1814

1814 was the year that London held the last of its great frost fairs. Several incarnations of the Doctor visited the fair. (AUDIO: Frostfire, PROSE: The Frozen, TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

1814 was also the year that Norway gained independence, Napoléon Bonaparte was exiled, and George Stephenson's first steam locomotive went into service. (COMIC: The Doctor and the Nurse)

Dated events

February

In early February, London experienced a major drop in temperature that resulted in the River Thames being frozen over. According to one account, this was because a Hyban was sucking the heat from its surroundings to survive. (PROSE: The Frozen) According to another account, it was caused by a Phoenix egg absorbing heat as it hatched. (AUDIO: Frostfire) The people of London saw the freezing over of the Thames as a time for celebration and a frost fair was held. Between Blackfriars Bridge and London Bridge, the river was "crowded with stalls selling food and drink, clowns juggling burning batons, animals performing tricks, kids playing skittles, and hundreds of cold but happy people chattering, laughing, and skating to and fro". (PROSE: The Frozen)

River Song was taken to the frost fair by the Doctor to celebrate her birthday. Stevie Wonder performed for them. Because of his blindness, he did not realise that he had travelled through time. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)

The First Doctor, Steven Taylor and Vicki Pallister visited London during the frost fair and met the novelist Jane Austen. (AUDIO: Frostfire)

The Tenth Doctor and Mai Kondo visited the frost fair and encountered Masoon. After a chase along the Thames, the Doctor lured Masoon into the TARDIS and took it to Winter Wonderland in 5113. (PROSE: The Frozen)

March - December

On 24 July, CEREBRA came to Washington DC through a time corridor from the 22nd century and disseminated itself within a copy of Robinson Crusoe owned by a government official. Ace followed CEREBRA to 1814 and spent the next month tracking CEREBRA and all the writing it had infected.

On 24 August, the British attacked Washington. Ace was reunited with the Seventh Doctor, who had met up with British forces at an earlier point. Ace directed the British army to all the buildings containing writing infected by CEREBRA so that they could be burned down; the White House and the Library of Congress were among the buildings reduced to ashes. (AUDIO: Washington Burns)

On 17 October, the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams visited London. Amy left the Doctor and Rory in a pub so that they could bond while she went sightseeing. Instead they decided to use the TARDIS to skip ahead a few hours, while Amy encountered an agent of the Silence and became caught in the London Beer Flood. (COMIC: The Doctor and the Nurse)

On 25 December, the Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej became stranded on a small island in the Indian Ocean. (PROSE: No Room)