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==Doctor Who Universe==
'''2001''' was a [[year]].
===February===
*[[6th February|6]] - [[Fitz Kreiner]] travelled to Belgium and met [[Anji Kapoor]] and her boyfriend; [[Dave Young]]. They became embroiled in a [[Kulan]] plot. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
*[[8th February|8]] - [[Fitz Kreiner]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
===Unknown Dates===
*A highly advanced breed of [[Cybermen]] invaded the [[Earth]] ''en masse'', but were defeated by [[Eighth Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Destrii]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood]]'')
*[[Samuel Lloyd]]'s parents die in a car crash. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
''The following takes place before February 6''
*[[Fitz Kreiner]] was dropped in [[London]] by [[Compassion]] to meet the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis' Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
==Behind the scenes==
== Events ==
===[[January]]===
=== Dated ===
==== January - February ====
Sometime before 6 February, [[Fitz Kreiner]] was dropped in [[London]] by [[Compassion]] to meet the Eighth Doctor at the [[St Louis Bar and Restaurant]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Last of the Titans]]'' was first released as an exclusive CD with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', the first of several DWM-exclusive audio dramas. It was also the first single-episode/short Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' story. The CD also includes Episode 1 of [[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]''.
On [[6 February]], Fitz travelled to [[Belgium]] and met [[Anji Kapoor]] and her boyfriend, [[Dave Young]]. They became embroiled in a [[Kulan]] plot. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Storm Warning]]'' was first released. This was the first [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama to feature [[Paul McGann]] as the [[Eighth Doctor]], beginning a long series of productions (continuing into 2009) picking up where the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] left off. First appearance of companion [[Charley Pollard]].
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Gods of the Underworld|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld]]'' was first published.
* [[7th January|7]] - [[Lorne Cossette]] died.
* [[8th January|08]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Father Time]]'' was first published. Introduction of [[Miranda Dawkins]], the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor's]] adopted daughter, who subsequently stars in a comic book series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel]]'' was first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]''.
* [[15th January|15]] - Wikipedia, an attempt at a free-content online encyclopedia, was launched, and within a few years becomes a dominant source for online information, eventaully leading to the creation of the Wikia websites which borrow Wikipedia's format - one of which would be the Tardis Wikia, launched in 2005. By the fall of 2001, articles on the Doctor Who franchise begin to appear on Wikipedia. Although not officially recognized as an influence by its founders, the concept of Wikipedia was often compared to that of ''The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', the repository of all knowledge which was conceived by one-time ''Doctor Who'' script writer/editor [[Douglas Adams]].
* [[29th January|29]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' was released to DVD in the UK; discounting ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', this was the first [[Third Doctor]] story to be released in the format.
===[[February]]===
On [[8 February]], Fitz met the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]'' was first released.
==== June - September ====
* [[CP]]: ''[[The Cat Who Walked Through Time]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, was first published.
On [[31 July]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Brave New Town (audio story)}}) [[Mary Miller]] got her daughter, [[Lucie Miller|Lucie]], a pair of [[rollerblade]]s for her thirteenth [[birthday]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Revolution Game (audio story)}})
* [[5th February|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' was first published, the sixth and final book in the Earth Arc. [[Fitz Kreiner]] rejoins as companion, and [[Anji Kapoor]] becomes a new companion.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]'' was first published.
* [[7th February|07]] - ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' publishes its 300th issue.
* [[26th February|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was released to DVD in the UK; the first [[Seventh Doctor]] story to be released in this format.
===[[March]]===
On [[23 August]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] was reported missing by her family. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Stones of Venice]]'' was first released.
On [[11 September]], the [[World Trade Center]] was destroyed in a [[terrorism|terrorist]] attack, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Longest Night (audio story)}}) an event that would go on to be known as [[9/11]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I Was a Monster!!! (short story)}}, {{cs|The Danger Men (novel)}})
* [[CP]]: ''[[Missing Pieces]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[5th March|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Rags]]'' was first published.
