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==[[Doctor Who Universe]]==
'''2010''' was a [[year]].
===Spring (March, April, May)===
*At some point prior to Donna's wedding, [[Joshua Naismith]] and his daughter, [[Abigail Naismith]], are put on trial. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* [[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, [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], who is in the midst of a prolonged regeneration. The Doctor (by way of Sylvia and Wilf) gifts Donna a winning triple rollover lottery ticket. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


===March===
== Events ==
*[[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]]'')
=== Dated ===
==== 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)}})


===April===
[[File:Jack leaves Earth.jpg|thumb|left|Jack leaves Earth. ([[TV]]: '' [[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')]]
*'''[[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]]'')
[[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)}})
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] is restored to youth and health by the [[Fortean Flicker]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')


===June===
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)}})
*'''25:''' The [[Eleventh Doctor]] returns to [[Amy Pond]]'s house two years after the incident with the [[Atraxi]] and [[Prisoner Zero]] from [[2008]] and invites her to travel with him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''). They leave together, and return at 11:55 PM after the crash of the [[Byzantium]].
*'''26:''' The Eleventh Doctor leaves with Amy in the TARDIS at 12:00 AM. This is also the day that the explosion of time energy causing [[The Cracks]] will destroy all of time and space. ([[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'')


===Unknown dates===
[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] was restored to youth and health by the [[Fortean Flicker]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}})
''The following events are conjectured as taking place in 2010. None of them, however, include any on-screen indication as to whether they actually occurred this year. Any of them could take place in a later year (or, in the case of the Newman encounter, earlier than 2010).''
*[[Martha Jones]] and her husband [[Mickey Smith]] are saved from a [[Sontaran]] by [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
*At some point after March, The Doctor visits [[Jack Harkness]], who is recovering from [[the 456]] incident ([[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]]'')
*[[Verity Newman]], granddaughter of [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'') publishes an autobiography of her grandmother, incorporating elements of [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]'s ''[[Journal of Impossible Things]]''. During a book-signing, the Doctor gets a copy of the book signed and asked if Joan lived a happy life. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


===Other timelines===
==== May - August ====
*[[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]]'')
[[File:AmySaysGoodbyeTBB.jpg|thumb|Newlywed Amy Pond enters the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})]]
:''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]]''.
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)}})


==Real world==
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)}})
:'''NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.'''


* 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. What is unclear is whether it will be a BBC production or an American production by the Fox network, per media reports in early 2010.
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)}})
* 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====
On [[19 August]], [[Luke Smith]] received his A Level results, all (four) A Stars. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Nightmare Man (TV story)}})
* [[Big Finish]] announces it is reviving its [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] line as a series of short audio dramas, with the first release expected in late 2010.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Short-Trips-Reminder]


====[[January]]====
==== September - December ====
* [[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.
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)}})
* The ''[[Radio Times]]'' publishes a special retrospective magazine (available by mail order), entitled ''[[Doctor Who: David Tennant and the Regeneration Years 2005-2010]]''.
* 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.
* The Australian-produced spin-off series ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9]]'' begins airing in Scandinavia.
* [[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.
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)}})


