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{{timeline}}In [[2004]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were known to be in a romantic relationship.  On [[31st December]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] miss a [[New Year's Eve]] party due to a mix-up involving Jackie's boyfriend.  ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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==Real world ==
'''2004''' was a [[year]].
=== [[January]] ===


* [[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'' is first published.
== Properties ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]'' is first released. A new companion, [[C'rizz]], joins the [[Eighth Doctor]].
Its corresponding year in the [[Huskix Cycle]] was [[HC 7818|7818]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[Andrew Tourell]] (Constable [[Cummings]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') dies.
* [[7th January|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[19th January|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' is released to DVD in the UK.


=== [[February]] ===
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
==== January - September ====
On [[21 January]], [[NASA]]'s [[Mars rover]] ''[[Spirit (rover)|Spirit]]'' temporarily lost [[communication]] with [[Earth]] for [[2 (number)|two]] [[day]]s due to [[problem]]s with the [[computer]]'s [[memory]] or, as one source suggested, [[Ice Warrior]] interference. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})


* [[DWN]]/[[PDA]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' is first published. This is a novelisation of the [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'' webcast. It is the first novelization to be published since the novelisation of [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]] in [[1996]]. Considered part of the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line, the book includes a section detailing the making of the story.
In [[April]], the billionaire businessman [[Neil Redmond]] was left severely disabled and disfigured after a serious [[car]] accident in the south of [[France]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Uncanny Valley (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear]]'' is first released.
* [[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'' is first published.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories|A Labyrinth of Histories - Protocols: Volume 6]]'' is first released. This concluded the six-part ''Protocols'' arc and also was the last ''Faction Paradox'' drama produced by BBV; hereafter [[Magic Bullet Productions]] takes over the series.
* [[7th February |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[26th February | 26]] - [[Russell Hunter]], who played [[Uvanov]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and the [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series, dies from lung cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.


=== [[March]] ===
In [[June]], [[Tate Modern]] was destroyed by an [[electron bomb]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)}})


* [[PDA]]: ''[[Empire of Death]]'' is first published. Final [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]] and, as of 2009, this is the most recent original novel to feature the Fifth Doctor.
On [[8 June]], [[Ian Chesterton]] witnessed the [[Transit of Venus]] from [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom]]'' is first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' is first published.
* [[TN]]: ''[[The Dalek Factor]]'' is first published. This novella, featuring an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor, is the final release in the [[Telos Novellas]] series, although the company would continue publishing books set in the [[Doctor Who Universe]] with its ''[[Time Hunter]]'' spin-off line.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice]]'' is first released. This audio drama launches an ongoing [[Big Finish]] spin-off series, ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'', starring [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K-9]].
* [[1st March |1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' is released to DVD in the UK.
* [[2nd March |2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' is released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[3rd March |3]] - [[Sheila Dunn]], widow of [[Douglas Camfield]], who had played [[Blossom Lefavre]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', a [[telephone operator (The Invasion) |telephone operator]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'',and [[Petra Williams]] in [[DW]]: [[Inferno]]'', dies.
* [[18th March|18]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Tunnel at the End of the Light]]'' is first published.
* [[20th March|20]] - The BBC announces that [[Christopher Eccleston]] has been cast as the [[Ninth Doctor|Doctor]] in the new series.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bill-nighy-in-doctor-who.html]
** The same day, the ''Daily Mail'' runs an erroneous story indicating that [[Bill Nighy]] has been cast as the Doctor.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bill-nighy-in-doctor-who.html] (Nighy is eventually cast in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as a guest star.)
* [[27th March |27]] - [[Peter Diamond]], who had played numerous roles and many the stunts on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series, dies from a stroke in [[Wikipedia:Wakefield |Wakefield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]].


=== [[April]] ===
In mid-2004, [[Aaron Smith]] met the [[Ninth Doctor]] in [[department store (Have You Seen This Man?)|a department store]]. Around the same time, in [[summer]], [[GPW]]'s [[GPW's children|two children]] were rescued by the Ninth Doctor from "[[Silurian|lizard people]]". Also during that summer, the Doctor tried to buy a [[cup]] of [[tea]] from [[Café (Have You Seen This Man?)|a café]] in [[Cambridge]] with the old [[10p]] pieces, so [[Riccy Unwin]] gave him [[50p]] so he could pay. About [[6 (number)|six]] [[month]]s later, in early [[2005]], both Aaron, GPW and Riccy wrote about their encounters on [[Doctor Who?]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})


* [[EDA]]: ''[[Halflife]]'' is first published.
On [[29 September]], the [[asteroid]] [[4179 Toutatis]] passed within [[4 (number)|four]] [[Moon|lunar]] distances of [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'' is first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' is first published.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Square One]]'' and [[BFG]]: ''[[The Inquiry]]'' are first released.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved...]]'' is first published.
* [[8th April | 8]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[19th April | 19]] - [[Philip Locke]] ([[Bigon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') dies.


