2012

Publicly, the year 2012 was the year the Summer Olympics were held in London and a year the United States held a presidential election. Secretly, however, in an underground bunker in Utah, 2012 was the year the Doctor first learned he was not the only survivor of the Last Great Time War.

Summer

• The 2012 Summer Olympics opened in London during a period of unseasonably cold weather in the city, caused by an Isolus pod draining all the nearby heat. The Tenth Doctor, his TARDIS and people inside the Olympic Stadium were all among those placed inside drawings made by Chloe Webber, aided by an Isolus to give the stranded Isolus a family. Digging up the pod, Rose Tyler threw it into the Olympic Flame to heat it up, resulting in the Isolus releasing those it had kidnapped. Due to a mishap along the torch relay route, the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Doctor, who appeared on international television. The morale of the Games allowed the Isolus to fly home. Afterward, the Doctor and Rose attended a neighbourhood celebration in London. By this time, the Torchwood Institute would appear to have been relatively well-known, enough that the Battle of Canary Wharf of several years earlier was now known as the "Battle of Torchwood". (DW: Fear Her)

November

• The United States held its presidential election. Earlier in the year, Diana Goddard suggested that the Democratic candidate would win, indicating that she found Democrats "funny". (DW: Dalek)

December

• 25 - Amy and Rory set a place for the Doctor at Christmas again; he did not show up. (DW: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)

Unknown dates

• In Utah, in an underground facility called the Vault, the "last Dalek", nicknamed the Metaltron by its billionaire collector, Henry van Statten, used the DNA of the time traveller, Rose Tyler to recover itself. Not having any orders from above, it killed most of the base, but hesistated once it approached Rose. Believing the humanity Rose had given it was "sickness", it allowed itself to be destroyed. Afterward, Adam Mitchell accepted an invitation to join the Ninth Doctor and Rose on their travels. Van Statten was stripped of his power and was ordered to have his memory erased. (DW: Dalek)
  • At some point after this incident, The Vault was sealed and a BBC Radio documentary crew did an investigative report on the creatures known as Daleks. (BBCR: The Dalek Conquests)

As the 2012 US election is referenced as having not happened yet, this means these events occurred prior to November.

• The Ninth Doctor returned Adam Mitchell to his own time zone after being expelled from the TARDIS for sending information about future technology to his home era; Adam immediately caused a panic in his household when an advanced biochip implant from the year 200,000 was revealed in his forehead. (DW: The Long Game)
• Alistair Gryffen was born. (K9TV: Taphony and the Time Loop)
• The Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble arrived in Hollywood and discovered alien entity Miss Hubble, who spent months draining the lifeforce out of everyone in Hollywood. The Doctor defeated Miss Hubble and made sure that Hollywood returned to its normal timelines. (DWA: Nightmare on the Boulevard)

Behind the scenes

NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.

January

• BFA: The Curse of Davros released.
• A special double release of The Lost Stories: The Foe from the Future and The Valley of Death released.
• CC: The Anachronauts released.
• The first release in a new series, The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Destination: Nerva is released. This is the first in a new series, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, alongside Louise Jameson as Leela.
• 01 - Fifth anniversary of the debut of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
  • Bob Anderson dies.
• 03 - Jenny Tomasin dies.
• 04 - Harry Fowler dies.
• 09 - DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs and DW: The Android Invasion released on Region 2 DVD in the UNIT box set.
• 10 - DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs and DW: The Android Invasion relesaed on Region 1 DVD in the UNIT box set.
• 16 - DW: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe released on Region 2 DVD.
• 23 - DW: The Sensorites released on Region 2 DVD.
• 30 - Frederick Treves dies.

February

• BFA: The Fourth Wall released.
• The Lost Stories: Power Play released.
• CC: The Selachian Gambit released.
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Renaissance Man released.
• 02 - QR: Magic of the Angels was released on Region 2 DVD.
• 02: AG: Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection 4 audio box set was released in the UK. This set contains audio tracks for several Second Doctor missing stories: The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, Evil of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen and The Ice Warriors.
• 06: SJA: The Complete Fifth Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures released on Region 2 DVD.
• 13: Revisitations 3 was released: a DVD set comprised of special editions of three stories: DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Three Doctors, and The Robots of Death. At this time, it is the final scheduled Revisitations release.
• 20 February: Series 7 of Doctor Who began filming.

March

• BFA: Wirrn Isle released.
• The Lost Stories: The First Sontarans released.
• CC: Binary released.
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Wrath of the Iceni scheduled for release.
• The fourth series of Jago and Litefoot released, comprising Jago in Love, Beautiful Things, The Lonely Clock, and The Hourglass Killers.
• 05 - DW: The Face of Evil released on Region 2 DVD.
• 19 - DW: The Daemons released on Region 2 DVD.

April

• BFA: The Emerald Tiger was released.
• CC: The Wanderer was released.
• BFA: Energy of the Daleks was released.
• 02 - DW: Nightmare of Eden was released on Region 2 DVD.
• 25 - 50th anniversary of the day that Donald Wilson received the programming report that ultimately led to the creation of Doctor Who.
• 27 - Zohra Sehgal becomes the series' first centenarian.

May

• BFA: The Jupiter Conjunction was released.
• CC: The Jigsaw War was released.
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Trail of the White Worm was released.
• The Lost Stories: The Guardians of Prophecy was released.
• 07 - DW: Dragonfire and The Happiness Patrol were released on DVD, together as the Ace Adventures box set.

June

• BFA: The Butcher of Brisbane scheduled for release.
• CC: The Rings of Ikiria scheduled for release.
• The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Oseidon Adventure scheduled for release, ending the first season of this audio series.
• The Lost Stories: Power Play scheduled for release.
• 18 - DW: Death to the Daleks scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.

July

• BFA: Protect and Survive scheduled for release, with the return of former audio-only companion Hex.
• CC: The Time Museum scheduled for release.
• The Lost Stories: The First Sontarans scheduled for release.
• 02: DW: The Krotons scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
• 27 - Scheduled launch of the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games, which had been featured 6 years earlier in DW: Fear Her.
• 30: DW: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD, completing the DVD release of Seventh Doctor stories.

August

• BFA: Black and White scheduled for release
• CC: The Uncertainty Principle scheduled for release.
• The Lost Stories: The Masters of Luxor scheduled for release.
• A new series of audio dramas featuring Iris Wildthyme scheduled for release.
• 20: DW: Planet of Giants scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.

September

• BFA: Gods and Monsters scheduled for release.
• BFA: The Burning Prince scheduled for release.
• CC: Project: Nirvana scheduled for release.
• The Lost Stories: The Rosemariners scheduled for release.
• Anticipated premiere of the seventh series of Doctor Who, which will air through to 2013.
• 10: DW: Vengeance on Varos scheduled for re-release on DVD as a special edition. Despite being one of the series' first DVD releases, the serial had not been included in the original series of re-releases, Revisitations, but was given a special release due to fan support.

October

• BFA: The Acheron Prince scheduled for release.
• CC: The Last Post scheduled for release.

November

• BFA: The Shadow Heart scheduled for release.
• CC: Return of the Rocket Men scheduled for release.

Unknown dates

• DW: The Reign of Terror scheduled for release on DVD, with the missing episodes recreated through animation.
• DW: Shada to have its extant material released on DVD in an unknown format, as part of a box set - The Legacy - that will also include the documentary More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS.