his [[Seventh Doctor|future self]] would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)}})
* [[2nd April|02]] - "The Celestial Toyroom" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]'' Episode 1)
* [[9th April|09]] - "The Hall of Dolls" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]'' Episode 2)
* [[16th April|16]] - "The Dancing Floor" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]'' Episode 3)
* [[23rd April|23]] - "The Final Test" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]'' Episode 4)
* [[30th April|30]] - "A Holiday for the Doctor" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' Episode 1)


====[[May]]====
Also on 20 July, the [[Second Doctor]], Ben, Polly and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] became involved with the schemes of the [[Chameleon (humanoid)|Chameleons]] at [[Gatwick Airport]]. Ben and Polly decided to stay behind in their own time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Faceless Ones (TV story)}}) Meanwhile, the [[Dalek]]s stole [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}})
* [[7th May|07]] - "Don't Shoot the Pianist" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' Episode 2)
* [[14th May|14]] - "Johnny Ringo" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' Episode 3)
* [[21st May|21]] - "The OK Corral" First Broadcast ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'' Episode 4). This marks the final time individual episode titles would be used in the original series (the practice would resume in 2005).
* [[28th May|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast


====[[June]]====
Sometime after Ben and Polly returned to Earth, the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited London, where the [[Kustollon]] [[Igrix]] planned to change history by firing at [[the Moon]], preventing humanity from having a space programme and ultimately meeting and fighting the Kustollons. The Doctor and Rose turned Igrix's artificial [[Lend-a-Hand]] girls into humans using a virus containing genetic information from Rose, and also gave Igrix's [[Biotechnology|organic]] spaceship humanity by spraying the virus at it, stopping his plans, and making the spaceship wish to explore the universe. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}})
* [[4th June|04]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[11th June|11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[18th June|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast. [[Peter Purves]] leaves the series with this episode, although he would continue his association with ''Doctor Who'' for years to come when he subsequently becomes co-host of ''[[Blue Peter]]''.
* [[25th June|25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast. [[Michael Craze]] and [[Anneke Wills]] make their debuts as [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly]], respectively. This episode is notorious for having a character -- the computer [[WOTAN]] -- break the longstanding taboo of referring to the Doctor by the name "Doctor Who".


====[[July]]====
The Ninth Doctor read a ''[[The Daily Mirror|Daily Mirror]]'' article about "[[Harold Wilson|Wilson]]'s wage freeze". He believed this was a "bad idea". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}})
* [[2nd July|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' episode 2 First Broadcast. Final appearance of [[Jackie Lane]] as [[Dodo Chaplet]].
* [[9th July|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[16th July|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast
* The film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' is released to theatres in the United States.


====Summer====
On [[30 July]], the [[1966 World Cup]] [[1966 World Cup Final|Final]] was held in [[England]], with the hosts winning ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Changing of the Guard (audio story)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)}}, {{cs|Extra Time (novel)}}) 4-2 against [[West Germany]]. [[Igrix]] changed history so that England won 5-2, but after stopping Igrix' plans, the [[Ninth Doctor]] mentioned that he "oughta fix" the extra goal. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}}) The final was played in [[Wembley Stadium]]. After trying to attend but missing the correct date [[966|by 1000 years]] the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]], and [[Rory Williams]] eventually attended the game. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|They Think It's All Over (comic story)}}) They would later attend for a second time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Extra Time (novel)}})
* [[William Hartnell]] sends shockwaves through the ''Doctor Who'' production team by announcing his intention to leave the series. The producers and writers develop the concept of [[regeneration]] to explain the change of lead actor and cast [[Patrick Troughton]] as the new Doctor; Hartnell agrees to appear in the first two serials of the new season.


====[[August]]====
In [[August]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) the [[Great Intelligence]] attacked London through the [[London Underground]]. London was evacuated and web from the underground began rising into the streets. The Intelligence was defeated by the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]], and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Web of Fear (TV story)}}) The "[[London Event]]" was covered up by the government as an industrial nerve gas leak. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})
* [[5th August | 05]] - The second feature film, ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', based upon [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', is released in the UK.


====[[September]]====
On [[11 September]], the first [[Cyber-arm|cybernetic arms]] appeared in [[Mondasian]] [[shop]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[8th September|8]] - ''[[Star Trek]]'' debuts in America. This influential series would go on to become ''Doctor Who's'' chief rival in terms of franchise longevity, although the original series would only run until the spring of 1969.
* [[10th September|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast
* [[17th September|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[24th September|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast


====[[October]]====
On [[24 December]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] visited [[Whitehall]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)}})
* [[1st October|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast
* [[8th October|08]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast
* [[8th October|08]] - [[Camille Coduri]] who plays [[Jackie Tyler]] in series 1, 2 and (as a one off appearance) 4 of the revived [[Doctor Who]] is born in Wandsworth [[London]].
* [[15th October|15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[22nd October|22]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[29th October|29]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in the first [[regeneration]], from [[William Hartnell]] to [[Patrick Troughton]]


