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==History of the Doctor Who Universe==
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===[[January]]===
'''2007''' was a [[year]]. Notably, [[Torchwood One]] was destroyed in a battle between the [[Cult of Skaro]] and the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybus Cybermen]] in a conflict that became known as the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}})
*Rose, carrying a rucksack, says goodbye to her Jackie and Mickey, and continues her adventures with the Doctor ([[DW]]: ''[[New Earth]]'')
*[[31st January|31]] - The ''[[SS Elysium]]'' arrives safely in [[Panama]], its passengers and crew having endured an attack by [[Cybermen]] just weeks earlier. One passenger, artist [[Michael Brack]], is airlifted to hospital for treatment for hypothermia suffered during the attack. He misses his chance to tell [[Ruby Duvall]] that he is the man responsible for her father's paralysis. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'')
== Properties ==
It was recorded as 21K0.7 by the [[43rd century]] dating system, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'')
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[31 January]], the [[SS Elysium|SS ''Elysium'']] arrived safely in [[Panama]], its passengers and crew having endured an attack by [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] just weeks earlier. One passenger, artist [[Michael Brack]], was airlifted to [[hospital]] for treatment for hypothermia suffered during the attack. He missed his chance to tell [[Ruby Duvall]] that he was the man responsible for her father's paralysis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'')
====[[February]]====
[[File:LINDA Love Monsters.jpg|thumb|left|LINDA. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}})]]
*1st February - In a parallel universe, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] battle parallel [[Cybermen]] (''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
One [[Tuesday]] night in [[March]] was "when it all changed" for [[LINDA]]. [[Victor Kennedy]], also known as the [[Abzorbaloff]], discovered LINDA and quickly took command of the group to help him find [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}})
* Annual de-frosting of [[Tommy Brockless]], a young soldier first cryogenically frozen in [[1918]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'', date given in: [[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
===[[February]] - [[March]]===
One account placed the [[Toclafane invasion]] on [[23 June]] 2007. ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Paradox Moon (short story)|ed=2021 paperback|page=387}}) Other accounts placed [[Martha Jones]]' activity around this time in [[March]] [[2008]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cite source|Recruits (audio story)|minute=10|second=10}}) or [[4 June|4]]-[[9 June]] in an unspecified year.<!--See Behind the scenes section--> ([[PROSE]]: {{cite source|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|page=120}}) {{note|According to {{cite source|The Sound of Drums (TV story)|timestamp=5:47 and 33:27|ed=iPlayer}} the events of the [[Royal Hope incident]] are three days before the election of {{Simm}} and five days before the [[Toclafane invasion]].}}
*[[LINDA]] is given its name by [[Elton Pope]], then is eventually destroyed when the [[Abzorbaloff]] (alias Victor Kennedy) absorbs all but one member, Elton, one by one each Saturday. ([[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'')
*[[The Master]] arrives on Earth around this time and assumes the alias [[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Harold Saxon]]. He sets about establishing a political career while creating the [[Archangel Network]]. He also meets his future wife [[Lucy Saxon]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
===[[June]] or [[July]]===
On [[25 June]], [[Donna Noble]] chose to take a job with [[H.C. Clements]], rejecting [[Sylvia Noble|her mother]]'s suggestion that she work for [[Jival Chowdry]]. A version of herself from a [[parallel world (Turn Left)|a parallel world]] had been hit by a lorry a few blocks away to stop her making the contrary decision. [[Rose Tyler]] travelled back in time from approximately two years in the future to ask the Donna to pass a message on to the [[Tenth Doctor]] when she "died". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}})
*The [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]'') The partial [[cyber-conversion]] of [[Lisa Hallett]] happens during this event. ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'') [[Donna Noble]], meanwhile, is on a Scuba-diving holiday in Spain and is not aware of these events. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'')
*At some point after the Battle of Canary Wharf, [[Donna Noble]] chooses to take a job with [[H.C. Clements]], after rejecting a request from her mother that she work for another firm. Unknown to Donna, an alternate timeline version of herself has fallen beneath the wheels of a lorry a few blocks away in order to prevent her from making the other decision and altering the timeline. [[Rose Tyler]] travels back in time from approximately two years in the future - and from the alternate timeline - to ask the alternate-Donna to pass a message on to [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] when she "dies". ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')
===c.Summer===
On [[7 July]], [[C'rizz]] went on a rampage in [[King's Cross station]]. He was stopped by the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Luke Tillyard]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salva Mea (short story)|Salva Mea]]'')
* Former [[Torchwood 1]] operative [[Ianto Jones]] relocates to [[Cardiff]] and works to convince [[Jack Harkness]] to give him a position with [[Torchwood 3]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]''). He is successful in his efforts, and subsequently hides his partially-converted [[Lisa Hallett]] within the [[Torchwood Hub]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'')
===[[July]]===
On [[24 December]], [[Donna Noble]]'s [[Donna Noble and Lance Bennett's wedding|wedding]] to [[Lance Bennett]] was interrupted when the [[Huon particles]] inside her body (put there by Lance) dragged her into [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. After being attacked by [[Roboform]]s at the wedding reception, the Tenth Doctor, Donna and Lance went to H.C. Clements' [[basement]]. There, they travelled to a Torchwood base beneath the [[Thames Flood Barrier]]. The [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]] force-fed Lance Huon energy to awaken her children, killing him. The Doctor drowned the awakened Racnoss using the [[Thames]]. The Empress descended in the ''[[Webstar]]'' to exact revenge upon Earth, but her ship was destroyed by the British military by order of [[Minister of Defence]] {{Simm|n=Harold Saxon}}. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}})
*[[21st July|21]] - ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows'', the seventh and final book in [[J.K. Rowling]]'s [[Harry Potter]] series of books, is published worldwide. Among the book's admirers is [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] who later admits to crying after reading the ending. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
===[[August]]===
On [[25 December]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] celebrated Christmas with the Cracker family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crackers (short story)|The Crackers]]'')
*On her first day of work, Gwen helps the team defeat an [[Sex Gas|alien entity]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One]]'')
===[[August]] - [[December]]===
On [[31 December]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] visited [[Singapore]] a few minutes before midnight. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]'')
*The new [[Torchwood 3]] team (new in the sense that it is different due to one member being replaced) saves the [[Earth]] - at least [[Cardiff]] - several more times. ([[TW]]: ''[[Ghost Machine]]'' through ''[[Out of Time]]'')
*Sometime during this period, [[Suzie Costello]] was resurrected for a short period by [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] before eventually being killed again. ([[DW]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
=== Undated ===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Oliver Day]] defeated [[the Puppeteer]], who was travelling across the stars to feed on Humanity's warfare. After this adventure, the pair went their separate ways. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Puppeteer (short story)|Puppeteer]]'')
===[[December]]===
An "Arms for Humanity" concert was held to raise money for the [[Preserve our Planet Fund]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'')
*A company called Khrysalis sets up operations in [[Stockbridge]], purportedly planning to construct a leisure park in the quiet town. [[Maxwell Edison]] creates the Stockbridge Preservation Society to protest this. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Stockbridge Child]]'')
*[[18th December|18]] - [[Diane Holmes]], [[Emma-Louise Cowell]] and [[John Ellis]] arrive from [[1953]] through the [[Cardiff rift]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Out of Time]]'')
*[[24th December|24]] - Diane flies through the rift, Emma leaves from [[Cardiff]] to [[London]] and John commits suicide, all against the wishes of the [[Torchwood 3]] team ([[TW]]: ''[[Out of Time]]'').
