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Throughout '''1999''', much concern was raised on [[Earth]] over a feared [[computer]] glitch known as Y2K or the Millennium Bug, which had the potential to cause technological havoc as clocks changed from 1999 to 2000 (the "00" in the date being expected to cause problems for many computer systems). The concern ended up being unfounded, though not without a little help from one, or possibly two incarnations of [[the Doctor]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Millennium Shock]]'')
'''1999''' was a [[year]].


==[[Doctor Who Universe]]==
== Events ==
===[[May]]===
=== Dated ===
*[[12th May|12]] - [[Adelaide Brooke]] was born in [[Finchley]], [[North London]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'')
==== Before New Year's Eve ====
On [[12 May]], [[Adelaide Brooke]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Waters of Mars (TV story)}})


===[[December]]===
In [[June]], [[Rosa Parks]] received a [[Congressional Medal]] from [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]. According to the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], this recognised her as a living icon for [[freedom]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rosa (TV story)}})
* Late December - The [[Sixth Doctor]] saved Earth from [[Saraquazel]], a being from [[After-Universe|after the universe]], and his servant, [[Ashley Chapel]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'')


*[[30th December|30]] - The [[Seventh Doctor]], en route to [[Gallifrey]] with the remains of [[the Master]], was forced to land [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in [[San Francisco]] and was caught in the crossfire of a gangland shooting. Inexperience of the [[Time Lord]] form meant that his surgeon, [[Grace Holloway]], accidentally killed him. The Master escaped into the city. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
On [[31 July]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] encountered [[Bane (Dominion)|The Bane]] in [[Sweden]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dominion (novel)}})


*[[31st December|31]]
[[File:Seventh Doctor final scream of life.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Seventh Doctor]] dies. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})]]
**The Doctor regenerated into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. The Master took [[Bruce]] [[The Master (Bruce)|as a host]]. The Master opened the [[Eye of Harmony]] and the Earth started to fluctuate. The Doctor managed to close the eye, the Master being consumed by it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
On [[30 December]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], en route to [[Gallifrey]] with the remains of {{Tipple}}, was forced to land [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] in [[San Francisco]] and was caught in the crossfire of a gangland shooting. Ignorance of the [[Time Lord]] form meant that his surgeon, [[Grace Holloway]], accidentally killed him. The Master escaped into the city. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}})
**The Seventh Doctor and [[Mel]] crashed a party hosted by the [[Auton]] [[Alisha Hammerson]], and prevented another invasion by the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[Plastic Millennium]]'')
**The [[Fourth Doctor]] stopped the millennium bug (probably with a little help from his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth incarnation]]) just as the [[New Year]] arrived. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Millennium Shock]]'')
**While [[Jack Harkness]] fought a "[[Millennium Bug]]" of his own, [[Alex Hopkins]] killed the rest of his [[Torchwood Three]] team, then killed himself after Jack returned, just as the New Year arrived. Harkness subsequently took over Torchwood Three ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')
**[[Dave Young]] spent the entire evening trying to convince his girlfriend, [[Anji Kapoor]], that the millennium wouldn't actually begin for another year. Kapoor, for her part, thought this extreme pedantry meant their relationship was in trouble. This incident would lead to her insisting on [[New Year's Eve]] [[2000]] that the two of them spend [[2001]] doing "Wild and Spontaneous Things' —the result of which was the couple spontaneously going to [[Belgium]] in [[February]] [[2001]]. There, she met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and began [[companion|travelling with him]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
:''Due to time zone differences, the above events technically occurred hours prior to the incident in San Francisco.''


===Behind the scenes===
On the same day the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Melanie Bush]] arrived in [[London]]. Mel visited her class reunion, while the Doctor reintroduced himself to [[Anne Travers]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}})
References in the Doctor Who Universe tend to indicate the year [[2000]] is the start of the millennium, rather than [[2001]], the technical start of that millennium.


==Real World==
==== New Year's Eve ====
===[[January]]===
Several things happened on [[31 December]].
* [[4th January|04]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'' is first published.