====[[November]]====
=== Undated events ===
* [[5th November|05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast
[[File:ManhattanLower-ViewedFromEastRiver.jpg|left|thumb|[[Manhattan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)|namedep=Flight Through Eternity (3)}})]]
* [[12th November|12]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] and the [[Dalek time machine]] materialised on an observation deck of the [[Empire State Building]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)|namedep=Flight Through Eternity (3)}})
* [[19th November|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[26th November|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast


====[[December]]====
[[Steven Taylor]] and [[Sara Kingdom]] ended up in [[East Berlin]] following a collision between the [[First Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and the experimental [[time travel]] vessel ''[[Hank Morgan IV]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Anachronauts (audio story)}})
* [[3rd December|03]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 5 First Broadcast
* [[10th December|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' Episode 6 First Broadcast
* [[17th December|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast. [[Frazer Hines]] debuts as new companion [[Jamie McCrimmon]].
* [[24th December|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[31st December|31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast


==Reference==
The First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited [[London]], where they met [[Oliver Harper]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Perpetual Bond (audio story)}})
* ''[[A History of the Universe]]'' by Lance Parkin


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[[Tony Barker]], [[Amy Barker]] and [[Butch (The Monsters from Earth)|Butch]] stowed away on [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monsters from Earth (short story)}})
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The [[Fifth Doctor]] dropped off his companions [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] in [[Monte Carlo]] and instructed them to prevent the [[Veiled Leopard]] from being stolen while the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companions [[Ace]] and [[Hex]] were simultaneously trying to steal it. However, the two sets of companions did not interact and remained ignorant of what they had in common. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Veiled Leopard (audio story)}})
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While in a [[bubble prison]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] imagined attending a party hosted by Warhol in [[London]]. Other guests included [[Mick Jagger]], [[Twiggy]] (with whom Iris had a feud), [[Jimmy Page]] and [[Julie Christie]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? (audio story)}})
 
[[Lake Ontario]] froze over. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Christmas in Toronto (short story)}})
 
[[Sean Connery]] starred as [[James Bond]] in ''[[Voodoo Something To Me]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)}})
 
[[The Psychadelic Shop]] opened in [[San Francisco]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wonderland (novel)}})
 
[[Neville Lewis]] was [[Wallasey]]'s [[Wallasey's Junior Boxing Champion|Junior Boxing Champion]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|War of the Sontarans (TV story)}})
 
A [[time machine]] crashed on [[Earth]]. It was found by [[Robert (The Little Drummer Boy)|Robert]], who spent the next thirty years [[time travel]]ling. The [[First Doctor]] returned him to this year at [[Christmas]] to take his dying brother [[Christopher (The Little Drummer Boy)|Christopher]]'s place. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Little Drummer Boy (short story)}})
 
=== Other realities ===
In a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]], [[Kit Pedler (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Kit Pedler]] worked with [[Gerry Davis (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Gerry Davis]] to create the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] for the TV show ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})
 
In an [[alternate timeline]], [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] abdicated and became a private citizen. [[Great Britain]] joined the International Communist Republic of [[Mokoshia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Red Planets (audio story)}})
 
== Births and deaths ==
[[Peri Brown]], a [[companion]] of [[the Doctor]] during his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth]] and [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnations]], was born on [[15 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reaping (audio story)}}, {{cs|Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)}})
 
[[Katherine Chambers]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reaping (audio story)}})
 
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1966 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 1 January, the TARDIS departed from Trafalgar Square, where it had arrived during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (TV: "Volcano" [+]Part of The Daleks' Master Plan, Loading...{"namedep":"Volcano (8)","1":"The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"})

Also on 1 January, Jill and Bob Mason were married in Crook Marsham. Bob died of a brain aneurysm only four months later. (AUDIO: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (audio story)"])

In March, the World Cup trophy was stolen by a goldsmith. He stole the trophy to get gold to repair an alien ship that crashed. The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet found the trophy and helped the aliens leave Earth. The Doctor left the trophy in a bag in a street and it was discovered a few minutes later. (AUDIO: This Sporting Life [+]Loading...["This Sporting Life (audio story)"])

During the summer, on Thursdays, the first eleven numbered incarnations of the Doctor visited artist Andy Warhol individually. Warhol painted them on one painting. (PROSE: The War of Art [+]Loading...["The War of Art (WEB short story)"])

On 5 July, Ben Jackson began a five-month shore posting, and on 12 July met Polly Wright at the Inferno nightclub in Covent Garden. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"])

The First Doctor and a War Machine. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"])

From 12 July to 20 July, WOTAN, from its base in the Post Office Tower in London, directed mind-controlled human and robot War Machines. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"])

16 July was initially set as C-Day, when all of Earth's computers would be placed under WOTAN's control. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"], PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

On 20 July, the First Doctor and Dodo arrived in London and battled the War Machines. The Doctor left with new companions Polly Wright and Ben Jackson. (TV: The War Machines [+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"]) After defeating WOTAN, the Doctor checked to see if the Hand of Omega had been buried in Shoreditch Cemetery as per his instructions in November 1963, only to discover that it had been removed. He determined that his future self would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it. (PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story [+]Loading...["The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)"])