[[File:Weeping angels trapped.jpg|thumb|[[Sally Sparrow]] and [[Larry Nightingale]] trap the [[Weeping Angel]]s by making them stare at each other. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})]]
According to one account,{{note|While {{cs|Blink (TV story)}} itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in 2007 and "twenty minutes to [[Red Hatching]]" a year later in [[2008]]—as [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in [[1920]]", and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s side of his conversation with [[Sally Sparrow]] in [[1969]] happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In ''[[Angels (audio story)|Angels]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests [[2009]] as the year of the Red Hatching. In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of [[Andy Proctor]], who was last seen by his daughter [[Cleo Proctor|Cleo]] "nearly 20 years" before [[2022]] according to ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''.}} the Tenth Doctor and [[Martha Jones]], following information provided to them by [[Sally Sparrow]], investigated the [[Wester Drumlins]] estate in 2007, where they were touched by the [[Weeping Angel]]s and transported to [[1969]]; the TARDIS remained behind. By sending messages through [[Easter egg]]s on DVDs, the Doctor was able to contact Sally and [[Larry Nightingale]] and help them defeat the Angels and send the TARDIS to 1969. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})
*[[24th December|24]] - [[Donna Noble]]'s marriage to [[Lance Bennett]] is interrupted by the events of ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''. Although [[Sylvia Noble]], Donna's mother, is witness to these events, her grandfather, [[Wilfred Mott]], is absent due to an attack of flu. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Strategem]]'')
[[Mallingan|Professor Mallingan]] and his team of scientists began draining the power of the icy planet [[Isqar]], hoping it would put an end to [[global warming]] on Earth. The Tenth Doctor came across Mallingan's plans and enlisted the help of one of his scientists to destroy his lab, saving Isqar. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Cold War (comic story)|Cold War]]'')
===Other timelines===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] arrived in 2007 to visit the prominent [[Lexington International Bank]]. There, they discovered two mysterious men, Mr [[Symington]] and Mr [[Blenkinsop]], giving out [[Time Harvester|devices]] that permitted users to travel through time. Amy used it once, to the Doctor's disappointment, and found that the device had many consequences. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]'')
*[[Donna Noble]] makes a decision that results in her not joining [[H.C. Clements]] and so not meeting [[Lance Bennett]] and becoming engaged to him. As a consequence, on [[Christmas Day]], [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] never meets Donna and he drowns to death when defeating the [[Empress of the Racnoss]]. [[Rose Tyler]], travelling between dimensions, ends up in this alternate timeline and arrives soon after the Doctor's corpse has been retrieved by [[UNIT]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')
:''See [[Donna's World]].''
A [[BBC News]] bulletin reported that the [[United States of America|United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] governments were anticipating final victory in the [[Iraq War]] in the near future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'')
*[[The Doctor's TARDIS]] visits [[Pete's World]] for the first time and [[Mickey Smith]] decides to stay there. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]''/''[[The Age of Steel]]'')
[[Jamie Colquhoun]] had his family take him to the [[St Michel War Cemetery]] in [[the Somme]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Gabby Gonzalez]] watched him from a distance. As Jamie left with his family, his granddaughter [[Gabriella (The Weeping Angels of Mons)|Gabriella]] tripped on the hand of a [[Weeping Angel]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)|The Weeping Angels of Mons]]'')
:''See [[Pete%27s_World#2007|Pete's World]].''
[[Clara Oswald]] went sledging. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Wintervention (comic story)|Wintervention]]'')
====Unknown dates====
[[Nina Rogers]] began studying [[History]] at [[Cardiff University]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Consequences (short story)|Consequences]]'')
*An "Arms for Humanity" concert is held to raise money for the [[Preserve our Planet Fund]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Iceberg]]'')
*[[Krillitane]]s attempt to solve the [[Skasis Paradigm]] using the imagination of the children at [[Deffry Vale High School]]. [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s pet, [[K-9 Mark III]], is destroyed and replaced by [[K-9 Mark IV]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'') [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] has hidden several gifts inside a panel in K-9 Mark IV: [[Sonic lipstick]] and a wristwatch for detecting alien life for Sarah Jane to find and use later. (''[[Sarah Jane Smith website]]'', [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'')
One account, [[Aliens of London dating controversy|but not others]], placed [[Torchwood Three]]'s [[Gwen Cooper]]'s early missions with Torchwood, such as her meeting with [[Tom Flanagan]] in Cardiff,{{note|Tom lived in Cardiff for 66 years after moving in [[1941]].}} in this year. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}) Another account placed the later killing of [[Meredith Roberts]]{{note|Meredith is described as age 45 by [[Owen Harper]], and a computer display clearly shows his date of birth as [[11 January]] [[1962]].}} by [[the Pharm]] in 2007. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}})
*The Doctor and Martha arrive on Earth a year before they met. They are attacked by Weeping Angels and sent back to 1969. They are saved by Sally Sparrow, and then prevent the danger of Red Hatching. ([[REF]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')
==== The Tyler family ====
[[File:K9 iii last stand.jpg|thumb|K9 defeats the Krillitanes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}})]]
The Tenth Doctor contacted Mickey Smith and told him to infiltrate the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]] and destroy the recovered Sycorax Sword. Mickey created a robot and sent it into the museum. When the robot found the sword, it destroyed itself and took the sword with it. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Security Bot (video game)|Security Bot]]'')
*The discovery of a bizarre message encoded as an [[Easter egg]] on 17 different DVD releases causes a flurry of interest on the Internet due to the cryptic nature of the message. The message, which appears to have been shot on film many years earlier, depicts [[Tenth Doctor|a man with glasses]] conducting what appears to be a one-sided conversation with an unknown person, and he is occasionally interrupted by [[Martha Jones|a young black woman]]. Among those interested in the message is [[London]] video store employee [[Larry Nightingale]]. One of the cryptic statements made, "The angels have the phone box", is made into a T-shirt design. Larry Nightingale begins intensively studying the message, much to the annoyance of his sister, [[Kathy Nightingale]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
Mickey Smith contacted the Tenth Doctor to investigate [[Deffry Vale High School]] after discovering strange occurrences there. The Tenth Doctor and Rose signed up as a teacher and a dinner lady respectively. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}}) The Doctor met [[Sarah Jane Smith]] for the first time since he had been called to [[Gallifrey]] and had left her on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'', {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}}) The Doctor repaired [[K9 Mark III]]. K9 identified the [[Krillitane oil|intelligence-enhancing oil]] in the school children's [[chips]] as of [[Krillitane]] origin. The Doctor learnt they were using the children to solve the [[Skasis Paradigm]]. K9 destroyed the Krillitanes, along with himself and the oil, but the Doctor gave Sarah Jane a new model, [[K9 Mark IV]]. Mickey joined the Tenth Doctor and Rose in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|School Reunion (TV story)}})
*[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Martha Jones]], following information provided to them by [[Sally Sparrow]], investigate the [[Wester Drumlins]] estate near London, where by choice or accident they are touched by the [[Weeping Angels]] and transported to [[1969]]; the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] remains behind and is later taken into custody by London police. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]''; that this occurs in the same year as the events of ''Blink'' is conjecture, given that the Angels appear to only be recently interested in the TARDIS and Billy Shipton gives no indication that it's been in custody for long.)