===[[February]]===
The Seventh Doctor [[regenerate]]d into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]] after the surgery almost destroyed the regenerative process, leaving the Eighth Doctor suffering from post-regeneration amnesia. {{Roberts|n=The Master}} took paramedic [[Bruce Gerhardt]] as a host and his first action was to murder [[Miranda Gerhardt|Bruce's wife]] after she saw the Master's eyes and screamed. With the assistance of [[Chang Lee]] and Grace, {{Roberts}} opened the [[Eye of Harmony]]. Opening the Eye destabilised [[Earth]]'s physics and the Master used it to begin stealing the Doctor's lives. The Doctor helped Grace put the TARDIS in a [[temporal orbit]], draining the power from the Eye and thwarting the Master. After the Master killed Grace and Lee, the Master fought the Doctor and fell into the Eye. The TARDIS reversed Lee and Grace's deaths and closed the Eye. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Novel of the Film (novelisation)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' is first published.
* [[1st February|01]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Taint]]'' is first published. [[Fitz Kreiner]] becomes a companion.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin]]'' is first published.
* [[9th February|09]] - [[Buddy Windrush]], aka Bryan Mosley, who played the [[prop man (The Daleks' Master Plan) |prop man]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' and a [[pirate]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'', dies in [[Wikipedia:Shipley|Shipley]], [[England]].


===[[March]]===
The Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]] crashed a party hosted by the [[Auton]] [[Alisha Hammerson]] and prevented another invasion by the [[Nestene Consciousness]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Plastic Millenium (comic story)}})
* [[ST]]: ''[[More Short Trips]]'' anthology is first published.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[Ghosts (audio)|Ghosts]]'' is first released. This entry in [[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]] series sees several major changes made to characters, in order to further distance them from BBC-owned properties. [[Sylvester McCoy]]'s character is now called The Dominie and is given a background different from that of The Doctor, while [[Sophie Aldred]]'s character is now called Alice.
* [[1st March|01]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'' is first published.
* [[6th March|06]] - [[Graham Armitage]], who played [[Barney (The Macra Terror) |Barney]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'', dies in [[South Africa]].
* [[12th March|12]] - ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a serialized spoof based upon ''Doctor Who'', is broadcast as part of the BBC's [[Comic Relief]] appeal. The special stars [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the "Ninth" Doctor, [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[The Master]] and is written by [[Steven Moffat]] -- his first televised work with the franchise. Also featured is [[Joanna Lumley]] as the first female incarnation of the Doctor ever featured in a BBC-sanctioned production (and the last until [[Arabella Weir]] in [[Doctor Who Unbound]]). The special is also webcast - the first original ''Doctor Who''-related production to be distributed this way.


===[[April]]===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] stopped the millennium bug just as the [[New Year]] arrived. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennium Shock (novel)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]'' is first published.
* [[5th April|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Revolution Man]]'' is first published.
* [[26th April|26]] - [[PDA]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'' is first published.


===[[May]]===
While [[Jack Harkness]] fought a "[[Millennium Bug]]" of his own, [[Alex Hopkins]] killed the rest of his [[Torchwood Three]] team, then himself after Jack returned, just as the New Year arrived in [[Cardiff]]'s time zone. Harkness subsequently took over Torchwood Three. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}) Alex also spoke to [[Yvonne Hartman]] at [[Torchwood One]] of his epiphany beforehand on the [[phone]], as he shot the team. This incident made her realise that the [[Torchwood Institute]] needed a stronger leader to face the 21st century. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|One Rule (audio story)}})
* [[BBV]]: ''[[Only Human (audio)|Only Human]]'' is first released. Last episode of [[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]] to feature [[Sophie Aldred]].
* [[10th May|10]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Dominion]]'' is first published.
* [[24th May|24]] - [[PDA]]: ''[[Millennium Shock]]'' is first published.
* [[27th May |27]] - [[Donald Morley]], who played [[Jules Renan]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', dies.


