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=== Prehistory ===
=== Prehistory ===
[[File:Earth 6 billion years ago.jpg|thumb|Earth around 6 billion years prior to [[1974]], on a [[Tuesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}})]]
[[File:Earth 6 billion years ago.jpg|thumb|Earth around 6 billion years prior to [[1974]], on a [[Tuesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}})]]
* [[Event One]]: On [[13 February]], 13,500,017,093 BC, the beginning of the universe occurred at 11 [[am]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) A random quarter of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was deleted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]], in order to escape the explosion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
* Circa 400,000,000,000 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of the Universe}})
* [[13 February]], 13,500,017,093 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. The beginning of the universe occurred at 11 [[am]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) A random quarter of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was deleted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]], in order to escape the explosion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
* Time unknown: The [[Sixth Doctor]] wrote "THE DOCTOR WAS HERE" on an early planet's surface. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gone Too Soon (short story)}})
* Time unknown: The [[Sixth Doctor]] wrote "THE DOCTOR WAS HERE" on an early planet's surface. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gone Too Soon (short story)}})
* 449,999,997,980 BC: The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] used a two-person [[space capsule]] to explore the Earth, which was at the time a ball of gas. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Exploration Earth (audio story)}})
* 449,999,997,980 BC: The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] used a two-person [[space capsule]] to explore the Earth, which was at the time a ball of gas. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Exploration Earth (audio story)}})
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* Circa 4,500,000,000 BC: Beginning of [[Precambrian]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 4,500,000,000 BC: Beginning of [[Precambrian]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 3,000,000,000 BC: The [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|Venusian]] civilisation is in decline due to climate change. The [[First Doctor]] visits Venus in the company of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and again decades later with [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]], where he averts a [[Sou(ou)shi]] invasion. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Venusian Lullaby (novel)}})
* Circa 3,000,000,000 BC: The [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|Venusian]] civilisation is in decline due to climate change. The [[First Doctor]] visits Venus in the company of [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and again decades later with [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Ian Chesterton]], where he averts a [[Sou(ou)shi]] invasion. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Venusian Lullaby (novel)}})
* Circa 542,000,000 BC: End of [[Precambrian]] and beginning of [[Cambrian]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 600,000,000 BC: By one account, life evolved on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* Circa 542,000,000 BC: The [[Cambrian Explosion]] brings about diverse lifeforms on Earth. End of [[Precambrian]] and beginning of [[Cambrian]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 488,000,000 BC: The [[Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Cambrian]] to the [[Ordovician]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 488,000,000 BC: The [[Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Cambrian]] to the [[Ordovician]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 450,000,000 BC: The [[Archaeon]]s attempt to propagate life on Earth according to their design. The arrival of [[First Doctor]]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Stoyn]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] scuppers their plans, when their attempted disassembly of the TARDIS an removal of its [[temporal stasis capacitor]] traps them in a stasis field for 450 million years. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}
* Circa 450,000,000 BC: The [[Archaeon]]s attempt to propagate life on Earth according to their design. The arrival of [[First Doctor]]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Stoyn]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] scuppers their plans, when their attempted disassembly of the TARDIS an removal of its [[temporal stasis capacitor]] traps them in a stasis field for 450 million years. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}
* 443,000,000 BC: The [[Ordovician-Silurian extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Ordovician]] to the [[Silurian era]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})  
* 443,000,000 BC: The [[Ordovician-Silurian extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Ordovician]] to the [[Silurian era]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 425,000,000 BC: The [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s signed a [[Peace treaty|peace deal]] on [[28 January]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 425,000,000 BC: The [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s signed a [[Peace treaty|peace deal]] on [[28 January]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 410,000,000 BC: the first [[amphibious]] [[lifeform]]s [[experiment]]ed with crawling on to land. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 410,000,000 BC: the first [[amphibious]] [[lifeform]]s [[experiment]]ed with crawling on to land. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
