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{{first pic|2020.png|Mention of 2020. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (audio story)}})}} | |||
'''2020''' was a [[year]]. | '''2020''' was a [[year]]. | ||
==Properties== | == Properties == | ||
Overall, 2020 was regarded to be a particularly unpleasant year, especially due to the [[virus]] [[COVID-19]]. ([[WC]]: | Overall, 2020 was regarded to be a particularly unpleasant year, especially due to the [[virus]] [[COVID-19]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Invasion of London (short story)}}, {{cs|Sweet Revenge (short story)}}) Some speculated that due to the number of cataclysms weighing down on the human psyche in 2020, the year had become "a basin in time". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Blue Scream of Death (short story)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] was well aware of the difficulties of 2020, warning off [[Donna Noble]], who hailed from the [[2000s]], from looking at any documentation from the year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legends of Camelot (novel)}}) | ||
==Events== | == Events == | ||
===Dated=== | === Dated === | ||
====January - March==== | ==== January - March ==== | ||
Early in the year, the [[Kasaavin]] invaded Earth with the assistance of {{Dhawan}}, having planned as early as [[1834]], and [[Daniel Barton]], [[CEO]] of [[VOR]]. In the [[week]] leading up to the invasion, the Kasaavin, realising that Earth's intelligence services had began to notice their presence, [[assassin]]ated numerous intelligence officers across the planet (including [[C (Spyfall)|C]], the head of [[MI6]]), but not before he alerted the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] to the situation. Finding the Master disguised as [[O (Spyfall)|O]], an MI6 agent, Team TARDIS became wanted fugitives while the Doctor was displaced by the Kasaavin. However, the Doctor took [[the Master's TARDIS]] to the middle of [[2019]] and sabotaged the [[Silver Lady]] vital to the invasion. When the invasion came, the Doctor, accompanied by [[Ada Lovelace]] and [[Noor Inayat Khan]], reunited with Team TARDIS and confronted the Master, who had been stranded on Earth for the [[1943|past 77 years]]. While Barton publicly announced his intention to convert the majority of humanity into [[hard drive]]s at the cost of their lives, the Doctor exposed the Master's intent to betray both Barton and the Kasaavin, resulting in him being taken by the Kasaavin as she exiled them to their [[Kasaavin realm|own dimension]]. ([[TV]]: | Early in the year, the [[Kasaavin]] invaded Earth with the assistance of {{Dhawan}}, having been planned as early as [[1834]], and [[Daniel Barton]], [[CEO]] of [[VOR]]. In the [[week]] leading up to the invasion, the Kasaavin, realising that Earth's intelligence services had began to notice their presence, [[assassin]]ated numerous intelligence officers across the planet (including [[C (Spyfall)|C]], the head of [[MI6]]), but not before he alerted the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] to the situation. Finding the Master disguised as [[O (Spyfall)|O]], an MI6 agent, Team TARDIS became wanted fugitives while the Doctor was displaced by the Kasaavin. However, the Doctor took [[the Master's TARDIS]] to the middle of [[2019]] and sabotaged the [[Silver Lady]] vital to the invasion. When the invasion came, the Doctor, accompanied by [[Ada Lovelace]] and [[Noor Inayat Khan]], reunited with Team TARDIS and confronted the Master, who had been stranded on Earth for the [[1943|past 77 years]]. While Barton publicly announced his intention to convert the majority of humanity into [[hard drive]]s at the cost of their lives, the Doctor exposed the Master's intent to betray both Barton and the Kasaavin, resulting in him being taken by the Kasaavin as she exiled them to their [[Kasaavin realm|own dimension]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Spyfall (TV story)}}) | ||
On [[26 January]], the VOR [[search engine]] and [[social media]] [[website]] underwent a massive [[software]] [[update]], making it [[50 (number)|50]][[%]] more [[security|secure]] against extra-dimensional alien invasions. ([[PROSE]]: | On [[26 January]], the VOR [[search engine]] and [[social media]] [[website]] underwent a massive [[software]] [[update]], making it [[50 (number)|50]][[%]] more [[security|secure]] against extra-dimensional alien invasions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) | ||
In [[January]] ([[PROSE]]: | In [[January]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tourist (short story)}}) after the Kasaavin invasion, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Can You Hear Me? (TV story)}}) the [[Judoon]] briefly placed [[Gloucester]] on lockdown while pursuing [[Ruth Clayton|Ruth]] and [[Lee Clayton]] on behalf of the [[Gallifreyan]]s. Ruth, ostensibly a 44 year old [[human]] woman who had lived in Gloucester since mid-[[December]] [[1999]], was actually a persona adopted by an [[incarnation]] of [[Fugitive Doctor|the Doctor]] using a [[Chameleon Arch]]. Having intercepted the Judoon's transmissions, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] stumbled upon this incident which led to her meeting her other self, an apparent past incarnation whom she had no [[memory]] of. Ultimately, the Doctor was able to elude the Judoon and the Gallifreyans before taking her leave, after which the Thirteenth Doctor picked up [[alert]]s across three [[continent]]s on Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)}}) | ||
