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'''2009''' was a [[year]].


==[[Doctor Who Universe]]==
== Events ==
===[[January]]===
=== Dated events ===
*[[16th January|16]] - [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] is reunited with the [[Torchwood 3]] team and re-unites with [[John Hart]]. ([[TW]]:''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') (Date: [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
==== January - May ====
*[[23rd January|23]] - The [[Torchwood 3]] team discovers [[Cell 114]] [[sleeper agent]]s in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TW]]:''[[Sleeper]]''.) (Date: [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
<!--Donna's era and the early 21st century setting of the 2009 specials have been moved to 2000s, due to heavily contradictory dating in series 4, and no date at all in the specials.-->
On [[20 January]], [[Barack Obama]] was inaugurated as [[President of the United States]], the first [[African-American]] in the position. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'')


===[[February]]===
Early in the year, over 4 months before August, [[Thomas Brewster]] and [[Gerry Lenz|Gerald Lendler]] came to [[London]]. At the time, Lendler had stolen [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] from Brewster. When Brewster rummaged through Lendler's collection of valuable items, he accidentally woke up a hibernating [[Coffin-Loader]] and it escaped into the [[River Thames]]. It released methane and mould into the atmosphere, which increased Earth's temperature by 1 degree. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'')
* Annual de-frosting of [[Tommy Brockless]], a young soldier first cryogenically frozen in [[1918]]. Ultimately, this turns out to be the final defrosting.  ([[TW]]:''[[To the Last Man]]''.) (Date: [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
*[[20th February|20]] - Dr. [[Martha Jones]] arrives in [[Cardiff]] on the trail of the [[Pharm]] and is temporarily assigned to [[Torchwood 3]]. ([[TW]]:''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]'')
*[[27th February|27]] - Dr. [[Owen Harper]] is shot and killed. ([[TW]]:''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]''), (Date: [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
*[[28th February|28]] - Before Martha Jones can conduct an autopsy on Owen Harper, Harper is revived by [[Jack Harkness]] using the second [[resurrection gauntlet]]. As a direct consequence, Harper continues to live past the standard 2.5 revival time, but is briefly possessed by [[Durac]], the embodiment of Death. A number of deaths also occur at a Cardiff hospital as a result of Durac's manifestation. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')


===[[March]]===
[[File:Vostok.jpg|thumb|right|[[Owen Harper]] finds a [[Vostok (species)|Vostok]] in [[Cardiff Bay]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Return of the Vostok (comic story)|The Return of the Vostok]]'')]]
*[[2nd March|02]] - Dr. [[Owen Harper]], who continues to have difficulty accepting his new undead existence, is relieved of his duties with [[Torchwood 3]] (though he continues to help out as their new tea boy) as [[Martha Jones]] agrees to stay on as medical officer. Ultimately, Harper begins to come to terms with his death and returns to active duty for a mission to retrieve an alien artifact from a dying millionare, [[Henry Parker]], who reveals intimate knowledge about Torchwood and its personnel before his passes away. With Harper reinstated, Jones departs Torchwood to return to her duties at [[UNIT]]. Soon after, Harper successfully talks a young woman out of committing suicide. ([[TW]]: ''[[A Day in the Death]]'').
In [[March]], the [[Vostok (species)|Vostok]] came to [[Cardiff]] with the intentions of using its rift to bring the Earth into a new [[Ice Age]]. Torchwood Three visited [[Cardiff Bay]] after it was frozen and discovered the Vostok beneath the ice. They defeated the Vostok by covering the ice in fuel and dropping a match in the fuel, burning the Vostok alive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Return of the Vostok (comic story)|The Return of the Vostok]]'')
*[[19th March|19]] - The [[Torchwood 3]] team investigate the [[Night Travellers]].  Events of [[TW]]:''[[From Out of the Rain]]''. (Date: [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')


===April===
One account, [[Aliens of London dating controversy|but not others]], which suggested this time as [[2008]], placed [[15 May]] 2009 as the start of the [[Mandragora Helix]]'s attempted takeover of Earth through the [[MorganTech]] computer systems. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'')
*By this time conspiracy theorists have begun noting the disappearance of [[bee]]s from the planet Earth, which is also noted by [[Donna Noble]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', et al). It is later learned that they have left earth in anticipation of its imminent relocation to the [[Medusa Cascade]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'').
*Thousands of [[Adipose]] are born from peoples fat and [[March of the Adipose|walk around the streets]]. During this time, [[Donna Noble]] reunites with the [[Tenth Doctor]] and begins her travels with him. Before leaving with the Doctor, however, Donna briefly encounters [[Rose Tyler]] (although she is unaware of Rose's identity). ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'')
*The [[Sontaran]]s [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|invade Earth]]. During this event, [[Martha Jones]] is temporarily reunited with the Doctor and meets [[Donna Noble]] for the first time. Donna also narrowly misses witnessing a brief transmission from [[Rose Tyler]] in the [[TARDIS]]. As part of the Sontaran invasion plan, all [[ATMOS]]-equipped vehicles begin emitting a toxic gas intended to transform the world's atmosphere into a more hospitible one for Sontaran offspring; numerous fatalties are reported worldwide before the Doctor disables the devices. Afterwards, the ATMOS devices are removed from the planet's vehicles. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky]]''; Date: [[NSA]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]'')


===May===
==== June - August ====
*[[15th May|15]] - [[18th May|18]] - the [[Mandragora Helix]] attempts a takeover of Earth through the MorganTech computer systems ([[NSA]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]'').
On [[6 June]], the [[Atraxi]] [[Dimensional transcendentalism|extradimensional]] [[prison]] break occurred. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'')


