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* [[1 May]] - The [[Soviet Union]] secretly launched [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, ''Sputnik'', but it was hijacked by {{Frontier}} to send a signal to the [[Tzun]]. The Soviets wiped the embarrassing failure from their history books. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | * [[1 May]] - The [[Soviet Union]] secretly launched [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, ''Sputnik'', but it was hijacked by {{Frontier}} to send a signal to the [[Tzun]]. The Soviets wiped the embarrassing failure from their history books. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] visited [[New Mexico]], where they stopped {{Frontier}} and the [[Tzun]] from conquering Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | * [[October]] - The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] visited [[New Mexico]], where they stopped {{Frontier}} and the [[Tzun]] from conquering Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'') | ||
* [[15 October]] - A [[BBC|BBC News]] bulletin reported on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Russia|Soviet Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'') | * [[15 October]] - A [[BBC|BBC News]] bulletin reported on the recent launch of ''[[Sputnik]]'', [[Earth]]'s first artificial satellite, by the [[Russia|Soviet Union]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Unregenerate! (audio story)|Unregenerate!]]'') | ||
* [[25 December]] - The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] met the Cracker family. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crackers (short story)|The Crackers]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 22:24, 4 December 2013
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1957 was the official start of humanity's space age. (PROSE: Inter-Galactic Cat)
Events
- 1 May - The Soviet Union secretly launched Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, but it was hijacked by Template:Frontier to send a signal to the Tzun. The Soviets wiped the embarrassing failure from their history books. (PROSE: First Frontier)
- October - The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield visited New Mexico, where they stopped Template:Frontier and the Tzun from conquering Earth. (PROSE: First Frontier)
- 15 October - A BBC News bulletin reported on the recent launch of Sputnik, Earth's first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union. (AUDIO: Unregenerate!)
- 25 December - The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe met the Cracker family. (PROSE: The Crackers)
Unknown dates
- Noel Coward met Iris Wildthyme at the Royal Variety Performance at some point this year. They immediately became friends. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
- Douglas Caldwell, a member of Torchwood One, died. (TV: To the Last Man)
- Edgar Nelson-Stanley discovered the Gorgon talisman in Syria. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
- The Doctor owned a map of Paris from this year. (PROSE: The Death of Art)