Also on 20 July, the Second Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie McCrimmon became involved with the schemes of the Chameleons at Gatwick Airport. Ben and Polly decided to stay behind in their own time. (TV: The Faceless Ones [+]Loading...["The Faceless Ones (TV story)"]) Meanwhile, the Daleks stole the TARDIS. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Sometime after Ben and Polly returned to Earth, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited London, where the Kustollon Igrix planned to change history by firing at the Moon, preventing humanity from having a space programme and ultimately meeting and fighting the Kustollons. The Doctor and Rose turned Igrix's artificial Lend-a-Hand girls into humans using a virus containing genetic information from Rose, and also gave Igrix's organic spaceship humanity by spraying the virus at it, stopping his plans, and making the spaceship wish to explore the universe. (COMIC: The Love Invasion [+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"])

The Ninth Doctor read a Daily Mirror article about "Wilson's wage freeze". He believed this was a "bad idea". (COMIC: The Love Invasion [+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"])

On 30 July, the 1966 World Cup Final was held in England, with the hosts winning (AUDIO: Changing of the Guard [+]Loading...["Changing of the Guard (audio story)"]; PROSE: The Rag & Bone Man's Story [+]Loading...["The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)"], Extra Time [+]Loading...["Extra Time (novel)"]) 4-2 against West Germany. Igrix changed history so that England won 5-2, but after stopping Igrix' plans, the Ninth Doctor mentioned that he "oughta fix" the extra goal. (COMIC: The Love Invasion [+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"]) The final was played in Wembley Stadium. After trying to attend but missing the correct date by 1000 years the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory Williams eventually attended the game. (COMIC: They Think It's All Over [+]Loading...["They Think It's All Over (comic story)"]) They would later attend for a second time. (PROSE: Extra Time [+]Loading...["Extra Time (novel)"])

In August, (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) the Great Intelligence attacked London through the London Underground. London was evacuated and web from the underground began rising into the streets. The Intelligence was defeated by the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield, and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. (TV: The Web of Fear [+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"]) The "London Event" was covered up by the government as an industrial nerve gas leak. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

On 11 September, the first cybernetic arms appeared in Mondasian shops. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

On 24 December, the Eighth Doctor visited Whitehall. (PROSE: For the Man Who Has Everything [+]Loading...["For the Man Who Has Everything (short story)"])

Undated events

Manhattan. (TV: "Flight Through Eternity" [+]Part of The Chase, Loading...{"namedep":"Flight Through Eternity (3)","1":"The Chase (TV story)"})

The Doctor's TARDIS and the Dalek time machine materialised on an observation deck of the Empire State Building. (TV: "Flight Through Eternity" [+]Part of The Chase, Loading...{"namedep":"Flight Through Eternity (3)","1":"The Chase (TV story)"})

Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom ended up in East Berlin following a collision between the First Doctor's TARDIS and the experimental time travel vessel Hank Morgan IV. (AUDIO: The Anachronauts [+]Loading...["The Anachronauts (audio story)"])

The First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited London, where they met Oliver Harper. (AUDIO: The Perpetual Bond [+]Loading...["The Perpetual Bond (audio story)"])

Tony Barker, Amy Barker and Butch stowed away on the Doctor's TARDIS. (PROSE: The Monsters from Earth [+]Loading...["The Monsters from Earth (short story)"])

The Fifth Doctor dropped off his companions Peri Brown and Erimem in Monte Carlo and instructed them to prevent the Veiled Leopard from being stolen while the Seventh Doctor's companions Ace and Hex were simultaneously trying to steal it. However, the two sets of companions did not interact and remained ignorant of what they had in common. (AUDIO: The Veiled Leopard [+]Loading...["The Veiled Leopard (audio story)"])

While in a bubble prison, Iris Wildthyme imagined attending a party hosted by Warhol in London. Other guests included Mick Jagger, Twiggy (with whom Iris had a feud), Jimmy Page and Julie Christie. (AUDIO: Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? [+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme? (audio story)"])

Lake Ontario froze over. (PROSE: Christmas in Toronto [+]Loading...["Christmas in Toronto (short story)"])

Sean Connery starred as James Bond in Voodoo Something To Me. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen [+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)"])

The Psychadelic Shop opened in San Francisco. (PROSE: Wonderland [+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"])

Neville Lewis was Wallasey's Junior Boxing Champion. (TV: War of the Sontarans [+]Loading...["War of the Sontarans (TV story)"])

A time machine crashed on Earth. It was found by Robert, who spent the next thirty years time travelling. The First Doctor returned him to this year at Christmas to take his dying brother Christopher's place. (PROSE: The Little Drummer Boy [+]Loading...["The Little Drummer Boy (short story)"])

Other realities

In a parallel universe, Kit Pedler worked with Gerry Davis to create the Cybermen for the TV show Doctor Who. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)"])

In an alternate timeline, Queen Elizabeth II abdicated and became a private citizen. Great Britain joined the International Communist Republic of Mokoshia. (AUDIO: Red Planets [+]Loading...["Red Planets (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Peri Brown, a companion of the Doctor during his fifth and sixth incarnations, was born on 15 November. (AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"], Peri and the Piscon Paradox [+]Loading...["Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)"])

Katherine Chambers was born. (AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])

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