Answering to the alerts, the Doctor and her companions prevented the alien [[bacteria]] [[Praxeus]] from becoming a threat. ([[TV]]: | Answering to the alerts, the Doctor and her companions prevented the alien [[bacteria]] [[Praxeus]] from becoming a threat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Praxeus (TV story)}}) | ||
Also in January, [[Ace]] visited the [[Space Defence Station|Space Defence Centre]] and used the [[Squidget]] to send the ''[[Virgil (spacecraft)|Virgil]]'' into orbit around the | Also in January, [[Ace]] visited the [[Space Defence Station|Space Defence Centre]] and used the [[Squidget]] to send the ''[[Virgil (spacecraft)|Virgil]]'' into orbit around [[the Moon]]. She and [[Will Buckland]] met the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan, Graham, and Yaz, who helped [[Ace]] defeat [[Halogi-Kari]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|At Childhood's End (novel)}}) | ||
[[February|Ten months before]] the New Year, ([[TV]]: | [[February|Ten months before]] the New Year, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}) a [[TARDIS 1 (The Timeless Children)|TARDIS]] with [[Team TARDIS]] and future residents [[Ravio]], [[Ethan (Ascension of the Cybermen)|Ethan]] and [[Yedlarmi]] on board materialised in [[Sheffield]], as the Thirteenth Doctor, in the face of the [[CyberMaster]]s on [[Gallifrey]], returned them to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}}) | ||
In [[ | In [[February]], [[TS]] encountered the Thirteenth Doctor entering [[The Doctor's TARDIS|her TARDIS]] outside the [[post office]] in [[Leadworth]], and was advised by her to stock up on [[handwash]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alabama's Blue Box (short story)}}) | ||
In [[March]], [[River Song]] and [[Leela]] visited the village [[Charm (town)|Charm]] on [[Ozkozania]] to see the outcome of rescuing [[Juda]] and [[Hema]] from the [[Royal Magnificat]] in [[2019]]. Seeing Charm devastated by the [[Ozkozania Civil War]], River and Leela went back in time to save Juda and Hema from Charm's destruction. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Emancipation (EoM audio story)}}) | |||
The world's lockdown from [[COVID-19]] began around March, with [[Ogmore-by-Sea]] starting its lockdown on [[24 March]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Copy/Paste (short story)|Copy/Paste}}) After resetting the timeline to restore the correct 2020, the [[Eighth Doctor]] and his companions [[Liv Chenka]], [[Helen Sinclair]], [[Tania Bell]] and [[Andy Davidson]] found themselves in the midst of lockdown. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)}}) Unable to leave or intervene until the end of the year whilst time crystallised, they lived in [[107 Baker Street]] for the lockdown's duration, though the Doctor eventually retreated to the TARDIS interior. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Best Year Ever (audio story)}}) | |||
==== April - December ==== | |||
In [[May]], [[Nick (Eve of the Daleks)|Nick]] broke up with [[Nicole (Eve of the Daleks)|Nicole]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Eve of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
During the lockdown, some people communicated with each other via video chats. [[Lucy Wilson]] chatted with her friends and family through [[Whoosh!]] while isolated. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Copy/Paste (short story)}}) On [[10 May]], [[Petronella Osgood]] had a [[Zoom]] meeting with [[Zygon Osgood]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Zygon Isolation (webcast)}}) On [[17 May]], [[Evie (The Descendants of Pompeii)|Evie]] hosted a video call with her mother [[Maxine (The Descendants of Pompeii)|Maxine]] through [[VidChatX]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Descendants of Pompeii (webcast)}}) [[Andy Davidson]] organised virtual quizzes with the residents of 107 Baker Street. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Best Year Ever (audio story)}}) | |||
The death of [[George Floyd]], an [[America]]n black man, by [[police]], sparked anti-[[racism]] protests and rioting across the US and UK, in spite of the lockdown, during which statues of historical figures such as [[Edward Colston]] were torn down by protesters. Lucy and [[Hobo Kostinen]] attended a peaceful, [[social distancing|socially distanced]] protest in [[Ogmore-by-Sea]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|8.46 (short story)}}) and [[Bill Potts]] attended one in [[Bristol]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Best of Days (webcast)}}) | |||
On [[17 | On [[17 July]], [[Honoré Lechasseur]] and [[Emily Blandish]] [[Time channeller|time channeled]] to [[Kyoto]] and began investigating a series of deadly incidents orchestrated by the [[White Claw Kitsune]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Kitsune (novel)}}) | ||
