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== Contemporary Doctor Who and other show stuff ==
== Contemporary Doctor Who and other show stuff ==
This story/companion's era is considered to be set in the early 21st century, and can very likely be narrowed down to the 2000s; however, there is conflicting narrative evidence as to which year ''specifically'' it is set. The writing team for the most part did not place a year in most of [the ''Doctor Who'' scripts on contemporary Earth]/[''The Sarah Jane Adventures''{{'}} scripts]/[''Torchwood''{{'}}s scripts], but to the audience, this era is very clearly intended to be Earth in the present day. There has been conflicting narrative evidence as to which year and exactly how close to the air date the "present day" stories take place.
This story/companion's era is considered to be set in the early [[21st century]], and can very likely be narrowed down to the [[2000s]]; however, there is conflicting narrative evidence as to which year ''specifically'' it is set. The writing team for the most part did not place a year in most of [the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' scripts set on contemporary Earth]/[''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''{{'}} scripts]/[''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''{{'}}s scripts], but to the audience, this era is very clearly intended to be <!--[[-->Earth<!--]]--> in the present day. There has been conflicting narrative evidence as to which year and exactly how close to the air date the "present day" stories take place.


''Rose'' is noted in several subsequent narratives to have taken place in 2005. Notably, in ''The End of the World'', the Ninth Doctor describes 12005 as ten thousand years into Rose's future. ''Aliens of London'', the first story where Rose returns home after her travels, features missing posters for Rose clearly dated March 2005. In ''The End of Time'', the Tenth Doctor meets Rose on 1 January 2005 before she meets the Ninth Doctor and believes she will have a great year.
''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' is noted in several subsequent narratives to have taken place in [[2005]]. Notably, in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', the [[Ninth Doctor]] describes [[12005]] as ten thousand years into [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]'s future. ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', the first story where Rose returns home after her travels, features missing posters for Rose clearly dated <!--6?--> March 2005. In ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] briefly meets Rose on [[1 January]] 2005 before she meets the Ninth Doctor and believes she will have a great year.


Following this, the "contemporary" early 21st century stories relative to Rose Tyler's home era have generally taken place a year after transmission, though few stories explicitly confirm or contradict this. Nonetheless, in ''Love & Monsters'', Elton Pope directly describes the events of ''Rose'' as "two years ago" and ''The Christmas Invasion'' as "Christmas just gone". In ''School Reunion'', Sarah Jane describes the Sycorax' ship over London from ''Invasion'' similarly as "Christmas Invasion".
Following this, the "contemporary" early 21st century stories relative to Rose Tyler's home era have generally taken place a year after transmission, though few stories explicitly confirm or contradict this. Nonetheless, in ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', [[Elton Pope]] directly describes the events of ''Rose'' as "two years ago" and ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' as "[[Christmas]] just gone". In ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] describes the [[Sycorax]]' [[Sycorax spaceship|ship]] over [[London]] from ''Invasion'' similarly as "Christmas just gone".


[Doctor Who] ''The Runaway Bride'', featuring Donna Noble notes the Cyberman invasion in Canary Wharf from Rose's last regular appearance in ''Army of Ghosts'' and ''Doomsday'' as having taken place, and describes ''The Christmas Invasion'''s robot Santas as being from "last year". This would set that story in 2007, and by extension, the Martha Jones era in 2008.
[Doctor Who] ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', featuring [[Donna Noble]], notes [[Battle of Canary Wharf|the Cyberman invasion in Canary Wharf]] from Rose's last regular appearance in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' as having taken place, and describes ''The Christmas Invasion'''s robot Santas as being from "last year". This would set that story (along with Rose's "present" during [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] in [[2007]], and by extension, the [[Martha Jones]] era in [[2008]].


[Torchwood] Several ''Torchwood'' episodes are explicitly set in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], which was Rose's last regular appearance as a companion. This would mean that up to and including ''Out of Time'', which is set around Christmas, and according to ''Captain Jack Harkness'', has Diane go through the Rift on 24 December. ''Combat'' and ''Captain Jack Harkness'' are clearly not set immediately after ''Time'' and so the last episodes of series 1 can be safely said to be. In series 2, ''Meat'' is said to be a year after Gwen is recruited to Torchwood, while in ''Exit Wounds'', Jack, after being unearthed by Torchwood staff in 1901, asks to be frozen for 107 years, which would seemingly place all of series 2 in 2008.
[Torchwood] Several ''Torchwood'' episodes are explicitly set in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], which was Rose's last regular appearance as a companion. This would mean that up to and including (''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', which is set around Christmas, and according to ''Captain Jack Harkness'', has [[Diane Holmes|Diane]] go through the Rift on [[24 December]]), [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]] is set in the year [[2007]]. ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]'' and ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'' are clearly not set immediately after ''Time'' and so the last episodes of series 1 can be safely said to be set in [[2008]].


