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In [[2004]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were known to be in a romantic relationship.  On [[31st December]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] missed a [[New Year's Eve]] party due to a mix-up involving Jackie's boyfriend.  ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
'''2004''' was a [[year]].
==Behind the scenes ==
=== [[January]] ===
* [[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]'' was first released. A new companion, [[C'rizz]], joins the [[Eighth Doctor]].
* [[7th January|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4 in the Australian market.
* [[17th January|17]] - [[Andrew Tourell]] (Constable [[Cummings]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') died.
* [[19th January|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 2 in the UK.


=== [[February]] ===
==Properties==
* [[DWN]]/[[PDA]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' was first published. This was a novelisation of the [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'' webcast. It was the first novelisation to be published since the novelisation of [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]] in [[1996]]. Considered part of the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line, the book includes a section detailing the making of the story.
Its corresponding year in the [[Huskix Cycle]] was [[HC 7818|7818]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear]]'' was first released.
* [[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'' was first published.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories|A Labyrinth of Histories - Protocols: Volume 6]]'' was first released. This concluded the six-part ''Protocols'' arc and also was the last ''Faction Paradox'' drama produced by BBV; hereafter [[Magic Bullet Productions]] takes over the series.
* [[7th February |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[26th February | 26]] - [[Russell Hunter]], who played [[Uvanov]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and the [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series, died from lung cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.


=== [[March]] ===
==Events==
* [[PDA]]: ''[[Empire of Death]]'' was first published. This was the final [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]] and, as of 2009, this was the most recent original novel to feature the Fifth Doctor.
===Dated===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom]]'' was first released.
On [[21 January]], [[NASA]]'s [[Mars rover]] ''[[Spirit (rover)|Spirit]]'' temporarily lost [[communication]] with [[Earth]] for [[2 (number)|two]] [[day]]s due to [[problem]]s with the [[computer]]'s [[memory]] or, as one source suggested, [[Ice Warrior]] interference. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
* [[TN]]: ''[[The Dalek Factor]]'' was first published. This novella, featuring an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor, was the final release in the [[Telos Doctor Who Novella]]s series, although the company would continue publishing books set in the [[Doctor Who Universe]] with its ''[[Time Hunter]]'' spin-off line.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice]]'' was first released. This audio drama launches an ongoing [[Big Finish Productions]] spin-off series, ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'', starring [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9]].
* [[1st March|1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[2nd March|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[3rd March |3]] - [[Sheila Dunn]], widow of [[Douglas Camfield]], who had played [[Blossom Lefavre]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', a [[telephone operator (The Invasion)|telephone operator]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'', and [[Petra Williams]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'', died.
* [[18th March|18]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Tunnel at the End of the Light]]'' was first published.
* [[20th March|20]] - The BBC announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]] had been cast as [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] in the new series.<ref name="Nighly in Who">[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bill-nighy-in-doctor-who.html The Doctor Who News Page - Bill Nighly in Doctor Who] <small>accessed 27th March 2011</small></ref>
** The same day, the ''Daily Mail'' ran an erroneous story indicating that [[Bill Nighy]] has been cast as the Doctor.<ref name="Nighly in Who"/> (Nighy was eventually cast in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as a guest star.)
* [[27th March |27]] - [[Peter Diamond]], who had played numerous roles and many the stunts on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series, died from a stroke in [[Wikipedia:Wakefield|Wakefield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]].


=== [[April]] ===
In [[April]], the billionaire businessman [[Neil Redmond]] was left severely disabled and disfigured after a serious [[car]] accident in the south of [[France]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Uncanny Valley (audio story)}})
* [[EDA]]: ''[[Halflife]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Square One]]'' and [[BFG]]: ''[[The Inquiry]]'' are first released.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved...]]'' was first published.
* [[8th April | 8]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[19th April | 19]] - [[Philip Locke]] ([[Bigon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') died.


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


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'' was first published.
On [[8 June]], [[Ian Chesterton]] witnessed the [[Transit of Venus]] from [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Transit of Venus (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'' was first released.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[A Blind Eye]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Exterminators]]'' was first released, launching [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Big Hunt]]'' was first published. This was first full-length novel in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series]] to be published in more than 2 years.
* [[3rd May|3]] - [[Anthony Ainley]], who plays [[the Master]] in various stories from 1981 to 1985 and in the ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' computer game died at [[Harrow]] in [[London]]. He had recently recorded commentary for the DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', which ultimately would not see release until several years after his death.
* [[10th May|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released on DVD in region 2 in the UK.


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


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' was first published.
On [[29 September]], the [[asteroid]] [[4179 Toutatis]] passed within [[4 (number)|four]] [[Moon|lunar]] distances of [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Harvest]]'' was first released. A new companion for the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Hex]], was introduced.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Life Science]]'' was first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Healers]]'' was first released.
* [[1st June | 1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[10th June|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th June|17]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Clockwork Woman]]'' was first published.
* [[18th June|18]] - [[Frederick Jaeger]], who played [[Jano]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'', Professor [[Sorenson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'', and Professor [[Marius]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', died in [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
* [[19th June|19]] - [[Colin McCormack]], who portrayed the Commander in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'', died in Middlesex, England following a battle with cancer.
* [[23rd June|23]] - [[Peter Birrel]], who appeared as the [[Draconian Prince]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', died in Bath, England after losing a battle with cancer.
* [[26th June|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' episode one was repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the sixties.


