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==History of the Doctor Who Universe==
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'''2001''' was a [[year]].
===February ===
== Events ==
* [[6th February| 6]] - [[Fitz Kreiner]] is dropped in London by [[Compassion]] to meet [[Eighth Doctor |the Doctor]] at the St. Louis' Bar and Restaurant in London. Prior to their scheduled meet (8th of February) Fitz Kreiner travelled to Belgium and met [[Anji Kapoor]] and her boyfriend Dave and became embroiled in a [[Kulan]] plot. Fitz met the Doctor on the 8th of February. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
=== Dated ===
==== January - February ====
Sometime before 6 February, [[Fitz Kreiner]] was dropped in [[London]] by [[Compassion]] to meet the Eighth Doctor at the [[St Louis Bar and Restaurant]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
===September===
On [[6 February]], Fitz travelled to [[Belgium]] and met [[Anji Kapoor]] and her boyfriend, [[Dave Young]]. They became embroiled in a [[Kulan]] plot. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
* [[11th September|11]] - Terrorists attack New York City and [[Washington, D.C.]], destroying the World Trade Center and sparking the creation of the Department of Homeland Security by the United States, an idea later adapted as the Department of Homeworld Security by the United Nations. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Strategem]]'' - ''although the events of 9/11 have yet to be specifically referenced on screen, Donna Noble references "Gitmo" a.k.a. the US military base at Guantanimo Bay, which became known as the main holding facility for "enemy combatants" following the attacks; the reference to "Homeworld Security" is a direct reference to the term "Homeland Security" coined in the days following 9/11. [[TW]]: [[Fragments]] also makes veiled references to the post-9/11 security climate. The Doctor's activities on 9/11 remain unknown; it is likely, however, that the attacks would qualify as a "fixed point in time" event.'')
On [[8 February]], Fitz met the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
===Unknown date===
==== June - September ====
*A [[Sontaran]] fleet attacks the [[Earth]] but is stopped by [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)]]. (''A Fix with Sontarans]]'')
On [[31 July]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Brave New Town (audio story)}}) [[Mary Miller]] got her daughter, [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], a pair of [[rollerblade]]s for her thirteenth [[birthday]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Revolution Game (audio story)}})
* [[Cybermen]] from the future invade [[Earth]] but are defeated by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Destrii]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood]]'')
*After taking several years to get established, broadband becomes a mainstream option for Internet users (''contemporary accounts''). Unknown to most, the technology for broadband was scavenged by [[Henry van Statten]] from the alien spacecraft that crashed at Roswell, New Mexico in [[1947]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'').
==Real World==
On [[23 August]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] was reported missing by her family. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)}})
===[[January]]===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]'' is first released as an exclusive CD with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', the first of several DWM-exclusive audio dramas. It is also the first single-episode/short Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' story. The CD also includes Episode 1 of [[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''.
On [[11 September]], the [[World Trade Center]] was destroyed in a [[terrorism|terrorist]] attack, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Longest Night (audio story)}}) an event that would go on to be known as [[9/11]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I Was a Monster!!! (short story)}}, {{cs|The Danger Men (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'' is first released. This was the first [[Big Finish]] audio drama to feature [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], beginning a long series of productions (continuing into 2009) picking up where the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] left off. First appearance of companion [[Charley Pollard]].
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Gods of the Underworld|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld]]'' is first published.
* [[8th January|08]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Father Time]]'' is first published. Introduction of [[Miranda Dawkins]], the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor's]] adopted daughter, who subsequently stars in a comic book series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel]]'' is first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]''.
* [[15th January|15]] - Wikipedia, an attempt at a free-content online encyclopedia, is launched, and within a few years becomes a dominant source for online information, eventaully leading to the creation of the Wikia websites which borrow Wikipedia's format - one of which would be the Tardis Wikia, launched in 2005. By the fall of 2001, articles on the Doctor Who franchise begin to appear on Wikipedia. Although not officially recognized as an influence by its founders, the concept of Wikipedia is often compared to that of ''The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', the repository of all knowledge which was conceived by one-time ''Doctor Who'' script writer/editor [[Douglas Adams]].
* [[29th January|29]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' is released to DVD in the UK; discounting ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', this is the first [[Third Doctor]] story to be released in the format.
===[[February]]===
On [[Halloween]], [[Clara Oswald]] went to a [[Halloween party|party]], during which she got lost in a forest while playing a game of [[hide and seek]] with her friends, and was inadvertently whisked away on an adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], her [[memory]] of which was erased due to her encountering him earlier than intended. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]'' is first released.
==== November - December ====
* [[CP]]: ''[[The Cat Who Walked Through Time]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, is first published.
In [[November]], [[Tony Blair]] visited several of [[York]]'s tourist attractions and local businesses. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight}})
* [[5th February|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' is first published, the sixth and final book in the Earth Arc. [[Fitz Kreiner]] rejoins as companion, and [[Anji Kapoor]] becomes a new companion.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]'' is first published.
* [[7th February|07]] - ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' publishes its 300th issue.
* [[26th February|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' is released to DVD in the UK; the first [[Seventh Doctor]] story to be released in this format.
===[[March]]===
Shortly after Blair's visit to York, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] got takeaway at ''[[the Slow Boat]]''. After [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] mortally injured [[Eddie (Project: Twilight)|Eddie]], the Doctor and Evelyn got involved in the conflict between [[the Forge]] and their [[vampire]] super-soldiers. The Doctor helped [[Amelia Doory]] purify the [[Twilight Virus]] so it could be reverse engineered into an antidote. However, Amelia was just using the Doctor. Amelia planned to convert all of London into vampires by pouring the virus into the water supply, but was killed by the Doctor before she could. During these events, Cassandra Schofield was infected with the purified virus and became the only member of a new breed of superior vampires. The Doctor and Evelyn took Schofield to [[Norway]], where she could live as a vampire away from sunlight and civilisation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Stones of Venice]]'' is first released.
Also in November, [[Marnal]] wrote part of [[The Monkey to Time saga|''The Monkey to Time'' saga]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})
* [[CP]]: ''[[Missing Pieces]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, is first published.
* [[5th March|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Rags]]'' is first published.
* [[19th March|19]] - [[Norman Mitchell]], who played one of the [[police|policemen]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies in [[Wikipedia:Downham Market|Downham Market]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]].
===[[April]]===
On [[23 November]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) Clara Oswald celebrated her [[15 (number)|fifteenth]] [[birthday]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'' is first released.
On [[27 November]], the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] discovered a [[hydrogen]] [[atmosphere]] on the [[planet]] [[Osiris]], [[capital]] of the [[Osiran|Osiran Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal]]'' is first published.
* [[2nd April|02]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Vanishing Point]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'' is first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases audio recordings of [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker]]''.
* [[17th April|17]] - [[Terry Scully]] ([[Fewsham]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') dies from a stroke in Wiltshire, England.
* [[27th April|27]] - [[Tom Baker]] appears on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Dead Ringers'', where he encounters soundalike [[Jon Culshaw]].
===[[May]]===
For [[Christmas]], [[Donna Noble]] received a bottle of [[Odeur Delaware]] as a gift from her mother [[Sylvia Noble]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Loups-Garoux]]'' is first released.
=== Undated ===
* [[CP]]: ''[[Walking in Eternity]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, is first published.
[[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)|Dr. Who]] and [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]] attempted to kill [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}) This year was the beginning of the [[Ghost Point]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* [[7th May|07]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum]]'' is first published.
* [[11th May|11]] - Death of [[Douglas Adams]], writer of a few [[Doctor Who]] scripts and script editor of [[Season 17]]. Best known for creating ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', which has been referenced numerous times by the franchise.
* [[12th May|12]] - [[Norman Kay]] dies.
* [[22nd May|22]] - [[Jack Watling]], ''Doctor Who'' guest star and father of [[Deborah Watling]], dies.
===[[June]]===
An attempted [[Sontaran]] invasion of Earth was foiled by an Earth defence force led by [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'' is first released.
The Eighth Doctor and [[Izzy Sinclair]] visited London. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fallen (comic story)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[Invasion of the Daleks]]'' is first released, launching the first of [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Dalek Empire (Big Finish)|Dalek Empire]]'' spin-off series.
* [[4th June|04]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Superior Beings]]'' is first published.
* [[18th June|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'' is released to DVD in the UK; discounting the special case of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', this is the first solo [[Fifth Doctor]] story to be released in the format.
* [[28th June|28]] - [[Joan Sims]] dies.
===[[July]]===
The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Martin Ashcroft]], Sir [[Jack Merrivale]] and [[Johanna Bourke]] recorded a commentary on ''[[Doctor Demonic's Tales of Terror]]'' for its 25th anniversary [[DVD]] release. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Special Features (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Bloodtide]]'' is first released.
A [[Woman in Omaha|woman]] in [[Omaha]] began knitting what, by [[28 April]] [[2019]], would go on to be the world's longest [[scarf]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[CP]]: ''[[Lifedeath]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, is first published.
* [[2nd July|02]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Slow Empire]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'' is first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] reissues the 1979 audio version of [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and the radio play [[BBCR]]: ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' on CD.
** [[BBC Audio]] issues an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[3rd July|03]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]], original arranger of the [[Doctor Who theme]], dies.
* [[13th July|13]] - The BBC enters new territory with ''Doctor Who'' with the uploading of the very first original made-for-Internet story, the "pilot episode" of [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'', featuring the return of [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] in what is basically a [[Big Finish]]-style audio drama with limited animation. The series resumes in February 2002; ultimately 13 installments will be released.
===[[August]]===
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[16 January]], [[Dale Hicks]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Project: Twilight]]'' is first released.
On [[6 June]], [[Belial (The Book of the War)|William Crow Dog]] was born at the [[Pine Ridge Reservation hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[The Human Factor]]'' is first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Infernal Nexus|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus]]'' is first published.
* [[6th August|06]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Dark Progeny]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'' is first published.
* [[13th August|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', the 1996 TV movie, is released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18th August|18]] - [[Tom Watson]], who played [[Ramo]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', dies in [[Wikipedia:St. Andrews|St. Andrews]], [[Scotland]], from [[cancer]].
* [[20th August|20]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Regeneration]]'' is published in paperback.
===[[September]]===
Untold numbers of people were killed in the [[9/11]] terror attacks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Touched by an Angel (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Longest Night (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'' is first released. A new audio-only companion for the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Erimem]], is introduced.
=== Undated ===
* [[1st September|01]] - [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'': ''[[Occam's Razor]]'' is first released. This is the first in a series of audio dramas by [[Magic Bullet Productions]] in the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series, based upon characters from [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]''.
[[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] was born. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})
* [[3rd September|03]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The City of the Dead]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Psi-ence Fiction]]'' is first published.
* [[9th September|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' are all released to DVD in Region 1 (North America). These are the first ''Doctor Who'' DVD releases in that part of the world, and begin an ongoing series of releases by the North American arm of [[BBC Video]] (in conjunction with Warner Home Video) that continues into 2010.
* [[11th September|11]] - The September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
[[Samuel Lloyd]]'s parents were killed in a car accident. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'' is first released.
== Other ==
* [[BBV]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire|The Eleven Day Empire - Protocols: Volume 1]]'' and [[BBV]]: ''[[The Shadow Play|The Shadow Play - Protocols: Volume 2]]'' are first released, launching a series of [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] audio dramas.
By [[1997]], the first [[manned flight]] from [[Earth]] to [[Jupiter]] was being planned for 2001. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
* [[1st October|01]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'' is first published. This is the 50th novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'' is first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' in a special edition that also includes raw recordings of the episodes (without linking narration) and CD-ROM content including the scripts.
* [[15th October|15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' is released to DVD in the UK; the first [[Sixth Doctor]] story released in this format.
* [[18th October|18]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Scripts 1974/75]]'' is first published by [[BBC Books]]. This is an annotated collection of complete scripts from [[Season 12]].
* [[26th October|26]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: On Location]]'' is first published.
* [[31st October|31]] - [[Jenny Laird]] dies.
===[[November]]===
== Behind the scenes ==
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According to a minigame on the [[Torchwood House (tie-in website)|Torchwood House website]], strange signals began being detected by the [[Torchwood Institute]] coming from the {{w|Tycho crater}} in this year. <ref>[https://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/observatory.htm Torchwood House - Observatory]</ref>
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Primeval]]'' is first released.
== Footnotes ==
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[["Death to the Daleks!"]]'' is first released.
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* [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who 2]]'' is first published.
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* [[5th November|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'' is first published.
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** [[PDA]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'' is first published.
* [[21st November|21]] - The first [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] article on ''Doctor Who'' is uploaded. For the remainder of the decade hundreds of articles on the franchise will appear on the user-generated reference website. The establishment of the "Wiki" format popularized by Wikipedia also gives rise to many topic-specific "wiki" websites, including the Doctor Who TARDIS Index File site on Wikia.
* [[23rd November |23]] - [[TN]]: ''[[Time and Relative]]'' is first published. This is the first release of a series of hardcover (later including paperback) novellas published by [[Telos Publishing]] and licensed by the BBC (which continues to publish full-length novels under its [[BBC Books]] line). Telos releases will be limited in distribution and most will include deluxe editions with autographs.
* [[29th November|29]] - Former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[wikipedia:George Harrison|George Harrison]], who appeared as himself in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', dies from lung [[cancer]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].
===[[December]]===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The One Doctor]]'' is first released.
* [[20th December|20]] - [[Edward Evans]] dies.
* [[21st December|21]] - [[Kevin Manser]], who operated [[Dalek]]s in numerous episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and also in the [[Dr. Who and the Daleks|first Dalek film]] starring [[Peter Cushing]], dies in New South Wales, [[Australia]], from cancer of the bowel.
* [[28th December|28]] - 20th anniversary of the broadcast of [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', the pilot for ''[[K-9 and Company]]''.
On Halloween, Clara Oswald went to a party, during which she got lost in a forest while playing a game of hide and seek with her friends, and was inadvertently whisked away on an adventure with the Eleventh Doctor, her memory of which was erased due to her encountering him earlier than intended. (PROSE: Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest[+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)"])
November - December
In November, Tony Blair visited several of York's tourist attractions and local businesses. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight[+]Loading...["Project Twilight (audio story)","Project: Twilight"])
Shortly after Blair's visit to York, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe got takeaway at the Slow Boat. After Nimrod mortally injured Eddie, the Doctor and Evelyn got involved in the conflict between the Forge and their vampire super-soldiers. The Doctor helped Amelia Doory purify the Twilight Virus so it could be reverse engineered into an antidote. However, Amelia was just using the Doctor. Amelia planned to convert all of London into vampires by pouring the virus into the water supply, but was killed by the Doctor before she could. During these events, Cassandra Schofield was infected with the purified virus and became the only member of a new breed of superior vampires. The Doctor and Evelyn took Schofield to Norway, where she could live as a vampire away from sunlight and civilisation. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight[+]Loading...["Project Twilight (audio story)","Project: Twilight"])
Untold numbers of people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel[+]Loading...["Touched by an Angel (novel)"], AUDIO: The Longest Night[+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])