===May - June===
On [[28 June]], [[Stephen Hawking]] held a [[party]] for [[time travel]]lers at [[Gonville & Caius College]], but he only sent out invitations after the [[event]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Traveller's Diary (novel)|Time Traveller's Diary]]'')
*The Earth is relocated to the [[Medusa Cascade]] by the [[Dalek]]s under the control of the Supreme Dalek and [[Davros]]. Despite the relocation, the planet retains a full communications network. An invasion of Earth by the Daleks commences and a number of humans are taken to "the [[Crucible]]", the Dalek mothership, where they are killed in tests of the [[reality bomb]]. As part of a counter-insurgency against the Dalek invasion, former Prime Minister [[Harriet Jones]] brings together a number of the Doctor's former companions, including Captain [[Jack Harkness]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Martha Jones]] in order to contact the Doctor, and before she herself is killed by the Daleks. [[Rose Tyler]], meanwhile, contacts [[Donna Noble]]'s family and is ultimately reunited with the Doctor. During this incident, The Doctor undergoes a partial regeneration in order to repair damage from a Dalek blast; as a result of this, [[The Doctor's hand|the Doctor's severed hand]] later forms a mental link with Donna and grows into [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor|a second version of the Doctor]], but one that's half-human without Time Lord biological abilities such as regeneration. During ths incident, [Martha Jones]], under orders from [[UNIT]], reveals the existence of the [[Osterhagen Key]], a weapon capable of destroying Earth. Due to her interaction with the second Doctor, Donna briefly gains the knowledge of a Time Lord, and with her help the two Doctors are able to defeat the Daleks. Afterwards, the Doctor and his companions are successful in restoring Earth to its original location using the [[Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]; this sparks worldwide celebrations around the planet. Afterwards, [[Mickey Smith]] chooses to remain on his original Earth instead of returning to [[Pete's World]], Harkness offers Martha Jones a job with [[Torchwood 3]], and the Doctor returns Rose and [[Jackie Tyler]] to [[Pete's World]], along with his clone. [[Donna Noble]] is returned to her family, but with all memories of the Doctor wiped from her mind due to the danger to her survival posed by her transformation. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End]]'') (Takes place within 6 weeks of ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]'')


===[[October]]===
Sometime before 18 August, [[Polly Wright]] read a blog post by [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] about Jo's encounter with [[Doreen Killebrew]] in the [[1970s]]. From this blog post, she learned that [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] knew the Doctor and they began exchanging emails on their past adventures with him. Eventually, they were contacted by Thomas Brewster, who thought they could help him deal with Gerald Lendler.
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]] visit [[Blackwood Falls]]. ([[NSA]]: [[Forever Autumn]])


===Unknown===
On [[18 August]], Polly and Alistair met up with Brewster at a restaurant where Brewster had been working for three weeks. Lendler had hired [[The Hunter|an alien hunter]] to deal with the creature. The Coffin-Loader came out of the River Thames and parts of London were flooded. Using Alistair as bait for the Coffin-Loader, the Hunter lured it to [[Trafalgar Square]] and killed it, returning Earth's climate to normal. Afterwards, with some convincing from Polly and Alistair, Lendler gave the Doctor's TARDIS back to Brewster. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'')
*[[Shreela Govindia]] dies of an autoimmune disease. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
*[[ATMOS]], a combination GPS/emission control system for automobiles, becomes widespread in vehicles around the world.
*[[Rose Tyler]] temporarily returns from her [[Pete's World|parallel Earth]], initially arriving in the normal universe ([[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'') but later ending up in an alternate timeline where she attains a position of authority with [[UNIT]] and works with them and [[Donna Noble]] to restore the timeline. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')
*[[Toshiko Sato]] died by gunshot wound when she was shot by [[Gray]], whilst [[Owen Harper]] expired after being expose to nuclear waste following the actions of Gray and [[John Hart]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')


====Alternate timelines====
==== September - December ====
*'''[[The Year That Never Was]]'': [[The Master]] rules the [[Earth]] with an iron fist, before [[Jack Harkness| Captain Jack]] destroys the [[Paradox machine]], which reverses time back to [[2008]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'').
Members of the [[Stockbridge]] Preservation Society began to go missing. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child (comic story)|The Stockbridge Child]]'')
*'''[[Donna's World]]'' - After the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' fell to Earth on [[25th December]] [[2008]], annihilating [[London]] and rendering most of southern [[England]] unlivable with nuclear radiation, [[Great Britain]] has become a police state.  Londoners lucky enough to have survived are subject to forced relocations; [[Donna Noble]]'s family is moved to [[Leeds]]. [[Rose Tyler]] works with the [[UNIT]] of this timeline to help [[Donna Noble]] restore the proper chain of events which, at one point, involves sending Donna back to [[2007]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')


==Real World==
[[File:Newspaper Wed Sept 2009 CoE ep2.png|thumb|Newspaper [[Ianto Jones]] picks up. Date reads: Wednesday September 2009 ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')]]
:'''NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.'''
On 8:40AM [[GMT]] on a [[Wednesday]] in [[September]], every child on Earth stopped in their tracks and recited the message, "We are coming", repeatedly, in English. Behind the scenes, the [[British government]] knew this came from [[the 456]], a race who had visited Earth before. [[Gwen Cooper]] spoke to [[Clement McDonald]], who also stopped and said the message, He told Gwen that when he was a child, the children on his orphanage bus were stolen away, with him almost being taken too. Jack Harkness had a bomb encased in his body which blew up the Torchwood Three hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')


===January===
Jack, his body slowly reconstituting itself, was held by Johnson, while Gwen went on the run from the British government, revealing to her husband Rhys she was pregnant. The children on Earth stopped again to say, "We are coming...tomorrow". [[Dekker|Mr Dekker]] built a container for the 456 to specification, filled with unusual gases. [[Lois Habiba]] revealed to Gwen that [[John Frobisher]] was behind the death orders for Torchwood. Johnson sealed Jack in concrete, but [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] arrived, releasing him. Jack and Ianto escaped with Rhys and Gwen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')
* [[1st January|01]] - BBC TV broadcasts an edited version of the July 2008 ''Doctor Who at the Proms'' concert, previously released on radio and the Internet. The broadcast includes the television debut of the audience-interactive mini-episode ''[[Music of the Spheres]]''. An extended version of the broadcast, including the performance of "[[Song for Ten]]", is later made available for UK Digital viewers.
* [[2nd January|02]] - Who fandom is caught by surprise when the BBC announces that the actor to play the [[Eleventh Doctor]] is to be announced in a special edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' the next day,
* [[3rd January|03]] - During a special edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', the BBC announces that [[Matt Smith]] has been cast as the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
* [[4th January|04]] - The announcement of Matt Smith as the new Doctor is front page news in many UK newspapers. Since these are Sunday publications, many receive international distribution. 
* [[6th January|06]] - [[John Scott Martin]] dies.
* [[14th January|14]] - Production begins on ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' with the first cast read-through of the script. [[David Tennant]], as he did regularly during Series 2 and 3 and less regularly during Series 4, records the event for posterity for a series of video diaries (dubbed "The Tennant Tapes") later posted to the BBC's website.
** First issue of ''[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]'', a fortnightly UK/Ireland-only magazine, is published, incorporating a DVD of the episodes ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and ''[[The End of the World]]''.
* [[16th January|16]] - The website of the UK newspaper ''The Guardian'' publishes a column condemning then-rumored plans to film one of the 2009 specials in Dubai, citing the United Arab Emirates' human rights record.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/garethmcleanblog/2009/jan/16/1]
* [[19th January|19]] - Filming begins on ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', the first of four one-hour ''Doctor Who'' specials to air during 2009 and early 2010 in lieu of a full season. These specials will mark the end of [[David Tennant]]'s era as the [[Tenth Doctor]], and also conclude [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Julie Gardner]]'s tenures as producers. Concurrent with the start of production are rumours that [[Michelle Ryan]] and [[Lee Evans]] had been cast in the special. The rumours are later confirmed by the BBC, which releases publicity photographs of Ryan with [[David Tennant]]. According to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' #405, ''Planet of the Dead'' is the first ''Doctor Who'' episode to be produced in high-definition.
** [[Catherine Tate]] guest stars on ''The Sunday Night Project'' and take part in a skit in which she impersonates [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]].
* [[22nd January|22]] - David Tennant's first day of shooting on ''Planet of the Dead'' ("The Tennant Tapes 2").
* [[28th January|28]] - Media in the UK and United Arab Emirates report that a transportation mishap has resulted in a double-decker bus intended for filming scenes for the Easter 2009 special ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' on location in Dubai, being heavily damaged, forcing writers [[Russell T. Davies]] and [[Gareth Roberts]] to revise part of their script. The resulting BBC News report serves as confirmation to earlier rumours that ''Doctor Who'' is in fact filming at least part of ''Planet of the Dead'' in the Middle Eastern country. This marks the first full-scale production of a ''Doctor Who'' installment outside Europe since [[Doctor Who (1996)|the 1996 telefilm]] was shot in [[Canada]] and only the second regular TV episode to film major scenes outside Europe since ''[[Planet of Fire]]'' was partially filmed in the Canary Islands in 1984.
* Late January - The weekly magazine ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' publishes its 100th issue.
* [[31st January|31]] - Release of [[The Key 2 Time - The Judgement of Isskar]].