* [[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 [[26 September]], [[NASA]] announced a manned mission to [[Mars]], which was scheduled for [[2035]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Super Gran (comic 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]]====
[[Jilly Kitzinger]] started working for [[PhiCorp]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Escape to LA (TV story)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[The Suffering]]'' is first released.
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 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.
* [[3rd February|03]] - ''[[Doctor Who DVD Files]]'' moves beyond the 2005-present revival and begins featuring classic-series stories on DVD, beginning with [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
* [[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''.
** [[George Waring]] ([[Arden]], [[DW]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'') dies.
* [[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]]====
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)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[The Emperor of Eternity]]'' is first released.
[[File:Time window.jpg|thumb|left|The Shopkeeper presents a [[time window]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'')]]
* The Canadian cable network [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] takes 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]].
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)}})
* [[1st March |01]] - UK DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'' and ''[[The Chase]]'' as a single set.
* [[2nd March |02]] - North American DVD release of the ''Dalek War'' box set featuring [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]''.
** North American DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Special Edition, more than two years after it was first announced.
* [[4th March |04]] - [[NSA]]: ''[[Code of the Krillitanes]]'', the fifth [[Quick Reads]] novella, is first published. This book features 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.)
** Audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]]'' is first released.
** The ''The Peladon Tales'' DVD box set consisting of [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'' is released in Region 4, along with the DVD/Blu-Ray release of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.
** The BBC announces that it has not only commissioned a [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|4th series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' for airing later in 2010, but also a [[Series 5 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|5th series]] to air in 2011. [[Brian Minchin]] is announced as the new producer for the series, although [[Russell T Davies]] stays on as executive producer. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml]
** [[Paul Magrs]] publishes the young adult novel ''The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict'', about a youth growing up in 1980s Britain.
** The BBC announces it has purchased [[2 entertain]], the company that has co-produced many of its DVD releases, including ''Doctor Who'', in recent years.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2010/03_march/2entertain.shtml]
* [[7th March|07]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Dead Air]]'', the final exclusive-to-audio story featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]], is first released.
* [[9th March|09]] - The BBC Four documentary ''Sidekick Stories'', narrated by [[Catherine Tate]], includes a segment devoted to ''Doctor Who'' and includes interviews with [[David Tennant]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]] and [[John Leeson]].
** ''Doctor Who'' wins Best TV Drama at the 2010 Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards. The award is accepted by [[Bernard Cribbins]].
* [[10th March|10]] - ''Fugitive'', a graphic novel reprinting the first story arcs from [[IDW]]: ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'', is published 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.
* [[11th March|11]] - It is reported that the upcoming Region 1 and 4 DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'' will be edited to remove a sequence featuring a film clip of [[The Beatles]]. No release date for the DVD has been announced. It's also reported that the North American release of [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'', originally scheduled for 4 May, has been delayed to October.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-beatles-outside-europe.html]
* [[12th March |12]] - ''The Sun'' tabloid reports that [[BBC Worldwide]] has signed a £10-million deal with Nintendo for the development of a ''Doctor Who'' game for the Wii and DS gaming systems.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/doctor-wii.html]
* [[15th March |15]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It]]'' is first published. This is 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).
* [[16th March |16]] - The 20-26 March issue of ''[[Radio Times]]'', available today, includes an interview with [[Steven Moffat]].
* [[17th March |17]] - On his official website, [[Tom Baker]] indicates that he is in discussions with [[Big Finish Productions]] about possibly recording an audio drama.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/tom-baker-to-record-for-big-finish.html]
* [[18th March |18]] - A BBC press screening is held for [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', during which producer [[Piers Wenger]] officially announced that a 2010 Christmas special is planned, and production of [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] is set to begin in July.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/2011-series-confirmed.html]
** [[Big Finish Productions]] issues a statement titled "Fourth Doctor Rumour Control" indicating that nothing official has been arranged regarding [[Tom Baker]] doing any recordings for the company, though [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Louise Jameson]] and [[Nicholas Courtney]] are cited as being enthusiastic about possibly participating should such a project come together.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Fourth-Doctor-Rumour-Control]
* [[19th March|19]] - UK media give extensive coverage to the previous night's press launch, with [[Steven Moffat]], fresh from a dubbing edit of [[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'', appearing on ''BBC Breakfast'' to promote show.
** American publication ''Entertainment Weekly's'' website reports on rumours that [[Jack Harkness]] might be rendered heterosexual for the proposed US version of ''[[Torchwood]]''.[http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/03/19/torchwood-american-version-gay-straight/]
* [[20th March|20]] - Filming of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] concludes (according to comments made at the 18 March press launch).
* [[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).
* [[25th March |25]] - ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' publishes its final issue using the ''Doctor Who'' branding introduced in 2005. It is likely the last piece of merchandise to make the change to the new [[Eleventh Doctor]]-era branding.
* [[26th March |26]] - Fifth anniversary of the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television.
** [[Matt Smith]] appears on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', during which a new trailer and a clip from [[DW]]: ''[[Vampires in Venice]]'' are unveiled.
* [[27th March |27]] - The first minute of [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' becomes available as a special preview on the BBC's Red Button service in the UK.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-button-preview-of-eleventh-hour.html]
** The BBC Radio 4 series ''Archive on Four'' airs the documentary ''Sculptress of Sound: The Lost Works of [[Delia Derbyshire]]''.
* [[28th March |28]] - At approximately the same time, two BBC Radio programmes are interrupted by specially-recorded mini-skits featuring [[Matt Smith]] in character as [[Eleventh Doctor]]: on ''The Official Chart'' on BBC Radio 1 the Doctor interrupts ""Opposite Adults" by Chiddy Bang and jokes about knowing the No. 1 song before the listeners. Approximately two minutes later, BBC Radio 2's ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is airing ABBA's "Super Trooper" when the Doctor again interrupts long enough to spot a mouse in the BBC studio.
** The [[BBC7]] radio series ''7th Dimension'' begins broadcasting [[Barry Letts]]' audio book reading of his memoirs ''Who and Me'', running over the course of the next seven weeks.
* [[29th March |29]] - For the first time since the original series ended, the stars of ''Doctor Who'' embark on a promotional tour for an upcoming season, with [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]] scheduled to make personal appearances in several cities accompanied by special screenings of [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. An appearance in Belfast occurs today.
**  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 released in North America.
** Production of [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' begins under new series producer [[Brian Minchin]]; [[Russell T Davies]] and new ''Doctor Who'' producer [[Nikki Wilson]] are executive producers.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4-and-5.html]
** Submission deadline for the first of [[Big Finish]]'s new [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio series.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Short-Trips-Reminder]
* [[30th March|30]] - The Series 5 promotional tour visits Inverness and Sunderland.
** [[Steven Moffat]] is interviewed on BBC Radio 4's ''Front Row''.
* [[31st March|31]] - The Series 5 promotional tour concludes in Salford and Northampton.
** [[Matt Smith]] appears on ''[[Blue Peter]]''.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' is rebroadcast on BBC Three.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[Paradise 5]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is first released.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[The Architects of History]]'' is first released.


