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== Doctor Who Universe ==
'''2001''' was a [[year]].
=== February ===
* [[6 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]]'')
* [[8 February|8]] - [[Fitz Kreiner]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'')
=== Unknown Dates ===
== Events ==
* A highly advanced breed of [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] invaded the [[Earth]] ''en masse'', but were defeated by the Eighth Doctor and [[Destrii]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Flood (comic story)|The Flood]]'')
=== Dated ===
* [[Samuel Lloyd]]'s parents died in a car crash. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
==== January - February ====
''The following takes place before February 6''
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)}})
* [[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 ==
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)}})
=== [[January]] ===
* [[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 [[8 February]], Fitz met the [[Eighth Doctor]] at the St. Louis Bar and Restaurant in [[London]]. ([[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 picking up where the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] left off. It marked the first appearance of his companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]].
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Gods of the Underworld|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld]]'' was first published.
==== June - September ====
* [[7 January|7]] - [[Lorne Cossette]] died.
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)}})
* [[8 January|08]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'' was first published. Introduction of [[Miranda Dawkins]], the [[Eighth Doctor|Doctor's]] adopted daughter, who subsequently starred in a comic book series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'' was first published.
On [[23 August]], [[Cassandra Schofield]] was reported missing by her family. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)}})
** [[BBC Audio]] releases an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]''.
* [[15 January|15]] - Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopaedia, was launched, and within a few years became a dominant source for online information, eventaully leading to the creation of the Wikia websites which borrowed 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 recognised 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 erstwhile ''Doctor Who'' script writer/editor [[Douglas Adams]].
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)}})
* [[17 January|17]] - [[Robert Robertson]] died.
* [[29 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.
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)}})
==== November - December ====
In [[November]], [[Tony Blair]] visited several of [[York]]'s tourist attractions and local businesses. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|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 [[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}})
Also in November, [[Marnal]] wrote part of [[The Monkey to Time saga|''The Monkey to Time'' saga]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})
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)}})
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)}})
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)}})
=== Undated ===
[[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)}})
=== [[February]] ===
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]]: ''[[Sword of Orion]]'' was first released.
* [[CP]]: ''[[The Cat Who Walked Through Time]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[5 February|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' was first published, the sixth and final book in the Earth Arc. [[Fitz Kreiner]] rejoined as companion, and [[Anji Kapoor]] became a new companion.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bunker Soldiers]]'' was first published.
* [[7 February|07]] - ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' publishes its three hundredth issue.
* [[26 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]] ===
The Eighth Doctor and [[Izzy Sinclair]] visited London. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Fallen (comic story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Stones of Venice]]'' was first released.
* [[CP]]: ''[[Missing Pieces]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[5 March|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[EarthWorld (novel)|EarthWorld]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Rags]]'' was first published.
* [[19 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]] ===
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]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'' was first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal]]'' was first published.
* [[2 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]]''.
* [[17 April|17]] - [[Terry Scully]] ([[Fewsham]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') died from a stroke in Wiltshire, England.
* [[27 April|27]] - [[Tom Baker]] appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Dead Ringers'', where he encountered soundalike [[Jon Culshaw]].
=== [[May]] ===
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)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Loups-Garoux]]'' was first released.
* [[CP]]: ''[[Walking in Eternity]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[7 May|07]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'' was first published.
* [[11 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.
* [[12 May|12]] - [[Norman Kay]] died.
* [[22 May|22]] - [[Jack Watling]], ''Doctor Who'' guest star and father of [[Deborah Watling]], died.
* [[23 May|23]] - The [[wikipedia:Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager)|final episode]] of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] ''broadcast in America.
=== [[June]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Dust Breeding]]'' was first released.
=== Dated ===
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'' was first released, launching the first of [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Dalek Empire (Big Finish)|Dalek Empire]]'' spin-off series.
On [[16 January]], [[Dale Hicks]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fear Her (TV story)}})
* [[4 June|04]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Year of Intelligent Tigers]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Superior Beings]]'' was first published.
* [[18 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.