===February===
The [[456 ambassador]] materialised in the gassy container in [[Thames House]]. They demanded 10% of all of Earth's children. Clem revealed that Jack had been behind the handover in 1965, and Jack staid it was for the 456. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'')
* To tie in with its broadcasts of ''[[Torchwood]]'' Series 2, the digital channel Watch publishes an exclusive comic strip, ''[[The Return of the Vostok]]'', on its website.
* [[5th February|05]] - The official trailer for ''[[Torchwood]]'': ''[[Children of Earth]]'' is unveiled at the New York Comic Con and online.
* [[12th February|12]] - Release of ''[[The Nemonite Invasion]]'', an original made-for-[[BBC Audio]] story read by [[Catherine Tate]].
* [[13th February|13]] - The BBC reports that filming is now officially under way in Dubai for [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''.
* [[13th February|13]] - [[15th February|15]] - The American "Gallifrey" Doctor Who and SF convention marks its 20th anniversary.
* [[19th February|19]] - The BBC announces that [[Lindsay Duncan]] has been cast as [[Adelaide]], a character described as the companion of [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s in the as-yet untitled second 2009 special. The BBC also announces that production of the special is scheduled to occur in the spring, although no confirmation of a broadcast date has yet been made.
* [[25th February|25]] - Publication of ''[[The Whispering Gallery]]'', a one-shot comic book by [[IDW Publishing]].
* [[26th February|26]] - Publication of ''[[The Sontaran Games]]'', the fourth [[Quick Reads]] novella. Beginning with this book, the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] line begins a series of novels featuring returning monsters and races from both the classic and revival series; this is slated to continue throughout 2009.
* [[28th February|28]] - [[The Key 2 Time - The Destroyer of Delights]] released
* An online version of ''[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]'' is launched, allowing those who already own the DVDs, or who are unable to buy the magazine internationally due to licensing restrictions, access to the printed content of the magazine. The subscription-based site also makes the contents of the ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' series available to international fans.


===March===
Jack continued to talk about the night he and others handed children over to the 456 in 1965. At Thames House, the 456 ambassador had one of the children of 1965 as part of its system, unaging. As negotiations failed, the government started to think of ways to hand over the 10%, which Lois recorded with Torchwood's [[Eye-5]] contact lenses as incriminating evidence. The 456 killed Clem. Jack and Ianto faced the 456, but were also killed, along with the rest of Thames House once the 456 released the virus. Jack revived, upset over his loss. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')
* The BBC series ''Tonight's the Night'' (hosted by [[John Barrowman]]) launches a contest for viewers to create their own Doctor Who monster. Following the 28 March deadline finalists will be chosen to take part in further competition on the series. The winner gets to appear in a specially written ''Doctor Who'' scene (it's unclear whether this will be a standalone scene similar to ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'' or a scene in an upcoming episode.)
* [[3rd March|3]] - The BBC announces that outgoing ''Doctor Who'' executive producer [[Julie Gardner]] will be joining the Los Angeles branch of [[BBC Worldwide]] in June 2009, serving as executive producer of American-market projects.
* [[13th March|13]] - ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]'', a special mini-episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', airs in the UK as part of [[Comic Relief]]'s Red Nose Day. This is the first mini-episode to be based upon a spinoff of ''Doctor Who''. [[David Tennant]] co-hosts the main BBC broadcast of of Red Nose Day with [[Davina McCall]], introducing the SJA mini-episode and also taking part in a Doctor Who-themed round of the quiz show ''Mastermind''. The SJA mini-adventure is originally given the title ''Funny for Money'' in pre-broadcast publicity, but so-writer [[Clayton Hickman]] later confirmed the official title on the Doctor Who Forum.[http://www.doctorwhoforum.com/showthread.php?p=7959913#post7959913]
* [[14th March|14]] - Canadian premiere of ''[[The Next Doctor]]''. The cable network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] is airing the special rather than the [[CBC]], marking a possible major shift in how future episodes of the revived series will be broadcast in that country.
* [[16th March|16]] - A quarter century after their use was phased out across the UK, Edinburgh's police department announces plans to reintroduce "[[Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]-style" police boxes.[http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Police-bring-Tardisstyle-boxes-back.5074422.jp]
* Mid-March - For the fourth consecutive year, episodes of ''Doctor Who'' written by [[Steven Moffat]] are nominated for the annual Hugo Award: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]''. Also nominated: [[Russell T. Davies]]' episode ''[[Turn Left]]'' (resulting in some controversy among fans who expected his ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' to be nominated. Competition for the award includes episodes of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Lost''.
* [[18th March|18]] - In a speech to members of BAFTA, [[Russell T. Davies]] reveals that production of Series 3 of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' had been impacted by BBC budget cuts and had nearly been cancelled on three occasions.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7952655.stm]
* [[30th March|30]] -  Release of [[The Key 2 Time - The Chaos Pool]]


