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'''1997''' was a [[year]]. | |||
==Events== | == Events == | ||
=== | === Dated === | ||
==== January - July ==== | |||
In the spring, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] visited London to find that it was frozen by [[abominable alien]]s. The Doctor took his TARDIS to the aliens' base in the ice-solid [[River Thames]] and attached it to the machine the aliens used to freeze London. The TARDIS reversed the temporary winter and the aliens left Earth. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Wintervention (comic story)}}) | |||
On [[30 April]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] was dropped off at [[the Doctor]]'s [[Smithwood Manor|house]], whereupon she discovered he had [[regenerated]] into his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]. On [[6 May]], Bernice first met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation. [[Britain]] sent the [[Mars Orbiter]] to [[Mars]] and the three [[astronaut]]s on the surface stumbled across the [[Ice Warrior]] tomb of the [[Kyruul|Great Marshall Kyruul]] of the [[Argyre Clan]] under the sands of the [[Mare Sirenum]] and were killed. The [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] was assassinated in [[Washington DC|Washington]]. [[Xznaal|Lord Xznaal]]'s ship arrived over [[London]] and ordered the [[country]] to submit to his rule. On [[7 May]], [[Alexander Christian]] escaped from his military captors and contacted [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]. The [[United Kingdom]] submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government. | |||
Around this time, [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] was deposed and Xznaal was crowned [[King]]. She had a second coronation on [[23 November]], at which the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]] were present. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) | |||
Shortly after the [[Mars 97]] incident, [[Carolyn McConnell]] summoned the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones to [[San Francisco]] to assist her with [[vampire]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Vampire Science (novel)}}) During the adventure, Sam asked UNIT to contact her parents. When a UNIT soldier came to the Jones residence, he learned that Sam hadn't yet begun travelling with the Doctor and then told Sam's parents to not tell Sam that he had come. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}) | |||
[[File:Dying days001.jpg|thumb|left|The Eighth Doctor, shortly after destroying an Ice Warrior spaceship. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})]] | |||
On [[14 May]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Ace]] met her younger brother [[Liam McShane]] for the first time in [[San Antonio, Spain|San Antonio]] on [[Ibiza]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Rapture (audio story)}}) | |||
Before the end of the [[Coal Hill School]] year, in one version of history, the [[Eighth Doctor]] came to [[76 Totter's Lane]] shortly after his regeneration. [[Sam Jones]] was in the junkyard at the time getting drugs. Due to the fact that the Doctor had recently regenerated, [[Faction Paradox]] were able to use his [[biodata]] to change Sam's life to make her into a suitable companion for the Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}) | |||
In another version of history, the Eighth Doctor met Sam Jones in Totter's Lane while she was trying to stop a group of kids from dealing drugs. The Doctor, who was suffering from amnesia due to a trap left for him by {{Roberts}}, scared off the drug dealers and picked up their [[cocaine]]. The [[Coal Hill]] police saw him with the cocaine and assumed that he was the drug dealer. The Doctor was taken in for questioning, but he quickly escaped and ran back to Totter's Yard, where Sam was being attacked by the drug dealers. The Doctor ran into his TARDIS and left without saving her. After meeting all his past selves, the Doctor came back and brought Sam into the TARDIS. She began travelling with him. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eight Doctors (novel)}}) | |||
Before [[August]], Sam Jones' parents received the first of many postcards from Sam. This postcard came from [[Fleeble 14]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}) | |||
=== | ==== August - December ==== | ||
On [[1 August]], Sam's parents received a letter which had been kept in the mail system since [[1894]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}) | |||
On [[11 October]], [[Mary Barton]] killed her mother. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|There's Something About Mary (short story)}}) | |||
Before the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] settled down in [[Shoreditch]] in [[1963]], they took a brief trip to [[St Albans]] on [[17 December]] 1997 to ensure that the [[United Kingdom]] would remain safe during and after the [[1960s]]. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were in the vicinity on the same day. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Little Things (short story)}}) | |||
=== | === Undated === | ||
[[File:SeventhBrigBessie.jpg|thumb|The Seventh Doctor and the Brigadier with Bessie. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}})]] | |||
The [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] encountered Arthurian knights in [[Carbury]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Battlefield (TV story)}}) Afterwards, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) | |||
[[Torchwood One]] shot down a [[Jathaa sunglider]] over the [[Shetland Islands]] around this time. They began reverse-engineering its technology. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | |||
''[[It's a Mystery]]'' by [[T. Wilcox]] was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Terror from the Sky! (short story)}}) | |||
=== | === Alternate universes === | ||
In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Unbound Doctor|the Third Doctor]] was [[Exile on Earth|exiled to Earth]], as he was in [[N-Space]] but only arrived on arrived on [[30 June]] 1997 in [[Hong Kong (Unbound Universe)|Hong Kong]], the day the [[city]] was to be handed over to [[China]] from the [[British Empire]]. The Doctor discovered [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] living in the city, who told him of the dark turn [[Earth (Unbound Universe)|Earth]] had taken since the [[1960s]] without the Doctor to aid against the extra-normal. When the two set out to investigate the crashing of an invisible plane, they came across [[Unbound Master|the Master]] stuck on Earth since the [[1970s]]. The Doctor and the Master struck a deal to leave Earth together only for the Master to renege on the deal. Having anticipated this, the Doctor double-crossed the Master and left him stranded, instead leaving Earth and 1997 with the Brigadier. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)}}) | |||
According to one account, the Doctor and the Brigadier left Earth to never return, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masters of War (audio story)}}) while another had them return to Hong Kong and enjoy a peaceful retirement. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)}}) | |||
== | == Births and deaths == | ||
[[Carys Fletcher]]'s mother was killed in a [[car crash]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day One (TV story)}}) | |||
[[Rose Tyler]]'s maternal grandfather [[Prentice (Army of Ghosts)|Prentice]] died when his [[heart]] gave out. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}}) | |||
[[ | [[James Stewart]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)}}) | ||
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1997 was a year.
