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==[[Doctor Who Universe]]==
'''2010''' was a [[year]].
===March===
*[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Rhys Williams]] meet with [[Jack Harkness]] outside [[Cardiff]], where Jack (still remoseful over the deaths of [[Steven Carter|his grandson]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]]) uses his recovered [[vortex manipulator]] to send a signal to a [[cold fusion freighter]] just outside the [[Sol system]]. He is beamed up into space. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')
===April===
== Events ==
*'''[[24th April|24]]''': Wedding of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]], in [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[Earth]]. Many guests from throughout time and space attend. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
=== Dated ===
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] is restored to youth and health by the [[Fortean Flicker]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
==== January - April ====
[[Jack Harkness]] investigated [[the House of the Dead]] and encountered the ghost of [[Ianto Jones]] before it was destroyed. At the same time, [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]] was apparently sealed forever. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The House of the Dead (audio story)}}) However, temporary holes in space-time would persist in Cardiff in the years that would follow. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|More Than This (audio story)}})
===Unknown dates===
[[File:Jack leaves Earth.jpg|thumb|left|Jack leaves Earth. ([[TV]]: '' [[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')]]
*At some point after March, The Doctor visits [[Captain Jack Harkness]], who is recovering from the events of [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'', and hints that he should start dating [[Alonso Frame]] before parting. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
[[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Rhys Williams]] met with [[Jack Harkness]] outside [[Cardiff]]. Jack, still mourning the deaths of [[Steven Carter|his grandson]], Ianto, [[Owen Harper]], [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Suzie Costello]], used [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|his recovered vortex manipulator]] to send a signal to a [[cold fusion freighter]] just outside the [[Sol system]]. He was beamed into [[space]]. With the departure of Jack, [[Torchwood Three]] unofficially ceased to exist. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)}})
: ''It's possible this encounter may occur later than 2010, but not likely too far in the future as neither Jack nor Frame is known to possess time travel capability at this time.''
*In spring (i.e. either March, April or May), [[Donna Noble]] has her wedding to [[Shaun Temple]]. Among her guests are her mother [[Sylvia Noble]], granddad [[Wilfred Mott]], friend [[Nerys]], and unbeknownst to her, the Doctor. The Doctor (by way of Sylvia and Wilf) gifts her a winning triple rollover lottery ticket. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
On [[24 April]], the [[Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding|wedding]] of [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Jason Kane]] occurred in [[Cheldon Bonniface]], [[England]], [[Earth]]. Many guests from throughout [[time]] and space attended. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}})
*[[Mickey Smith]], [[Jake Simmonds]] and [[Pete Tyler (Pete's World)|Pete]] travel from [[Pete's World|a parallel world]] back to the Doctor's universe. They and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] are stuck in Pete's World after the tear through [[the Void]] closes. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
:''Due to time differences between the two worlds, they appear in [[2007]] in the other world. See also [[Pete's World#circa 2010|Pete's World]]''.
==Real World==
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] was restored to youth and health by the [[Fortean Flicker]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}})
{{pre-broadcast spoiler}}
* The [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|fifth series]] of ''Doctor Who'' is scheduled for broadcast on the BBC this year, consisting of 13 episodes with [[Steven Moffat]] taking over from [[Russell T Davies]] as executive producer, and [[Matt Smith]] taking over the role of the Doctor from [[David Tennant]]. Filming for the season began in July 2009, and is expected to carry over into 2010 per the precedent of previous seasons. Although precedent holds that the new season will likely air starting in the spring of 2010 (possibly March or April), until the BBC announces an actual date, this cannot be confirmed; as of 18th February 2010 all the BBC has confirmed is Spring 2010. There have also been media reports that the 2010 season may be split into two halves due to conflicts with coverage of the FIFA World Cup; as of December 2009, this too can only be seen as conjecture. It is also not yet known whether a Christmas special will be commissioned for 2010.
==== May - August ====
* Related to the above, international broadcasters such as [[BBC America]] in the US and [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] in Canada are also expected to broadcast Series 5 in 2010, however scheduling is not possible until the BBC confirms its broadcast plans. The effect, if any, of a potential split season is as yet undetermined.
[[File:AmySaysGoodbyeTBB.jpg|thumb|Newlywed Amy Pond enters the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})]]
* Series 5 will introduce (among other expected changes) a new [[Doctor Who logo]], which was unveiled in October 2009.
On [[25 June]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] returned to [[Amy Pond]]'s house two years after the incident with the [[Atraxi]] and [[Prisoner Zero]] from [[2008]] and invited her to travel with him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}) They left together, and returned at 11:55 PM, after escaping from the wreckage of the ''[[Byzantium (spacecraft)|Byzantium]]''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}})
* Assuming it is renewed, production of Series 6 of ''Doctor Who'' will presumably begin in the second half of 2010, for broadcast in 2011. As of early January 2010 it has not been indicated whether a Christmas special will be commissioned for 2010.
* Series 4 of ''Torchwood'' is anticipated to go into production this year, based upon [[John Barrowman]] announcing in November 2009 that he had been signed to appear. Dependent on when production starts, broadcast of the season may occur in 2010 or 2011.
