1997

1997 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Events

• 30 April - Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at the Doctor's house, whereupon she discovered he had regenerated into his eighth incarnation. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• 6 May - Bernice first met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation. Britain sent the Mars 97 Orbiter to Mars and the three astronauts on the surface stumbled across the Ice Warrior tomb of the Great Marshall Kyruul of the Argyre Clan under the sands of the Mare Sirenum and were killed. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was assassinated in Washington. Lord Xznaal arrived over London and ordered the country to submit to his rule. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• 7 May - Alexander Christian escaped from his military captors and contacted Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submitted to Martian rule and set up a Provisional Government. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• 14 May - The Seventh Doctor's companion Ace met her younger brother Liam McShane for the first time in San Antonio on Ibiza. (AUDIO: The Rapture)
• Queen Elizabeth II was deposed and the Ice Warrior Xznaal was crowned King. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• 23 November - The second coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom took place, at which the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 were present. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• 17 December - Before the First Doctor and Susan Foreman settled down in Shoreditch in 1963, they took a brief trip to St Albans to ensure that the United Kingdom would remain safe during and after the 1960s. Unbeknownst to either of them, the Fourth Doctor and his companions Romana and K9 were in the vicinity on the same day. (PROSE: The Little Things)

Dates unknown

• After 7 May but before 23 November - The Seventh Doctor and Ace encountered Arthurian knights in Carbury. (TV: Battlefield)
• After 7 May but before 23 November - after the events of (TV: Battlefield) - Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart was promoted to General. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
• Torchwood 1 shot down a Jathaa sunglider over the Shetland Islands. They began reverse-engineering its technology. (TV: Army of Ghosts)
• Samantha Jones joined the Eighth Doctor on his travels. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
• A Friday - Carolyn McConnell summoned the Eighth Doctor and Samantha Jones to San Francisco to assist her with vampires. (PROSE: Vampire Science)
• Carys Fletcher's mother died. (TV: Day One)
• Rose Tyler's grandad died. (TV: Army of Ghosts)