Mickey, Jackie and a group of actors posing as the crew and audience of an alien talk show helped the Tenth Doctor free Rose from the [[Iagnon]] by making her jealous. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Green-Eyed Monster (comic story)|The Green-Eyed Monster]]'')
*[[Sally Sparrow]] receives a bizarre message addressed to her from someone called [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] in [[1969]] while investigating an old house called [[Wester Drumlins]] near London. Sparrow learns of the [[Weeping Angels]] and during the course of the adventure her friend [[Kathy Nightingale]] is transported back to [[1920]], and a policeman named [[Billy Shipton]] is sent back to 1969. Sparrow encounters an elderly Shipton, who dies soon after revealing that he is responsible for adding a cryptic message from the Doctor to a number of DVDs, and the [[Easter egg]] mystery is solved when Sally realizes the one-sided conversation is from the Doctor and directed at her. Ultimately, Sparrow stops the Weeping Angels from capturing the [[TARDIS]] and with the help of [[Larry Nightingale]] sends the vessel back to 1969. After this event, Sally and Larry take over the ownership of the DVD rental store where Larry works, turning it into a bookstore, but Sally remains distant from Larry as she awaits the final resolution of her involvement with the time-travelling Doctor. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
[[LINDA]] was destroyed when the [[Abzorbaloff]] absorbed all members save Elton, one by one. The Tenth Doctor killed the Abzorbaloff and restored [[Ursula Blake]] in the form of a paving slab. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Love & Monsters (TV story)}})
The English city of [[Norwich]] was invaded by the [[Zaross]] as part of an alien television programme. Jackie Tyler contacted the Tenth Doctor and Rose and together they convinced the Zaross to turn on their producers and end the show. [[Torchwood]] cleaned up after the event. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Infamy of the Zaross (audio story)|Infamy of the Zaross]]'')
==Real World==
The Tenth Doctor landed in [[Torchwood Tower]] with Rose and Jackie Tyler after tracking the [[ghost shift]]s and was taken prisoner by [[Torchwood One]]. The ghosts were actually [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World|a parallel universe]] the Doctor had visited. Rose Tyler stumbled upon a [[Void Ship]] and discovered Mickey, back from [[Pete's World]]. The two of them witnessed four [[Dalek]]s emerging from the ship. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}})
===[[January]]===
The Cybermen encountered Daleks; they [[Battle of Canary Wharf|fought]], destroying Torchwood One. The Cybermen upgraded several Torchwood staff to fight the Daleks. The Daleks identified themselves as the [[Cult of Skaro]] and used Mickey's DNA print to release millions of Daleks from the [[Genesis Ark]] to attack all life on Earth. The Tenth Doctor opened the gateway to [[the Void]], letting the [[void stuff]]-covered Daleks and Cybermen be sucked into it (apart from the Cult, who [[emergency temporal shift]]ed), before sealing itself. Rose, Jackie and Mickey were trapped in Pete's World, with no way back to [[N-Space|their own universe]], where Rose was declared dead. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}) The partial [[cyber-conversion]] of [[Lisa Hallett]] happened during this battle. Ianto hid Lisa in the [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood Hub]] in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cyberwoman (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Circular Time]]'' is first released.
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]]", stating that it "ha[d] been steadily leaking credibility since it was linked to the contents of [[whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|a well-known conspiracy site]] of the embryonic [[Internet]], operated between 2005 and 2007 by a small cabal of disreputable characters." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}})
* [[Big Finish Productions]] launches a new spin-off series of audio adventures, [[The Companion Chronicles]], with the simultaneous release of four different productions: [[CC]]: ''[[Frostfire]]'', [[CC]]: ''[[Fear of the Daleks]]'', [[CC]]: ''[[The Blue Tooth]]'' and [[CC]]: ''[[The Beautiful People]]''. The initial concept of the Companion Chronicles is to feature companions (and original actors) who up till now have not performed their original characters due to their Doctors (specifically the first four) being unavailable to the Big Finish range due to the original actors being dead or unavailable. ''The Beautiful People'' is an exception as it features [[Lalla Ward]] who had been portraying [[Romana]] for Big Finish for several years at this point, though never before in an adventure with the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[1st January | 1]] - [[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'' and [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'' are first broadcast, concluding the first season of ''[[Torchwood]]''.
** [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'', the first episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', is also first broadcast, although the proper series won't begin until later in the year.
** Also broadcast: the final episode of ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'s'' first season.
* [[11th January | 11]] - [[TWN]]: ''[[Another Life]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Border Princes]]'' and [[TWN]]: ''[[Slow Decay]]'', the first original novels based upon ''[[Torchwood]]'', are first published by [[BBC Books]]. The books are similar in format to the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] novels in that they are in hardcover (but with slightly larger pages) and have a slightly lower page count than the older BBC Books and Virgin paperbacks. Like the NSA's, the ''Torchwood'' novels will be issued in sets of three.
* Cast readthrough for [[DW]]: ''[[42]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)]]''
* [[21st January | 21]] - More than eight years after it was first released, [[Billie Piper]]'s 1998 single, "Honey to the B" returns to the UK music charts, even though Piper herself has become a full-time actress by this time.
===[[February]]===
=== Other realities ===
[[File:Ally reads 2007 Annual.jpg|thumb|left|[[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] reads [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007 (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')]]
In a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]], [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007 (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|a Doctor Who annual]] was released. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Nocturne]]'' is first released.
==== Parallel World (''Turn Left'') ====
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Tub Full of Cats]]'' is first released.
On [[25 June]], Donna Noble made a decision that resulted in her not joining [[H.C. Clements]] and so not meeting [[Lance Bennett]] and becoming engaged to him. Instead, she took a job as [[Jival Chowdry]]'s secretary.
* [[8th February|8]] - Cast readthrough for [[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''
* [[18th February|18]] - [[Russell T Davies]] and ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' writer [[Benjamin Cook]] begin exchanging e-mails as part of a project to document the production of several episodes of the upcoming 4th series for DWM. The project eventually grows into what becomes the book release ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale]]''.