===April===
The British government started sending the 10% to the 456, labelling it "inoculations". The ambassador revealed the children were to be used as drugs. The Prime Minister informed John Frobisher that his children would be among those handed over to the 456. Unable to cope with this, Frobisher killed his family and committed suicide. Gwen and Rhys tried to escape with as many children as they could. Jack used the wave the 456 had used to kill Clem the previous day to destroy the 456, but sacrificed his grandson [[Steven Carter|Steven]] to set it up. Stricken with guilt over the death of his grandson, Jack left Cardiff and spent the next few months wandering the Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')
* Release of [[The Magic Mousetrap]]
* Publication of ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten'', a graphic novel-style release reprinting the ''[[The Forgotten]]'' story arc from [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Doctor Who (IDW)|Doctor Who]]'' comic book series.
* Mid-April - In the weeks following its broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', the Canadian television network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] confirms that it has obtained the Canadian broadcast rights to the [[2009 specials]] and [[Series 5]], and announces it will air ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' in June. This ends speculation over the future of ''Doctor Who'' on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], although it's not yet known whether the CBC or related networks will retain broadcast rights to the first four seasons. Up to at least the end of Series 4, the CBC had been a (sometimes-credited) co-producer of the series; presumably this announcement means that arrangement has ended.
* [[11th April|11]] - Broadcast of ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', the first of four one-hour special episodes of ''Doctor Who'' scheduled for broadcast during 2009 and early 2010 in lieu of a regular season in 2009. Co-written by [[Russell T. Davies]] and [[Gareth Roberts]], it is the first episode on which Davies shares writing credit, is the first episode of the revived series to credit two writers, and is the first story to credit two writers since 1993's ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. It is also the first episode (as opposed to telemovie) of the series to be filmed in part outside Europe since 1984. The BBC did not officially announce the broadcast date until 1 April, leading to some erroneous reports that it would air on Easter Sunday itself, 12 April. The special, the first to be filmed in high-definition, was simulcast on BBC HD. An instalment of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' followed on BBC Three.
* [[16th April|16]] - Publication of ''[[Judgement of the Judoon]]'', ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Slitheen Excursion]]''. All three novels feature the [[Tenth Doctor]] without a companion, continuing the format established by ''[[The Eyeless]]''. Notably, all three releases in this cycle (as well as the preceding Quick Reads release) feature returning monsters.


===May===
On [[Halloween]] in 2009, the [[Gelth]] attempted to pass through a [[rift]] in [[Space-time continuum|space and time]] which had opened in [[Ratchett Abbey]], [[Cheltenham]], but were eventually stopped by the Tenth Doctor and [[Corynne Fletcher]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Scared Stiff (short story)|''Scared Stiff'']])
*Scheduled release of [[Enemy of the Daleks]].
*Scheduled publication of the [[Torchwood]] novels ''[[Bay of the Dead]]'', ''[[The House That Jack Built]]'', and ''[[Into the Silence]]''.
*[[7th May|07]] - Production of the first season of the spinoff series ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9]]'' is scheduled to be completed.[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVZyAlApqWLTtAaz&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]
*[[8th May|08]] - Official release of the film ''[[Star Trek]]'', a new take on the classic series. [[Simon Pegg]], who guest starred in [[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'' and narrated ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', appears as Scotty in the highest-profile example to date of a ''Doctor Who'' actor crossing over into the ''Star Trek'' franchise. [[Deep Roy]], an alumni of [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', shares several scenes with Pegg in a small role as Scotty's alien sidekick.
*[[20th May|20]] - Publication of ''[[The Time Machination]]'', a one-shot comic book by [[IDW Publishing]], and the first comic in IDW's ''Doctor Who'' line to make reference to ''[[Torchwood]]''.
*[[23rd May|23]] - The [[John Barrowman]]-hosted talent series ''[[Tonight's the Night]]'' airs a specially written and filmed ''Doctor Who'' scene in which Barrowman, as [[Jack  Harkness]], encounters an alien (played by a contest winner) in the TARDIS. The scene is written by [[Russell T. Davies]] and includes a cameo [[David Tennant]], out of character as himself. The scene breaks the fourth wall, showing the studio surrounding the TARDIS set, and the special also included a look behind the scenes of the filming.
*[[26th May|26]] - The BBC and [[Russell T. Davies]] announce that [[David Tennant]] will appear as the [[Tenth Doctor]] in an upcoming two-part episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
*[[28th May|28]] - [[BBC America]] announces that it has obtained the US broadcast rights to the [[2009 specials]] of ''Doctor Who''. The series had previously aired on the [[Sci Fi Channel]].
*[[29th May|29]] - The BBC announces that [[Karen Gillan]], who previously appeared in ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'', will co-star with [[Matt Smith]] as the new Doctor Who companion for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm]
** Publication of ''Doctor Who Classics Vol. 3'', a graphic novel-style release reprinting issues of ''[[Doctor Who Classics]]'' by [[IDW Publishing]].


===Late spring===
In mid-December, the Aurelia Festival was held in [[Stockbridge]]. The Tenth Doctor and new companion [[Majenta Pryce]] arrived to find themselves involved in an adventure with [[Maxwell Edison]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child (comic story)|The Stockbridge Child]]'')
*[[Paul Magrs]] and [[Stuart Douglas]] have announced plans to launch a new series of books featuring [[Iris Wildthyme]] in the "late spring" of 2009, beginning with ''[[Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibius]]'', possibly to be followed by a second 2009 release. Exact dates and author information TBA.