====[[April]]====
Also on 23 November, [[Archie MacTavish]]'s [[P.R.O.B.E.]] ID badge was issued. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Kelpie (home video)}})


* 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 2010 posting by the Doctor Who Information Network, Space is expected to broadcast the episode soon after.[http://www.dwin.org/article.php?sid=283]
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)}})
* [[CC]]: ''[[Shadow of the Past]]'' is scheduled for release.
* The [[BBC7]] radio series ''7th Dimension'' is scheduled to broadcast several of [[BBC Audio]]'s audio-book versions of [[Target Books]] novelislations, read by [[Tom Baker]]. Scheduled to air in April: [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'', [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'', and [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]''.
* [[1st April|01]] - ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' magazine is undergoes a relaunch to introduce the new [[Eleventh Doctor]]-era branding and new editorial features.
** Guinness World Records recognizes ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009, as the Longest Running Magazine Based on a Television Series.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/doctor-who-magazine-wins-guinness-world.html]
** [[Matt Smith]] appears on ''One Show'' on BBC One.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' is released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[1st April|01]] - [[3rd April|03]] - Big screen showings of [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' are held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Plymouth, and Swansea.
* [[2nd April|02]] - BBC Radio 4 airs ''Douglas and the Doctor'', a documentary on [[Douglas Adams]]’s influence on ''Doctor Who'', hosted by [[Jon Culshaw]].
** Both parts of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', along with the final [[David Tennant]] edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', are rebroadcast on BBC Three.
** The cast promote the new season: [[Karen Gillan]] appears on ''GMTV'' and [[CBBC]], while [[Matt Smith]] is on BBC Radio 1's ''Chris Moyles'' show.
* [[2nd April|02]] - [[5th April|05]] - The UK Sci Fi Channel broadcasts a marathon of classic ''Doctor Who'', beginning with [[DW]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' and ending with [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]''.
* [[3rd April|03]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' is first broadcast, beginning [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]], launching the [[Eleventh Doctor]] era and introducing [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]]. A new [[Doctor Who theme]] arrangement is introduced -- an unprecedented third arrangement for [[Murray Gold]], along with the first on-screen use of the new [[Doctor Who logo]] and a new title sequence.
** ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' also returns for another season.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/official-website-updated.html]
** [[K9TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'', is rebroadcast on Disney XD in the UK, launching the first season of the spin-off series, ''[[K-9 (TV series)|K-9]]''. The episode and the series also air on Ten in Australia.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/k9-australian-launch-date.html]
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' receives its North American premiere when it is shown during the 2010 WonderCon in San Francisco, two weeks ahead of broadcast.
* [[3rd April|03]] - [[4th April|04]] - [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] in Canada rebroadcasts [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'' as a mini-marathon.
* [[4th April|04]] - [[K9TV]]: ''[[Liberation]]'' is first broadcast in the UK.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' is rebroadcast on BBC Three.
* [[5th April|05]] - For the fifth consecutive year, ''Doctor Who'' is nominated in the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form category at the Hugo Awards. Nominated this year: [[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]'', ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'', with the competing nominees being the TV series ''Dollhouse'' and ''FlashForward''.
* [[8th April|08]] - The audio adaptation of [[DWN]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]'' is released.
** The Canadian press screening for [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' is held in Toronto. [[Steven Moffat]] participates in a Q&A conducted via Skype.
* [[10th April|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'' is first broadcast.
** [[K9TV]] - ''[[The Korven]]'' is first broadcast in the UK.
** In Canada, [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] rebroadcasts both parts of [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' as a single three-hour programme.
* [[12th April|12]] - [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Steven Moffat]] promote the launch of Series 5 in America by attending a presentation entitled ''Who's Next? The New Era of Doctor Who'' in New York City.