On [[ | On [[17 August]], the 14681st [[day]] of [[UNIT]]'s observation of the [[Time Fracture]], [[Sergeant]] [[Robert Dudley]] recorded a [[field log]] from the [[Black Site]] in which he voiced serious concerns for the safety of the [[human]] race. ([[WC]]: {{cs|14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}}) | ||
On | On [[18 August]], a left [[shoe]], which [[Errol Courtney]] believed belonged to [[the Doctor]], emerged from the Time Fracture at the Black Site. ([[WC]]: {{cs|14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}}) | ||
On the [[morning]] of [[19 August]], several [[alien]] entities emerged in [[London]] via the Time Fracture, including a group of three [[Time Lord]]s by [[London Bridge]], a [[Cyber-Warrior (14683 UNIT Field Log)|Cyber-Warrior]] at [[St Paul's Cathedral]], and a [[Dalek (14683 UNIT Field Log)|Dalek]] in the [[River Thames]]. They were all intercepted by military personnel before any engagement with the [[civilian]] [[population]] could take place. ([[WC]]: {{cs|14683 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}}) | |||
On [[ | On [[2 October]], [[Death's Head]] killed [[Elo Rogan]] in [[New York City]], prompting the arrest of his accomplice [[Acid Alice]]. He was then rejoined by [[Spratt]] and [[Keepsake's vlture]], who had gone back in time from [[8162]]. He battled [[Big Shot]], his rival [[bounty hunter]] who had followed his companions from the 82nd century; after Big Shot nearly killed Deathe's Head, [[Ty Rejutka Lupex]] briefly transducted Death's Head to [[Styrakos]], where Death's Head wound up killing Lupex before being brought back to New York by [[Pyra]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Body in Question (comic story)}}) | ||
In [[November]], [[Simona (Eve of the Daleks)|Simona]] became [[Nick (Eve of the Daleks)|Nick]]'s girlfriend. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Eve of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Ruby Sunday]] celebrated her [[16 (number)|sixteenth]] [[birthday]] on, what would logically have been, [[Christmas Eve]] of this year. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | On [[31 December]], the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[Mars]] rover [[Leonardo (Life on Mars on Mars)|Leonardo]] discovered a copy of [[David Bowie]]'s ''[[Life on Mars]]'' which had been left on the planet by [[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] in [[2016]]. Most of the rover's mission control had been celebrating [[New Year's Eve]] at the time, and only [[John Wilcox (Life on Mars on Mars)|John Wilcox]] witnessed the find. Assuming it to be a prank by his colleagues, Wilcox did not record the rover's encounter with the album. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Life on Mars on Mars (short story)}}) | ||
=== Undated === | |||
After the Doctor returned her companions to 2020, Ryan saw his father. By that time, [[Aaron (Resolution)|Aaron]] had returned to [[oil rig]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | |||
In 2020, a decade after [[Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding]], [[Emily Hutchings]]' ''[[The Unformed Heart]]'' was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}}) | |||
The | [[File:THEEnergyBarrier.jpg|left|thumb|The Silurians erect an [[energy barrier]] around Cwmtaff. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}})]] | ||
The [[Silurian]]s emerged from their underground city around [[Cwmtaff]] and captured local [[mammal]]s, including [[human]]s. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], his companions [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]], and human allies discovered the Silurians. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}) Rory was killed by [[Restac]], military leader of this group of Silurians, and absorbed by a [[Time Field|time crack]]. The Silurians then went into hibernation for a millennium. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}) | |||
According to some accounts, [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] were still living on Earth by this year, and stopped by Cwmtaff to see the [[2010]] versions of themselves with the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}) Other sources indicate the Ponds had left their native era over half a decade before 2020. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fractures (comic story)}}) | |||
The first [[lunar passenger module]] was developed by [[Daniel Eldred]]'s father. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Seeds of Death (TV story)}}) | |||
The first [[HoloPhone Flat]] was created in 2020. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Bright White Crack (short story)}}) | |||
Several bodies were discovered in [[Plymouth]], apparently victims of [[spontaneous combustion]]. [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Iris Wildthyme]] were tasked by their [[Superior]]s to close a dimensional rift nearby. They discovered that the deaths were being caused by [[Alien researcher (Flickering Flame)|a spindly, faceless entity]] carrying a tool of unknown purpose; Iris speculated that it was a scientist from a higher dimension, inadvertently killing humans while trying to examine them. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Flickering Flame (short story)}}) | |||