===June===
On the [[12 December|12th of December]], [[Brenda]] sent out a [[Letter (Brenda's B&B)|letter]] to the readers of the [[Brenda and Effie|book series]] based upon herself and [[Effie Jacobs|Effie]], inviting them to visit [[Brenda's B&B|her B&B]] in [[Whitby]], [[North Yorkshire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Brenda's B&B (short story)|Brenda's B&B]]'')
*Former ''Doctor Who'' executive producer [[Julie Gardner]] is scheduled to take her post at [[BBC Worldwide]]'s Los Angeles branch.
*[[12th June|12]] - Scheduled preview showing of episode one of ''[[Torchwood]]'': ''[[Children of Earth]]'' at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London
*[[27th June|27]] - Scheduled US broadcast debut of ''[[The Next Doctor]]'' on the show's new US broadcaster, [[BBC America]].[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkuFulFVZlcTGqbxEg&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]


===Summer===
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* [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] of ''[[Torchwood]]'' is expected to air in the summer of 2009, "possibly late June or early July" according to [[BBC America]] president Gareth Ancier speaking after a Television Critics Association meeting in January (contradicting a report in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' #400 that said Spring 2009). According to Ancier, the plan as of January 2009 is for both [[BBC One]] and BBC America to air the series on the same day, the first time in franchise history such an international broadcast has coincided in this way. The third season will consist of a single five-episode story arc entitled ''[[Children of Earth]]''. The cable network Watch has suggested the BBC may air the storyline the week of 15 to 19 June, but this has not yet been confirmed (and indeed the webpage that originally stated this was later revised to remove reference to an exact airdate).
On [[25 December]], the Tenth Doctor and his companion [[Heather McCrimmon]] visited the village of [[Stillmuir]] to celebrate [[Christmas]] with Heather's family. The celebrations were interrupted by three blue-skinned aliens who wanted to learn about Christmas. They transported the entire village away from Earth to a giant snow globe where they could observe the humans. The Doctor talked with the aliens and invited them to observe Christmas by attending the McCrimmon family's celebrations if they returned the village to Earth. The aliens agreed and spent Christmas night celebrating. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Merry Little Christmas (comic story)|A Merry Little Christmas]]'')


===July===
=== Undated ===
* [[Big Finish]] marks the 10th anniversary of its line of ''Doctor Who'' audio productions.
By this year, [[Polly Wright]] worked in the [[Westminster|City of Westminster]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Three Companions (audio story)|The Three Companions]]'')
* [[IDW Publishing]] is scheduled to launch ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'', a new comic series featuring the adventures of the [[Tenth Doctor]].
* According to trailers broadcast in May 2009, [[BBC America]] is planning to air ''[[Torchwood]]'': ''[[Children of Earth]]'' this month.[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkuElkEFFVSGTXrxiA&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]
* [[BBC America]] also plans to air ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' this month.[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkuFulFVZlcTGqbxEg&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle]
* [[25th July|25]] - Scheduled broadcast of ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' on the Canadian network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] (originally announced for 20 June).


===September===
[[Professor]] [[Egen]], a time traveller from [[1959]], briefly stopped in 2009 during his first (and ultimately only) journey through time in his [[Egen's time machine|experimental time machine]]. He looked at a 21st century city full of skyscrapers, which looked "ultra-modern", as he had expected — but, precisely because he had expected it, found it underwhelming, prompting him to move on to the more distant future. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 33 comic story)|Dr. Who's Time Tales]]'')
*Scheduled publication of ''[[The Taking of Chelsea 426]]'', ''[[The Krillitane Storm]]'', and ''[[Autonomy]]''. All novels feature the [[Tenth Doctor]] travelling on his own and, like previous [[BBC New Series Adventures]] releases this year, feature the return of classic monsters. As of January 2009 it's not known yet whether these will be the final Tenth Doctor novels.
*Scheduled publication of ''[[The Dalek Project]]'', the first graphic novel to be published by [[BBC Books]].
*Scheduled publication of ''[[Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide]]''.


===Autumn===
A broken [[Filbik colour coder]] leaked a [[rainbow]] over a town in England, causing anyone who touched it to change colour and fall [[unconscious]] before being transported to a [[Filbik storage ship|storage ship]]. When [[Bobby (The End of the Rainbow)|Bobby]] explained the mishap to the [[Filbik]] they politely agreed to return all of the [[sample]]s taken by accident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The End of the Rainbow (short story)|The End of the Rainbow]]'')
* A third season of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' is scheduled for broadcast in the autumn of 2009; titles and dates TBA. In May 2009 it was announced that the season will include a guest appearance by [[David Tennant]] as the [[Tenth Doctor]].[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/26/sarah_jane.shtml]


===October===
[[Gareth (Doctor Who)|Gareth]], head of the seismology unit of the UCMA taskforce, developed a system for accurately predicting earthquakes. Gareth's system was credited for saving the human race several times. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
* [[17th October | 17]] - 30th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', the longest continually running publication of its type based upon an English-language TV series.


===Late 2009===
[[Kate Maguire]] first encountered the Tenth Doctor. However, he knew that one day she would help him defend the Earth against an [[Auton]] invasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autonomy (novel)|Autonomy]]'')
* According to [[Russell T. Davies]] in ''SFX Magazine'', the second of the [[2009 Specials]], ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'', is scheduled to air around Christmas 2009 (though whether this means December 25 has yet to be confirmed as of March 2009), followed possibly by one or both of the remaining specials leading to [[David Tennant]]'s regeneration into [[Matt Smith]].[http://scifipulse.net/?p=6378] In early April 2009, however, Davies indicated that a "November-ish" broadcast was being considered for ''The Waters of Mars''. As of May 2009 the only official word from the BBC, coming from the trailer featured at the end of ''Planet of the Dead'' is "later this year".


===December===
A crashed [[Terpsivore]] spaceship was buried under [[Birmingham]] before being repaired and leaving in 2009. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Death Disco (comic story)|Death Disco]]'')
*[[6th December|06]] - 20th anniversary of the broadcast of ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, the final episode of the original 1963-1989 series.


===Unannounced dates===
[[Rani Chandra]] visited a [[Krulius]] spaceship. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Krulius (comic story)|Return of the Krulius]]'')
* Production of the [[2010]] series is expected to begin, with [[Steven Moffat]] as new head writer and [[Piers Wenger]] as new producer and [[Matt Smith]] in the role of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ''Doctor Who Magazine'', in an article on Smith published in early 2009, hinted that production could begin in mid-year.
* The first season of the Australian-made spinoff series ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9]]'' is expected to air in that country sometime in the second half of 2009, likely carrying over into 2010.[http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVZyAlApqWLTtAaz&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle] Broadcast of the series in other countries has yet to be confirmed.