=== [[May]] ===
==== October - December ====
Prior to [[10 October]], the [[Serapheem]] migrated via [[Dundee]] and, upon hearing the local teenagers' wishes to escape, deconstructed their molecules to take them with them. However, they were left invisible and inaudible as a result. The [[Ninth Doctor]] later helped return them to normal. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Girl, Deconstructed (audio story)}})


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'' is first published.
Just before [[Christmas]], the Ninth Doctor said something in [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]] to [[Shopkeeper (Have You Seen This Man?)|a shopkeeper]] in a [[souk]] in [[Marrakech]], while [[Thomas Vaughan (Have You Seen This Man?)|Thomas Vaughan]] watched; Thomas later wrote about his encounter on Doctor Who?. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'' is first released.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[A Blind Eye]]'' is first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Exterminators]]'' is first released, launching [[Big Finish]]'s third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Big Hunt]]'' is first published. This is first full-length novel in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series]] to be published in more than 2 years.
* [[3rd May | 3]] - [[Anthony Ainley]], who plays [[the Master]] in various stories from 1981 to 1985 and in the ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' computer game dies at [[Harrow]] in [[London]]. He had recently recorded commentary for the DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', which ultimately would not see release until several years after his death.
* [[10th May |10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' is released to DVD in the UK.


=== [[June]] ===
On [[24 December]], the newborn [[Ruby Sunday]] was abandoned outside a [[Church, Ruby Road|church]] on [[Ruby Road]] in [[Manchester]] by her [[Ruby Sunday's mother|birth mother]] shortly before [[midnight]]. When the adult Ruby and the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] stopped Ruby's foster sister, [[Lulubelle]], from being kidnapped by [[goblin]]s in [[2023]], the goblins travelled back in time to 2004 Christmas Eve and attempted to seize Ruby to feed to the [[Goblin King]] instead, creating [[Cracked timeline (The Church on Ruby Road)|an alternate timeline]], but the Doctor followed them and rescued Ruby, restoring the timeline to normal. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}})


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' is first published.
On [[25 December]], Ruby Sunday was discovered by a [[Vicar (The Church on Ruby Road)|vicar]] just after the stroke of [[midnight]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) On the same day, the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] became trapped in a [[time loop]] in the home of [[George Smythe]], his wife [[Patricia Smythe|Patricia]] and his two children, [[Josie Smythe|Josie]] and [[Mark Smythe|Mark]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Every Day (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Harvest]]'' is first released. A new companion for the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Hex]], is introduced.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Life Science]]'' is first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Healers]]'' is first released.
* [[1st June | 1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[10th June | 10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th June | 17]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Clockwork Woman]]'' is first published.
* [[18th June | 18]] - [[Frederick Jaeger]], who played [[Jano]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'', Professor [[Sorenson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'', and Professor [[Marius]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', dies in [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
* [[19th June | 19]] - [[Colin McCormack]], who portrayed the Commander in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'', dies in Middlesex, England following a battle with cancer.
* [[23rd June | 23]] - [[Peter Birrel]], who appeared as the [[Draconian Prince]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', dies in Bath, England after losing a battle with cancer.
* [[26th June|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' episode one is repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the sixties.


=== [[July]] ===
On [[31 December]], [[Rose Tyler]] missed a [[New Year's Eve]] [[party]]. This allowed her to meet the regenerating [[Tenth Doctor]], prior to the instance when she first encountered the Ninth Doctor, shortly after midnight. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})


* [[PDA]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]'' is first published.
=== Undated ===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' is first released.
Other notable events which took place in 2004 included the aftermath of the [[Iraq War]], [[Arsenal]] winning the [[Premier League]], [[flood]]s in [[Boscastle]], and the [[2004 Olympics]], in which [[Mallika Montgomery]] won the [[silver medal]] in the [[long jump]]. [[Ian Glendennis]] was a [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] [[commentator]] for the games. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Survivors]]'' is first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life Worth Living]]'' is first published.
* [[5th July |5]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' is released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18th July |18]] - A new era begins as filming commences on the new BBC Wales production of ''Doctor Who''. This is the first time ''Doctor Who'' has been in production in any form since February 1996 (when production of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] ended) and August 1989 when filming of the original TV series concluded. [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[Billie Piper]] take their first bows in front of the cameras as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. (date per ''[[Project Who]]'').
* [[31st July |31]] - [[Robert James]], who played [[Lesterson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and the [[High Priest]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease.