===[[June]]===
[[Dave Young]] spent the entire evening trying to convince his girlfriend, [[Anji Kapoor]], that the millennium would not actually begin for another year. Kapoor, for her part, thought this extreme pedantry meant their relationship was in trouble. This incident led to her insisting on [[New Year's Eve]] [[2000]] that the two of them spend [[2001]] doing "Wild and Spontaneous Things' —the result of which was the couple spontaneously going to [[Belgium]] in [[February]] [[2001]]. There, she met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and began [[companion|travelling with him]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' is first published.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[The Choice]]'' is first released, the first of two audio dramas in the [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]] series starring [[Lalla Ward]] as "The Mistress" (though implied to be [[Romana]]) and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II|K9]].
* [[7th June|07]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]'' is first published.
* [[30th June|30]] - ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' #279 features the first installment of a new monthly feature called the Time Team. In the feature, a group of fans set themselves the task of viewing and reviewing every televised ''Doctor Who'' story produced between 1963 and the TV movie of 1996. The Time Team eventually completes this project in DWM #416, published in December [[2009]].


=== [[July]] ===
The [[Renegade Time Lord|renegade]] [[Time Lord|Time Lady]] [[Iris Wildthyme]] and her companion [[Panda]] arrived in San Francisco in [[Iris Wildthyme's TARDIS|her TARDIS]]. Immediately after their arrival, Iris spilled [[gin]] into the bus' control and out into [[Time Vortex]], resulting in various different versions of Panda from [[parallel universe|alternative realities]] crossing over into the primary universe. With the assistance of [[George Strangeways|Dr. George Strangeways]], Iris was able to close the rift, though not before the Panda from the primary universe had been dragged into it. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Panda Invasion (audio story)}}) Iris travelled to this date on at least four other occasions and recorded five different [[diary]] entries across three different [[journal]]s from 31 December 1999. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Most Faithful Panda in the World (short story)}})


* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', a multi-Doctor story co-starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], is released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama is the first release by [[Big Finish Productions]] under its new licence with the [[BBC]], allowing them to produce officially sanctioned audio productions featuring concepts and cast members from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (Big Finish had already released audio dramas featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]].) The Big Finish line would prosper over the next decade and help fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to [[2005]], and would continue even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish will score a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Paul McGann]].
At midnight [[Ashley Chapel]] summoned [[Saraquazel]], a being from [[after-universe|after the universe]]. [[Anne Travers]] summoned the [[Great Intelligence]] at the exact same time, leading to the two multi-dimensional entities colliding. This created the [[Great Kingdom]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}})
* [[5th July|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'' is first published.


===[[August]]===
"[[Dara Morgan]]" registered [[MorganTech]] as a company, and made his first public appearance on a television interview. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Beautiful Chaos (novel)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' is first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Affect]]'', a memoir by onetime [[K9]] assistant operator [[Stephen Cambden]], is first published.
* [[BBC Audio]], after a six-year hiatus, resumes reissuing audio recordings of ''Doctor Who'' stories that no longer exist in complete visual form in the BBC Archives. Previously, these recordings were issued exclusively on twin cassette, but they're now also being released on CD. Released this month: [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve]]'', which is released under the shorter title, ''The Massacre''.
* [[2nd August|02]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'' and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'' are both first published, the first and only two-volume [[BBC Books]] story. Introduction of new companion [[Compassion]]. The [[Third Doctor]] also appears. Due to both EDA books coming out at once, there is no Past Doctors Adventure this month.


===[[September]]===
=== Undated ===
* [[BBV]]: ''[[The Search]]'', the second and last episode of [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]], is first released.
Throughout 1999, much concern was raised on [[Earth]] over a feared [[computer]] glitch known as [[Y2K bug]] or the Millennium Bug. This had the potential to cause technological havoc as [[clock]]s changed from 1999 to 2000 (the "00" in the date being expected to cause problems for many computer systems). The concern ended up being unfounded, though not without some help from one, or possibly two incarnations of [[the Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennium Shock (novel)}})
* [[6th September|06]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[City at World's End]]'' is first published.
* Dance instrumentalists Flytronix + Shere Khan releases the 12-inch single "Tardis", which incorporates sound effects from the TV series, on Moving Shadow Records.