* [[19th March|19]] - [[Norman Mitchell]], who played one of the [[police]]men in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', died in [[Wikipedia:Downham Market|Downham Market]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]].
===[[April]]===
On [[Halloween]], [[Clara Oswald]] went to a [[Halloween party|party]], during which she got lost in a forest while playing a game of [[hide and seek]] with her friends, and was inadvertently whisked away on an adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]], her [[memory]] of which was erased due to her encountering him earlier than intended. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'' was first released.
==== November - December ====
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal]]'' was first published.
In [[November]], [[Tony Blair]] visited several of [[York]]'s tourist attractions and local businesses. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight}})
* [[2nd April|02]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Vanishing Point]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Glass]]'' was first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases audio recordings of [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''.
* [[17th April|17]] - [[Terry Scully]] ([[Fewsham]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') died from a stroke in Wiltshire, England.
* [[27th April|27]] - [[Tom Baker]] appears on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Dead Ringers'', where he encounters soundalike [[Jon Culshaw]].
===[[May]]===
Shortly after Blair's visit to York, the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] got takeaway at ''[[the Slow Boat]]''. After [[William Abberton|Nimrod]] mortally injured [[Eddie (Project: Twilight)|Eddie]], the Doctor and Evelyn got involved in the conflict between [[the Forge]] and their [[vampire]] super-soldiers. The Doctor helped [[Amelia Doory]] purify the [[Twilight Virus]] so it could be reverse engineered into an antidote. However, Amelia was just using the Doctor. Amelia planned to convert all of London into vampires by pouring the virus into the water supply, but was killed by the Doctor before she could. During these events, Cassandra Schofield was infected with the purified virus and became the only member of a new breed of superior vampires. The Doctor and Evelyn took Schofield to [[Norway]], where she could live as a vampire away from sunlight and civilisation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Twilight (audio story)|Project: Twilight}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Loups-Garoux]]'' was first released.
Also in November, [[Marnal]] wrote part of [[The Monkey to Time saga|''The Monkey to Time'' saga]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})
* [[CP]]: ''[[Walking in Eternity]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[7th May|07]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'' was first published.
* [[11th May|11]] - Death of [[Douglas Adams]], writer of a few [[Doctor Who]] scripts and script editor of [[Season 17]]. Best known for creating ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', which has been referenced numerous times by the franchise.
* [[12th May|12]] - [[Norman Kay]] died.
* [[22nd May|22]] - [[Jack Watling]], ''Doctor Who'' guest star and father of [[Deborah Watling]], died.
===[[June]]===
On [[23 November]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}) Clara Oswald celebrated her [[15 (number)|fifteenth]] [[birthday]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'' was first released.
On [[27 November]], the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] discovered a [[hydrogen]] [[atmosphere]] on the [[planet]] [[Osiris]], [[capital]] of the [[Osiran|Osiran Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[Invasion of the Daleks]]'' was first released, launching the first of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Dalek Empire (Big Finish)|Dalek Empire]]'' spin-off series.
* [[4th June|04]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Superior Beings]]'' was first published.
* [[18th June|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani]]'' was released to DVD in the UK; discounting the special case of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', this was the first solo [[Fifth Doctor]] story to be released in the format.
* [[28th June|28]] - [[Joan Sims]] died.
===[[July]]===
For [[Christmas]], [[Donna Noble]] received a bottle of [[Odeur Delaware]] as a gift from her mother [[Sylvia Noble]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Widow's Curse (comic story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Bloodtide]]'' was first released.
=== Undated ===
* [[CP]]: ''[[LifeDeath]]'', a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, was first published.
[[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)|Dr. Who]] and [[Jason (Conundrum)|Jason]] attempted to kill [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}) This year was the beginning of the [[Ghost Point]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* [[2nd July|02]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Slow Empire]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'' was first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] reissues the 1979 audio version of [[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' and the radio play [[BBCR]]: ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' on CD.
** [[BBC Audio]] issues an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]''.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[3rd July|03]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]], original arranger of the [[Doctor Who theme]], died.
* [[13th July|13]] - The BBC enters new territory with ''Doctor Who'' with the uploading of the very first original made-for-Internet story, the "pilot episode" of [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'', featuring the return of [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] in what was basically a [[Big Finish Productions]]-style audio drama with limited animation. The series resumes in February 2002; ultimately 13 installments will be released.
===[[August]]===
An attempted [[Sontaran]] invasion of Earth was foiled by an Earth defence force led by [[Gareth Jenkins (A Fix with Sontarans)|Gareth Jenkins]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|A Fix with Sontarans (home video)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Twilight|Project: Twilight]]'' was first released.
The Eighth Doctor and [[Izzy Sinclair]] visited London. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fallen (comic story)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[The Human Factor]]'' was first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Infernal Nexus|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus]]'' was first published.
* [[6th August|06]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Dark Progeny]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'' was first published.
* [[13th August|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', the 1996 TV movie, was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18th August|18]] - [[Tom Watson]], who played [[Ramo]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', died in [[Wikipedia:St. Andrews|St. Andrews]], [[Scotland]], from [[cancer]].
* [[20th August|20]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Regeneration]]'' was published in paperback.
===[[September]]===
The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Martin Ashcroft]], Sir [[Jack Merrivale]] and [[Johanna Bourke]] recorded a commentary on ''[[Doctor Demonic's Tales of Terror]]'' for its 25th anniversary [[DVD]] release. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Special Features (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'' was first released. A new audio-only companion for the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Erimem]], was introduced.
A [[Woman in Omaha|woman]] in [[Omaha]] began knitting what, by [[28 April]] [[2019]], would go on to be the world's longest [[scarf]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Lapse (short story)}})
* [[1st September|01]] - [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'': ''[[Occam's Razor]]'' was first released. This was the first in a series of audio dramas by [[Magic Bullet Productions]] in the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series, based upon characters from [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]''.
* [[3rd September|03]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The City of the Dead]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Psi-ence Fiction]]'' was first published.
* [[9th September|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' are all released to DVD in Region 1 (North America). These are the first ''Doctor Who'' DVD releases in that part of the world, and begin an ongoing series of releases by the North American arm of [[BBC Video]] (in conjunction with Warner Home Video) that continues into 2011.
* [[11th September|11]] - The September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Though never explicitly stated to have occurred in the [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] they may be said to be vaguely implied in a couple of episodes. [[Harriet Jones]]' refusal to let the American president turn the [[Christmas]] [[2006]] [[Sycorax]] invasion into ''another'' war, and [[Donna Noble]]'s reference to "Gitmo" obliquely refer to some of the real world consequences of September 11. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') Nevertheless, these references alone are not enough to confirm that the real life September 11th attacks occurred in the DWU.
On [[16 January]], [[Dale Hicks]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})
===[[October]]===
On [[6 June]], [[Belial (The Book of the War)|William Crow Dog]] was born at the [[Pine Ridge Reservation hospital]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'' was first released.
Untold numbers of people were killed in the [[9/11]] terror attacks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Touched by an Angel (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Longest Night (audio story)}})
* [[BBV]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire|The Eleven Day Empire - Protocols: Volume 1]]'' and [[BBV]]: ''[[The Shadow Play|The Shadow Play - Protocols: Volume 2]]'' are first released, launching a series of [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] audio dramas.
* [[1st October|01]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'' was first published. This was the 50th novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'' was first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] releases an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' in a special edition that also includes raw recordings of the episodes (without linking narration) and CD-ROM content including the scripts.
* [[15th October|15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' was released to DVD in the UK; the first [[Sixth Doctor]] story released in this format.
* [[18th October|18]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Scripts 1974/75]]'' was first published by [[BBC Books]]. This was an annotated collection of complete scripts from [[Season 12]].
* [[26th October|26]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: On Location]]'' was first published.
* [[31st October|31]] - [[Jenny Laird]] died.
===[[November]]===
=== Undated ===
[[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] was born. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Primeval]]'' was first released.
[[Samuel Lloyd]]'s parents were killed in a car accident. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[["Death to the Daleks!"]]'' was first released.
* [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who 2]]'' was first published.
* [[5th November|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'' was first published.
* [[13th November|13]] - [[Peggy Mount]] died.
* [[21st November|21]] - The first [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] article on ''Doctor Who'' was uploaded. For the remainder of the decade hundreds of articles on the franchise will appear on the user-generated reference website. The establishment of the "Wiki" format popularized by Wikipedia also gives rise to many topic-specific "wiki" websites, including the Doctor Who TARDIS Index File site on Wikia.
* [[23rd November |23]] - [[TN]]: ''[[Time and Relative]]'' was first published. This was the first release of a series of hardcover (later including paperback) novellas published by [[Telos Publishing]] and licensed by the BBC (which continues to publish full-length novels under its [[BBC Books]] line). Telos releases will be limited in distribution and most will include deluxe editions with autographs.
* [[29th November|29]] - Former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[wikipedia:George Harrison|George Harrison]], who appeared as himself in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', died from lung [[cancer]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].
===[[December]]===
== Other ==
By [[1997]], the first [[manned flight]] from [[Earth]] to [[Jupiter]] was being planned for 2001. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The One Doctor]]'' was first released.
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[11th December|11]] - [[Alan Fennell]] died.
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* [[20th December|20]] - [[Edward Evans]] died.
According to a minigame on the [[Torchwood House (tie-in website)|Torchwood House website]], strange signals began being detected by the [[Torchwood Institute]] coming from the {{w|Tycho crater}} in this year. <ref>[https://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/observatory.htm Torchwood House - Observatory]</ref>
* [[21st December|21]] - [[Kevin Manser]], who operated [[Dalek]]s in numerous episodes of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and also in the [[Dr. Who and the Daleks|first Dalek film]] starring [[Peter Cushing]], died in New South Wales, [[Australia]], from cancer of the bowel.
* [[28th December|28]] - 20th anniversary of the broadcast of [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', the pilot for ''[[K-9 and Company]]''.
===Unknown dates===
== Footnotes ==
*[[Bill McGuirk]] died.
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*Broadband internet becomes commercially available in some parts of the world. Broadband was one of the technologies that [[Henry van Statten]] claims to have "created" on the back of scavenged alien technology. However the episode in question, ''[[Dalek (TV story)]]'' makes no reference to a specific date, and therefore a real life 2001 date can't be said to exist in the DWU.
On Halloween, Clara Oswald went to a party, during which she got lost in a forest while playing a game of hide and seek with her friends, and was inadvertently whisked away on an adventure with the Eleventh Doctor, her memory of which was erased due to her encountering him earlier than intended. (PROSE: Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest[+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the Enchanted Forest (short story)"])
November - December
In November, Tony Blair visited several of York's tourist attractions and local businesses. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight[+]Loading...["Project Twilight (audio story)","Project: Twilight"])
Shortly after Blair's visit to York, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe got takeaway at the Slow Boat. After Nimrod mortally injured Eddie, the Doctor and Evelyn got involved in the conflict between the Forge and their vampire super-soldiers. The Doctor helped Amelia Doory purify the Twilight Virus so it could be reverse engineered into an antidote. However, Amelia was just using the Doctor. Amelia planned to convert all of London into vampires by pouring the virus into the water supply, but was killed by the Doctor before she could. During these events, Cassandra Schofield was infected with the purified virus and became the only member of a new breed of superior vampires. The Doctor and Evelyn took Schofield to Norway, where she could live as a vampire away from sunlight and civilisation. (AUDIO: Project: Twilight[+]Loading...["Project Twilight (audio story)","Project: Twilight"])
Untold numbers of people were killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel[+]Loading...["Touched by an Angel (novel)"], AUDIO: The Longest Night[+]Loading...["The Longest Night (audio story)"])