Directly after meeting [[Nostradamus]] on [[Prophecy (planet)|Prophecy]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] was alerted by [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to investigate the [[Blue Fire Project]] in 2020. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black and White (audio story)}}) The Doctor and Private [[Sally Morgan]] of the King's New Delta Squadron of the [[British Army]] defeated the [[Mi'en Kalarash]], a being which fed on nightmares and one of the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]]. Sally subsequently joined the Doctor as one of his companions. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|House of Blue Fire (audio story)}}) | |||
There were riots in [[Liverpool]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Afterlife (audio story)}}) | |||
According to [[Hob]]'s [[Death's Head Interactive Archive]], the [[Fantastic Four]] sent [[Death's Head]] to the year 2020, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Clobberin' Time! (comic story)}}) where he came into conflict with mercenary [[Arno Stark]], also known as [[Iron Man]].<ref>[[Marvel Comics]] considers the year 2020 (as shown in ''[[The Cast Iron Contract (comic story)|The Cast Iron Contract]]'') to be {{iw|marvel|Earth-8410}}, a separate universe from the [[Doctor Who Universe|''Doctor Who'' Universe]] of {{iw|marvel|Earth-5556}} and a "possible future" of the main Marvel universe of {{iw|marvel|Earth-616}}. However, these facts are not explicitly made clear in ''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]'' stories.</ref> ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Cast Iron Contract (comic story)}}) | |||
A [[President of the United States|presidential]] [[election]] was due in the [[United States of America|United States]] this year. In [[2018]], [[Jack Robertson]] planned to run against [[Donald Trump]] in this election. However, a toxic waste scandal prevented him from doing so. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Arachnids in the UK (TV story)}}) | |||
According to one account, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] had died and the [[British Army]] had a [[King's New Delta Squadron]] by 2020. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Black and White (audio story)}}) | |||
Around 2020, [[bowlboard]]s with a curved layout replaced the [[20th century]] [[QWERTY]] [[keyboard]] and lasted into the [[23rd century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dreamstone Moon (novel)}}) | |||
====Sea Devil timeline==== | Promotion for [[Thadeus Nook's Time Tours]] gave a long list of destinations which included the year 2020. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (audio story)|var=cover art}}) | ||
=== Other timelines === | |||
With Rory Williams [[dead]] and his [[temporal erasure|existence erased]], Amy Pond visited [[Cwmtaff]] alone to wave to herself. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}) | |||
==== Fractured time ==== | |||
After it was drained by the [[Ravenous]], the Eighth Doctor flew the TARDIS on what he believed might be its final flight, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Day of the Master (audio story)}}) crash landing in London in 2020. However the TARDIS's crash prevented time crystallising, creating [[alternate timeline]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Crossed Lines (audio story)}}) One such timeline saw robots fighting a war in [[Hull]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Get Andy (audio story)}}) whilst another had 107 still in ruins after being bombed in [[World War II]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)}}) | |||
In one alternate 2020, the stranded Eighth Doctor lived in 107 Baker Street with his companions and tenants, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Lost Property (audio story)}}) inadvertently taking the son of two tenants, [[Robin Bright-Thompson]], to the future on a test flight of his recovering TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dead Time (audio story)}}) Robin was given an expanded lifespan by [[Deus Ex]] and upon returning to 2020 moved away from Baker Street to [[Edinburgh]] with his parents, much to his annoyance. Without the Doctor's influence to guide him, Robin joined [[Divine Intervention]] and would lead them for thousands of years due to his extended lifespan, ruling humanity until he wiped them out. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|What Just Happened? (audio story)}}) The Doctor's attempts to alter history to correct this caused reality to begin to breakdown as [[the Void]] encroached, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Crossed Lines (audio story)}}) with his disastrous effort to alter the Bright-Thompson family history dissolving the entire timeline. With the guidance of [[the Curator]], he and his companions were able to reset time, restoring the true 2020. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)}}) | |||
==== Sea Devil timeline ==== | |||
{{Main|Sea Devil Earth}} | {{Main|Sea Devil Earth}} | ||