* Late February - In a meeting with [[Jane Tranter]], [[Catherine Tate]] expresses interest in returning as [[Donna Noble]] for a couple of episodes of Series 4 (at this point there had been no discussion of her returning to the series full-time). (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
===[[March]]===
As a consequence of never joining H.C. Clements, the [[Tenth Doctor (Turn Left)|Tenth Doctor]] never met Donna and he died after thwarting the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]]'s plans. [[Rose Tyler]], travelling between universes, ended up in this alternate world and arrived soon after the Doctor's corpse had been retrieved by [[UNIT]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}})
* [[NSA]]: ''[[Made of Steel]]'' is first published. The second release in the [[Quick Reads]] series, the book is released prior to the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'', making this the first public appearance of [[Martha Jones]].
==== Pete's World ====
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks]]'' is first released.
[[File:Pete's World.jpg|thumb|right|Pete's World. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)}})]]
* [[6th March | 06]] - Iconic American actor [[w:Dennis Hopper|Dennis Hopper]] expresses interest in appearing in ''Doctor Who'' and [[Russell T Davies]] begins considering him for a role in what would become the 2007 Christmas special, [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''. Initially considered for the role of [[Bayldon Copper|Mr. Copper]] and then [[Max Capricorn]], the idea of Hopper appearaing does not ultimately pan out. Meanwhile, [[Billie Piper]] expresses interest in returning for as many as four episodes of Series 4. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
On [[1 February]] 2007, the TARDIS fell into a parallel universe dubbed "Pete's World", where it almost died. With twenty-four hours before the TARDIS could return to [[N-Space|its home universe]], Rose discovered a living version of her dad, [[Peter Tyler (Pete's World)|Pete Tyler]], alive and a successful [[businessman]]. To meet her "father", Rose snuck with the Tenth Doctor into the birthday party of a parallel version of [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|her mother]]. The [[President of Great Britain]] forbade the use of [[John Lumic]]'s new cybernetic lifeform, but Lumic ignored him. Mickey, mistaken for his parallel self, [[Ricky Smith]], was taken by [[the Preachers]], who fought Lumic. The cybernetic life, dubbed [[Cybusman|Cybermen]], attacked [[Jackie Tyler (Pete's World)|Jackie Tyler]]'s birthday party, killing most of those inside, including the President. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)}})
* [[13th March | 13]] - [[Catherine Tate]], in a meeting with [[Julie Gardner]] indicates interest in appearing in a full season of ''Doctor Who''; [[Russell T Davies]], who is still sketching out the introduction of a new companion called Penny for Series 4, begins retooling his ideas to fit the possible return of [[Donna Noble]] (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'').
* [[16th March | 16]] - [[David Tennant]] appears in a televised skit alongside [[Catherine Tate]] as part of a benefit for [[Comic Relief]]. Tennant plays Mr. Logan, a substitute teacher who runs afoul of rebellious Lauren Cooper (Tate). The skit includes numerous in-jokes related to ''Doctor Who'', especially when Lauren starts to think that Logan ''is'' The Doctor. After Lauren chides him with "Did you fancy [[Billie Piper]], sir?", "Mr. Logan" pulls out a [[sonic screwdriver]] and turns Lauren into a [[Rose Tyler]] action figure.
* [[18th March|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' episode one is repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of [[London Underground]] night.
* [[19th March|19]] - [[Catherine Tate]] officially signs on to return as [[Donna Noble]] in the upcoming [[Series 4]] of ''Doctor Who''; besides retooling the season premiere, [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] also begins rethinking his planned "world without a Doctor" storyline, which would become [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[21st March | 21]] - Press launch for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[22nd March | 22]] - [[Kylie Minogue]], via her management, expresses interest in appearing in an episode of ''Doctor Who'' (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[29th March | 29]] - [[John Gill]], who played the character of [[Oak]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep]]'', dies.
* [[30th March | 30]] - Seventies writer [[Dave Martin]], who co-wrote many stories and co-created [[K-9]] with [[Bob Baker]], dies from lung cancer.
* [[31st March | 31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' first broadcast, launching [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] (aka Season 29). [[Freema Agyeman]] makes her debut as new companion [[Martha Jones]].
** Earlier in the day, five exclusive previews of [[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' take place at the [[Cardiff]] Odeon, [[Swansea]] Odeon, [[Wrexham]] Odeon, The [[Aberystwyth University|Aberystwyth Arts Centre]] and Pwllheli Neuadd Dwyfor.
** After broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'', the first episode of the third series of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' airs.
** The first episode of a new season of ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'' also airs this week. This season, ''Totally Doctor Who'' features a serialized animated ''Doctor Who'' adventure, [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', which features the voices of [[David Tennant]], [[Freema Agyeman]] and [[Anthony Stewart Head]] (the latter playing a new character).
===[[April]]===
* [[NSA]]: ''[[Sting of the Zygons]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[The Last Dodo]]'', and [[NSA]]: ''[[Wooden Heart]]'' are first published.
[[2 February|The following day]], the Doctor and Rose escaped the Cyberman attack with the Preachers, Mickey and Pete. They infiltrated the Cyberman factory, where every Londoner in [[EarPod]]s was being [[Cyber-conversion|upgraded]], including Pete's wife, Jackie. Mickey and Jake destroyed the transmitter controls so the hypnotised EarPod bearers could escape. Mickey also sent the Doctor the codes to break the inhibitor controls, destroying the Cybermen. The survivors of the resistance escaped the burning factory in a [[zeppelin]]. With the TARDIS cells charged, the Doctor and Rose returned to their universe. Mickey stayed behind, taking his deceased counterpart's place in shutting down more Cyberman factories. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Age of Steel (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[I.D.]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Urgent Calls]]'' are first released. ''Urgent Calls'' is a single-episode story included as a bonus feature with ''I.D.''
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Judas Gift]]'' is first released
* [[7th April | 7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'' is first broadcast.
* [[11th April | 11]] - [[Russell T Davies]], who has already indicated his wish to leave his post as executive producer after [[Series 4]], is formally invited by the BBC to stay on for [[Series 5]]. Davies declines, later writing to [[Benjamin Cook]], "They knew my reply even before they walked in." (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'') Davies' impending departure is kept under wraps for the next year.
* [[14th April | 14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]'' is first broadcast, concluding a trilogy of episodes that began with [[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World]]''.
* [[17th April | 17]] - [[Russell T Davies]] furnishes [[Benjamin Cook]] with the story outline for what will be called [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', but currently carries the working title, ''Starship Titanic''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]''; according to the book, Davies is unaware of the [[Douglas Adams]] novel and videogame of this same name.)
* [[21st April | 21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' is first broadcast. The episode includes some second-unit filming that took place in [[New York City]], the first non-UK filming for a regular episode since [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' and the first US production work ever for the franchise.
* [[22nd April | 22]] - The ''News of the World'' breaks the story that [[Kylie Minogue]] has been cast in the [[Voyage of the Damned|upcoming Christmas special]], but erroneously reports that she is to play a Cyberwoman.