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[[Ellie Faber]] became [[homeless]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]'')
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[[Phil Houseman]]'s ''[[The Myth of Artificial Intelligence]]'' was published. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Theatre of War (novel)|Theatre of War]]'')
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[[Julia Hardwick]] was sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]] when she was in a [[graveyard]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'')
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The nine-year-old [[Sally Morgan]]'s parents were killed in the [[Middle East]] when their convoy was ambushed. From then onwards, she was raised by her grandfather. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Black and White (audio story)|Black and White]]'')
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[[Jack Odwards]] swam the [[English Channel]] to raise money for [[Chuckle-Aid]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379) (audio story)|Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379)]]'')
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The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] visited London for a few days during their travels. The Doctor met [[Miranda Peel]] on a [[Tuesday]] and a [[Wednesday]] on the [[London Underground]] while Jamie and Zoe explored the city. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Favourite Star (short story)|Favourite Star]]'')
 
One of [[Abslom Daak]]'s ancestors was found guilty by [[Intersol]] for crimes against [[New Devonia]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]'')
 
The [[Abzorbaloff (The Genuine Article)|Abzorbaloff]] met the Tenth Doctor in Cardiff, wanting to revenge his [[Abzorbaloff|son]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Genuine Article (webcast)|The Genuine Article]]'')
 
According to [[Brent Cleever]], [[William Frazer|Sir William Frazer]] and [[Lady Frazer]] settled on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Biography — 21 (short story)|Biography — 21]]'')
 
In [[2323]], [[Dr]] [[Olivia Kagg Waldermein]] wrote of the "[[2005]]-2009 [[Russell T Davies (in-universe)|Davies]]-[[Julie Gardner (in-universe)|Gardner]] [[Doctor Who (in-universe)|account]]" of the "[[Last Lightbringer]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}})
 
==== Prior to 456 incursion ====
[[Aliens of London dating controversy|Contradicting other sources]], one account placed this year as the time Torchwood discovered the skeleton of a [[Cardiff]] [[Soldier (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|soldier]] from [[1812]] who died when his heart was ripped out. According to this account, Ianto, [[Owen Harper]], and [[Toshiko Sato]] were still active in Torchwood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
 
A half-[[Ghosty|alien]], half-human girl named [[Freda]] was sent back from the future to escape persecution and came under the protection of Torchwood Three. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'')
 
Torchwood Three discovered [[Torchwood India]] still existed and its members were preserving their own time in their headquarters by draining the life out of innocent civilians, with plans to roll back time to Britain's empire across the world. Torchwood Three defeated them and Torchwood India was frozen in time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'')
 
Torchwood Three combatted a mysterious force that put people into coma-like trances after they answered the phone. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'')<!--Removed "The Devil and Miss Carew" and "Submission". See Behind the scenes.-->
 
Captain Jack and [[Gwen Cooper]] searched for an [[Torrosett 51 binary heat-cannon|alien heat-gun]] on [[Cardiff|Cardiff's]] [[Arthur Machen estate|Machen estate]]. While doing so, they inadvertently caused a parasitic [[Czisch|alien baby]] to unlatch from [[Pam Feerce|its host]], causing the host to kill herself and the baby. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wrong Hands (short story)|The Wrong Hands]]'') When the baby's [[Alien father (Virus)|father]] discovered this, he sought revenge on [[Torchwood Three]] and infected Jack and Gwen with the [[Kagawa Virus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Virus (short story)|Virus]]'')
 
Torchwood Three recovered a [[Sentient book (Consequences)|sentient book]] from [[Cardiff University Library]], which had been stealing people's [[Memory|memories]] and converting them into [[Story|stories]]. The book was indestructible, so to release its grasp on [[Nina Rogers]] Jack decided to send it back in time to [[1899]], where [[Emily Holroyd]] would secretly place it in the [[university]] [[library]] and so trap it in a [[time loop]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Consequences (short story)|Consequences]]'')
 
==== Undated adventures of Sarah Jane Smith & friends ====
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The [[Veil (species)|Veil]] [[Androvax]] crashed in [[Ealing]], followed by the [[Judoon]] [[Tybo]]. Androvax escaped to [[Genetec Systems]], using [[Nanoform]]s to build a spaceship and destroy Earth. Luke deactivated the Nanoforms, and Tybo arrested Androvax. Clyde and Rani were grounded on Earth by the Judoon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]'')
 
Rani was called to [[Danemouth]] by [[Samuel Lloyd]] to investigate a haunted [[funfair]]. Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde followed. Rani found [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]], whose powers were out of control. Eve was taken to [[Ship (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Ship]] to control them. Sarah Jane gave Ship the co-ordinates to the black hole [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] was protecting, freeing him and powering Ship. Eve, Samuel and Eve's adopted father [[Harry Sowersby|Harry]] left in Ship to explore the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
 
[[Peter Dalton]] was about to marry Sarah Jane Smith, but the [[Tenth Doctor]] interfered. The Trickster took Sarah Jane and her gang into a time loop, with Sarah Jane and Peter stuck in one second and the Doctor, Clyde and Rani in another. Peter revoked his deal with the Trickster and died. Time resumed its natural course. With Peter nowhere to be seen, Sarah Jane called the wedding off. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
 
At [[Ashen Hill Manor]], Sarah Jane discovered the people who had disappeared at the manor had been trapped inside another dimension, keeping [[Erasmus Darkening]] alive. Sarah Jane tricken Darkening by putting him into an electromagnetic field. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]'')
 
The ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' was in the [[International Gallery]] in London, on loan from the [[Louvre]]. Due to her proximity to ''[[The Abomination (Mona Lisa's Revenge)|The Abomination]]'', made from the same sentient paint as the ''Mona Lisa'', Mona Lisa was brought to life. She returned to her painting when she was tricked into bringing a sketch of K9 to life, who shot at ''The Abomination''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'')
 
The [[Slitheen-Blathereen family]] captured some [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]], stopping them from destroying the Earth. The Slitheen-Blathereen gave Sarah Jane a [[Rakweed]] plant, which the next day mutated, sending spores across London that would have put humans into a coma. Mr Smith used a high-pitched frequency across the city to destroy the plants, and when the Slitheen-Blathereen attacked Sarah Jane, he did so again, destroying their Rakweed-saturated bodies. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]'')
 
Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani fought and killed a [[Raxacoricofallapatorian]], while [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] defused a bomb. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'')
 
=== Other timelines ===
In the summer, Rani, upset over not living up to the standards of her predecessor, Maria, offhandedly wished that her friends would leave her alone. Ship took this as an actual request and erased Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and K9. Eve's son [[Adam Lloyd|Adam]] reversed this once an older Rani told him about this in [[2059]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
 
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== Births and deaths ==
[[Mary Baker]], the paternal grandmother of [[Julia Hardwick]] as well as one of her possible descendants due to [[time travel]], died at the age of 82. ([[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'')
 
[[Chang Hu]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Observer Effect (short story)|Observer Effect]]'')
 
== Other ==
In [[March]] 2005, [[Chris Martin]] watched the [[Ninth Doctor]] get kicked off a [[train]] as his [[season ticket]] wasn't valid until 2009. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
While the [[2011 (releases)|2011]] audio stories ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'' and ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'' are ostensibly set not long before the [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|third series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' from [[2009 (releases)|2009]], dialogue in ''The Devil and Miss Carew'' mentioning that [[Joanna Carew]] is 81 years old and born in [[1930]], and the events of ''Submission'' taking place more than 50 years after the successful return of the ''[[Trieste (submarine)|Trieste]]'' from the [[Mariana Trench]] in [[1960]], contradictorily suggest that they are set in their year of broadcast, [[2011]].
 