* [[14th April|14]] - In New York City, [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]] attend a [[BBC America]] screening of [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' at the Village East Cinema.
** In Canada, the cable network CBC Bold rebroadcasts [[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]''. With the broadcast rights to the revival now resting with [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], this is expected to be the final [[CBC]]-related broadcast of ''Doctor Who'', ending an association that began in 2005.
** A volcanic eruption in Iceland proceeds to heavily disrupt air travel to, from, and within Europe. Among those later reported as "stranded" in the US is [[Karen Gillan]][http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2936559/Ash-from-Icelandic-volcano-causes-travel-chaos-across-Europe.html], [[Matt Smith]][http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/20/watching-katy-mannings-return/], and [[Steven Moffat]][http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/moffat-delighted-with-series-reception.html], all of whom take the opportunity to attend events in the Los Angeles area after the conclusion of their East Coast press junket.
* [[16th April|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' is receives a third pre-broadcast US screening at the C2E2 convention in Chicago.
* [[17th April|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' is first broadcast. It is followed by a trailer for ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]''.
** [[K9TV]] - ''[[The Bounty Hunter]]'' is first broadcast in the UK.
** [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] begins airing on [[BBC America]] [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bbc-america-announces-us-start-date.html] and [[Space (TV channel)|Space]] in Canada [http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/space-announces-canadian-start-date.html]. The BBC America broadcast sets a ratings record for the network.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/bbc-america-ratings.html]
** The BBC America and Space premieres are preceded by a documentary, ''[[Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide]]''.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' becomes available for viewing in Australia on the online iView service, ahead of the next day’s [[ABC1]] broadcast.
* [[18th April|18]] - [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] begins in Australia with the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' on ABC1.[http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2010/03/series-5-to-air-down-under-from-april-18th/]
* [[19th April|19]] - The BBC Press Office announces that [[Katy Manning]] will be returning to the role of [[Jo Grant]] for a fourth season storyline of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', an episode also to feature [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]].[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/04_april/19/sj_adventures.shtml]
** The read-through for the aforementioned reunion episode of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is held in Cardiff. [[Matt Smith]] is unable to attend due to being stranded in the US by the Iceland volcano.[http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/20/watching-katy-mannings-return/]
* [[21st April|21]] - A press event attended by a number of new-design [[Daleks]] announces details of the upcoming ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]'' videogame releases.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/doctor-who-adventure-games.html]
** The American FOX network announces it is dropping plans to produce a 13-episode, serialized series of ''[[Torchwood]]''.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/american-torchwood-on-hold.html]
* [[22nd April|22]] - Publication of [[NSA]]: ''[[Apollo 23 (novel)|Apollo 23]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Night of the Humans]]'' and [[NSA]]: ''[[The Forgotten Army]]'', the first original novels featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
* [[24th April|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Time of Angels]]'' is scheduled for broadcast.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk17/sat.shtml]
** [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Runaway Train]]'' is scheduled for release as a promotional giveaway with copies of ''The Daily Telegraph'' (retail release, originally announced for June 2010, has been pushed back to 2011). This launches a weeklong promotion in the ''Telegraph'' which will see several previously released BBC Audio issues ([[BBCR]]: ''[[Pest Control]]'', ''[[Slipback]]'', the audio version of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' and the audio soundtrack to [[DW]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'') made available again.
* [[28th April|28]] - Scheduled broadcast of the [[David Tennant]] version of ''Hamlet'' on [[PBS]] in the US.
* [[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]]: ''[[City of Spires]]'' is scheduled for release. This is the first of three dramas pairing the [[Sixth Doctor]] with [[Jamie McCrimmon]].
** [[BFA]]: ''[[Point of Entry]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.