Events
Dated
January - July
In the spring, the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald visited London to find that it was frozen by abominable aliens. The Doctor took his TARDIS to the aliens' base in the ice-solid River Thames and attached it to the machine the aliens used to freeze London. The TARDIS reversed the temporary winter and the aliens left Earth. (COMIC: Wintervention [+]Loading...["Wintervention (comic story)"])
On 30 April, Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at the Doctor's house, whereupon she discovered he had regenerated into his eighth incarnation. On 6 May, Bernice first met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation. Britain sent the Mars Orbiter to Mars and the three astronauts on the surface stumbled across the Ice Warrior tomb of the Great Marshall Kyruul of the Argyre Clan under the sands of the Mare Sirenum and were killed. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was assassinated in Washington. Lord Xznaal's ship arrived over London and ordered the country to submit to his rule. On 7 May, Alexander Christian escaped from his military captors and contacted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government.
Around this time, Queen Elizabeth II was deposed and Xznaal was crowned King. She had a second coronation on 23 November, at which the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were present. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
Shortly after the Mars 97 incident, Carolyn McConnell summoned the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones to San Francisco to assist her with vampires. (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"]) During the adventure, Sam asked UNIT to contact her parents. When a UNIT soldier came to the Jones residence, he learned that Sam hadn't yet begun travelling with the Doctor and then told Sam's parents to not tell Sam that he had come. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])
On 14 May, the Seventh Doctor's companion Ace met her younger brother Liam McShane for the first time in San Antonio on Ibiza. (AUDIO: The Rapture [+]Loading...["The Rapture (audio story)"])
Before the end of the Coal Hill School year, in one version of history, the Eighth Doctor came to 76 Totter's Lane shortly after his regeneration. Sam Jones was in the junkyard at the time getting drugs. Due to the fact that the Doctor had recently regenerated, Faction Paradox were able to use his biodata to change Sam's life to make her into a suitable companion for the Doctor. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])
In another version of history, the Eighth Doctor met Sam Jones in Totter's Lane while she was trying to stop a group of kids from dealing drugs. The Doctor, who was suffering from amnesia due to a trap left for him by the Bruce Master, scared off the drug dealers and picked up their cocaine. The Coal Hill police saw him with the cocaine and assumed that he was the drug dealer. The Doctor was taken in for questioning, but he quickly escaped and ran back to Totter's Yard, where Sam was being attacked by the drug dealers. The Doctor ran into his TARDIS and left without saving her. After meeting all his past selves, the Doctor came back and brought Sam into the TARDIS. She began travelling with him. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors [+]Loading...["The Eight Doctors (novel)"])
Before August, Sam Jones' parents received the first of many postcards from Sam. This postcard came from Fleeble 14. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])
August - December
On 1 August, Sam's parents received a letter which had been kept in the mail system since 1894. (PROSE: Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"])
On 11 October, Mary Barton killed her mother. (PROSE: There's Something About Mary [+]Loading...["There's Something About Mary (short story)"])
Before the First Doctor and Susan Foreman settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans on 17 December 1997 to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things [+]Loading...["The Little Things (short story)"])
Undated
The Seventh Doctor and Ace encountered Arthurian knights in Carbury. (TV: Battlefield [+]Loading...["Battlefield (TV story)"]) Afterwards, Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])
Torchwood One shot down a Jathaa sunglider over the Shetland Islands around this time. They began reverse-engineering its technology. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])
It's a Mystery by T. Wilcox was published. (PROSE: Terror from the Sky! [+]Loading...["Terror from the Sky! (short story)"])
Alternate universes
In the Unbound Universe, the Third Doctor was exiled to Earth, as he was in N-Space but only arrived on arrived on 30 June 1997 in Hong Kong, the day the city was to be handed over to China from the British Empire. The Doctor discovered Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart living in the city, who told him of the dark turn Earth had taken since the 1960s without the Doctor to aid against the extra-normal. When the two set out to investigate the crashing of an invisible plane, they came across the Master stuck on Earth since the 1970s. The Doctor and the Master struck a deal to leave Earth together only for the Master to renege on the deal. Having anticipated this, the Doctor double-crossed the Master and left him stranded, instead leaving Earth and 1997 with the Brigadier. (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil [+]Loading...["Sympathy for the Devil (audio story)"])
According to one account, the Doctor and the Brigadier left Earth to never return, (AUDIO: Masters of War [+]Loading...["Masters of War (audio story)"]) while another had them return to Hong Kong and enjoy a peaceful retirement. (AUDIO: The 100 Days of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)"])
Births and deaths
Carys Fletcher's mother was killed in a car crash. (TV: Day One [+]Loading...["Day One (TV story)"])
Rose Tyler's maternal grandfather Prentice died when his heart gave out. (TV: Army of Ghosts [+]Loading...["Army of Ghosts (TV story)"])
James Stewart died. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])