* The first season of the Australian-made spinoff series ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9]]'' is expected to debut in the UK sometime in early 2010, following the broadcast of the pilot episode in late 2009. [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-k9-trailer.html]
* A DVD box set entitled ''Revisitations'' is scheduled for UK release in 2010. The box set will include three stories previously released in bare-bones/"vanilla" DVD editions (early in the DVD line): [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'' and the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]]. A North American release of ''Revisitations'' is assumed, but it's not known if the TV movie will be included (due to complicated Region 1 rights issues).[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/caves-of-androzani-revisited.html]
====Early 2010====
* Scheduled publication of [[Deborah Watling]]'s autobiography, ''Daddy's Girl'' (delayed from the original November 2009 publication date).
====[[January]]====
On [[26 June]], the Eleventh Doctor and Amy left for [[Venice]] in [[1580]] after picking up Amy's [[fiancé]] [[Rory Williams]] from his stag party. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}}) Amy and Rory got married after the Eleventh Doctor, with Amy's help, had restored the universe to its original condition. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code]]'' is first released. While previous installments of [[The Companion Chronicles]] have featured former TV companions, this story will feature [[Benny Summerfield]], a companion created for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels.
* In Toronto, Ontario, the Bad Dog Theatre company mounts an improvisational comedy production parodying ''Doctor Who'' entitled ''Doctor Whom'', with Anand Rajaram as the Doctor.
* [[1st January|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]'' is first broadcast, concluding the [[David Tennant]] era and marking the debut of [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. This is expected to be the final on-screen use of the [[Doctor Who logo|logo]] introduced in 2005 (and later modified slighly), as well as the arrangement of the [[Doctor Who theme]] introduced at the end of 2007. The final David Tennant edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' follows.
** BBC One also rebroadcasts [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part One]]'' earlier in the day.
** Rebroadcast of ''[[Doctor Who's Greatest Moments]]: The Doctor'' on BBC3.
** Beginning at Midnight New Year's Eve/Day, [[BBC America]] begins airing a 46-hour marathon of the entire David Tennant era, beginning with [[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''.
** [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'' is rebroadcast in its entirety on the Canadian network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]].
** A [[Dalek]] makes a cameo appearance in an episode of the American sitcom ''Better Off Ted''.
** Almost immediately after the broadcast of the finale, BBC Online's ''Doctor Who'' website begins phasing in a new look featuring the new logo and material related to the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. Little of this, however, is made available to Internet users outside the UK.
* [[2nd January|02]] - US broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]'' on [[BBC America]], ending its 46-hour David Tennant marathon.
** [[Space (TV channel)|Space Channel]] in Canada airs both parts of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' for the first time as part of a daylong ''Doctor Who''/''Torchwood'' marathon that includes rebroadcasts of all the specials from [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'' to ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'', and additional rebroadcasts of the complete [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'' mini-series.
** Rebroadcast of the final [[David Tennant]] edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' on BBC3.
** Following its broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]'', the BBC receives more than 140 complaints from viewers alleging that the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s reference to not being ginger was a slight against redheaded people. See 6th January.
* [[3rd January|03]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' is rebroadcast on [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] in Canada.
* Week of [[4th January]] - Production of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] resumes in [[Cardiff]] after a Christmas break (and some international filming in late 2009).
* [[5th January|05]] - North American DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]''.
** The arrival of [[Matt Smith]] as the new Doctor Who is the topic of a question on the internationally syndicated American game show ''Jeopardy''.
* [[6th January|06]] - In response to complaints regarding widespread misinterpretation of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s comment from the end of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]'' about not being ginger, the BBC issues an official statement clarifying that the line references the Doctor's previously-stated desire to be ginger in [[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', and also noting that both [[Donna Noble]] and [[Amy Pond]] are redheads.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/response/2010/01/100106_res_doctorwho_ginger_jmf.shtml]
** Filming for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] takes place in [[Cardiff]] at [[Roald Dahl Plass]] which attracts media attention.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/filming-returns-to-cardiff.html]
* [[7th January|07]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Last Voyage]]'', an exclusive-to-audio adventure of the [[Tenth Doctor]], is first released.
** Audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]'' is first released.
** ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' debuts a new look incorporating the new [[Doctor Who logo]].
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* Early January - production of [[David Tennant]]'s American pilot, ''Rex is Not Your Lawyer'', concludes in Hollywood. Soon after, US media reports that production of a full series by the NBC network may be fast-tracked due to the necessity of filling multiple timeslots left vacant as of March 2010 by the cancellation of the five-nights-a-week ''Jay Leno Show.'' It is later reported, however, that NBC has chosen not to follow through with a full series for now, though a fall 2010 broadcast is still a possibility. [http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/24/nbc-delays-rex-is-not-your-lawyer/]
** It is also announced that [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]] ([[Tish Jones]] in [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]]) has been cast in a lead role in another American series, ''Undercovers'', from [[wikipedia:J.J. Abrams|J.J. Abrams]].
* [[8th January|08]] - Australian debut of [[TW]]: ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'' on ABC2. The five chapters of the mini-series will be broadcast one per week.
** The British Academy of Film and Television Arts posts ''The Regeneration of Doctor Who'', a 25-minute discussion with [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Julie Gardner]], to its YouTube channel.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA96i_Yj7yM]
* [[11th January|11]] - UK DVD/Blu-Ray release of the [[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|2009 Specials]] box set, including [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', becomes the first ''Doctor Who'' episode to be "upconverted" from standard definition to high definition.[http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=13068] A three-disc ''Winter Specials'' set containing just ''Waters of Mars'' and ''End of Time'', is also released.
* [[12th January|12]] - A box set compiling the 5-part [[BBC Audio]] story, [[BBCR]]: ''[[Hornets' Nest]]'' is first released.