====[[May]]====
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]]: ''[[The Time Vampire]]'' and [[CC]]: ''[[Night's Black Agents]]'' are scheduled for release.
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)}})
* [[1st May|01]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]'' is scheduled for broadcast.
** [[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]]''.
* [[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]]''.
* [[8th May|08]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Vampires of Venice]]'' is scheduled for broadcast.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk19/sat.shtml]
* [[15th May|15]]-[[16th May|16]] - Scheduled publication of [[Deborah Watling]]'s autobiography, ''Daddy's Girl'' (delayed from the original November 2009 publication date).
* [[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 Wreck of the Titan]]'' is scheduled for release.
** [[BFA]]: ''[[The Macros (audio)|The Macros]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.


====[[June]]====
=== Undated ===
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)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[Solitaire]]'' is scheduled for release.
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)}})
* [[Big Finish]] releases ''[[Jago and Litefoot]] Series One'', a collection of four audio dramas featuring characters from [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]''. Stories: ''[[The Bloodless Soldier]]'' by [[Justin Richards]], ''[[The Bellova Devil]]'' by [[Alan Barnes]], ''[[The Spirit Trap]]'' by [[Jonathan Morris]], and ''[[The Similarity Engine]] by [[Andy Lane]].''
* [[3rd June|03]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Hounds of Artemis]]'', the first original audio story featuring the [[Eleventh Doctor]], is scheduled for release (delayed from 8 April 2010).
** 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.
* [[5th June|05]] - The BBC is scheduled to release ''[[City of the Daleks]]'', the first of four computer games for PC and Mac under the umbrella title ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]''. These games will feature the voices of [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]].[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/doctor-who-adventure-games.html]
* [[7th June|07]] - Scheduled UK release of ''Doctor Who Series 5 - Volume 1'', a "vanilla" DVD/Blu-Ray release featuring the first three [[Eleventh Doctor]] stories, [[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[The Beast Below]]'', and ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''. A featurette, ''The Monster Diaries'' is also planned.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/matt-smith-first-dvd-release-date.html]
* [[14th June|14]] 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]]: ''[[Legend of the Cybermen]]'' is scheduled for release, featuring the return of [[Wendy Padbury]] as [[Zoe Heriot]].
** [[BFA]]: ''[[The Song of Megaptera]]'' ([[The Lost Stories]]) is scheduled for release.


