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{{first pic|Year meter.jpg|Reading the year meter, the [[Second Doctor]] confirms that the TARDIS has landed in [[2135]] [[AD]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]'')}}
{{first pic|Year meter.jpg|Reading the year meter, the [[Second Doctor]] confirms that the TARDIS has landed in [[2135]] [[AD]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)}})}}
The '''yearometer''', or '''year meter''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)|The Doctor Strikes Back]]'') was an instrument in [[the Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that showed the TARDIS' position in [[time]] and [[space]]. It stopped calculating properly after the [[First Doctor]] left [[England]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Cave of Skulls]]") According to another account, the yearometer had been damaged on a previous expedition. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'')
The '''yearometer''', or '''year meter''', ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)}}) was an instrument in [[the Doctor]]'s [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that showed the TARDIS' position in [[time]] and [[space]]. It stopped calculating properly after the [[First Doctor]] left [[England]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)|namedep=The Cave of Skulls (2)}}) According to another account, the yearometer had been damaged on a previous expedition. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)}})


When the TARDIS arrived at [[Byzantium (city)|Byzantium]], the yearometer gave the date as [[14 March]] [[64]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
When the TARDIS arrived at [[Byzantium (city)|Byzantium]], the yearometer gave the date as [[14 March]] [[64]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}})


When the TARDIS arrived at [[Marpling]], the yearometer gave the date as [[27 August]] [[1933]], though [[Anji Kapoor]] was incredulous that it was named this. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eater of Wasps (novel)|Eater of Wasps]]'')
When the TARDIS arrived at [[Marpling]], the yearometer gave the date as [[27 August]] [[1933]], though [[Anji Kapoor]] was incredulous that it was named this. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Eater of Wasps (novel)}})


When [[Bill Potts]] questioned if they really were in an alternate [[2017]], and not the [[22nd century]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] assured her that the TARDIS had a yearometer. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Emancipation of the Daleks (audio story)|Emancipation of the Daleks]]'')
When [[Bill Potts]] questioned if they really were in an alternate [[2017]], and not the [[22nd century]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] assured her that the TARDIS had a yearometer. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Emancipation of the Daleks (audio story)}})


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Revision as of 22:38, 26 January 2024

Reading the year meter, the Second Doctor confirms that the TARDIS has landed in 2135 AD (COMIC: The Doctor Strikes Back [+]Loading...["The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)"])

The yearometer, or year meter, (COMIC: The Doctor Strikes Back [+]Loading...["The Doctor Strikes Back (comic story)"]) was an instrument in the Doctor's TARDIS that showed the TARDIS' position in time and space. It stopped calculating properly after the First Doctor left England in November 1963. (TV: "The Cave of Skulls" [+]Part of An Unearthly Child, Loading...{"namedep":"The Cave of Skulls (2)","1":"An Unearthly Child (TV story)"}) According to another account, the yearometer had been damaged on a previous expedition. (PROSE: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)"])

When the TARDIS arrived at Byzantium, the yearometer gave the date as 14 March 64. (PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"])

When the TARDIS arrived at Marpling, the yearometer gave the date as 27 August 1933, though Anji Kapoor was incredulous that it was named this. (PROSE: Eater of Wasps [+]Loading...["Eater of Wasps (novel)"])

When Bill Potts questioned if they really were in an alternate 2017, and not the 22nd century, the Twelfth Doctor assured her that the TARDIS had a yearometer. (AUDIO: Emancipation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Emancipation of the Daleks (audio story)"])