=== [[August]] ===
[[Connie Winter]] had tickets to a [[Kaiser Chiefs]] concert but went to the wrong [[Newcastle]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Perfect World (audio story)}})


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Sleep of Reason]]'' is first published.
[[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] visited [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shape of Things (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes]]'' is first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''is first published.
* [[5th August | 05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.


=== [[September]] ===
[[Clive Finch]] obtained a copy of a photograph taken just prior to the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], featuring the image of the [[Ninth Doctor]], from the [[Washington public archive]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}})


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]'' is first published.
Elsewhere in the [[universe]], the [[Battle of Ygnbnbby]] took place in the year [[HC 7818|7818]] of the Huskix Cycle, which corresponded with Earth year 2004. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Faith Stealer]]'' is first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Demons]]'' is first released.
* [[6th September|06]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2]]'' is first released.
* [[10th September |10]] - [[Glyn Owen]] ([[Rohm-Dutt]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'') dies from a cancer-related illness in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
* [[20th September |20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'' is released to DVD in the UK.


=== [[October]] ===
[[SkipN]] saw the [[Ninth Doctor]] at a [[Boston Red Sox]] game in [[1998]], and the Doctor told him to be [[Patience (virtue)|patient]] and wait until 2004. [[Doris Spelgar]] visited [[Fred Spelgar|Fred]] in [[hospital (Have You Seen This Man?)|a hospital]] also in 2004. [[Stephen Norris]] was advised against being [[Anthony Wallenda]] and supporting [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. [[Dr]] [[C.J. Sansom]] found a [[cache]] of [[Tudor]] [[parchment]]s that cast doubt on [[Henry VIII]]'s right to the [[throne]] in [[Archive (Have You Seen This Man?)|an archive]] which the Doctor visited to retrieve said cache. SkipN, Doris, Stephen and Sansom wrote about their experiences on [[Doctor Who?]] in [[March]] [[2005]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) SkipN also saw [[Rose Tyler]] [[walking]] in [[Boston]] near the [[Charles River]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)}})


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial]]'' is first published.
[[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]] were attending [[primary school]] by this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Last]]'' is first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]'' and [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'' are first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Warriors]]'' is first released.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox|Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1]]'' is first published
* [[Geoffrey Cheshire]], who played numerous roles on the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series and also played a [[Roboman]] in the film ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', dies.
* [[7th October | 07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th October | 17]] - 25th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[19th October | 19]] - [[THN]]: ''[[Kitsune]]'' is first published.


=== [[November]] ===
=== Other realities ===
[[File:SouthAmericanState.jpg|thumb|A transmission from Gemini citing the 2004 report of the South American State. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Tardisode 5}})]]
In 2004 in [[Pete's World]], the [[South American State]] reported that [[265000 (number)|265,000]] people had gone missing. [[Pete Tyler (Pete's World)|Pete Tyler]], using an alias known as [[Gemini (Rise of the Cybermen)|Gemini]], linked these disappearances to [[Cybus Industries]] and sent this information to [[the Preachers]] on an encrypted broadcast. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Tardisode 5}})


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'' is first published.
In an [[alternate timeline]], [[Ralph (Suburban Hell)|Ralph]] and [[Belinda (Suburban Hell)|Belinda]] were married. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Suburban Hell (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Caerdroia]]'' is first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Future]]'' is first released, concluding [[Big Finish]]'s third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia]]'' is first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', 2nd edition, is first published.
* [[1st November|01]] - ''[[Lost in Time]]'', a DVD box set spotlighting incomplete stories from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras, is released in the UK.
* [[2nd November|02]] - The ''[[Lost in Time]]'' DVD collection is issued in Region 1, only a day after the UK release (the first time Region 1 and Region 2 have coincided so closely).
* [[7th November|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[22nd November|22]] - [[Russell T Davies]] is interviewed by Phil Williams on BBC Radio 5 about the new series.