====[[July]]====
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)}})


* Production of the [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6th series]] of the revived ''Doctor Who'' is scheduled to begin.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/2011-series-confirmed.html]
[[File:TheChurchAtAuvers.jpg|thumb|The Doctor and Amy see ''The Church at Auvers''. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}})]]
* [[CC]]: ''[[The Guardian of the Solar System]]'' is scheduled for release.
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)}})
* [[6th July|06]] - Scheduled Region 1 DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]''/''[[The Chase]]'' (3-disc set, with ''The Chase'' edited to remove footage of [[The Beatles]] performing "[[Ticket to Ride]]"), along with ''[[The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Underworld]]'', and ''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' which will be released individually rather than as the ''Myth & Legends'' box set as per the UK release.
* [[22nd July|22]] - Scheduled publication of [[NSA]]: ''[[Adorable Illusion]]'', [[NSA]]: ''[[Nuclear Time]]'' and [[NSA]]: ''[[The King's Dragon]]''.
* [[24th July|24]]-[[25th July|25]] - Scheduled performance dates for the second ''Doctor Who at the Proms'' concert, to be hosted by [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]] and to be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 with later telecast on BBC Three.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/04/doctor-who-returns-to-proms.html]
* [[31st July|31]] - [[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]]


====[[August]]====
[[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)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[Echoes of Grey]]'' is scheduled for release.
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] visited Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Devil Like a Bear (short story)}})
* [[BBCR]]: ''[[Ring of Steel]]'' is scheduled for release.
* [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011]] is scheduled for publication[http://doctorwhohideout.blogspot.com/2010/03/doctor-who-official-annual-2011.html].
* [[31st August|31]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[The Whispering Forest]]'' is scheduled for release.


====[[September]]====
[[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)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[Find and Replace]]'' is scheduled for release. This [[Third Doctor]] story will feature both [[Jo Grant]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] - both characters played by [[Katy Manning]].
=== Other timelines ===
* [[6th September|06]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' is scheduled for DVD release in the UK.
==== Time Field timeline ====
* [[30th September|30]] - [[BFA]]: ''[[The Cradle of the Snake]]'' is scheduled for release.
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)}})
** [[BFA]]: yet-to-be-titled [[Seventh Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.


====[[October]]====
==== 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]]: ''[[Invasion of E-Space]]'' is scheduled for release. This is [[Andrew Smith]]'s first ''Doctor Who'' story since [[DW]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'' 30 years earlier.
== Births and deaths ==
* [[5th October|05]] - Scheduled Region 1 DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' (delayed from an original announced release date of 4 May), including the ''[[Doctor Who Greatest Moments]]'' documentary.[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0036BDQGU/]
[[Doctor]] [[RV Singh]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London (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]] - [[BFA]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Seventh Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
** [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who]]'' is scheduled for publication.


====Fall====
== Other ==
* Announced broadcast timeframe for [[Series 4 (The Sarah Jane Adventures)|Series 4]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' on [[CBBC]] (subject to change)[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/03_march/04/sarah_jane.shtml].
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)}})


====[[November]]====
[[Igrix]] intended to end all wars in 2010. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Love Invasion (comic story)}})


* [[CC]]: ''[[A Town Called Fortune]]'' is scheduled for release, featuring the return of audio companion [[Evelyn Smythe]].
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[30th November|30]] - [[BFA]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[Seventh Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
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.