===[[October]]===
[[Johnny Chess]]'s first novel, ''[[Neurotic Boy Outsider]]'', was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[The Joy Device]]'' is first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Phantasmagoria]]'' is released. First solo [[Fifth Doctor]] audio adventure.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Nine Lives of Doctor Who]]'' is first published.
* The first edition of [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who]]'', a long running guide to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, is published.
* [[1st October|1]] - [[Noel Johnson]], who played King [[Thous]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' and [[Charles Grover]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', dies.
* [[4th October|04]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' is first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' is first published.
* [[17th October|17]] - 20th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[30th October|30]] - [[Cavan Kendall]], who played [[Achilles]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', dies.
* [[31st October|31]] - "[[Wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror X|Treehouse of Horror X]]", an episode of the American series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is broadcast. The episode includes a cameo appearance by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who is kidnapped along with other TV icons such as Xena, by the [[Wikipedia:Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy]].


===[[November]]===
[[Jack Harkness]] met [[Neil Redmond]] in [[Miami]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Uncanny Valley (audio story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Whispers of Terror]]'' is released. First solo [[Sixth Doctor]] audio adventure. [[Nicola Bryant]] begins a prolific stint with [[Big Finish Productions]], voicing many audios as [[Peri Brown]] for both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors.
* [[REF]]: ''[[A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television]]'' by noted literary critic [[wikipedia:John Kenneth Muir|John Kenneth Muir]], is first published.
* [[1st November|01]] - [[PDA]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'' is first published.
** [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' becomes the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to be released to DVD by [[BBC Video]] when it is released in the digital format in the UK. This starts an extensive and long-running series of archival DVD releases chronicling the series that continues for more than a decade.
* [[13th November|13]] - [[Tom Baker]] and [[Douglas Adams]] discuss ''Doctor Who'' on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Today''.
** ''Doctor Who'' is featured on the cover of the ''[[Radio Times]]'', promoting upcoming rebroadcasts of classic episodes.
* [[28th November|28]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds]]'' is first published.


===[[December]]===
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] fought the [[Mandragora Helix]] in [[London]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)}})
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' is first published, bringing to a close the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] series of books, which began as the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series in 1991. The publication of this book ends an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship between the ''Doctor Who'' franchise and [[Virgin Books]]/[[W.H. Allen]]/[[Target Books|Target]] that had begun in [[1973]].
* [[CP]]: ''[[Perfect Timing 2]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, is first published.
* [[6th December|06]] - 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'', which ended ''Doctor Who's'' original 26-season run on the BBC.
* [[21st December|21]] - [[Jack Le White]], who went uncredited in [[DW]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies.
* [[25th December|25]] - [[Peter Jeffrey]], who played the [[pilot (The Macra Terror)|pilot]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' and Count [[Grendel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'', dies at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] from prostate cancer.


===Unknown dates===
[[Australia]] was seemingly in a dire state by 1999, with [[pollution]] causing issues, and the country's [[natural resource]]s being used up or lost under piles of waste and [[litter]]. "[[Bruce (Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful)|Citizen 327KL]]" sent a [[distress call]] to the [[Fourth Doctor]] from Australia, but as the Doctor was currently in [[1979]], he could only give 327KL advice on what to do about Australia's pollution. 327KL then [[choke]]d, and presumably died due to the pollution. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful (TV story)}})
* ''Who'' alumni [[Colin Baker]], [[Wendy Padbury]] and [[Carole Ann Ford]] unite for a direct-to-video thriller entitled ''Soul's Ark''.
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] retrieved a "[[Control sphere|large silver metal ball]]" from the [[Mornington Crescent]] [[Mornington Crescent tube station|underground station]] and exited the station in the direction of [[Camden]]. The Doctor also had a conversation about early [[reggae]] [[record]]s with "[[Eddie Duggan]]" outside [[Club (Have You Seen This Man?)|a club]] in [[Prague]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
 
=== Alternate timelines ===
==== Dated ====
In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]], the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Peri Brown]] and [[Erimem]] visited [[Edinburgh]] on [[31 December]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)}})
 
==== Undated ====
[[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] visited [[Hyspero]]'s desert and built sand castles. Panda drew a sketch of Iris while she was resting. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iris at the V&A (short story)}})
 
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[4 October]], [[Steven Carter]], grandson of [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]], was born to [[Alice Carter|Alice]] and [[Joe Carter]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)}})
 
=== Undated ===
Sometime during this year, [[April MacLean]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Nightvisiting (TV story)}}, {{cs|Detained (TV story)}}) [[Matteusz Andrzejewski]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)}}) and [[Ram Singh]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Joyride (novel)}}) were born.
 
== Other ==
In [[1997]], [[IIF]] planned to build a [[nuclear-waste storage facility]] on [[the Moon]] by 1999. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
 
[[Terry Brooks]] was serving as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] during this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennium Shock (novel)}})
 
[[Ruth Clayton]], actually [[Fugitive Doctor|the Doctor]] under a [[Chameleon Arch]], implanted with false [[memories]], remembered moving to [[Gloucester]] in mid-[[December]] 1999. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)}})
 
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1999 was a year.

Events

Dated

Before New Year's Eve

On 12 May, Adelaide Brooke was born. (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])

In June, Rosa Parks received a Congressional Medal from President Clinton. According to the Thirteenth Doctor, this recognised her as a living icon for freedom. (TV: Rosa [+]Loading...["Rosa (TV story)"])

On 31 July, the Eighth Doctor encountered The Bane in Sweden. (PROSE: Dominion [+]Loading...["Dominion (novel)"])

The Seventh Doctor dies. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

On 30 December, the Seventh Doctor, en route to Gallifrey with the remains of the Old Master, was forced to land the TARDIS in San Francisco and was caught in the crossfire of a gangland shooting. Ignorance of the Time Lord form meant that his surgeon, Grace Holloway, accidentally killed him. The Master escaped into the city. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"])

On the same day the Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush arrived in London. Mel visited her class reunion, while the Doctor reintroduced himself to Anne Travers. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])

New Year's Eve

Several things happened on 31 December.

The Seventh Doctor regenerated into his eighth incarnation after the surgery almost destroyed the regenerative process, leaving the Eighth Doctor suffering from post-regeneration amnesia. The Master took paramedic Bruce Gerhardt as a host and his first action was to murder Bruce's wife after she saw the Master's eyes and screamed. With the assistance of Chang Lee and Grace, the Bruce Master opened the Eye of Harmony. Opening the Eye destabilised Earth's physics and the Master used it to begin stealing the Doctor's lives. The Doctor helped Grace put the TARDIS in a temporal orbit, draining the power from the Eye and thwarting the Master. After the Master killed Grace and Lee, the Master fought the Doctor and fell into the Eye. The TARDIS reversed Lee and Grace's deaths and closed the Eye. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"], PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"])

The Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush crashed a party hosted by the Auton Alisha Hammerson and prevented another invasion by the Nestene Consciousness. (COMIC: Plastic Millenium [+]Loading...["Plastic Millenium (comic story)"])

The Fourth Doctor stopped the millennium bug just as the New Year arrived. (PROSE: Millennium Shock [+]Loading...["Millennium Shock (novel)"])

While Jack Harkness fought a "Millennium Bug" of his own, Alex Hopkins killed the rest of his Torchwood Three team, then himself after Jack returned, just as the New Year arrived in Cardiff's time zone. Harkness subsequently took over Torchwood Three. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"]) Alex also spoke to Yvonne Hartman at Torchwood One of his epiphany beforehand on the phone, as he shot the team. This incident made her realise that the Torchwood Institute needed a stronger leader to face the 21st century. (AUDIO: One Rule [+]Loading...["One Rule (audio story)"])

Dave Young spent the entire evening trying to convince his girlfriend, Anji Kapoor, that the millennium would not actually begin for another year. Kapoor, for her part, thought this extreme pedantry meant their relationship was in trouble. This incident led to her insisting on New Year's Eve 2000 that the two of them spend 2001 doing "Wild and Spontaneous Things' —the result of which was the couple spontaneously going to Belgium in February 2001. There, she met the Eighth Doctor and began travelling with him. (PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"])