* [[14th January|14]] - The second edition of ''[[The Writer's Tale]]'' by [[Russell T Davies]] and [[Benjamin Cook]], titled ''The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter'', is first published in the UK. The new edition adds more than 300 pages of new material to the previous book.
** [[Mark Jones]] (Keeler, [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]''), dies in Shrewsbury, Shropshire at the age of 70.
* Mid January - Canadian broadcasts of [[Series 2 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 2]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' begins in some parts of Canada on [[BBC Kids]] (a major national cable provider dropped the network in 2009).
** The BBC begins scouting for a new producer to take on [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4.html]
* [[18th January|18]] - UK release of ''The Peladon Tales'' DVD box set consisting of [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]''.
* [[19th January|19]] - Reports surface in US media that BBC Worldwide, [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Jane Tranter]] are planning to mount a US version of ''[[Torchwood]]'' for the American Fox network. [[John Barrowman]] is a potential star, reprising [[Jack Harkness]], but at this point it's not known if the show will be a standalone remake or part of the established Whoniverse. According to ''The Hollywood Reporter'' a US-based "reboot" of ''Doctor Who'' is a possibility as well.[http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/fox-readying-us-version-of-torchwood-.html#more]
* [[20th January|20]] - For the fourth consecutive ceremony, ''Doctor Who'' wins the Drama category at the National Television Awards. [[David Tennant]] also received the NTA award for Best Drama Performance.
:Special effects technician [[Ian Scoones]] dies in Bulgaria.
The [[Institute of Temporal Consistency]] determined that the universe exploded on 26 June in 2010, leaving [[scientist]]s very confused about why it still existed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[21st January|21]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn]]'' is first released (delayed from original release date of November 2009). However it is immediately recalled due to issues regarding clearance of some material on the disc and a new February release date announced. A few copies of the unedited version, however, enter circulation.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/cd-delayed.html]
On [[19 August]], [[Luke Smith]] received his A Level results, all (four) A Stars. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}})
** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter]]'' was scheduled to be published in North America, although availability through retailers such as Amazon is apparently delayed until March. Some smaller retailers might still have received the book.
** ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' publishes its 150th issue. To celebrate the magazine comes packaged with a package of "Mars Slime".
* [[22nd January|22]] - The audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' is first released.
* Late January - Launch of ''[[Vworp Vworp!]]'', a fanzine dedicated to the history of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' and the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip.[http://www.vworpvworp.co.uk/]
* [[29th January|29]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silver Spiral]]'', an unofficial web-exclusive short story, is published by astronomer Dr. [[Megan Argo]] to commemorate a major discovery involving a supernova. The story receives press coverage in ''Scientific American''. Argo also records and uploads an audio version of the story, read by her.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/doctor-who-and-silver-spiral.html][http://www.rigel.org.uk/blog/000279.shtml]
* [[30th January|30]] - [[David Tennant]] and [[Catherine Tate]] once again guest-host the ''Jonathan Ross'' show on BBC Radio. Guests include [[Anthony Head]] and Ricky Gervais.
* [[31st January|31]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[Leviathan]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is first released.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[A Thousand Tiny Wings]]'' is first released. This audio will reintroduce [[Elizabeth Klein]], a character who last appeared in the 2001 release [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'', as a new companion for the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* ''Look Who's Talking'', a collection of columns written by [[Colin Baker]] for ''Bucks Free Press'' between 1995 and 2009, is first published.
* ''Shooty Dog Thing'', a collection of fanzine articles, is first published.
====[[February]]====
==== September - December ====
On [[10 September]], Luke Smith, [[Clyde Langer]] and [[Rani Chandra]] defeated the [[Nightmare Man]] by trapping him inside a [[dream]]. Luke left with [[K9 Mark IV|K9]] for [[Oxford University]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Suffering]]'' is first released.
Soon after Luke arrived at Oxford, a critically ill [[Androvax]] returned to [[Earth]] to free the remains of the [[Veil (species)|Veil]] species from an interdimensional vault there. With [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Mister Dread]]'s help, he took the spaceship with the Veil safely off Earth into space to search for a new home. Mister Dread gave his life saving the day. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Vault of Secrets (TV story)}})
* The online service SeeSaw begins offering classic-series ''Doctor Who'' episodes for online viewing.
* [[1st February|01]] - The animated story [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' is first released on DVD in the UK. The documentary series ''[[Doctor Who's Greatest Moments]]'' is included in the release.
* [[2nd February|02]] - North American DVD/Blu-Ray release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and the 5-disc ''[[2009 Specials]]'' box set including [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', which has been upconverted to high definition for the Blu-Ray edition.
* [[4th February|04]] - Region 4 DVD/Blu-Ray release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' and the ''Dalek War'' DVD box set featuring [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]''.
** The audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[Logopolis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Logopolis]]'' is first released.
* [[6th February|06]] - Noted fantasy writer [[Neil Gaiman]] announces via his blog that he will be writing an episode of ''Doctor Who'' for the [[2011]] season.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/gaiman-confirms-he-is-writing-for.html] This is also the first indication that the series is expected to continue beyond 2010.
* [[7th February|07]] - New Zealand broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part One]]''.
* [[8th February|08]] - UK DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]''.