=== [[December]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
In [[November]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] was killed by [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] in [[the Forge]]'s alpha facility in [[Dartmoor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus}})


* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Next Life]]'' is first released. This audio drama reunited [[Paul McGann]] with his TV-movie co-star [[Daphne Ashbrook]].
[[Ruby Sunday]] was born on [[24 December]] in [[Manchester]], at approximately [[2 (number)|2]][[PM]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Her Final Flight]]'' is first released. This single-episode story is made available exclusively to subscribers to Big Finish.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]'' is first published.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Silver Lining]]'', a single-episode [[Benny Summerfield]] story, and [[BFU]]: ''[[The Coup]]'', a "prologue" release for the upcoming ''[[U.N.I.T. (audio series)|U.N.I.T.]]'' audio series, are released on an exclusive CD included with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. [[Nicholas Courtney]] returns as [[The Brigadier]].
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life in Pieces]]'' is first published. Last [[Benny Summerfield]] short story collection until [[2006]].
* [[BFU]]: ''[[Time Heals]]'' is first released, officially launching the spinoff audio series, ''[[U.N.I.T. (audio series)|U.N.I.T.]]''.
* [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]: [[Storm Mine]]'' is first released. Last release in the ''Kaldor City'' series to date.
* [[2nd December|02]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Severed Man]]'' is first published.
** The ''[[Lost in Time]]'' DVD box set is released in Region 4.
* [[6th December|06]] - 15th anniversary of the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, which ended the 1963-89 series. The anniversary comes as production is well underway on the show's long-awaited return to television.


=== Unknown dates ===
=== Undated ===
[[Ray Charles]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})


* [[Alec Wallis]], played Ldg. Telegraphist [[Bowman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' and [[Warner]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', dies.
[[Ian Glendennis' son]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[John Slavid]], who had small roles in [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'', dies.
 
* [[RP]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising]]'' is first released.
== Other ==
* Throughout the year there is considerable media coverage and fan speculation surrounding the announced return of ''Doctor Who'' to television, especially as production of the first season begins. It is announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]], a noted actor best known for appearances in films such as ''Elizabeth'', ''Jude'' and ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', will play the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Eyebrows are raised when it is announced that [[Billie Piper]], a well-known pop star of the late 90s/early 2000s, would play the Doctor's new companion, [[Rose Tyler]]. It is announced that no crossover with [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] is planned at this point, nor are any other past companions expected to appear in the new series. Initially there are media reports that due to rights issues the [[Dalek]]s would not be appearing in the new series, but after these are worked out it is announced that the iconic creatures would indeed appear in the new series. A surprisingly controversial aspect of the new series is the unveiling of a new series logo, which provokes extremely negative response from some fans, with BBC News even reporting that some behind-the-scenes personal had received threats over it.
2004 briefly disappeared from [[history]] when [[Richard Somerset]], a [[Time Agent]], attempted to erase [[Maria Hackett]]'s [[memory]] of the year after she rejected his romantic feelings for her, but instead achieved the opposite effect due to his [[Time Adjuster]] being damaged. As a result, residents of [[Earth]] in [[2019]], with the exception of Maria, had neither [[memory]] nor documented evidence of any event which took place in this year. The year was restored after the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] fixed Richard's adjuster. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* The announced series revival results in [[Richard E. Grant]]'s version of the Ninth Doctor being deemed non-canonical by the BBC and future "[[Shalka Doctor]]" projects are shelved, including a planned DVD release of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''.
 
* [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]: [[The Prisoner]]'', a 20-minute short play, is included on the CD release ''Paul Darrow: The Actor Speaks''. Chronologically, it occurs after the events of [[MB]]: ''[[Checkmate]]''.
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2004 in

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2004 was a year.

Properties

Its corresponding year in the Huskix Cycle was 7818. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

Events

Dated

January - September

On 21 January, NASA's Mars rover Spirit temporarily lost communication with Earth for two days due to problems with the computer's memory or, as one source suggested, Ice Warrior interference. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

In April, the billionaire businessman Neil Redmond was left severely disabled and disfigured after a serious car accident in the south of France. (AUDIO: Uncanny Valley [+]Loading...["Uncanny Valley (audio story)"])

In June, Tate Modern was destroyed by an electron bomb. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"])

On 8 June, Ian Chesterton witnessed the Transit of Venus from Earth. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus [+]Loading...["The Transit of Venus (audio story)"])

In mid-2004, Aaron Smith met the Ninth Doctor in a department store. Around the same time, in summer, GPW's two children were rescued by the Ninth Doctor from "lizard people". Also during that summer, the Doctor tried to buy a cup of tea from a café in Cambridge with the old 10p pieces, so Riccy Unwin gave him 50p so he could pay. About six months later, in early 2005, both Aaron, GPW and Riccy wrote about their encounters on Doctor Who?. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

On 29 September, the asteroid 4179 Toutatis passed within four lunar distances of Earth. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

October - December

Prior to 10 October, the Serapheem migrated via Dundee and, upon hearing the local teenagers' wishes to escape, deconstructed their molecules to take them with them. However, they were left invisible and inaudible as a result. The Ninth Doctor later helped return them to normal. (AUDIO: Girl, Deconstructed [+]Loading...["Girl, Deconstructed (audio story)"])

Just before Christmas, the Ninth Doctor said something in Arabic to a shopkeeper in a souk in Marrakech, while Thomas Vaughan watched; Thomas later wrote about his encounter on Doctor Who?. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

On 24 December, the newborn Ruby Sunday was abandoned outside a church on Ruby Road in Manchester by her birth mother shortly before midnight. When the adult Ruby and the Fifteenth Doctor stopped Ruby's foster sister, Lulubelle, from being kidnapped by goblins in 2023, the goblins travelled back in time to 2004 Christmas Eve and attempted to seize Ruby to feed to the Goblin King instead, creating an alternate timeline, but the Doctor followed them and rescued Ruby, restoring the timeline to normal. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])

On 25 December, Ruby Sunday was discovered by a vicar just after the stroke of midnight. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"]) On the same day, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister became trapped in a time loop in the home of George Smythe, his wife Patricia and his two children, Josie and Mark. (PROSE: Every Day [+]Loading...["Every Day (short story)"])

On 31 December, Rose Tyler missed a New Year's Eve party. This allowed her to meet the regenerating Tenth Doctor, prior to the instance when she first encountered the Ninth Doctor, shortly after midnight. (TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"])

Undated

Other notable events which took place in 2004 included the aftermath of the Iraq War, Arsenal winning the Premier League, floods in Boscastle, and the 2004 Olympics, in which Mallika Montgomery won the silver medal in the long jump. Ian Glendennis was a BBC commentator for the games. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

Connie Winter had tickets to a Kaiser Chiefs concert but went to the wrong Newcastle. (AUDIO: A Perfect World [+]Loading...["A Perfect World (audio story)"])

Iris Wildthyme and Panda visited Manchester. (PROSE: The Shape of Things [+]Loading...["The Shape of Things (short story)"])

Clive Finch obtained a copy of a photograph taken just prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, featuring the image of the Ninth Doctor, from the Washington public archive. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"])

Elsewhere in the universe, the Battle of Ygnbnbby took place in the year 7818 of the Huskix Cycle, which corresponded with Earth year 2004. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

SkipN saw the Ninth Doctor at a Boston Red Sox game in 1998, and the Doctor told him to be patient and wait until 2004. Doris Spelgar visited Fred in a hospital also in 2004. Stephen Norris was advised against being Anthony Wallenda and supporting Liverpool. Dr C.J. Sansom found a cache of Tudor parchments that cast doubt on Henry VIII's right to the throne in an archive which the Doctor visited to retrieve said cache. SkipN, Doris, Stephen and Sansom wrote about their experiences on Doctor Who? in March 2005. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"]) SkipN also saw Rose Tyler walking in Boston near the Charles River. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...["The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"])

Yasmin Khan and Ryan Sinclair were attending primary school by this year. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

Other realities

A transmission from Gemini citing the 2004 report of the South American State. (WC: Tardisode 5 [+]Loading...["Tardisode 5"])

In 2004 in Pete's World, the South American State reported that 265,000 people had gone missing. Pete Tyler, using an alias known as Gemini, linked these disappearances to Cybus Industries and sent this information to the Preachers on an encrypted broadcast. (WC: Tardisode 5 [+]Loading...["Tardisode 5"])

In an alternate timeline, Ralph and Belinda were married. (AUDIO: Suburban Hell [+]Loading...["Suburban Hell (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

In November, Cassandra Schofield was killed by Nimrod in the Forge's alpha facility in Dartmoor. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus [+]Loading...["Project Lazarus (audio story)","Project: Lazarus"])

Ruby Sunday was born on 24 December in Manchester, at approximately 2PM. (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"])

Undated

Ray Charles died. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

Ian Glendennis' son was born. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

Other

2004 briefly disappeared from history when Richard Somerset, a Time Agent, attempted to erase Maria Hackett's memory of the year after she rejected his romantic feelings for her, but instead achieved the opposite effect due to his Time Adjuster being damaged. As a result, residents of Earth in 2019, with the exception of Maria, had neither memory nor documented evidence of any event which took place in this year. The year was restored after the Thirteenth Doctor fixed Richard's adjuster. (PROSE: Time Lapse [+]Loading...["Time Lapse (short story)"])

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