** [[Russell T Davies]] pulls out of writing the script for the first episode of ''[[Torchwood]]'' season 2, although a scene he penned involving a blowfish driving a sports car is retained in the eventual script, [[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[28th April | 28]] - [[DW]] ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'' is first broadcast.
** ''[[Torchwood]]'' beats ''Doctor Who'' for the Best Drama prize at the Welsh BAFTA awards, while [[David Tennant]] and [[Eve Myles]] receive Best Actor and Best Actress and [[Graeme Harper]] Best Director.
===[[May]]===
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
Just before [[Christmas]], [[Lance Metcalf]]'s father, [[Simon Metcalf]], was [[kill]]ed fighting in the [[Iraq War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (novelisation)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'')
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Exotron]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Urban Myths]]'' are first released. ''Urban Myths'' is a single-episode bonus story included with ''Exotron''.
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* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Two Jasons]]'' is first published.
[[Joseph Serf]] was killed in a [[skiing]] accident in [[Val d'Isère]], [[France]]. However, his death was covered up by [[John Harrison]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was (TV story)|The Man Who Never Was]]'')
* [[5th May | 5]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'' is first broadcast. The story guest-stars long-time ''Doctor Who'' novelist and occasional scriptwriter [[Mark Gatiss]].
* [[16th May | 16]] - After weeks of sketching out story ideas, [[Russell T Davies]] begins writing the script for the 2007 Christmas special currently titled ''[[Voyage of the Damned|Starship Titanic]]''.
* [[19th May | 19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[42]]'' is first broadcast.
* [[26th May | 26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' is first broadcast. This episode, and the one that follows, adapts the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel [[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature]]'', a first for the franchise. The episode is also significant for showing drawings of several past incarnations of the Doctor -- the first time the revived series has directly shown Doctors prior to the [[Ninth Doctor]].
* [[30th May | 30]] - After discovering a [[Douglas Adams]] computer game of the same title, [[Russell T Davies]] changes the title of the 2007 Christmas special from ''Starship Titanic'' to [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[31st May | 31]] - The ''Sun'' tabloid reports that ''Doctor Who'' will be taken off the air for a year after the conclusion of [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] in [[2008]], except for some specials, with [[David Tennant]] leaving midway through the season. The first half of the report proves accurate, the second half less so as Tennant ultimately stays for all of the specials.
===[[June]]===
[[Jason Summerfield]], a distant ancestor of [[Bernice Summerfield]], was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Valhalla]]'' is first released.
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Destination Prague]]'' is first published.
* Explaining how [[Henry van Statten]] was unfamiliar with the [[Dalek]] he named [[Metaltron]], ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'' suggested that the [[Van Statten Incident]] took place in a [[timeline]] where the [[Cult of Skaro]] did not emerge from [[the Sphere]] in [[Torchwood London]] and precipitate the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in 2007 since the [[personal timeline]]s of both [[The Doctor's time stream|the Doctor]] and the [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek race]] had not progressed to the point where those events occurred.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Freedom of Information]]'' is first released
* Page 120 of ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' gives [[Sunday]] [[4 June]] as the date of the events of {{cs|Smith and Jones (TV story)}} and the [[Royal Hope incident]]. However, it does not specify 2007 or 2008 as a current year. On top of this, the first two Sunday 4 Junes after 2004 (page 119 places the incident over 30 years after 1974) are in 2006 and 2017.
* [[2nd June | 2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'' is first broadcast.
* [[4th June | 4]] - [[Russell T Davies]] learns that the secret of [[Catherine Tate]] replacing [[Freema Agyeman]] in [[Series 4]] is beginning to leak out, causing concern about the potential for tabloid reports over Agyeman being "fired" before the current season has a chance to play out. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[5th June | 5]] - Russell T Davies completes his initial draft script for [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'').
* [[9th June | 9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'' is first broadcast. This Doctor-lite episode starring [[Carey Mulligan]] as [[Sally Sparrow]] wins the franchise's third Hugo Award and becomes one of the most critically and fan-acclaimed episodes in franchise history.
* [[16th June | 16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' is first broadcast, marking the return of [[the Master]], last seen on screen in the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] and played by [[Derek Jacobi]] and [[John Simm]]. [[John Barrowman]] also returns to the series as [[Jack Harkness]]; the episode takes place immediately after the events of [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'' and marks the start of the revived series' first three-part story.
* [[18th June | 18]] - The [[CBC]] in Canada begins airing Series 3. In an unusual (and criticized) move, the network first airs [[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'' during prime time, and then broadcasts the Christmas special [[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' a few hours later, after midnight in most areas of Canada.
* [[23rd June | 23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' is first broadcast. First full episode featuring [[John Simm]] as [[the Master]]. [[Alexandra Moen]] debuts as [[Lucy Saxon]].
* [[27th June | 27]] - [[David Tennant]] informs the ''Doctor Who'' production staff that he has been signed to appear in ''Hamlet'' in late 2008, during the already-planned production hiatus. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[29th June | 29]] - Robin Davies, who worked behind the scenes on the 2005 season as driver for [[Christopher Eccleston]], dies. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[30th June | 30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'' is first broadcast, concluding the third season of the ''Doctor Who'' revival. [[Freema Agyeman]] leaves the series as regular, as does [[John Barrowman]], again.
** The final episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'s'' third season airs afterwards.
** Also this week, the final episode of ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'' is broadcast; it is subsequently cancelled. The final episode of the animated serial, [[DW]]: ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'', also airs.
** Plans to simulcast [[DW]]: ''Last of the Time Lords'' to crowds at Trafalgar Square as part of a Gay Pride event are cancelled at the last minute.
===[[July]]===
== Footnotes ==
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* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Wishing Beast]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[The Vanity Box]]'' are first released. ''The Vanity Box'' is a single-episode bonus feature included with ''The Wishing Beast''.
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* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Snapshots]]'' is first published.
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* [[2nd July | 2]] - First cast read-through for [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' is held at Central Baptist Church in London.
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* [[4th July | 4]] - The BBC announces in a midnight press release that [[Catherine Tate]] will join ''Doctor Who'' for [[Series 4]]; according to [[Russell T Davies]] the announcement was made in order to preempt an expected story revealing same by the ''Sun'' tabloid the same day. Davies learns that another tabloid ''The Daily Mail'' is expected to prematurely break the news of Tennant appearing in ''Hamlet'', and in turn the official plan to have a gap year. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[7th July | 7]] - [[Freddie Earlle]], who played the role of [[Aldo]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'', dies.
** ''Doctor Who'' wins three trophies at the inaugural Constellation Awards, a Canadian-based honour recognizing the best in science fiction and presented during the annual Polaris SF convention. [[David Tennant]] wins Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode for [[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'', while ''Doctor Who'' itself wins the overall Best Science Fiction Television Series category. Unusually, ''Doctor Who'' also receives the award for Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction due to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] being a co-producer of the series.