* [[11th February|11]] - Reissue date for [[BBCR]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn]]'', following two previous delays. [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/cd-delayed.html]
* [[14th February|14]] - Australian broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part One]]'' on [[ABC1]]
** New Zealand broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]''.
** The ''Sunday Times'' runs an article "Doctor in War with Planet Maggie" that alleges that episodes of the fading original series in the late 1980s were crafted with an anti-[[Margaret Thatcher]] political agenda, a view apparently supported by [[Sylvester McCoy]] and his era's script editor, [[Andrew Cartmel]]. [[DW]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' and ''[[Paradise Towers]]'' and even the obscure novel [[TC]]: ''[[Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma]]'' are cited as specific examples.
* [[15th February|15]] - The 20-years-warmed-over controversy as to whether late-period ''Doctor Who'' had an anti-Thatcher agenda is picked up by other media, and is the topic of a discussion with [[Andrew Cartmel]], [[Terrance Dicks]] and others on BBC Two's ''Newsnight''.
* [[17th February|17]] - The BBC, in advance of issuing a new trailer, releases a new [[Eleventh Doctor]] promotional image featuring the the Doctor, [[Amy Pond]], a [[Dalek]], a [[Weeping Angel]], and the first glimpse of a new character, [[the Smiler]].
** [[Matt Smith]] chooses the winner in a "design a TARDIS console" contest conducted on ''[[Blue Peter]]''. The console design is scheduled to be incorporated into an upcoming [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] episode in some way.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/blue-peter-competition-winner-announced.html]
** Around this same time, ''Broadcast'' magazine reports that a 40-second 3-D trailer has been produced for cinemas.
* [[19th February|19]] - ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' receive several nominations for the 2010 Saturn Awards (scheduled to be awarded 24th June). [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'' is nominated for Best Television Presentation (competition includes the new versions of ''The Prisoner'' and ''V'' along, with, strangely, ''The Tudors''; [[David Tennant]] is nominated for Best Actor in Television; [[Bernard Cribbins]] is nominated for Best Guest Starring Role in Television (his competition includes [[wikipedia:John Lithgow|John Lithgow]] and [[wikipedia:Leonard Nimoy|Leonard Nimoy]]); and in the Best DVD Television Release category, the DVD of [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'' were nominated against full-season sets of ''Lost'', ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', the US version of ''Life on Mars'', and another BBC series, ''Primeval.''
* [[20th February|20]] - A 3-D trailer for the new series, featuring specially-shot footage, debuts on UK cinemas.
* [[21st February|21]] - Australian broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time, Part Two]]'' on [[ABC1]].
* [[23rd February|23]] - Multiple ''Doctor Who''-related audios are released in North America, including [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Last Voyage]]'', and the audio adaptations of [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'', [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]'' and [[NSA]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos]]''.
** Australian broadcasts of [[Series 3 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 3]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' begin on Nickelodeon.
* [[24th February|24]] - A major auction of props from ''Doctor Who'' takes place at Bonhams auction house[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/doctor-who-auction-at-bonhams.html].
* [[28th February|28]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[The Hollows of Time]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is first released.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' is first released. This release includes the 12th and final chapter of the serialized story [[CC]]: ''[[The Three Companions]]''.
====[[March]]====
On [[26 September]], [[NASA]] announced a manned mission to [[Mars]], which was scheduled for [[2035]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Super Gran (comic story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Emperor of Eternity]]'' is scheduled for release.
[[Jilly Kitzinger]] started working for [[PhiCorp]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Escape to LA (TV story)}})
* According to the Doctor Who News Page, production of [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' is scheduled to go into production this month.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/01/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4.html]
* The Canadian cable network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] is scheduled to take over the Canadian broadcast licence for ''Doctor Who'' seasons 1-4 and related Christmas Specials (save [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' which does not become available until April) from the [[CBC]].
* [[1st March |01]] - UK DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'' and ''[[The Chase]]'' as a single set.
* [[2nd March |02]] - Scheduled North American DVD release of the ''Dalek War'' box set featuring [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]''.
** Scheduled North American DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', more than two years after it was first announced.
* [[4th March |04]] - Scheduled publication of [[NSA]]: ''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]'', the fifth [[Quick Reads]] novella. This book will feature the [[Tenth Doctor]], despite it being published several months after [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. It is the final [[Tenth Doctor]] original novel under the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] line. (Although announced for 4th March, online retailers were shipping the book as early as mid-February.)
** Scheduled release of the audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]]''.
** Scheduled Region 4 release of ''The Peladon Tales'' DVD box set consisting of [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]''. Also scheduled for DVD/Blu-Ray released in Region 4: [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.
* [[7th March|07]] - Scheduled release of [[BBCR]]: ''[[Dead Air]]'', the final exclusive-to-audio story featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]].
* [[15th March |15]] - Scheduled publication of [[REF]]: ''[[Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It]]'', an essay collection by [[Mad Norwegian Press]]. Contributors include [[Lisa Bowerman]], [[Kate Orman]], [[India Fisher]], [[Sophie Aldred]] and Carole E. Barrowman (sister of [[John Barrowman]] and co-author of his autobiography).
* [[24th March |24]] - Rescheduled release date for [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter]]'' for North American retailers such as Amazon (originally announced for 21 January).
* [[26th March |26]] - Fifth anniversary of the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
* [[29th March |29]] - Scheduled UK release of the DVD box set ''[[Myths and Legends]]'', including [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Underworld]]'' and ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]''.
** ''Doctor Who Classics Vol. 5'', a graphic novel collecting more issues of the [[IDW]] series ''[[Doctor Who Classics]]'' is scheduled for release in North America.
** ''Fugitive'', a graphic novel reprinting the first story arcs from [[IDW]]: ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'', is scheduled for release both in North America and in the UK, which will make it one of the first occasions of original IDW comic stories being released in Britain.
* [[31st March|31]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[Paradise 5]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[The Architects of History]]'' is scheduled for release.
====[[April]]====
Sarah Jane Smith was told by [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] they had found the Doctor's body. She and her gang, along with [[Jo Jones]] and [[Santiago Jones|her grandson]], were invited to the Doctor's funeral underneath [[Mount Snowdon]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived; his death had been faked by the [[Claw Shansheeth]]. Using a machine he built, he swapped places with Clyde Langer from where he had been trapped in the [[Crimson Heart]]. With help from Jo and Sarah Jane, he fixed his teleporter and returned them all to Earth properly. The Claw Shansheeth and [[Tia Karim]] used memory weave technology to attempt to create a [[TARDIS key]] from the Doctor's [[companion]]s' memories. Sarah Jane and Jo overloaded the machine, killing the Shansheeth and Tia. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}})
* The Canadian cable network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] is scheduled to take over the Canadian broadcast licence for the 2007 Christmas special [[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' from the [[CBC]], officially ending the CBC's association with the ''Doctor Who'' franchise. According to a January 2009 posting by the Doctor Who Information Network, Space is expected to broadcast the episode soon after.[http://www.dwin.org/article.php?sid=283]
Before [[23 November]], Clyde and Rani, having been grounded by the [[Judoon]], were the only two humans left on Earth. They found an alien prince, [[Gavin (The Empty Planet)|Gavin]], and delivered him to royal robots so he could take his rightful place as king of his home planet. Gavin happily teleported to [[Planet (The Empty Planet)|his home planet]] after he knighted Clyde and Rani and ordered the return of the [[warp shunt]]ed human race. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Planet (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[City of Spires]]'' is scheduled for release. This is the first of three dramas pairing the [[Sixth Doctor]] with [[Jamie McCrimmon]].
* [[CC]]: ''[[Shadow of the Past]]'' is scheduled for release.
* Scheduled UK DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]''.
* [[1st April|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' is scheduled for DVD release in Region 4.
* Easter (either [[3rd April|3rd]] or [[4th April]]) - Broadcasts of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]]/Series 31 of ''Doctor Who'' are scheduled to begin, launching the [[Eleventh Doctor]] era.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/doctor-who-for-easter.html] Based on previous announcements, the first episode is expected to be [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' and also introduce [[Karen Gillan]] as new companion [[Amy Pond]].
* [[8th April|08]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Hounds of Artemis]]'', the first original audio story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], is scheduled for release.
** Scheduled release of the audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]''.
* [[17th April|17]] - Scheduled start of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]], [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' on [[BBC America]].[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bbc-america-announces-us-start-date.html]
* [[22nd April|22]] - Scheduled publication of [[NSA]]: ''[[Apollo 13 (novel)|Apollo 13]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Night of the Humans]]'' and [[NSA]]: ''[[The Forgotten Army]]'', the first original novels featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
* [[29th April|29]] - The ''[[Decide Your Destiny]]'' line continues with the scheduled release of ''[[Claws of the Macra]]'' and ''[[The Coldest War]]''.
** Scheduled UK publication of the ''Doctor Who Classics Omnibus'' from [[IDW Publishing]].
** Scheduled publication of the children's books ''[[Eleventh Doctor Regeneration Sticker Guide]]'' and ''[[Companion Activity Book]]''.
* [[30th April|30]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[Point of Entry]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.
====[[May]]====
[[File:Time window.jpg|thumb|left|The Shopkeeper presents a [[time window]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]]
On [[23 November]], [[The Shopkeeper (Lost in Time)|the Shopkeeper]] requested the [[Bannerman Road gang]]'s help to acquire [[Chronosteel]] at key points in time to save the Earth. While two of the pieces were supplied, one was left behind with [[Emily Morris]] in [[1889]]. Her descendant, [[Angela Price (Lost in Time)|Angela]], having been handed the newspaper article of the red herring the Shopkeeper had used to draw the Bannerman Road gang to him, gave the Shopkeeper the piece, saving the timestream. The Shopkeeper departed with his parrot [[Captain (Lost in Time)|Captain]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Wreck of the Titan]]'' is scheduled for release.
Also on 23 November, [[Archie MacTavish]]'s [[P.R.O.B.E.]] ID badge was issued. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Kelpie (home video)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Time Vampire]]'' and [[CC]]: ''[[Night's Black Agents]]'' are scheduled for release.
* [[1st May|01]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who Funfax]]'' (2nd edition) is scheduled for publication.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Time, Unincorporated 2]]'' is scheduled for publication.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Timeless Adventures: How Doctor Who Conquered TV]]'' is scheduled for publication.
* [[4th May|04]] - ''The Crimson Hand'', the final omnibus of [[Tenth Doctor]] ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips, is scheduled for publication.
** Scheduled North American DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'' (released separately instead of as a box set as in the UK), as well as [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]''.
** Scheduled North American DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' which will also include the ''[[Doctor Who's Greatest Moments]]'' documentary.
* [[6th May|06]] - Scheduled release of the audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan Part 1: Mission to the Unknown|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]''.
* [[27th May|27]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Tardis Handbook]]'' is scheduled for publication.
* [[28th May|28]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Science of Doctor Who]]'' is scheduled for publication.
* [[29th May|29]] - Scheduled North American publication of the ''Doctor Who Classics Omnibus'' from [[IDW Publishing]].
* [[31st May|31]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[The Macros (audio)|The Macros]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.
====[[June]]====
Sarah Jane encountered an unwilling ally using the alias of [[Ruby White]]. Ruby ultimately faked Sarah Jane's [[retirement]], taking over [[13 Bannerman Road]] and [[Mr Smith]], and tried to kill Sarah Jane by draining her [[life-force]]. Ruby was defeated by being overwhelmed by humanity's fears of [[Meteorite|meteors]] (in simulations created by [[Mr White]], reprogrammed by Luke). She was sent off into space on her prison ship. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen]]'' is scheduled for release.
On [[24 December]], the [[Novelisor]] [[Huxley (Ringpullworld)|Huxley]] forced [[Iris Wildthyme]] to park her [[Celestial Omnibus]] in the basement of the [[Selfridges]] on [[Oxford Street]]. Huxley approached [[Jo Grant|Jo Jones]] while she was doing her [[Christmas]] shopping and tried to convince her that all of her memories of working with [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and the [[Third Doctor]] were lies and that she had actually been an agent of [[Ministry for Alien Incursions and Ontological Wonders|MIAOW]] and a companion of Iris. Huxley took Jo to the Celestial Omnibus and introduced her to Iris. Iris and Jo decided to pilot the omnibus to [[UNIT HQ]] in the [[1970s]] to prove Huxley wrong. [[Panda]] stayed behind in 2010 to conduct a secret mission. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Find and Replace (audio story)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[Solitaire]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[3rd June|03]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Runaway Train]]'' is scheduled for release.
** Scheduled release of the audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan Part 2: The Mutation of Time|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]''.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Intergalactic Survival Guide]]'' is scheduled for publication.
** The children's books ''[[Doctor Who: Battle Badges Activity Book]]'', ''[[Doctor Who: Top Secret Stories, Activities and Stickers!]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who: 3-D Mask Activity Book]]'' are scheduled for publication
* [[7th June|07]] - Scheduled UK release of the ''Kamelion'' DVD box set featuring [[DW]]: ''[[The King's Demons]]'' and ''[[Planet of Fire]]''.
* [[24th June|24]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Episode Guide]]'' from Pocket Essentials is scheduled for publication.
* [[30th June|30]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[The Song of Megaptera]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.
====[[July]]====
On [[25 December]], the [[John Fuchas]] film adaptation of ''[[The True History of Planets]]'' was broadcast on [[BBC3|BBC Three]]. According to one account, [[Elizabeth II]] was dead by this point, meaning that there was no [[Queen's Christmas speech]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)}})
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[First Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
=== Undated ===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'' is scheduled for release; this is the first of several audio dramas reuniting the 1983 cast of [[Peter Davison]], [[Sarah Sutton]], [[Janet Fielding]] and [[Mark Strickson]].
According to one account, the crew of a [[sleeper starship]] which set off from Earth entered [[deep sleep]]. Upon awakening on the planet [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], the crew opted to begin their [[dating system]] from the time they entered deep sleep and so acknowledged the year as 2010 despite the passing of several [[century|centuries]]. It was after this awakening that they endured a [[Vulcan Incident|Dalek attack]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}})
* [[22nd July|22]] - Scheduled publication of [[NSA]]: ''[[Adorable Illusion]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Nuclear Time]]'' and [[NSA]]: ''[[The King's Dragon]]''.
====[[August]]====
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy went to [[New York City]] and found that the city had been invaded by [[Vykoid]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Forgotten Army (novel)}})
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Second Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
The Tenth Doctor and [[Majenta Pryce]] landed in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] and foiled an invasion of the [[Skith]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Age of Ice (comic story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Whispering Forest]]'' is scheduled for release.
====[[September]]====
[[File:TheChurchAtAuvers.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Amy see ''The Church at Auvers''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}})]]
The Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond to see a [[Vincent van Gogh]] exhibit in the [[Musée d'Orsay]]. They discovered a monster peeping through a church window in van Gogh's painting, ''[[The Church at Auvers]]''. They travelled back to [[1890]] to discover the meaning of the painting and later took Vincent to 2010 to show modern evaluation of his work. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}})
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Third Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
[[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] attended a book launch party on [[Shaftsbury Avenue]] in [[London]]. Afterwards, they recuperated in the [[Celestial Omnibus]] with [[Elspeth May]]. [[George Mann (Iris at the V&A)|George Mann]] saw them and drew a sketch using [[crayon]]s and felt tip [[marker]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iris at the V&A (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[6th September|06]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' is scheduled for DVD release in the UK.
====[[October]]====
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Devil Like a Bear (short story)}})
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Fourth Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
[[Albert Wilson|Albert]] and [[Tamara Wilson]] took their children to [[Disney World]] in [[Florida]]. During their trip, Albert attended a [[business meeting]] with an [[Albert Wilson's client (8.46)|American client]] that took place during a [[birthday party]], to which he brought his daughter [[Lucy Wilson|Lucy]] along. At the party, 5-year-old Lucy experienced [[racism]] for the first time, when she jumped into a [[swimming pool]] with other, white children, who were hastily ushered out by their parents. Albert was enraged when he realised what was going on, after one of the parents told him that they did not want their children splashing around with a "dirty little [[monkey]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|8.46 (short story)}})
* [[18th October|18]] - Scheduled UK DVD release of the [[Series 3 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Third Series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
* [[31st October|31]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who]]'' is scheduled for publication.