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2009 was a year.

Events

Dated events

January - May

On 20 January, Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States, the first African-American in the position. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

Early in the year, over 4 months before August, Thomas Brewster and Gerald Lendler came to London. At the time, Lendler had stolen the Doctor's TARDIS from Brewster. When Brewster rummaged through Lendler's collection of valuable items, he accidentally woke up a hibernating Coffin-Loader and it escaped into the River Thames. It released methane and mould into the atmosphere, which increased Earth's temperature by 1 degree. (AUDIO: The Three Companions)

Owen Harper finds a Vostok in Cardiff Bay. (COMIC: The Return of the Vostok)

In March, the Vostok came to Cardiff with the intentions of using its rift to bring the Earth into a new Ice Age. Torchwood Three visited Cardiff Bay after it was frozen and discovered the Vostok beneath the ice. They defeated the Vostok by covering the ice in fuel and dropping a match in the fuel, burning the Vostok alive. (COMIC: The Return of the Vostok)

One account, but not others, which suggested this time as 2008, placed 15 May 2009 as the start of the Mandragora Helix's attempted takeover of Earth through the MorganTech computer systems. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos)

June - August

On 6 June, the Atraxi extradimensional prison break occurred. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

On 28 June, Stephen Hawking held a party for time travellers at Gonville & Caius College, but he only sent out invitations after the event. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

Sometime before 18 August, Polly Wright read a blog post by Jo Jones about Jo's encounter with Doreen Killebrew in the 1970s. From this blog post, she learned that Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart knew the Doctor and they began exchanging emails on their past adventures with him. Eventually, they were contacted by Thomas Brewster, who thought they could help him deal with Gerald Lendler.

On 18 August, Polly and Alistair met up with Brewster at a restaurant where Brewster had been working for three weeks. Lendler had hired an alien hunter to deal with the creature. The Coffin-Loader came out of the River Thames and parts of London were flooded. Using Alistair as bait for the Coffin-Loader, the Hunter lured it to Trafalgar Square and killed it, returning Earth's climate to normal. Afterwards, with some convincing from Polly and Alistair, Lendler gave the Doctor's TARDIS back to Brewster. (AUDIO: The Three Companions)

September - December

Members of the Stockbridge Preservation Society began to go missing. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Child)

Newspaper Ianto Jones picks up. Date reads: Wednesday September 2009 (TV: Children of Earth: Day Two)

On 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September, every child on Earth stopped in their tracks and recited the message, "We are coming", repeatedly, in English. Behind the scenes, the British government knew this came from the 456, a race who had visited Earth before. Gwen Cooper spoke to Clement McDonald, who also stopped and said the message, He told Gwen that when he was a child, the children on his orphanage bus were stolen away, with him almost being taken too. Jack Harkness had a bomb encased in his body which blew up the Torchwood Three hub. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)

Jack, his body slowly reconstituting itself, was held by Johnson, while Gwen went on the run from the British government, revealing to her husband Rhys she was pregnant. The children on Earth stopped again to say, "We are coming...tomorrow". Mr Dekker built a container for the 456 to specification, filled with unusual gases. Lois Habiba revealed to Gwen that John Frobisher was behind the death orders for Torchwood. Johnson sealed Jack in concrete, but Ianto arrived, releasing him. Jack and Ianto escaped with Rhys and Gwen. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Two)

The 456 ambassador materialised in the gassy container in Thames House. They demanded 10% of all of Earth's children. Clem revealed that Jack had been behind the handover in 1965, and Jack staid it was for the 456. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three)

Jack continued to talk about the night he and others handed children over to the 456 in 1965. At Thames House, the 456 ambassador had one of the children of 1965 as part of its system, unaging. As negotiations failed, the government started to think of ways to hand over the 10%, which Lois recorded with Torchwood's Eye-5 contact lenses as incriminating evidence. The 456 killed Clem. Jack and Ianto faced the 456, but were also killed, along with the rest of Thames House once the 456 released the virus. Jack revived, upset over his loss. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)

The British government started sending the 10% to the 456, labelling it "inoculations". The ambassador revealed the children were to be used as drugs. The Prime Minister informed John Frobisher that his children would be among those handed over to the 456. Unable to cope with this, Frobisher killed his family and committed suicide. Gwen and Rhys tried to escape with as many children as they could. Jack used the wave the 456 had used to kill Clem the previous day to destroy the 456, but sacrificed his grandson Steven to set it up. Stricken with guilt over the death of his grandson, Jack left Cardiff and spent the next few months wandering the Earth. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five)

On Halloween in 2009, the Gelth attempted to pass through a rift in space and time which had opened in Ratchett Abbey, Cheltenham, but were eventually stopped by the Tenth Doctor and Corynne Fletcher. (PROSE: Scared Stiff)

In mid-December, the Aurelia Festival was held in Stockbridge. The Tenth Doctor and new companion Majenta Pryce arrived to find themselves involved in an adventure with Maxwell Edison. (COMIC: The Stockbridge Child)

On the 12th of December, Brenda sent out a letter to the readers of the book series based upon herself and Effie, inviting them to visit her B&B in Whitby, North Yorkshire. (PROSE: Brenda's B&B)

On 25 December, the Tenth Doctor and his companion Heather McCrimmon visited the village of Stillmuir to celebrate Christmas with Heather's family. The celebrations were interrupted by three blue-skinned aliens who wanted to learn about Christmas. They transported the entire village away from Earth to a giant snow globe where they could observe the humans. The Doctor talked with the aliens and invited them to observe Christmas by attending the McCrimmon family's celebrations if they returned the village to Earth. The aliens agreed and spent Christmas night celebrating. (COMIC: A Merry Little Christmas)

Undated

By this year, Polly Wright worked in the City of Westminster. (AUDIO: The Three Companions)

Professor Egen, a time traveller from 1959, briefly stopped in 2009 during his first (and ultimately only) journey through time in his experimental time machine. He looked at a 21st century city full of skyscrapers, which looked "ultra-modern", as he had expected — but, precisely because he had expected it, found it underwhelming, prompting him to move on to the more distant future. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales)

A broken Filbik colour coder leaked a rainbow over a town in England, causing anyone who touched it to change colour and fall unconscious before being transported to a storage ship. When Bobby explained the mishap to the Filbik they politely agreed to return all of the samples taken by accident. (PROSE: The End of the Rainbow)