The renegade Time Lady Iris Wildthyme and her companion Panda arrived in San Francisco in her TARDIS. Immediately after their arrival, Iris spilled gin into the bus' control and out into Time Vortex, resulting in various different versions of Panda from alternative realities crossing over into the primary universe. With the assistance of Dr. George Strangeways, Iris was able to close the rift, though not before the Panda from the primary universe had been dragged into it. (AUDIO: The Panda Invasion [+]Loading...["The Panda Invasion (audio story)"]) Iris travelled to this date on at least four other occasions and recorded five different diary entries across three different journals from 31 December 1999. (PROSE: The Most Faithful Panda in the World [+]Loading...["The Most Faithful Panda in the World (short story)"])

At midnight Ashley Chapel summoned Saraquazel, a being from after the universe. Anne Travers summoned the Great Intelligence at the exact same time, leading to the two multi-dimensional entities colliding. This created the Great Kingdom. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])

"Dara Morgan" registered MorganTech as a company, and made his first public appearance on a television interview. (PROSE: Beautiful Chaos [+]Loading...["Beautiful Chaos (novel)"])

Undated

Throughout 1999, much concern was raised on Earth over a feared computer glitch known as Y2K bug or the Millennium Bug. This had the potential to cause technological havoc as clocks changed from 1999 to 2000 (the "00" in the date being expected to cause problems for many computer systems). The concern ended up being unfounded, though not without some help from one, or possibly two incarnations of the Doctor. (PROSE: Millennium Shock [+]Loading...["Millennium Shock (novel)"])

Johnny Chess's first novel, Neurotic Boy Outsider, was published. (PROSE: The King of Terror [+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"])

Jack Harkness met Neil Redmond in Miami. (AUDIO: Uncanny Valley [+]Loading...["Uncanny Valley (audio story)"])

The Seventh Doctor and Ace fought the Mandragora Helix in London. (COMIC: The Mark of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Mark of Mandragora (comic story)"])

Australia was seemingly in a dire state by 1999, with pollution causing issues, and the country's natural resources being used up or lost under piles of waste and litter. "Citizen 327KL" sent a distress call to the Fourth Doctor from Australia, but as the Doctor was currently in 1979, he could only give 327KL advice on what to do about Australia's pollution. 327KL then choked, and presumably died due to the pollution. (TV: Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful [+]Loading...["Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful (TV story)"])

The Ninth Doctor retrieved a "large silver metal ball" from the Mornington Crescent underground station and exited the station in the direction of Camden. The Doctor also had a conversation about early reggae records with "Eddie Duggan" outside a club in Prague. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Alternate timelines

Dated

In an alternative timeline, the Fifth Doctor, Peri Brown and Erimem visited Edinburgh on 31 December. (PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World [+]Loading...["Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)"])

Undated

Iris Wildthyme and Panda visited Hyspero's desert and built sand castles. Panda drew a sketch of Iris while she was resting. (PROSE: Iris at the V&A [+]Loading...["Iris at the V&A (short story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 4 October, Steven Carter, grandson of Captain Jack Harkness, was born to Alice and Joe Carter. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])

Undated

Sometime during this year, April MacLean, (TV: Nightvisiting [+]Loading...["Nightvisiting (TV story)"], Detained [+]Loading...["Detained (TV story)"]) Matteusz Andrzejewski, (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart [+]Loading...["Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)"]) and Ram Singh (PROSE: Joyride [+]Loading...["Joyride (novel)"]) were born.

Other

In 1997, IIF planned to build a nuclear-waste storage facility on the Moon by 1999. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

Terry Brooks was serving as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during this year. (PROSE: Millennium Shock [+]Loading...["Millennium Shock (novel)"])

Ruth Clayton, actually the Doctor under a Chameleon Arch, implanted with false memories, remembered moving to Gloucester in mid-December 1999. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])

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