====Fall====
=== Other timelines ===
* Anticipated broadcast window for [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' (subject to change).
==== Time Field timeline ====
On [[26 June]], [[River Song]] arrived some time in the early morning before sunrise after the TARDIS landed there. She investigated Amy's house and found two [[book]]s, [[The Legend of Pandora's Box|one]] on [[Pandora's box]] and one on [[Roman]] Britain, beside Amy's bed. She took them for analysis in the TARDIS ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}}) shortly before [[the Silence]] exploded the TARDIS on this date, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}) [[Time Field|cracking all of time and space]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}})
====[[November]]====
==== Pete's World ====
Mickey Smith, [[Jake Simmonds]] and [[Pete Tyler (Pete's World)|Pete]] travelled from [[Pete's World|a parallel world]] back to [[N-Space|the Doctor's universe]]. They and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] were stuck in Pete's World after the tear through [[the Void]] closed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}){{note|Due to time differences between the two worlds, they appeared in [[2007]] in the other world. See also [[Pete's World#circa 2010|Pete's World]].}}
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Sixth Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
== Births and deaths ==
* Per an announcement made in February 2009, [[IDW]]: ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'' is scheduled to publish its final issue featuring the adventures of the [[Tenth Doctor]], before moving on to the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. It has been 11 months since [[David Tennant]]'s final on-screen appearance, and this is likely to be the Tenth Doctor's final media appearance for the time being.
[[Doctor]] [[RV Singh]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London (short story)}})
====Late 2010====
== Other ==
During the last few years of [[Ianto Jones]]' life, his bank card was due to expire in [[May]] 2010. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fall to Earth (audio story)}}) By that time, he had died a [[2009|year prior]] during the invasion of [[the 456]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)}})
* An as-yet untitled ''Doctor Who'' novel by [[Michael Moorcock]] is scheduled for publication before Christmas.[http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=12620]
[[Igrix]] intended to end all wars in 2010. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}})
====[[December]]====
== Behind the scenes ==
In [[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|a sketch on ''The Lenny Henry Show'']], [[Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)|a version of the Seventh Doctor played by Lenny Henry]] and [[Peri Brown]] visited London in 2010 to find that Cybermen led by [[Thatchos]] had taken over Britain's workforce.
* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[First Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
In the initial pitch for what would become [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', entitled ''Return of the Daleks'', [[writer]] [[Russell T Davies]] set the story in [[Utah]] in 2010. While the location would remain unchanged in the final version by [[Robert Shearman]], the time would be advanced by two [[year]]s to [[2012]], seven years ahead of its [[2005 (releases)|2005]] premiere.<ref name = "series 1 comp">[[DWMSE 11]]</ref>
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', a multi-Doctor adventure issued as an exclusive for [[Big Finish]] subscribers, is scheduled for release.
*According to an announcement made by [[IDW Publishing]] at the New York Comic Con in February 2009, the comic book series [[IDW]]: ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'' is scheduled to begin publishing original adventures featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]] as of its 18th issue, scheduled for publication this month.
*[[9th December|09]] - ''[[Coronation Street]]'', long ''Doctor Who's'' biggest competitor, marks its 50th anniversary of broadcast. Since September it has been the longest-running English language drama series in the world.
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Though the ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' television stories ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'' and ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'' have an apparent [[2008]] setting going by [[Jack Harkness]]'s dialogue in ''Exit Wounds'', this is complicated by mentions of [[Owen Harper]]'s early employment with [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] from both of these stories. While ''Exit Wounds'' explicitly states that [[Toshiko Sato]]'s examination of the [[space pig]] from the ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'' television story {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, a story set [[2006|a year after 2005]], happened on Owen's second week, a caption in ''Fragments'' places Owen's recruitment four years before those stories. This appears to put ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' in 2010 instead.