After a [[temporal paradox|paradoxical]] encounter with her [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] and [[Martha Jones]] in [[1969]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] decided to drop [[Team TARDIS|her friends]] off back in 2020. To their horror, they discovered the paradox had caused an [[alternate timeline]] in which the Earth had long been conquered by the [[Sea Devil]]s on the [[Skithra]]'s behalf. Working with a rogue [[Skithra Queen (Alternating Current)|Skithra Queen]], they travelled back in time and corrected the timeline, ([[COMIC]]: | After a [[temporal paradox|paradoxical]] encounter with her [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]] and [[Martha Jones]] in [[1969]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] decided to drop [[Team TARDIS|her friends]] off back in 2020. To their horror, they discovered the paradox had caused an [[alternate timeline]] in which the Earth had long been conquered by the [[Sea Devil]]s on the [[Skithra]]'s behalf. Working with a rogue [[Skithra Queen (Alternating Current)|Skithra Queen]], they travelled back in time and corrected the timeline, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)}}, {{cs|Alternating Current (comic story)}}) | ||
==Births and deaths== | == Births and deaths == | ||
[[T.J. Younger]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: | [[T.J. Younger]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Information Service (TV21 121 short story)}}) | ||
==Other== | == Other == | ||
According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], the population of Earth was six billion. ([[TV]]: | According to the [[Eleventh Doctor]], the population of Earth was six billion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}) | ||
When [[Charley Pollard]] examined the belongings of the [[108th century|108th]] or [[109th century]] [[time travel]]ler [[Carmen (The Raincloud Man)|Carmen]], she found a 2020 reprinting of a book first published in [[2018]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | When [[Charley Pollard]] examined the belongings of the [[108th century|108th]] or [[109th century]] [[time travel]]ler [[Carmen (The Raincloud Man)|Carmen]], she found a 2020 reprinting of a book first published in [[2018]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Raincloud Man (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[1816]], the Doctor offered to return her companions to 2020 as she proceeded to face the [[Cybermen]] in the [[far future]]. Nevertheless, they declined and accompanied her. ([[TV]]: | In [[1816]], the Doctor offered to return her companions to 2020 as she proceeded to face the [[Cybermen]] in the [[far future]]. Nevertheless, they declined and accompanied her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:47, 3 November 2024
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2020 was a year.
Properties[[edit] | [edit source]]
Overall, 2020 was regarded to be a particularly unpleasant year, especially due to the virus COVID-19. (WC: The Zygon Isolation [+]Loading...["The Zygon Isolation (webcast)"], PROSE: The Invasion of London [+]Loading...["The Invasion of London (short story)"], Sweet Revenge [+]Loading...["Sweet Revenge (short story)"]) Some speculated that due to the number of cataclysms weighing down on the human psyche in 2020, the year had become "a basin in time". (PROSE: The Blue Scream of Death [+]Loading...["The Blue Scream of Death (short story)"]) The Tenth Doctor was well aware of the difficulties of 2020, warning off Donna Noble, who hailed from the 2000s, from looking at any documentation from the year. (PROSE: Legends of Camelot [+]Loading...["Legends of Camelot (novel)"])
Events[[edit] | [edit source]]
Dated[[edit] | [edit source]]
January - March[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early in the year, the Kasaavin invaded Earth with the assistance of the Spy Master, having been planned as early as 1834, and Daniel Barton, CEO of VOR. In the week leading up to the invasion, the Kasaavin, realising that Earth's intelligence services had began to notice their presence, assassinated numerous intelligence officers across the planet (including C, the head of MI6), but not before he alerted the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS to the situation. Finding the Master disguised as O, an MI6 agent, Team TARDIS became wanted fugitives while the Doctor was displaced by the Kasaavin. However, the Doctor took the Master's TARDIS to the middle of 2019 and sabotaged the Silver Lady vital to the invasion. When the invasion came, the Doctor, accompanied by Ada Lovelace and Noor Inayat Khan, reunited with Team TARDIS and confronted the Master, who had been stranded on Earth for the past 77 years. While Barton publicly announced his intention to convert the majority of humanity into hard drives at the cost of their lives, the Doctor exposed the Master's intent to betray both Barton and the Kasaavin, resulting in him being taken by the Kasaavin as she exiled them to their own dimension. (TV: Spyfall [+]Loading...["Spyfall (TV story)"])
On 26 January, the VOR search engine and social media website underwent a massive software update, making it 50% more secure against extra-dimensional alien invasions. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