* [[9th July | 9]] - Filming begins on [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''.
** The UK newspaper the ''Guardian'' names [[Russell T Davies]] the 15th most powerful player in the UK media industry.
* [[10th July | 10]] - [[David Tennant]] is forced to leave the set of [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' upon learning that his mother has taken gravely ill. Production continues around his absence. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[15th July | 15]] - David Tennant's mother passes away.
* [[17th July | 17]] - [[Russell T Davies]] addresses what he describes to [[Benjamin Cook]] as "the elephant in the room" and initiates discussions with [[Steven Moffat]] about Moffat taking over Davies' job on ''Doctor Who''. Moffat replies on the 19th that he is interested in talking about the idea. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[29th July | 29]] - Inspired by reading ''[[w:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', [[Russell T Davies]] begins toying with the idea of inviting [[J.K. Rowling]] to appear on ''Doctor Who'', possibly in the [[The Next Doctor|2008 Christmas special]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[31st July | 31]] - [[Bernard Cribbins]] films a cameo for [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', little knowing he would later return to the series several times in [[Series 4]]. Despite his workload, [[Russell T Davies]] visits the set. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
===[[August]]===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Frozen Time]]'' is first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Nobody's Children]] is first published.
* ''Doctor Who'' receives the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the episode [[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'' written by [[Steven Moffat]]. Also nominated in this category are the episodes [[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]'' and the two-parter [[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' / ''[[Doomsday]]''. Also nominated in this category is "200", an episode of ''Stargate SG-1'', and "Downloaded", an episode of ''Battlestar Galactica''.
* [[3rd August | 3]] - Problems with the script for [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' lead to [[Russell T Davies]] considering replacing it with a previously aborted [[Second World War]]-era story by [[Mark Gatiss]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[4th August | 4]] - [[Russell T Davies]] begins work on a major rewrite of [[James Moran]]'s script for [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[7th August | 7]] - First cast readthroughs for [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Ood]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]''.
* Early August - [[Colin Teague]] and [[Phil Collinson]] visit the Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Italy, as the ''Doctor Who'' production team considers filming part of [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' in Rome -- the first time major filming for a DW TV episode has been conducted outside the UK since 1985.
* [[9th August | 9]] - Around the time Teague and Collinson are in Rome, the Cinecitta Studios are heavily damaged in a fire. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[21st August | 21]] - [[Russell T Davies]] hatches the idea of creating a false edit of [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'' for media/review distribution in order to hide a planned surprise cameo by [[Billie Piper]] as [[Rose Tyler]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[23rd August | 23]] - plans for the return of [[Rose Tyler]] in [[Series 4]] are jeopardized when it's learned that [[Billie Piper]] is planning on getting married at the end of 2007, and might not be available for filming. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[25th August | 25]] - [[Kylie Minogue]] and a [[Dalek]] take part in a cover-photo shoot for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[30th August | 30]] - [[Russell T Davies]] begins writing the script for [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', the first episode of [[Series 4]].
* [[31st August | 31]] - Due to a premature announcement by the Royal Shakespeare Company (see 3rd September, below), ''Doctor Who's'' producers inform their staff that the fifth series will not go into production until 2009, save for a few specials in the interim. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
** [[David Tennant]] switches on the illuminations in Blackpool before a crowd of tens of thousands. He is accompanied by [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]]. The somewhat manic race through traffic-clogged motorways to get to the event is immortalized in one of Tennant's video diaries which is subsequently released in the Series 4 DVD set.
===[[September]]===
* [[NSA]]: ''[[Forever Autumn]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Sick Building]]'', and [[NSA]]: ''[[Wetworld]]'' are first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Son of the Dragon]]'' is first released.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[100]]'' is first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The End of the World (BFBS)|The End of the World]]'' - a [[Bernice Summerfield]] audio drama not to be confused with the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' episode of the same title - is first released
* [[3rd September | 3]] - The BBC officially announces that [[Series 5]] of ''Doctor Who'' will not air until 2010. According to [[Russell T Davies]] the announcement was originally to have been made prior to an 11th September press conference by the Royal Shakespeare Company announcing [[David Tennant]]'s appearance in ''Hamlet'' in the fall of 2008, but the release of an RSC brochure in late August required an immediate announcement.
* [[4th September | 4]] - Cast readthrough for [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''.
* [[6th September | 6]] - [[Russell T Davies]] reveals to [[Benjamin Cook]] that, despite previous scheduling conflicts, [[Billie Piper]] will return as [[Rose Tyler]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'' and [[Series 4]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
** Russell T Davies completes his initial draft of [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]''.
* [[13th September | 13]] - Filming begins on [[DW]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome, the first time, save the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]] and second-unit filming on [[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'', that major shooting for a regular episode has taken place outside the UK since 1985's [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' was filmed in Spain.
* [[23rd September | 23]] - The American animated series ''Family Guy'' broadcasts the episode "Blue Harvest", a nearly scene-by-scene parody of ''Star Wars: A New Hope''. A joke involving hyperspace features a brief clip of the classic mid-1970s opening sequence of ''Doctor Who'' featuring [[Tom Baker]] and a few bars of the [[Doctor Who theme]]. This is the first time any footage from the Tom Baker era, or the classic [[Delia Derbyshire]] arrangement of the theme, has appeared on an American commercial network. The episode, with DW clip intact, is released to DVD in North America in early 2008.
* [[24th September | 24]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen]]'' is first broadcast, launching the first full season of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' (following the pilot episode, [[SJA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]'', which aired months earlier). This is the first half-hour episode produced by the televised ''Doctor Who'' franchise since episode 3 of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' in 1989.
* [[27th September | 27]] - [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Julie Gardner]] decide to reject a script by [[Tom MacRae]] which was planned for [[Series 4]]. Davies takes on the job of writing a replacement, which ultimately becomes [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[28th September | 28]] - [[Steven Moffat]] informs [[Russell T Davies]] that he has agreed to take over the executive producer/head writer's position when Davies leaves. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'').
===[[October]]===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Absolution]]'' is first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire IV]]'': ''[[The Fearless: Part 1]]'' is first released, launching [[Big Finish]]'s fourth ''[[Dalek Empire IV|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series, three years after the third.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Final Amendment]]'' is first released
* [[1st October | 1]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]'' part 1 is first broadcast.
* [[1st October | 1]] - [[REF]]: ''[[I Am the Doctor: The Unauthorised Diaries of a Timelord]]'' is published by [[Zone Publishing]]. Written by [[John Peel]] and illustrated by [[Pete Wallbank]], this unofficial publication features diaries entries by all 10 Doctors and new illustrations by Wallbank.
* [[2nd October | 2]] - Cast readthrough for [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]''.
* [[7th October | 7]] - Production of the Children in Need mini-episode, [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'', featuring the return of [[Peter Davison]] as the [[Fifth Doctor]], takes place in Cardiff.
* [[8th October | 8]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon]]'' part 2 is first broadcast.
