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'''1916''' was a [[year]]. The [[First World War]] continued to rage. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story}}) | '''1916''' was a [[year]]. The [[First World War]] continued to rage. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Doctor (TV story}}) | ||
==Events== | == Events == | ||
===Dated=== | === Dated === | ||
On [[20 August]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that thousands had died in the [[Battle of the Somme]]. A man who had been in the battle in [[July]] 1916, but was sent to [[1892]] by a [[Weeping Angel]], died of a heart attack after he read the headline. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)}}) Also during the Battle, the [[Sontaran]] [[Brak]] crashed down to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) | On [[20 August]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that thousands had died in the [[Battle of the Somme]]. A man who had been in the battle in [[July]] 1916, but was sent to [[1892]] by a [[Weeping Angel]], died of a heart attack after he read the headline. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)}}) Also during the Battle, the [[Sontaran]] [[Brak]] crashed down to Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)}}) | ||
In [[December]], the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Liz Shaw]] visited [[St Petersburg]] in the [[Russia|Russian Empire]] and met [[Grigori Rasputin]] shortly before he was [[murder]]ed by Prince [[Felix Yusupov]] and his co-conspirators Grand Duke [[Dmitri Pavlovich]] and [[Vladimir Purishkevich]] in the [[Moika Palace]], Prince Felix's residence in St Petersburg. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Wages of Sin (novel)}}) | In [[December]], the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]] and [[Liz Shaw]] visited [[St Petersburg]] in the [[Russia|Russian Empire]] and met [[Grigori Rasputin]] shortly before he was [[murder]]ed by Prince [[Felix Yusupov]] and his co-conspirators Grand Duke [[Dmitri Pavlovich]] and [[Vladimir Purishkevich]] in the [[Moika Palace]], Prince Felix's residence in St Petersburg. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Wages of Sin (novel)}}) | ||
===Undated=== | === Undated === | ||
The [[First Doctor]] and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] were caught in a [[Zeppelin]] raid. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Giants (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Alchemists (audio story)}}) | The [[First Doctor]] and his granddaughter [[Susan Foreman]] were caught in a [[Zeppelin]] raid. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of Giants (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Alchemists (audio story)}}) | ||
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[[Herbert Asquith]] left office as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], having served since [[1908]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Birthright (novel)}}) | [[Herbert Asquith]] left office as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], having served since [[1908]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Birthright (novel)}}) | ||
==Births and deaths== | == Births and deaths == | ||
[[Bernard Trainor]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)}}) | [[Bernard Trainor]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)}}) | ||
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1916 was a year. The First World War continued to rage. (TV: The Power of the Doctor (TV story [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story"])
Events
Dated
On 20 August, the New York Times reported that thousands had died in the Battle of the Somme. A man who had been in the battle in July 1916, but was sent to 1892 by a Weeping Angel, died of a heart attack after he read the headline. (COMIC: The Weeping Angels of Mons [+]Loading...["The Weeping Angels of Mons (comic story)"]) Also during the Battle, the Sontaran Brak crashed down to Earth. (AUDIO: Old Soldiers [+]Loading...["Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)"])
In December, the Third Doctor, Jo Grant and Liz Shaw visited St Petersburg in the Russian Empire and met Grigori Rasputin shortly before he was murdered by Prince Felix Yusupov and his co-conspirators Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and Vladimir Purishkevich in the Moika Palace, Prince Felix's residence in St Petersburg. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]Loading...["The Wages of Sin (novel)"])
Undated
The First Doctor and his granddaughter Susan Foreman were caught in a Zeppelin raid. (TV: Planet of Giants [+]Loading...["Planet of Giants (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Alchemists [+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])
Dawon left the Karabar Caves in British India. (AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger [+]Loading...["The Emerald Tiger (audio story)"])
At some point before December the Spy Master brought the Daleks and Cybermen to the Winter Palace as part of his plan to steal the Thirteenth Doctor's regenerations, part of his plan also took place in 2022. (TV: The Power of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"])
Herbert Asquith left office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having served since 1908. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
Births and deaths
Bernard Trainor was born. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune [+]Loading...["The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)"])
Richard Hadleman was killed in a poison gas attack during the Battle of the Somme. (PROSE: Human Nature [+]Loading...["Human Nature (novel)"])
Henry James died. (AUDIO: The Haunting of Malkin Place)
Major Nicholas Hatch died of shrapnel wounds at the Somme 8th July. (PROSE: The Hollow Men [+]Loading...["The Hollow Men (novel)"])
Behind the scenes
One possible "game over" for the video game Don't Blink has the player being sent back in time by a Weeping Angel to the year 1916 to die in the Battle of the Somme.