In January, (PROSE: The Tourist [+]Loading...["The Tourist (short story)"]) after the Kasaavin invasion, (TV: Can You Hear Me? [+]Loading...["Can You Hear Me? (TV story)"]) the Judoon briefly placed Gloucester on lockdown while pursuing Ruth and Lee Clayton on behalf of the Gallifreyans. Ruth, ostensibly a 44 year old human woman who had lived in Gloucester since mid-December 1999, was actually a persona adopted by an incarnation of the Doctor using a Chameleon Arch. Having intercepted the Judoon's transmissions, the Thirteenth Doctor and Team TARDIS stumbled upon this incident which led to her meeting her other self, an apparent past incarnation whom she had no memory of. Ultimately, the Doctor was able to elude the Judoon and the Gallifreyans before taking her leave, after which the Thirteenth Doctor picked up alerts across three continents on Earth. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])
Answering to the alerts, the Doctor and her companions prevented the alien bacteria Praxeus from becoming a threat. (TV: Praxeus [+]Loading...["Praxeus (TV story)"])
Also in January, Ace visited the Space Defence Centre and used the Squidget to send the Virgil into orbit around the Moon. She and Will Buckland met the Thirteenth Doctor, Ryan, Graham, and Yaz, who helped Ace defeat Halogi-Kari. (PROSE: At Childhood's End [+]Loading...["At Childhood's End (novel)"])
Ten months before the New Year, (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"]) a TARDIS with Team TARDIS and future residents Ravio, Ethan and Yedlarmi on board materialised in Sheffield, as the Thirteenth Doctor, in the face of the CyberMasters on Gallifrey, returned them to Earth. (TV: The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"])
In February, TS encountered the Thirteenth Doctor entering her TARDIS outside the post office in Leadworth, and was advised by her to stock up on handwash. (PROSE: Alabama's Blue Box [+]Loading...["Alabama's Blue Box (short story)"])
In March, River Song and Leela visited the village Charm on Ozkozania to see the outcome of rescuing Juda and Hema from the Royal Magnificat in 2019. Seeing Charm devastated by the Ozkozania Civil War, River and Leela went back in time to save Juda and Hema from Charm's destruction. (AUDIO: Emancipation [+]Loading...["Emancipation (EoM audio story)"])
The world's lockdown from COVID-19 began around March, with Ogmore-by-Sea starting its lockdown on 24 March. (PROSE: Copy/Paste [+]Loading...["Copy/Paste (short story)","Copy/Paste"]) After resetting the timeline to restore the correct 2020, the Eighth Doctor and his companions Liv Chenka, Helen Sinclair, Tania Bell and Andy Davidson found themselves in the midst of lockdown. (AUDIO: The Keys of Baker Street [+]Loading...["The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)"]) Unable to leave or intervene until the end of the year whilst time crystallised, they lived in 107 Baker Street for the lockdown's duration, though the Doctor eventually retreated to the TARDIS interior. (AUDIO: Best Year Ever [+]Loading...["Best Year Ever (audio story)"])
April - December[[edit] | [edit source]]
In May, Nick broke up with Nicole. (TV: Eve of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Eve of the Daleks (TV story)"])
During the lockdown, some people communicated with each other via video chats. Lucy Wilson chatted with her friends and family through Whoosh! while isolated. (PROSE: Copy/Paste [+]Loading...["Copy/Paste (short story)"]) On 10 May, Petronella Osgood had a Zoom meeting with Zygon Osgood. (WC: The Zygon Isolation [+]Loading...["The Zygon Isolation (webcast)"]) On 17 May, Evie hosted a video call with her mother Maxine through VidChatX. (WC: The Descendants of Pompeii [+]Loading...["The Descendants of Pompeii (webcast)"]) Andy Davidson organised virtual quizzes with the residents of 107 Baker Street. (AUDIO: Best Year Ever [+]Loading...["Best Year Ever (audio story)"])
The death of George Floyd, an American black man, by police, sparked anti-racism protests and rioting across the US and UK, in spite of the lockdown, during which statues of historical figures such as Edward Colston were torn down by protesters. Lucy and Hobo Kostinen attended a peaceful, socially distanced protest in Ogmore-by-Sea, (PROSE: 8.46 [+]Loading...["8.46 (short story)"]) and Bill Potts attended one in Bristol. (WC: The Best of Days [+]Loading...["The Best of Days (webcast)"])
On 17 July, Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish time channeled to Kyoto and began investigating a series of deadly incidents orchestrated by the White Claw Kitsune. (PROSE: Kitsune [+]Loading...["Kitsune (novel)"])
On 17 August, the 14681st day of UNIT's observation of the Time Fracture, Sergeant Robert Dudley recorded a field log from the Black Site in which he voiced serious concerns for the safety of the human race. (WC: 14681 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
On 18 August, a left shoe, which Errol Courtney believed belonged to the Doctor, emerged from the Time Fracture at the Black Site. (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