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


* [[PDA]]: ''[[Synthespians&trade;]]'' was first published.
Just before [[Christmas]], the Ninth Doctor said something in [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]] to [[Shopkeeper (Have You Seen This Man?)|a shopkeeper]] in a [[souk]] in [[Marrakech]], while [[Thomas Vaughan (Have You Seen This Man?)|Thomas Vaughan]] watched; Thomas later wrote about his encounter on Doctor Who?. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Survivors]]'' was first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life Worth Living]]'' was first published.
* [[5th July|5]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18th July|18]] - A new era begins as filming commences on the new BBC Wales production of ''Doctor Who''. This was the first time ''Doctor Who'' has been in production in any form since February 1996 (when production of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] ended) and August 1989 when filming of the original TV series concluded. [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[Billie Piper]] take their first bows in front of the cameras as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. (date per ''[[Project Who]]'').
* [[31st July |31]] - [[Robert James]], who played [[Lesterson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and the [[High Priest]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.


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


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Sleep of Reason]]'' was first published.
On [[25 December]], Ruby Sunday was discovered by a [[Vicar (The Church on Ruby Road)|vicar]] just after the stroke of [[midnight]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}}) On the same day, the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] became trapped in a [[time loop]] in the home of [[George Smythe]], his wife [[Patricia Smythe|Patricia]] and his two children, [[Josie Smythe|Josie]] and [[Mark Smythe|Mark]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Every Day (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''is first published.
* [[5th August | 05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.


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


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]'' was first published.
===Undated===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Faith Stealer]]'' was first released.
Other notable events which took place in 2004 included the aftermath of the [[Iraq War]], [[Arsenal]] winning the [[Premier League]], [[flood]]s in [[Boscastle]], and the [[2004 Olympics]], in which [[Mallika Montgomery]] won the [[silver medal]] in the [[long jump]]. [[Ian Glendennis]] was a [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] [[commentator]] for the games. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Demons]]'' was first released.
* [[6th September|06]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2]]'' was first released.
* [[10th September |10]] - [[Glyn Owen]] ([[Rohm-Dutt]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'') died from a cancer-related illness in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
* [[20th September |20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.


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


* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial]]'' was first published.
[[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] visited [[Manchester (city)|Manchester]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shape of Things (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Last]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]'' and [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'' are first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Warriors]]'' was first released.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox|Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1]]'' was first published
* [[Geoffrey Cheshire]], who played numerous roles on the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series and also played a [[Roboman]] in the film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', died.
* [[7th October | 07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th October | 17]] - 25th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[19th October | 19]] - [[THN]]: ''[[Kitsune]]'' was first published.


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


* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'' was first published.
Elsewhere in the [[universe]], the [[Battle of Ygnbnbby]] took place in the year [[HC 7818|7818]] of the Huskix Cycle, which corresponded with Earth year 2004. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Caerdroia]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Future]]'' was first released, concluding [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia]]'' was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', 2nd edition, was first published.
* [[1st November|01]] - ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'', a DVD box set spotlighting incomplete stories from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras was released in the UK.
* [[2nd November|02]] - The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD collection was issued in Region 1, only a day after the UK release (the first time Region 1 and Region 2 have coincided so closely).
* [[7th November|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[22nd November|22]] - [[Russell T Davies]] was interviewed by Phil Williams on BBC Radio 5 about the new series.


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


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


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


* [[Alec Wallis]], played Ldg. Telegraphist [[Bowman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' and [[Warner]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', died.
In an [[alternate timeline]], [[Ralph (Suburban Hell)|Ralph]] and [[Belinda (Suburban Hell)|Belinda]] were married. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Suburban Hell (audio story)}})
* [[RP]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising]]'' was first released.
* Throughout the year there was considerable media coverage and fan speculation surrounding the announced return of ''Doctor Who'' to television, especially as production of the first season begins. It was announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]], a noted actor best known for appearances in films such as ''Elizabeth'', ''Jude'' and ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', will play the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Eyebrows are raised when it was announced that [[Billie Piper]], a well-known pop star of the late 90s/early 2000s, would play the Doctor's new companion, [[Rose Tyler]]. It was announced that no crossover with [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] was planned at this point, nor are any other past companions expected to appear in the new series. Initially there are media reports that due to rights issues the [[Dalek]]s would not be appearing in the new series, but after these are worked out it was announced that the iconic creatures would indeed appear in the new series. A surprisingly controversial aspect of the new series was the unveiling of a new series logo, which provokes extremely negative response from some fans, with BBC News even reporting that some behind-the-scenes personal had received threats over it.
* The announced series revival results in [[Richard E. Grant]]'s version of the Ninth Doctor being deemed non-canonical by the BBC and future "[[Shalka Doctor]]" projects are shelved, including a planned DVD release of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''.
* [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]: [[The Prisoner]]'', a 20-minute short play, was included on the CD release ''Paul Darrow: The Actor Speaks''. Chronologically, it occurs after the events of [[MB]]: ''[[Checkmate]]''.


==Footnotes==
==Births and deaths==
{{reflist}}
===Dated===
In [[November]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] was killed by [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] in [[the Forge]]'s alpha facility in [[Dartmoor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus}})
 
[[Ruby Sunday]] was born on [[24 December]] in [[Manchester]], at approximately [[2 (number)|2]][[PM]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)}})
 
===Undated===
[[Ray Charles]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
 
[[Ian Glendennis' son]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
 
==Other==
2004 briefly disappeared from [[history]] when [[Richard Somerset]], a [[Time Agent]], attempted to erase [[Maria Hackett]]'s [[memory]] of the year after she rejected his romantic feelings for her, but instead achieved the opposite effect due to his [[Time Adjuster]] being damaged. As a result, residents of [[Earth]] in [[2019]], with the exception of Maria, had neither [[memory]] nor documented evidence of any event which took place in this year. The year was restored after the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] fixed Richard's adjuster. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
 
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2004 was a year.

Properties

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

Events

Dated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Undated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other realities

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

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

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

Births and deaths

Dated

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

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

Undated

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

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

Other

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

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