In ''Fragments'' (set on the same day as ''Exit Wounds''), Ianto's flashback to his recruitment to Torchwood is displayed in a caption as taking place 21 months, or one year nine months ago. Based on earlier evidence, including a scene in ''Love & Monsters'' set in part in March 2007, and ''Army of Ghosts'' and ''Doomsday'' (set during the battle where Ianto loses his prior job at Torchwood One) having ghosts appearing for two months being news to the Doctor and Rose (which means that the Battle of Canary Wharf ''at least'' in May 2007). Based on this earliest-possible estimate and assuming that Ianto joined Torchwood Three immediately after most of Torchwood One is wiped out, the "21 months earlier" flashback would mean that ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' are set, at the very earliest, in February of ''2009''.
In [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]], ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'' is said to be a year after [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] is recruited to [[Torchwood Three]] (which happened in the series 1 premiere ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', while in ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], after being unearthed by Torchwood staff in [[1901]], asks to be frozen for 107 years. Both of these facts strongly seem to place all of series 2 in 2008.
 
However, in ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'' (set on the same day as ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]''), [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]'s flashback to his recruitment to Torchwood is displayed in a caption as taking place 21 months, or one year nine months, ago. Based on earlier evidence, including a scene in ''Love & Monsters'' set in part in [[March]] 2007, and ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' (set during the battle where Ianto loses his prior job at [[Torchwood One]]) having [[Ghost Shift|ghosts appearing]] for two months being news to the Tenth Doctor and Rose (which means that the Battle of Canary Wharf happened in ''at least'' May 2007). Based on this earliest-possible estimate and assuming that Ianto joined Torchwood Three immediately after most of Torchwood One is wiped out, the "21 months earlier" flashback would mean that ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' are set, at the very earliest, in February of ''2009''.


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Certainly, we can say that discounting flashbacks, ''Torchwood'' is set in the "21st century" where everything changes.
Certainly, we can say that discounting flashbacks, ''Torchwood'' is set in the "21st century" where everything changes.


[SJA] ''Invasion of the Bane'' is set at least 18 months after Sarah Jane's meeting with the Tenth Doctor and him building a new model of K9 in ''School Reunion''. The series 2 episode ''The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith'' also describes the previous season's ''Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?'' as having taken place "last year".
[SJA] ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' is set at least 18 months after Sarah Jane's meeting with the Tenth Doctor and him building [[K9 Mark IV|a new model of K9]] following the destruction of [[K9 Mark III|Mark III]] in ''School Reunion''. The [[Series 2 (SJA)|series 2]] story ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' also describes the previous season]]'s ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (of which the season finale ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' picks up nearly immediately after) as having taken place "last year".


(Note: This isn't ''thorough'' per se... Not going through ''Doctor Who Adventures'' or ''Battles in Time'' issues for this list, nor am I going to ''really'' be able to find Cornell's Christmas stories. And the BBC Writer's Comics do not appear to work.)
(Note: This isn't ''thorough'' per se... Not going through ''Doctor Who Adventures'' or ''Battles in Time'' issues for this list, nor am I going to ''really'' be able to find Cornell's Christmas stories. And the BBC Writer's Comics do not appear to work.)
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* [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[F.A.Q. (comic story)|F.A.Q.]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[F.A.Q. (comic story)|F.A.Q.]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast of the Drowned (novel)|The Feast of the Drowned]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Darkness (short story)|The Final Darkness]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Green-Eyed Monster (comic story)|The Green-Eyed Monster]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Green-Eyed Monster (comic story)|The Green-Eyed Monster]]''
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* [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]''
: Story partially set in March. ''Rose'' was two years ago. ''The Christmas Invasion'' was the previous Christmas.
: Story partially set in March. ''Rose'' was two years ago. ''The Christmas Invasion'' was the previous Christmas.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare of Black Island (novel)|The Nightmare of Black Island]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' / ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
: Set "this year" according to Mickey.
: Set "this year" according to Mickey.
* [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]''
: ''The Christmas Invasion'' was the previous Christmas.
: ''The Christmas Invasion'' was the previous Christmas.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone Rose (novel)|The Stone Rose]]''


== Post-Rose Ten on present-day Earth ==
== Post-Rose Ten on present-day Earth ==
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== Ten and Martha on present-day Earth ==
== Ten and Martha on present-day Earth ==
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bus Stop (comic story)|Bus Stop]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bus Stop (comic story)|Bus Stop]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Forever Autumn (novel)|Forever Autumn]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Made of Steel (novel)|Made of Steel]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Martha (novel)|The Story of Martha]]'' (linking material?)
* [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'' / ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' / ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Zombie Motel (short story)|Zombie Motel]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Zombie Motel (short story)|Zombie Motel]]''


== Ten and Donna on present-day Earth ==
== Ten and Donna on present-day Earth ==
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' / ''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Widow's Curse (comic story)|The Widow's Curse]]''
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== Post-Donna Ten on present-day Earth ==
== Post-Donna Ten on present-day Earth ==
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Ice (comic story)|The Age of Ice]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Age of Ice (comic story)|The Age of Ice]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Code of the Krillitanes (novel)|Code of the Krillitanes]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Crimson Hand (comic story)|The Crimson Hand]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)|Don't Step on the Grass]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Don't Step on the Grass (comic story)|Don't Step on the Grass]]''
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== Torchwood stories ==
== Torchwood stories ==
* [[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Almost Perfect (novel)|Almost Perfect]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of One (audio story)|Army of One]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]''
<!--Discounting The Baby Farmers as it's said to be set in the 1800s-->
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead (novel)|Bay of the Dead]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Beauty of Our Weapons (short story)|The Beauty of Our Weapons]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Black Water (short story)|Black Water]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Jahi (short story)|The Book of Jahi]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Consequences (short story)|Consequences]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Department X (audio story)|Department X]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everyone Says Hello (audio story)|Everyone Says Hello]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fallout (audio story)|Fallout]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[First Born (novel)|First Born]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost Train (audio story)|Ghost Train]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden (audio story)|Hidden]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House of the Dead (audio story)|The House of the Dead]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The House That Jack Build (novel)|The House That Jack Built]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Shadows (audio story)|In the Shadows]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Into the Silence (novel)|Into the Silence]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jetsam (comic story)|Jetsam]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jetsam (comic story)|Jetsam]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Kaleidoscope (short story)|Kaleidoscope]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Men Who Sold the World (novel)|The Men Who Sold the World]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Monster (short story)|Monster]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mr Invincible (audio story)|Mr Invincible]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Acres (short story)|Mrs Acres]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Plant Life (short story)|Plant Life]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Red Skies (audio story)|Red Skies]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]''
* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Risk Assessment (novel)|Risk Assessment]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sin Eaters (audio story)|The Sin Eaters]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[SkyPoint (novel)|SkyPoint]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Something in the Water (novel)|Something in the Water]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Undertaker's Gift (novel)|The Undertaker's Gift]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Virus (short story)|Virus]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who by Fire (short story)|Who by Fire]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wrong Hands (short story)|The Wrong Hands]]''


== Sarah Jane Adventures stories ==
== Sarah Jane Adventures stories ==
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Children of Steel (audio story)|Children of Steel]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadly Download (audio story)|Deadly Download]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Planet (TV story)|The Empty Planet]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Eternity Trap (TV story)|The Eternity Trap]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love (TV story)|From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghost House (audio story)|The Ghost House]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Gift (TV story)|The Gift]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glittering Storm (audio story)|The Glittering Storm]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (SJA audio story)|Judgement Day]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Judoon (TV story)|Prisoner of the Judoon]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars (TV story)|Secrets of the Stars]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow People (audio story)|The Shadow People]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Thirteenth Stone (audio story)|The Thirteenth Stone]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time Capsule (audio story)|The Time Capsule]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Vault of Secrets (TV story)|The Vault of Secrets]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Wolf (audio story)|The White Wolf]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Wraith World (audio story)|Wraith World]]''

Revision as of 00:39, 8 April 2014

Contemporary Doctor Who and other show stuff

This story/companion's era is considered to be set in the early 21st century, and can very likely be narrowed down to the 2000s; however, there is conflicting narrative evidence as to which year specifically it is set. The writing team for the most part did not place a year in most of [the Doctor Who scripts set on contemporary Earth]/[The Sarah Jane Adventures' scripts]/[Torchwood's scripts], but to the audience, this era is very clearly intended to be Earth in the present day. There has been conflicting narrative evidence as to which year and exactly how close to the air date the "present day" stories take place.