On the morning of 19 August, several alien entities emerged in London via the Time Fracture, including a group of three Time Lords by London Bridge, a Cyber-Warrior at St Paul's Cathedral, and a Dalek in the River Thames. They were all intercepted by military personnel before any engagement with the civilian population could take place. (WC: 14683 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14683 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])
On 2 October, Death's Head killed Elo Rogan in New York City, prompting the arrest of his accomplice Acid Alice. He was then rejoined by Spratt and Keepsake's vlture, who had gone back in time from 8162. He battled Big Shot, his rival bounty hunter who had followed his companions from the 82nd century; after Big Shot nearly killed Deathe's Head, Ty Rejutka Lupex briefly transducted Death's Head to Styrakos, where Death's Head wound up killing Lupex before being brought back to New York by Pyra. (COMIC: The Body in Question [+]Loading...["The Body in Question (comic story)"])
In November, Simona became Nick's girlfriend. (TV: Eve of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Eve of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Ruby Sunday celebrated her sixteenth birthday on, what would logically have been, Christmas Eve of this year. (TV: The Legend of Ruby Sunday [+]Loading...["The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)"])
On 31 December, the European Space Agency's Mars rover Leonardo discovered a copy of David Bowie's Life on Mars which had been left on the planet by Erimem and Andy Hansen in 2016. Most of the rover's mission control had been celebrating New Year's Eve at the time, and only John Wilcox witnessed the find. Assuming it to be a prank by his colleagues, Wilcox did not record the rover's encounter with the album. (PROSE: Life on Mars on Mars [+]Loading...["Life on Mars on Mars (short story)"])
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After the Doctor returned her companions to 2020, Ryan saw his father. By that time, Aaron had returned to oil rigs. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
In 2020, a decade after Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane's wedding, Emily Hutchings' The Unformed Heart was published. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])
The Silurians emerged from their underground city around Cwmtaff and captured local mammals, including humans. The Eleventh Doctor, his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams, and human allies discovered the Silurians. (TV: The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"]) Rory was killed by Restac, military leader of this group of Silurians, and absorbed by a time crack. The Silurians then went into hibernation for a millennium. (TV: Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"])
According to some accounts, Amy Pond and Rory Williams were still living on Earth by this year, and stopped by Cwmtaff to see the 2010 versions of themselves with the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"], Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"]) Other sources indicate the Ponds had left their native era over half a decade before 2020. (TV: The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"], COMIC: The Fractures [+]Loading...["The Fractures (comic story)"])
The first lunar passenger module was developed by Daniel Eldred's father. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Death (TV story)"])
The first HoloPhone Flat was created in 2020. (PROSE: A Bright White Crack [+]Loading...["A Bright White Crack (short story)"])
Several bodies were discovered in Plymouth, apparently victims of spontaneous combustion. Chris Cwej and Iris Wildthyme were tasked by their Superiors to close a dimensional rift nearby. They discovered that the deaths were being caused by a spindly, faceless entity carrying a tool of unknown purpose; Iris speculated that it was a scientist from a higher dimension, inadvertently killing humans while trying to examine them. (PROSE: Flickering Flame [+]Loading...["Flickering Flame (short story)"])
Directly after meeting Nostradamus on Prophecy, the Seventh Doctor was alerted by his TARDIS to investigate the Blue Fire Project in 2020. (AUDIO: Black and White [+]Loading...["Black and White (audio story)"]) The Doctor and Private Sally Morgan of the King's New Delta Squadron of the British Army defeated the Mi'en Kalarash, a being which fed on nightmares and one of the Elder Gods. Sally subsequently joined the Doctor as one of his companions. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire [+]Loading...["House of Blue Fire (audio story)"])
There were riots in Liverpool. (AUDIO: Afterlife [+]Loading...["Afterlife (audio story)"])
According to Hob's Death's Head Interactive Archive, the Fantastic Four sent Death's Head to the year 2020, (COMIC: Clobberin' Time! [+]Loading...["Clobberin' Time! (comic story)"]) where he came into conflict with mercenary Arno Stark, also known as Iron Man.[1] (COMIC: The Cast Iron Contract [+]Loading...["The Cast Iron Contract (comic story)"])
A presidential election was due in the United States this year. In 2018, Jack Robertson planned to run against Donald Trump in this election. However, a toxic waste scandal prevented him from doing so. (TV: Arachnids in the UK [+]Loading...["Arachnids in the UK (TV story)"])