* [[10th October | 10]] - With production of [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'' now under way, [[Russell T Davies]] realizes how ill [[Howard Attfield]], playing [[Geoff Noble]] has become and begins to consider how to work this into the season, given the character is supposed to sppear in several episodes. A few days later, Davies considers filming Attfield's scenes in the as-yet-unwritten [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'' as soon as possible, along with his scenes in ''Partners in Crime''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* Mid-October - British media leaks the news that [[Billie Piper]] will be returning to ''Doctor Who''.
* [[13th October | 13]] - [[Russell T Davies]] begins writing the script for ''Crusader Five'', later renamed ''Crusader 50'' as at the time it was going to be the 50th episode of the revived ''Doctor Who''. The script is later retitled [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[15th October | 15]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'' part 1 is first broadcast.
** An injury forces [[Howard Attfield]] to pull out of production of [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'' after filming only a few of his planned scenes. [[Phil Collinson]] suggests hiring [[Bernard Cribbins]] as a last-minute replacement, and [[Russell T Davies]] retcons the newspaper seller Cribbins played in [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' to be [[Donna Noble]]'s grandfather, [[Wilfred Mott]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[18th October | 18]] - [[Russell T Davies]] completes the initial draft of ''Crusader 50'', later called [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]''.
* [[19th October | 19]] - Cast readthrough for [[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/ ''[[The Poison Sky]]''
* [[22nd October | 22]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak]]'' part 2 is first broadcast.
** [[Piers Wenger]] is interviewed as a possible replacement for [[Julie Gardner]] when she steps down as producer after the [[2009 Specials]] are filmed. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[27th October | 27]] - [[Russell T Davies]] begins writing the script for [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''.
* [[29th October | 29]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' part 1 is first broadcast.
* [[31st October | 31]] - [[Howard Attfield]], who played [[Geoff Noble]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'', dies only two weeks after pulling out of production of [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]''.
** ''Doctor Who'' wins Most Popular Drama and [[David Tennant]] wins Most Popular Actor at the 2007 National Television Awards.
===[[November]]===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Mind's Eye]]'' and [[BFA]]: ''[[Mission of the Viyrans]]'' are first released. ''Mission of the Viyrans is a single-episode bonus story included with ''The Mind's Eye''.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire IV]]'': ''[[The Fearless: Part 2]]'' is first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Old Friends]]'' is first published.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Missing Adventures (anthology)|Missing Adventures]]'' is first published.
* [[1st November | 1]] - [[SJAN]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (novelisation)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', [[SJAN]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (novelisation)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', [[SJAN]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (novelisation)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'' and [[SJAN]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (novelisation)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'' are all first published. These novelisations based upon episodes of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' are the first releases by [[Penguin Character Books]] and mark the first major release of televised story novelisations since the [[Target Books]] line was retired in [[1994]] (notwithstanding a few one-off ''Doctor Who'' releases between 1994 and 2005). ''Invasion of the Bane'' is [[Terrance Dicks]]' first TV novelisation since [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Pirates]]'' some two decades earlier.
* [[5th November | 5]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' part 2 is first broadcast.
** [[SJAA]]: ''[[The Thirteenth Stone]]'' and [[SJAA]]: ''[[The Glittering Storm]]'', two original made-for-audio ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' stories, are released by [[BBC Audio]].
*[[12th November | 12]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'' part 1 is first broadcast.
*[[16th November | 16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time Crash]]'', a mini-episode set between [[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', is first broadcast as part of the 2007 Children in Need appeal. Discounting [[DW]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'', [[Peter Davison]] makes his first appearance as the Doctor since [[1984]]'s [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]''. First multi-Doctor television story since [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]''. Final use of the Doctor Who Theme arrangement by [[Murray Gold]] that had been introduced in [[2005]].
*[[19th November | 19]] - [[SJA]]: ''[[The Lost Boy]]'' part 2 is first broadcast, concluding the first season of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
*[[22nd November | 22]] - [[Verity Lambert]], first producer of ''Doctor Who'', dies of cancer.
*[[23rd November | 23]] - Cast read-throughs for [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'', and [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]''.
*[[29th November | 29]] - Simultaneous filming of [[DW]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'' is now under way, marking [[Billie Piper]]'s return to ''Doctor Who'' production. During this time, she films her cameo for [[DW]]: ''[[Partners in Crime]]'', as well as a short appearance originally intended only for ''Midngight'' but later also added to [[DW]]: ''[[The Poison Sky]]''.
===[[December]]===
* [[NSA]]: ''[[Wishing Well]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop]]'', and [[NSA]]: ''[[Peacemaker]]'' are first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]'' is first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas]]'' is first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire IV]]'': ''[[The Fearless: Part 3]]'' is first released.
* [[IDW Publishing]], an American comic book company, launches ''[[Doctor Who Classics]]'', a monthly series of colorized reprints of [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strips from the early days of ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''. This is in advance of the launch of a new original [[Tenth Doctor]] monthly series scheduled to begin in early 2008.
* [[7th December | 7]] - The BBC announces that [[Julie Gardner]] will end her tenure as executive producer of ''Doctor Who'' in 2009, with [[Piers Wenger]] succeeding her.
* [[10th December | 10]] - [[Russell T Davies]] begins writing the script for [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''.
** That same day, [[Steven Moffat]] begins a dialogue with Davies regarding the changeover in producing regime and the start of [[Series 5]]. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[15th December | 15]] - [[Catherine Tate]] lets slip on the Jonathan Ross radio show the incorrect news that [[Series 4]] will be [[David Tennant]]'s last. This is followed by a similarly erroneous (or at least premature) report by BBC News. (''[[The Writer's Tale]]'')
* [[18th December | 18]] - Press launch for [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''.
* [[25th December | 25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', the third ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special, is first broadcast, introducing a new arrangement of the theme music, once again by [[Murray Gold]]. [[Bernard Cribbins]], a Doctor Who veteran dating back to the 1960s film ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', makes his debut as [[Wilfred Mott]], who becomes recurring character in the next series. Much attention is given to the special's guest star, pop superstar [[Kylie Minogue]].
* [[31st December | 31]] - [[Russell T Davies]] completes the initial draft of [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''.
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* Early winter - ''Doctor Who'' is nominated in the "Favorite Sci-Fi Show" category for the 2008 People's Choice Awards, to be presented in January 2008 on the CBS network. This is the first mainstream American award nomination for the series (which previously was only nominated for awards in genre awards such as the Hugos). The award winner was determined by an Internet poll, and the award ultimately goes to ''Stargate Atlantis''.
* As production begins on Series 4, news leaks out that [[Billie Piper]] would be returning to her role as [[Rose Tyler]], including images of her filming scenes for the series. Initially denied by the [[BBC]], this was later confirmed (with the BBC including her in a cinema trailer distributed prior to the season premiere in 2008). Piper films scenes for four episodes (two additional appearances are added using stock footage).