Gareth, head of the seismology unit of the UCMA taskforce, developed a system for accurately predicting earthquakes. Gareth's system was credited for saving the human race several times. (TV: Doctor Who)

Kate Maguire first encountered the Tenth Doctor. However, he knew that one day she would help him defend the Earth against an Auton invasion. (PROSE: Autonomy)

A crashed Terpsivore spaceship was buried under Birmingham before being repaired and leaving in 2009. (COMIC: Death Disco)

Rani Chandra visited a Krulius spaceship. (COMIC: Return of the Krulius)

Ellie Faber became homeless. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer)

Phil Houseman's The Myth of Artificial Intelligence was published. (PROSE: Theatre of War)

Julia Hardwick was sent back in time by a Weeping Angel when she was in a graveyard. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)

The nine-year-old Sally Morgan's parents were killed in the Middle East when their convoy was ambushed. From then onwards, she was raised by her grandfather. (AUDIO: Black and White)

Jack Odwards swam the English Channel to raise money for Chuckle-Aid. (AUDIO: Kronos Vad's History of Earth (Vol. 36,379))

The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot visited London for a few days during their travels. The Doctor met Miranda Peel on a Tuesday and a Wednesday on the London Underground while Jamie and Zoe explored the city. (PROSE: Favourite Star)

One of Abslom Daak's ancestors was found guilty by Intersol for crimes against New Devonia. (COMIC: The Crimson Hand)

The Abzorbaloff met the Tenth Doctor in Cardiff, wanting to revenge his son. (WC: The Genuine Article)

According to Brent Cleever, Sir William Frazer and Lady Frazer settled on Mars. (PROSE: Biography — 21)

In 2323, Dr Olivia Kagg Waldermein wrote of the "2005-2009 Davies-Gardner account" of the "Last Lightbringer". (PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"])

Prior to 456 incursion

Contradicting other sources, one account placed this year as the time Torchwood discovered the skeleton of a Cardiff soldier from 1812 who died when his heart was ripped out. According to this account, Ianto, Owen Harper, and Toshiko Sato were still active in Torchwood. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)

A half-alien, half-human girl named Freda was sent back from the future to escape persecution and came under the protection of Torchwood Three. (AUDIO: Asylum)

Torchwood Three discovered Torchwood India still existed and its members were preserving their own time in their headquarters by draining the life out of innocent civilians, with plans to roll back time to Britain's empire across the world. Torchwood Three defeated them and Torchwood India was frozen in time. (AUDIO: Golden Age)

Torchwood Three combatted a mysterious force that put people into coma-like trances after they answered the phone. (AUDIO: The Dead Line)

Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper searched for an alien heat-gun on Cardiff's Machen estate. While doing so, they inadvertently caused a parasitic alien baby to unlatch from its host, causing the host to kill herself and the baby. (PROSE: The Wrong Hands) When the baby's father discovered this, he sought revenge on Torchwood Three and infected Jack and Gwen with the Kagawa Virus. (PROSE: Virus)

Torchwood Three recovered a sentient book from Cardiff University Library, which had been stealing people's memories and converting them into stories. The book was indestructible, so to release its grasp on Nina Rogers Jack decided to send it back in time to 1899, where Emily Holroyd would secretly place it in the university library and so trap it in a time loop. (PROSE: Consequences)

Undated adventures of Sarah Jane Smith & friends

The Veil Androvax crashed in Ealing, followed by the Judoon Tybo. Androvax escaped to Genetec Systems, using Nanoforms to build a spaceship and destroy Earth. Luke deactivated the Nanoforms, and Tybo arrested Androvax. Clyde and Rani were grounded on Earth by the Judoon. (TV: Prisoner of the Judoon)

Rani was called to Danemouth by Samuel Lloyd to investigate a haunted funfair. Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde followed. Rani found Eve, whose powers were out of control. Eve was taken to Ship to control them. Sarah Jane gave Ship the co-ordinates to the black hole K9 was protecting, freeing him and powering Ship. Eve, Samuel and Eve's adopted father Harry left in Ship to explore the universe. (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic)

Peter Dalton was about to marry Sarah Jane Smith, but the Tenth Doctor interfered. The Trickster took Sarah Jane and her gang into a time loop, with Sarah Jane and Peter stuck in one second and the Doctor, Clyde and Rani in another. Peter revoked his deal with the Trickster and died. Time resumed its natural course. With Peter nowhere to be seen, Sarah Jane called the wedding off. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)

At Ashen Hill Manor, Sarah Jane discovered the people who had disappeared at the manor had been trapped inside another dimension, keeping Erasmus Darkening alive. Sarah Jane tricken Darkening by putting him into an electromagnetic field. (TV: The Eternity Trap)

The Mona Lisa was in the International Gallery in London, on loan from the Louvre. Due to her proximity to The Abomination, made from the same sentient paint as the Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa was brought to life. She returned to her painting when she was tricked into bringing a sketch of K9 to life, who shot at The Abomination. (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge)

The Slitheen-Blathereen family captured some Slitheen, stopping them from destroying the Earth. The Slitheen-Blathereen gave Sarah Jane a Rakweed plant, which the next day mutated, sending spores across London that would have put humans into a coma. Mr Smith used a high-pitched frequency across the city to destroy the plants, and when the Slitheen-Blathereen attacked Sarah Jane, he did so again, destroying their Rakweed-saturated bodies. (TV: The Gift)

Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani fought and killed a Raxacoricofallapatorian, while K9 defused a bomb. (TV: The Nightmare Man)

Other timelines

In the summer, Rani, upset over not living up to the standards of her predecessor, Maria, offhandedly wished that her friends would leave her alone. Ship took this as an actual request and erased Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and K9. Eve's son Adam reversed this once an older Rani told him about this in 2059. (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic)


Births and deaths

Mary Baker, the paternal grandmother of Julia Hardwick as well as one of her possible descendants due to time travel, died at the age of 82. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)

Chang Hu was born. (PROSE: Observer Effect)

Other

In March 2005, Chris Martin watched the Ninth Doctor get kicked off a train as his season ticket wasn't valid until 2009. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Behind the scenes

While the 2011 audio stories The Devil and Miss Carew and Submission are ostensibly set not long before the third series of Torchwood from 2009, dialogue in The Devil and Miss Carew mentioning that Joanna Carew is 81 years old and born in 1930, and the events of Submission taking place more than 50 years after the successful return of the Trieste from the Mariana Trench in 1960, contradictorily suggest that they are set in their year of broadcast, 2011.

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