According to one account, Queen Elizabeth II had died and the British Army had a King's New Delta Squadron by 2020. (AUDIO: Black and White [+]Loading...["Black and White (audio story)"])
Around 2020, bowlboards with a curved layout replaced the 20th century QWERTY keyboard and lasted into the 23rd century. (PROSE: Dreamstone Moon [+]Loading...["Dreamstone Moon (novel)"])
Promotion for Thadeus Nook's Time Tours gave a long list of destinations which included the year 2020. (AUDIO: The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (cover art) [+]Loading...{"var":"cover art","1":"The Tribulations of Thadeus Nook (audio story)"})
Other timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]
With Rory Williams dead and his existence erased, Amy Pond visited Cwmtaff alone to wave to herself. (TV: Cold Blood [+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"])
Fractured time[[edit] | [edit source]]
After it was drained by the Ravenous, the Eighth Doctor flew the TARDIS on what he believed might be its final flight, (AUDIO: Day of the Master [+]Loading...["Day of the Master (audio story)"]) crash landing in London in 2020. However the TARDIS's crash prevented time crystallising, creating alternate timelines. (AUDIO: Crossed Lines [+]Loading...["Crossed Lines (audio story)"]) One such timeline saw robots fighting a war in Hull, (AUDIO: Get Andy [+]Loading...["Get Andy (audio story)"]) whilst another had 107 still in ruins after being bombed in World War II. (AUDIO: The Keys of Baker Street [+]Loading...["The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)"])
In one alternate 2020, the stranded Eighth Doctor lived in 107 Baker Street with his companions and tenants, (AUDIO: Lost Property [+]Loading...["Lost Property (audio story)"]) inadvertently taking the son of two tenants, Robin Bright-Thompson, to the future on a test flight of his recovering TARDIS. (AUDIO: Dead Time [+]Loading...["Dead Time (audio story)"]) Robin was given an expanded lifespan by Deus Ex and upon returning to 2020 moved away from Baker Street to Edinburgh with his parents, much to his annoyance. Without the Doctor's influence to guide him, Robin joined Divine Intervention and would lead them for thousands of years due to his extended lifespan, ruling humanity until he wiped them out. (AUDIO: What Just Happened? [+]Loading...["What Just Happened? (audio story)"]) The Doctor's attempts to alter history to correct this caused reality to begin to breakdown as the Void encroached, (AUDIO: Crossed Lines [+]Loading...["Crossed Lines (audio story)"]) with his disastrous effort to alter the Bright-Thompson family history dissolving the entire timeline. With the guidance of the Curator, he and his companions were able to reset time, restoring the true 2020. (AUDIO: The Keys of Baker Street [+]Loading...["The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)"])
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- Main article: Sea Devil Earth
After a paradoxical encounter with her tenth incarnation and Martha Jones in 1969, the Thirteenth Doctor decided to drop her friends off back in 2020. To their horror, they discovered the paradox had caused an alternate timeline in which the Earth had long been conquered by the Sea Devils on the Skithra's behalf. Working with a rogue Skithra Queen, they travelled back in time and corrected the timeline, (COMIC: A Little Help from My Friends [+]Loading...["A Little Help from My Friends (comic story)"], Alternating Current [+]Loading...["Alternating Current (comic story)"])
Births and deaths[[edit] | [edit source]]
T.J. Younger was born. (PROSE: Information Service [+]Loading...["Information Service (TV21 121 short story)"])
Other[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to the Eleventh Doctor, the population of Earth was six billion. (TV: The Hungry Earth [+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"])
When Charley Pollard examined the belongings of the 108th or 109th century time traveller Carmen, she found a 2020 reprinting of a book first published in 2018. (AUDIO: The Raincloud Man [+]Loading...["The Raincloud Man (audio story)"])
In 1816, the Doctor offered to return her companions to 2020 as she proceeded to face the Cybermen in the far future. Nevertheless, they declined and accompanied her. (TV: The Haunting of Villa Diodati [+]Loading...["The Haunting of Villa Diodati (TV story)"])
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The trailer included on the Lost in Time box set and press material from the time around the production of The Power of the Daleks states that The Power of the Daleks occurred in this year.[2]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Marvel Comics considers the year 2020 (as shown in The Cast Iron Contract) to be Earth-8410, a separate universe from the Doctor Who Universe of Earth-5556 and a "possible future" of the main Marvel universe of Earth-616. However, these facts are not explicitly made clear in The Incomplete Death's Head stories.
- ↑ Parkin, Lance, 2002, AHistory (second edition), Mad Norwegian Press, United States of America, p.234