On 31 January, the SS Elysium arrived safely in Panama, its passengers and crew having endured an attack by Cybermen just weeks earlier. One passenger, artist Michael Brack, was airlifted to hospital for treatment for hypothermia suffered during the attack. He missed his chance to tell Ruby Duvall that he was the man responsible for her father's paralysis. (PROSE: Iceberg)
LINDA. (TV: Love & Monsters[+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
On 25 June, Donna Noble chose to take a job with H.C. Clements, rejecting her mother's suggestion that she work for Jival Chowdry. A version of herself from a a parallel world had been hit by a lorry a few blocks away to stop her making the contrary decision. Rose Tyler travelled back in time from approximately two years in the future to ask the Donna to pass a message on to the Tenth Doctor when she "died". (TV: Turn Left[+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
According to one account,[nb 2] the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones, following information provided to them by Sally Sparrow, investigated the Wester Drumlins estate in 2007, where they were touched by the Weeping Angels and transported to 1969; the TARDIS remained behind. By sending messages through Easter eggs on DVDs, the Doctor was able to contact Sally and Larry Nightingale and help them defeat the Angels and send the TARDIS to 1969. (TV: Blink[+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])
Professor Mallingan and his team of scientists began draining the power of the icy planet Isqar, hoping it would put an end to global warming on Earth. The Tenth Doctor came across Mallingan's plans and enlisted the help of one of his scientists to destroy his lab, saving Isqar. (COMIC: Cold War)
K9 defeats the Krillitanes. (TV: School Reunion[+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
The Tenth Doctor contacted Mickey Smith and told him to infiltrate the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum and destroy the recovered Sycorax Sword. Mickey created a robot and sent it into the museum. When the robot found the sword, it destroyed itself and took the sword with it. (GAME: Security Bot)
Mickey Smith contacted the Tenth Doctor to investigate Deffry Vale High School after discovering strange occurrences there. The Tenth Doctor and Rose signed up as a teacher and a dinner lady respectively. (TV: School Reunion[+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"]) The Doctor met Sarah Jane Smith for the first time since he had been called to Gallifrey and had left her on Earth. (TV: The Hand of Fear, School Reunion[+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"]) The Doctor repaired K9 Mark III. K9 identified the intelligence-enhancing oil in the school children's chips as of Krillitane origin. The Doctor learnt they were using the children to solve the Skasis Paradigm. K9 destroyed the Krillitanes, along with himself and the oil, but the Doctor gave Sarah Jane a new model, K9 Mark IV. Mickey joined the Tenth Doctor and Rose in the TARDIS. (TV: School Reunion[+]Loading...["School Reunion (TV story)"])
Mickey, Jackie and a group of actors posing as the crew and audience of an alien talk show helped the Tenth Doctor free Rose from the Iagnon by making her jealous. (COMIC: The Green-Eyed Monster)
LINDA was destroyed when the Abzorbaloff absorbed all members save Elton, one by one. The Tenth Doctor killed the Abzorbaloff and restored Ursula Blake in the form of a paving slab. (TV: Love & Monsters[+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
The English city of Norwich was invaded by the Zaross as part of an alien television programme. Jackie Tyler contacted the Tenth Doctor and Rose and together they convinced the Zaross to turn on their producers and end the show. Torchwood cleaned up after the event. (AUDIO: Infamy of the Zaross)
The Cybermen encountered Daleks; they fought, destroying Torchwood One. The Cybermen upgraded several Torchwood staff to fight the Daleks. The Daleks identified themselves as the Cult of Skaro and used Mickey's DNA print to release millions of Daleks from the Genesis Ark to attack all life on Earth. The Tenth Doctor opened the gateway to the Void, letting the void stuff-covered Daleks and Cybermen be sucked into it (apart from the Cult, who emergency temporal shifted), before sealing itself. Rose, Jackie and Mickey were trapped in Pete's World, with no way back to their own universe, where Rose was declared dead. (TV: Doomsday[+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"]) The partial cyber-conversion of Lisa Hallett happened during this battle. Ianto hid Lisa in the Torchwood Hub in Cardiff. (TV: Cyberwoman[+]Loading...["Cyberwoman (TV story)"])
On 25 June, Donna Noble made a decision that resulted in her not joining H.C. Clements and so not meeting Lance Bennett and becoming engaged to him. Instead, she took a job as Jival Chowdry's secretary.
As a consequence of never joining H.C. Clements, the Tenth Doctor never met Donna and he died after thwarting the Empress of the Racnoss's plans. Rose Tyler, travelling between universes, ended up in this alternate world and arrived soon after the Doctor's corpse had been retrieved by UNIT. (TV: Turn Left[+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"])
Pete's World
Pete's World. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen[+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"])
On 1 February 2007, the TARDIS fell into a parallel universe dubbed "Pete's World", where it almost died. With twenty-four hours before the TARDIS could return to its home universe, Rose discovered a living version of her dad, Pete Tyler, alive and a successful businessman. To meet her "father", Rose snuck with the Tenth Doctor into the birthday party of a parallel version of her mother. The President of Great Britain forbade the use of John Lumic's new cybernetic lifeform, but Lumic ignored him. Mickey, mistaken for his parallel self, Ricky Smith, was taken by the Preachers, who fought Lumic. The cybernetic life, dubbed Cybermen, attacked Jackie Tyler's birthday party, killing most of those inside, including the President. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen[+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"])
The following day, the Doctor and Rose escaped the Cyberman attack with the Preachers, Mickey and Pete. They infiltrated the Cyberman factory, where every Londoner in EarPods was being upgraded, including Pete's wife, Jackie. Mickey and Jake destroyed the transmitter controls so the hypnotised EarPod bearers could escape. Mickey also sent the Doctor the codes to break the inhibitor controls, destroying the Cybermen. The survivors of the resistance escaped the burning factory in a zeppelin. With the TARDIS cells charged, the Doctor and Rose returned to their universe. Mickey stayed behind, taking his deceased counterpart's place in shutting down more Cyberman factories. (TV: The Age of Steel[+]Loading...["The Age of Steel (TV story)"])
Page 120 of The Secret Lives of Monsters gives Sunday4 June as the date of the events of Smith and Jones[+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"] and the Royal Hope incident. However, it does not specify 2007 or 2008 as a current year. On top of this, the first two Sunday 4 Junes after 2004 (page 119 places the incident over 30 years after 1974) are in 2006 and 2017.
↑While Blink[+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"] itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in 2007 and "twenty minutes to Red Hatching" a year later in 2008—as Kathy Nightingale's letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920", and the Tenth Doctor's side of his conversation with Sally Sparrow in 1969 happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the Redacted audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In Angels, Abby McPhail identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests 2009 as the year of the Red Hatching. In Salvation, the Thirteenth Doctor recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of Andy Proctor, who was last seen by his daughter Cleo "nearly 20 years" before 2022 according to Recruits.
↑Tom lived in Cardiff for 66 years after moving in 1941.
↑Meredith is described as age 45 by Owen Harper, and a computer display clearly shows his date of birth as 11 January1962.