Jack Harkness investigated the House of the Dead and encountered the ghost of Ianto Jones before it was destroyed. At the same time, the Rift was apparently sealed forever. (AUDIO: The House of the Dead[+]Loading...["The House of the Dead (audio story)"]) However, temporary holes in space-time would persist in Cardiff in the years that would follow. (COMIC: The Doctor and the Nurse[+]Loading...["The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)"], AUDIO: More Than This[+]Loading...["More Than This (audio story)"])
Newlywed Amy Pond enters the TARDIS. (TV: The Big Bang[+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])
On 25 June, the Eleventh Doctor returned to Amy Pond's house two years after the incident with the Atraxi and Prisoner Zero from 2008 and invited her to travel with him. (TV: The Eleventh Hour[+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]) They left together, and returned at 11:55 PM, after escaping from the wreckage of the Byzantium. (TV: Flesh and Stone[+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"])
On 26 June, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy left for Venice in 1580 after picking up Amy's fiancéRory Williams from his stag party. (TV: Flesh and Stone[+]Loading...["Flesh and Stone (TV story)"]) Amy and Rory got married after the Eleventh Doctor, with Amy's help, had restored the universe to its original condition. (TV: The Big Bang[+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])
Soon after Luke arrived at Oxford, a critically ill Androvax returned to Earth to free the remains of the Veil species from an interdimensional vault there. With Sarah Jane Smith and Mister Dread's help, he took the spaceship with the Veil safely off Earth into space to search for a new home. Mister Dread gave his life saving the day. (TV: The Vault of Secrets[+]Loading...["The Vault of Secrets (TV story)"])
Sarah Jane Smith was told by UNIT they had found the Doctor's body. She and her gang, along with Jo Jones and her grandson, were invited to the Doctor's funeral underneath Mount Snowdon. The Eleventh Doctor arrived; his death had been faked by the Claw Shansheeth. Using a machine he built, he swapped places with Clyde Langer from where he had been trapped in the Crimson Heart. With help from Jo and Sarah Jane, he fixed his teleporter and returned them all to Earth properly. The Claw Shansheeth and Tia Karim used memory weave technology to attempt to create a TARDIS key from the Doctor's companions' memories. Sarah Jane and Jo overloaded the machine, killing the Shansheeth and Tia. (TV: Death of the Doctor[+]Loading...["Death of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Before 23 November, Clyde and Rani, having been grounded by the Judoon, were the only two humans left on Earth. They found an alien prince, Gavin, and delivered him to royal robots so he could take his rightful place as king of his home planet. Gavin happily teleported to his home planet after he knighted Clyde and Rani and ordered the return of the warp shunted human race. (TV: The Empty Planet[+]Loading...["The Empty Planet (TV story)"])
On 23 November, the Shopkeeper requested the Bannerman Road gang's help to acquire Chronosteel at key points in time to save the Earth. While two of the pieces were supplied, one was left behind with Emily Morris in 1889. Her descendant, Angela, having been handed the newspaper article of the red herring the Shopkeeper had used to draw the Bannerman Road gang to him, gave the Shopkeeper the piece, saving the timestream. The Shopkeeper departed with his parrot Captain. (TV: Lost in Time[+]Loading...["Lost in Time (TV story)"])
Sarah Jane encountered an unwilling ally using the alias of Ruby White. Ruby ultimately faked Sarah Jane's retirement, taking over 13 Bannerman Road and Mr Smith, and tried to kill Sarah Jane by draining her life-force. Ruby was defeated by being overwhelmed by humanity's fears of meteors (in simulations created by Mr White, reprogrammed by Luke). She was sent off into space on her prison ship. (TV: Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith[+]Loading...["Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)"])
On 24 December, the NovelisorHuxley forced Iris Wildthyme to park her Celestial Omnibus in the basement of the Selfridges on Oxford Street. Huxley approached Jo Jones while she was doing her Christmas shopping and tried to convince her that all of her memories of working with UNIT and the Third Doctor were lies and that she had actually been an agent of MIAOW and a companion of Iris. Huxley took Jo to the Celestial Omnibus and introduced her to Iris. Iris and Jo decided to pilot the omnibus to UNIT HQ in the 1970s to prove Huxley wrong. Panda stayed behind in 2010 to conduct a secret mission. (AUDIO: Find and Replace[+]Loading...["Find and Replace (audio story)"])
According to one account, the crew of a sleeper starship which set off from Earth entered deep sleep. Upon awakening on the planet Vulcan, the crew opted to begin their dating system from the time they entered deep sleep and so acknowledged the year as 2010 despite the passing of several centuries. It was after this awakening that they endured a Dalek attack. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks[+]Loading...["The History of the Daleks (short story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy went to New York City and found that the city had been invaded by Vykoids. (PROSE: The Forgotten Army[+]Loading...["The Forgotten Army (novel)"])
The Doctor and Amy see The Church at Auvers. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor[+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond to see a Vincent van Gogh exhibit in the Musée d'Orsay. They discovered a monster peeping through a church window in van Gogh's painting, The Church at Auvers. They travelled back to 1890 to discover the meaning of the painting and later took Vincent to 2010 to show modern evaluation of his work. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor[+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"])
Albert and Tamara Wilson took their children to Disney World in Florida. During their trip, Albert attended a business meeting with an American client that took place during a birthday party, to which he brought his daughter Lucy along. At the party, 5-year-old Lucy experienced racism for the first time, when she jumped into a swimming pool with other, white children, who were hastily ushered out by their parents. Albert was enraged when he realised what was going on, after one of the parents told him that they did not want their children splashing around with a "dirty little monkey". (PROSE: 8.46[+]Loading...["8.46 (short story)"])
During the last few years of Ianto Jones' life, his bank card was due to expire in May 2010. (AUDIO: Fall to Earth[+]Loading...["Fall to Earth (audio story)"]) By that time, he had died a year prior during the invasion of the 456. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four[+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)"])
Igrix intended to end all wars in 2010. (COMIC: The Love Invasion[+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"])
In the initial pitch for what would become TV: Dalek, entitled Return of the Daleks, writerRussell T Davies set the story in Utah in 2010. While the location would remain unchanged in the final version by Robert Shearman, the time would be advanced by two years to 2012, seven years ahead of its 2005 premiere.[1]
Though the Torchwood television stories Fragments and Exit Wounds have an apparent 2008 setting going by Jack Harkness's dialogue in Exit Wounds, this is complicated by mentions of Owen Harper's early employment with Torchwood from both of these stories. While Exit Wounds explicitly states that Toshiko Sato's examination of the space pig from the Doctor Who television story Aliens of London[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"], a story set a year after 2005, happened on Owen's second week, a caption in Fragments places Owen's recruitment four years before those stories. This appears to put Fragments and Exit Wounds in 2010 instead.
Footnotes
Notes
↑Due to time differences between the two worlds, they appeared in 2007 in the other world. See also Pete's World.