* [[28 June|28]] - [[Joan Sims]] died.
=== [[July]] ===
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]]: ''[[Bloodtide]]'' was first released.
* [[CP]]: ''[[LifeDeath]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, was first published.
* [[2d 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.
* [[3 July|03]] - [[Delia Derbyshire]], original arranger of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]], died.
* [[13 July|13]] - The BBC entered 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 resumed in February 2002; ultimately thirteen instalments would be released.
=== [[August]] ===
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)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Project Twilight|Project: Twilight]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[[The Human Factor]]'' was first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[The Infernal Nexus|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus]]'' was first published.
* [[6 August|06]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Dark Progeny]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Bullet Time]]'' was first published.
* [[13 August|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'', the 1996 TV movie, was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18 August|18]] - [[Tom Watson]], who played [[Ramo]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'', died in [[Wikipedia:St. Andrews|St. Andrews]], [[Scotland]], from [[cancer]].
* [[20 August|20]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Regeneration]]'' was published in paperback.
=== [[September]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]'' was first released. A new audio-only companion for the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Erimem]], was introduced.
[[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] was born. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})
* [[1 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]]''.
* [[3 September|03]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The City of the Dead]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Psi-ence Fiction]]'' was first published.
* [[9 September|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' were all released to DVD in Region 1 (North America). These were the first ''Doctor Who'' DVD releases in that part of the world, and began an ongoing series of releases by the North American arm of [[BBC Video]] (in conjunction with Warner Home Video) that continued into 2011.
* [[11 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 referred 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 11 attacks occurred in the DWU.
* [[26 September|26]] - [[Brian Hawksley]] died.
** ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' debuted on [[wikipedia:UPN|UPN]]. The series would end four years later, just two months after ''Doctor Who's'' [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|revival]] in [[2005]].
=== [[October]] ===
[[Samuel Lloyd]]'s parents were killed in a car accident. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)}})
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Colditz]]'' was first released.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[The Eleven Day Empire|The Eleven Day Empire - Protocols: Volume 1]]'' and [[BBV]]: ''[[The Shadow Play|The Shadow Play - Protocols: Volume 2]]'' were first released, launching a series of [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] audio dramas.
* [[1 October|01]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[Grimm Reality]]'' was first published. This was the fiftieth novel in the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] series.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Dying in the Sun]]'' was first published.
** [[BBC Audio]] released an audio recording of [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' in a special edition that also included raw recordings of the episodes (without linking narration) and CD-ROM content including the scripts.
* [[15 October|15]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' was released to DVD in the UK; the first [[Sixth Doctor]] story released in this format.
* [[18 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]].
* [[26 October|26]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: On Location]]'' was first published.
* [[31 October|31]] - [[Jenny Laird]] died.
=== [[November]] ===
== Other ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Primeval]]'' was first released.
By [[1997]], the first [[manned flight]] from [[Earth]] to [[Jupiter]] was being planned for 2001. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire I]]'': ''[["Death to the Daleks!"]]'' was first released.
* [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who 2]]'' was first published.
* [[5 November|05]] - [[EDA]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'' was first published.
** [[PDA]]: ''[[Instruments of Darkness]]'' was first published.
* [[13 November|13]] - [[Peggy Mount]] died.
* [[21 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 would appear on the user-generated reference website. The establishment of the "Wiki" format popularised by Wikipedia also gave rise to many topic-specific "wiki" websites, including the ''Doctor Who'' TARDIS Index File site on Wikia.
* [[23 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 continued to publish full-length novels under its [[BBC Books]] line). Telos releases would be limited in distribution and most would include deluxe editions with autographs.
* [[29 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]] ===
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The One Doctor]]'' was first released.
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* [[11 December|11]] - [[Alan Fennell]] 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>
* [[20 December|20]] - [[Edward Evans]] died.
* [[21 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.
* [[28 December|28]] - Twentieth anniversary of the broadcast of [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', the pilot for ''[[K9 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]] claimed to have "created" on the back of scavenged alien technology. However the episode in question, ''[[Dalek (TV story)]]'' made 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)"])