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* 359,000,000 BC: [[Devonian]] ends and the [[Carboniferous]] starts. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 359,000,000 BC: [[Devonian]] ends and the [[Carboniferous]] starts. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 350,000,000 BC: According to historians, the Silurians first emerge about this time, evolving from cold-blooded [[reptile]]s similar to [[iguana]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 350,000,000 BC: According to historians, the Silurians first emerge about this time, evolving from cold-blooded [[reptile]]s similar to [[iguana]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 300,000,000 BC: The Silurians remain active on Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 300,000,000 BC: The Silurians remain active on Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}}) [[Single-celled organism]]s evolve on [[Mondas]] from [[amino acid]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 299,000,000 BC: [[Carboniferous]] ends and [[Permian period]] starts. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 299,000,000 BC: [[Carboniferous]] ends and [[Permian period]] starts. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 251,000,000 BC: The [[Permian–Triassic extinction event]] transitions Earth from the [[Permian period|Permian]] to the [[Triassic]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 251,000,000 BC: The [[Permian–Triassic extinction event]] transitions Earth from the [[Permian period|Permian]] to the [[Triassic]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 200,150,000 BC: Primitive [[Mondasian]] civilisations form on [[Eastern Mondas|Eastern]], [[Western Mondas|Western]], and [[Southern Mondas]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,144,000 BC: [[Xtiloth]] crashes on the Eastern continent of Mondas, accelerating technology in the region. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,142,500 BC: The [[Kazan-Tor]] of Mondas' Eastern continent cross the oceans and discover the Western and Southern continents, beginning a [[slave trade]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,142,361 BC: The [[Millennial Wars]] begin on Mondas. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,139,361 BC: The Millennial Wars end with [[Kannacht]] uniting the tribes of Eastern Mondas to form the [[Karazan Empire]]. The Empire's technology resembles that of Earth in [[1940]] AD. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,129,358 BC: The [[Great Dark Age]] of Mondas begins after Western tribes overthrow the Karazan Empire. Survivors of the Empire found [[the Nest]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,002,783 BC: The Great Dark Age of Mondas ends. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,001,780 BC: Mondas is united under a global [[Mondasian government]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* 200,001,079 BC: Mondasians develop space travel and travel to other planets in the [[Sol system]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* Circa 200,000,000 BC: [[Triassic]] ends and [[Jurassic]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}}) The Silurians are active on [[Jurassic]] Earth, which is still composed of only one [[Pangaea|continent]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 200,000,000 BC: [[Triassic]] ends and [[Jurassic]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}}) The Silurians are active on [[Jurassic]] Earth, which is still composed of only one [[Pangaea|continent]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* 199,999,777 BC: By one account, [[Origin of the Moon|the Moon enters the solar system]], causing Mondas to go adrift and the [[Silurian]]s to enter the [[great hibernation]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of the Universe}})
* 199,999,780 BC: By another account, the Moon enters the solar system, causing the Silurians and [[Sea Devil]]s to hibernate and beginning the [[Age of Wandering]] for Mondas. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cybermen (reference book)}})
* Circa 150,000,000 BC: The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]] visit this time period immediately after departing [[2023]] Christmas. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}})
* Circa 150,000,000 BC: The [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]] visit this time period immediately after departing [[2023]] Christmas. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Space Babies (TV story)}})
* 145,000,000 BC: [[Jurassic]] ends and [[Cretaceous]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 145,000,000 BC: [[Jurassic]] ends and [[Cretaceous]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 140,000,000 BC: [[Concorde Contrivance|The Master's plot involving bringing a Concorde to ancient Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Master (reference book)}})
* 100,570,705 BC: Gallifreyan civilisation begins to evolve. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,068,705 BC: [[Gallifreyan invention of space travel]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,068,505 BC: The first [[interstellar probe]]s leave Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,068,105 BC: [[Hyperdrive]] is invented on Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,000,000 BC: On [[4 June]], the [[Silurian Ark]] is launched. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 100,000,000 BC: On [[4 June]], the [[Silurian Ark]] is launched. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 65,500,000 BC: The [[K-T extinction event]] marks the transition from [[Cretaceous]] to the [[Paleocene]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})  
* 65,500,000 BC: The [[K-T extinction event]] marks the transition from [[Cretaceous]] to the [[Paleocene]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 65,000,000 BC: The Silurians are active on Earth, co-existing with [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]]s such as the [[Tyrannosaurus rex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 65,000,000 BC: The Silurians are active on Earth, co-existing with [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]]s such as the [[Tyrannosaurus rex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* 56,000,000 BC: [[Paleocene]] ends and [[Eocene era]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 56,000,000 BC: [[Paleocene]] ends and [[Eocene era]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
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* 5,300,000 BC: [[Miocene]] ends and [[Pliocene]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 5,300,000 BC: [[Miocene]] ends and [[Pliocene]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 2,500,000 BC: [[Pliocene]] ends and [[Pleistocene]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 2,500,000 BC: [[Pliocene]] ends and [[Pleistocene]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 998,788 BC: The [[Ice Warrior]]s colonize [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of the Universe}})
* 850,000 BC: A [[human]] left [[footprint]]s in a patch of mud in [[Happisburgh]], [[Norfolk]] that would latered be discovered by [[scientist]]s and announced as the oldest preserved footprints ever found outside of [[Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 850,000 BC: A [[human]] left [[footprint]]s in a patch of mud in [[Happisburgh]], [[Norfolk]] that would latered be discovered by [[scientist]]s and announced as the oldest preserved footprints ever found outside of [[Africa]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* Time unknown: An [[Ice Warrior]] spacecraft crashed on Earth and was buried in ice. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ice Warriors (TV story)}})
* Time unknown: An [[Ice Warrior]] spacecraft crashed on Earth and was buried in ice. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ice Warriors (TV story)}})
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* Circa 200,000 BC: The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] make contact with a tribe of Neanderthals after crash-landing, where they come to revere Donna as a goddess. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (DWM 598 comic story)}})
* Circa 200,000 BC: The [[Fourteenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]] make contact with a tribe of Neanderthals after crash-landing, where they come to revere Donna as a goddess. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (DWM 598 comic story)}})
* Circa 100,000 BC: The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] helped the cave-dwelling [[Tribe of Gum]] to make [[fire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) Around the same time, the [[Dæmon]]s arrived on Earth and began their experiments with humanity, assisting modern humans in wiping all but a very few [[Neanderthal]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)}})
* Circa 100,000 BC: The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]], and [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] helped the cave-dwelling [[Tribe of Gum]] to make [[fire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) Around the same time, the [[Dæmon]]s arrived on Earth and began their experiments with humanity, assisting modern humans in wiping all but a very few [[Neanderthal]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)}})
* 73,705 BC: The [[Minyos intervention]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,956 BC: The end of the [[Vampire Wars|Vampire conflict]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,807 BC: [[Gallifreyan invention of time travel|Omega invents a machine which allows travel in time and space]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,728 BC: [[Omega's sacrifice]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,705 BC: The [[Eye of Harmony's sealing]]. Year zero of the [[TL dating system]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,704 BC: The [[creation of the Transduction Barrier]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,703 BC: The beginning of [[Rassilon's Presidency]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 70,702 BC: The [[creation of the Matrix]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 69,719 BC: [[Mondas's temporal field|Strange energy emanations]] surrounded [[Mondas]], preventing the [[Time Lord]]s from being able to observe it from this point forward. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cyber Files (novel)|namedep=Timeline}})
* Circa 59,000 BC: the [[Gubbage Cone]]s were the dominant empire in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]. [[Gubbage Cone Empire|Their empire]] encompassed the [[silicon]] [[Excalbian]]s, the [[feathered people]] of [[Velopssi]], [[android]]s from [[Exo III]], the [[Lamp People]] of [[Badafex]], [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Ogron]]s, as well as [[Mire Beast]] fighting pits. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}})
* Circa 59,000 BC: the [[Gubbage Cone]]s were the dominant empire in [[Mutter's Spiral|the galaxy]]. [[Gubbage Cone Empire|Their empire]] encompassed the [[silicon]] [[Excalbian]]s, the [[feathered people]] of [[Velopssi]], [[android]]s from [[Exo III]], the [[Lamp People]] of [[Badafex]], [[Ice Warrior]]s and [[Ogron]]s, as well as [[Mire Beast]] fighting pits. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)}})
* 55,519 BC: [[Urbanka]]'s [[ozone layer]] collapsed, and [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]]'s ship departed on its first voyage to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
* 55,519 BC: [[Urbanka]]'s [[ozone layer]] collapsed, and [[Monarch (Four to Doomsday)|Monarch]]'s ship departed on its first voyage to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
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* 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
* 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
* Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}})
* Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}})
* 3000 BC:  
* 3000 BC:
** A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}})
** A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}})
** Around this year, an [[Iytean starship]] carrying [[Ned Hines|an Iytean criminal]] crashed on Earth and was buried by the [[Monitor (The Iytean Menace)|Monitor]] crew under what would later become [[London]]. Before a rescue mission could be mounted, the planet [[Iytea]] was wrecked in the [[Anar-Isari wars]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}})
** Around this year, an [[Iytean starship]] carrying [[Ned Hines|an Iytean criminal]] crashed on Earth and was buried by the [[Monitor (The Iytean Menace)|Monitor]] crew under what would later become [[London]]. Before a rescue mission could be mounted, the planet [[Iytea]] was wrecked in the [[Anar-Isari wars]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}})