Rose is noted in several subsequent narratives to have taken place in 2005. Notably, in The End of the World, the Ninth Doctor describes 12005 as ten thousand years into Rose's future. Aliens of London, the first story where Rose returns home after her travels, features missing posters for Rose clearly dated March 2005. In The End of Time, the Tenth Doctor briefly meets Rose on 1 January 2005 before she meets the Ninth Doctor and believes she will have a great year.

Following this, the "contemporary" early 21st century stories relative to Rose Tyler's home era have generally taken place a year after transmission, though few stories explicitly confirm or contradict this. Nonetheless, in Love & Monsters, Elton Pope directly describes the events of Rose as "two years ago" and The Christmas Invasion as "Christmas just gone". In School Reunion, Sarah Jane describes the Sycorax' ship over London from Invasion similarly as "Christmas just gone".

[Doctor Who] The Runaway Bride, featuring Donna Noble, notes the Cyberman invasion in Canary Wharf from Rose's last regular appearance in Army of Ghosts and Doomsday as having taken place, and describes The Christmas Invasion's robot Santas as being from "last year". This would set that story (along with Rose's "present" during series 2 in 2007, and by extension, the Martha Jones era in 2008.

[Torchwood] Several Torchwood episodes are explicitly set in the aftermath of the Battle of Canary Wharf, which was Rose's last regular appearance as a companion. This would mean that up to and including (Out of Time, which is set around Christmas, and according to Captain Jack Harkness, has Diane go through the Rift on 24 December), series 1 is set in the year 2007. Combat and Captain Jack Harkness are clearly not set immediately after Time and so the last episodes of series 1 can be safely said to be set in 2008.

In series 2, Meat is said to be a year after Gwen is recruited to Torchwood Three (which happened in the series 1 premiere Everything Changes, while in Exit Wounds, Jack, after being unearthed by Torchwood staff in 1901, asks to be frozen for 107 years. Both of these facts strongly seem to place all of series 2 in 2008.

However, in Fragments (set on the same day as Exit Wounds), Ianto's flashback to his recruitment to Torchwood is displayed in a caption as taking place 21 months, or one year nine months, ago. Based on earlier evidence, including a scene in Love & Monsters set in part in March 2007, and Army of Ghosts and Doomsday (set during the battle where Ianto loses his prior job at Torchwood One) having ghosts appearing for two months being news to the Tenth Doctor and Rose (which means that the Battle of Canary Wharf happened in at least May 2007). Based on this earliest-possible estimate and assuming that Ianto joined Torchwood Three immediately after most of Torchwood One is wiped out, the "21 months earlier" flashback would mean that Fragments and Exit Wounds are set, at the very earliest, in February of 2009.

...

Certainly, we can say that discounting flashbacks, Torchwood is set in the "21st century" where everything changes.

[SJA] Invasion of the Bane is set at least 18 months after Sarah Jane's meeting with the Tenth Doctor and him building a new model of K9 following the destruction of Mark III in School Reunion. The series 2 story The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith also describes the previous season]]'s Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (of which the season finale The Lost Boy picks up nearly immediately after) as having taken place "last year".

(Note: This isn't thorough per se... Not going through Doctor Who Adventures or Battles in Time issues for this list, nor am I going to really be able to find Cornell's Christmas stories. And the BBC Writer's Comics do not appear to work.)

Nine and Rose on present-day Earth

One year after Rose.
Six months after World War Three.
Set after the heart of the TARDIS was opened in Boom Town.
Numerous outside stories backdate this to 2005.

Ten and Rose on present-day Earth

Story partially set in March. Rose was two years ago. The Christmas Invasion was the previous Christmas.
Set "this year" according to Mickey.
The Christmas Invasion was the previous Christmas.

Post-Rose Ten on present-day Earth

The Christmas Invasion was the previous Christmas.

Ten and Martha on present-day Earth

Ten and Donna on present-day Earth

Post-Donna Ten on present-day Earth

Torchwood stories

Sarah Jane Adventures stories

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