====Late 2010====
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>


* 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]
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.
* [[Big Finish]] is scheduled to release the first of its [[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]] audio drama collections.[http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Short-Trips-Reminder]


====[[December]]====
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
{{notelist}}


* [[CC]]: Yet-to-be-titled [[First Doctor]] story is scheduled for release.
=== Citations ===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Four Doctors]]'', a multi-Doctor adventure issued as an exclusive for [[Big Finish]] subscribers, is scheduled for release.
{{Reflist}}
* According to an announcement made by [[IDW Publishing]] in February 2010, the final [[Tenth Doctor]] issue of its ''[[Doctor Who Ongoing]]'' series is scheduled to occur with issue #16 scheduled for publication this month.[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/idw-announce-first-us-doctor-who-annual.html]
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Timeline for 2010
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2010 was a year.

Events

Dated

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, 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)"])

Jack leaves Earth. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Five)

Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams met with Jack Harkness outside Cardiff. Jack, still mourning the deaths of his grandson, Ianto, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Suzie Costello, used 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: Children of Earth: Day Five [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)"])

On 24 April, the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane occurred in Cheldon Bonniface, England, Earth. Many guests from throughout time and space attended. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])

Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was restored to youth and health by the Fortean Flicker. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])

May - August

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 fiancé Rory 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)"])

The Institute of Temporal Consistency determined that the universe exploded on 26 June in 2010, leaving scientists very confused about why it still existed. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

On 19 August, Luke Smith received his A Level results, all (four) A Stars. (TV: The Nightmare Man [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (TV story)"])

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 for Oxford University. (TV: The Nightmare Man [+]Loading...["The Nightmare Man (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)"])

On 26 September, NASA announced a manned mission to Mars, which was scheduled for 2035. (COMIC: Super Gran [+]Loading...["Super Gran (comic story)"])

Jilly Kitzinger started working for PhiCorp. (TV: Escape to LA [+]Loading...["Escape to LA (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)"])

The Shopkeeper presents a time window. (TV: Lost in Time)

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)"])

Also on 23 November, Archie MacTavish's P.R.O.B.E. ID badge was issued. (HOMEVID: Kelpie [+]Loading...["Kelpie (home video)"])

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 Novelisor Huxley 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)"])

On 25 December, the John Fuchas film adaptation of The True History of Planets was broadcast on BBC Three. According to one account, Elizabeth II was dead by this point, meaning that there was no Queen's Christmas speech. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen [+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)"])

Undated

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 Tenth Doctor and Majenta Pryce landed in Sydney, Australia and foiled an invasion of the Skith. (COMIC: The Age of Ice [+]Loading...["The Age of Ice (comic story)"])

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)"])

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 saw them and drew a sketch using crayons and felt tip markers. (PROSE: Iris at the V&A [+]Loading...["Iris at the V&A (short story)"])

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Earth. (PROSE: The Devil Like a Bear [+]Loading...["The Devil Like a Bear (short 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)"])

Other timelines

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 books, one on Pandora's box and one on Roman Britain, beside Amy's bed. She took them for analysis in the TARDIS (TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"]) shortly before the Silence exploded the TARDIS on this date, (TV: The Time of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"]) cracking all of time and space. (TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"])

Pete's World

Mickey Smith, Jake Simmonds and Pete travelled from a parallel world back to the Doctor's universe. They and Rose and Jackie Tyler were stuck in Pete's World after the tear through the Void closed. (TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"])[nb 1]

Births and deaths

Doctor RV Singh died. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London [+]Loading...["The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London (short story)"])

Other

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)"])

Behind the scenes

In a sketch on 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.

In the initial pitch for what would become TV: 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 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

  1. Due to time differences between the two worlds, they appeared in 2007 in the other world. See also Pete's World.

Citations