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BC

BC or B.C. was an initialism (Before Christ) (PROSE: The Best of Days [+]Loading...["The Best of Days (short story)"]) used to designate an Earth year's position relative to the epoch known as AD. Sometimes BCE was used instead. (COMIC: Crossing the Rubicon [+]Loading...["Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)"], PROSE: The Ruby's Curse [+]Loading...["The Ruby's Curse (novel)"]) The phrase "before the birth of Christ" could also be used. (GAME: The Iytean Menace [+]Loading...["The Iytean Menace (game)"]) The term "BC" thus designated a negative number; 100 BC was ninety-nine years before 1 BC. Its positive counterpart was AD.

There was, however, a question as to whether the year 1 BC was followed by the year 0 or the year 1 AD. Some people, including the human chronologist Professor Wagg, clearly believed that 1 BC was followed by 0, allowing him to make the claim that the year 2000 was the first year of a new millennium, as did American journalists working for television station KKBE. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) The Eighth Doctor concurred with this opinion. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"], AUDIO: Relative Dimensions [+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (audio story)"]) However, the Sixth Doctor (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"]) and Dave Young (PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"]) both strongly argued that 1 BC was followed by 1 AD, thus making 2001 the start of the 3rd millennium.

The Time Lords placed Davros' life in the Thousand Year War up to the Fourth Doctor's incursion into Dalek history as concurrent to Earth's ancient history, prior to the 2nd century. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"])

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Earth around 6 billion years prior to 1974, on a Tuesday. (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])

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  • An inherently Christian designation, BC is not generally used in calendars of the traditionally non-Christian world. Consequently, some people use BCE (meaning "Before Common Era") for BC. CE (meaning "Common Era") as a substitute for AD. These largely cosmetic replacements are thought to avoid religious offence. However, Doctor Who fiction has typically remained loyal to the BC/AD convention. Even as late as the Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat eras, dialogue and on-screen graphics prefer the Christian convention, for example in televised stories The Fires of Pompeii, The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War and The Angels Take Manhattan.
  • In the real world, there is no year zero, so therefore 1 BC is immediately followed by 1 AD. Doctor Who fiction, however, is unclear as to this point.
  • On this wiki, templates and categories, both of which use, or are used in, mathematical formulae, assume the presence of a year zero, since the fiction of the Doctor Who universe allows it. Hence, we deem that the year 2000 is in the 21st century.
  • In The Doctor Who Role Playing Game, Gallifrey's TL time scale relates to the BC/AD dating system using the following mathematic formulas
    • When TL is greater than or equal to 70,709: A.D. = TL — 70,708, TL = A.D. + 70,708
    • When TL is less than 70,709: B.C. = 70,709 — TL, TL = 70,709 — B.C.

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