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=== Prehistory ===
=== Prehistory ===
[[File:Earth 6 billion years ago.jpg|thumb|Earth around 6 billion years prior to [[1974]], on a [[Tuesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}})]]
[[File:Earth 6 billion years ago.jpg|thumb|Earth around 6 billion years prior to [[1974]], on a [[Tuesday]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hide (TV story)}})]]
* Circa 400,000,000,000 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of the Universe}})  
* Circa 400,000,000,000 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of the Universe}})
* [[13 February]], 13,500,017,093 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. The beginning of the universe occurred at 11 [[am]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) A random quarter of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was deleted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]], in order to escape the explosion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
* [[13 February]], 13,500,017,093 BC: By one account, [[Event One]]. The beginning of the universe occurred at 11 [[am]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) A random quarter of the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] was deleted by [[Tegan Jovanka|Tegan]] and [[Nyssa]], in order to escape the explosion. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
* Time unknown: The [[Sixth Doctor]] wrote "THE DOCTOR WAS HERE" on an early planet's surface. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gone Too Soon (short story)}})
* Time unknown: The [[Sixth Doctor]] wrote "THE DOCTOR WAS HERE" on an early planet's surface. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gone Too Soon (short story)}})
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* 488,000,000 BC: The [[Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Cambrian]] to the [[Ordovician]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 488,000,000 BC: The [[Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Cambrian]] to the [[Ordovician]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 450,000,000 BC: The [[Archaeon]]s attempt to propagate life on Earth according to their design. The arrival of [[First Doctor]]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Stoyn]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] scuppers their plans, when their attempted disassembly of the TARDIS an removal of its [[temporal stasis capacitor]] traps them in a stasis field for 450 million years. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}
* Circa 450,000,000 BC: The [[Archaeon]]s attempt to propagate life on Earth according to their design. The arrival of [[First Doctor]]], [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] and [[Stoyn]] in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a TARDIS]] scuppers their plans, when their attempted disassembly of the TARDIS an removal of its [[temporal stasis capacitor]] traps them in a stasis field for 450 million years. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Beginning (audio story)}}
* 443,000,000 BC: The [[Ordovician-Silurian extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Ordovician]] to the [[Silurian era]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})  
* 443,000,000 BC: The [[Ordovician-Silurian extinction event]] transitions Earth from [[Ordovician]] to the [[Silurian era]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 425,000,000 BC: The [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s signed a [[Peace treaty|peace deal]] on [[28 January]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 425,000,000 BC: The [[Silurian]]s and [[Sea Devil]]s signed a [[Peace treaty|peace deal]] on [[28 January]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 410,000,000 BC: the first [[amphibious]] [[lifeform]]s [[experiment]]ed with crawling on to land. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 410,000,000 BC: the first [[amphibious]] [[lifeform]]s [[experiment]]ed with crawling on to land. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
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* 100,068,105 BC: [[Hyperdrive]] is invented on Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,068,105 BC: [[Hyperdrive]] is invented on Gallifrey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|A Sourcebook for Field Agents (novel)|namedep=Time Line of Gallifreyan History}})
* 100,000,000 BC: On [[4 June]], the [[Silurian Ark]] is launched. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 100,000,000 BC: On [[4 June]], the [[Silurian Ark]] is launched. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* 65,500,000 BC: The [[K-T extinction event]] marks the transition from [[Cretaceous]] to the [[Paleocene]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})  
* 65,500,000 BC: The [[K-T extinction event]] marks the transition from [[Cretaceous]] to the [[Paleocene]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* Circa 65,000,000 BC: The Silurians are active on Earth, co-existing with [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]]s such as the [[Tyrannosaurus rex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* Circa 65,000,000 BC: The Silurians are active on Earth, co-existing with [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]]s such as the [[Tyrannosaurus rex]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster Vault (novel)}})
* 56,000,000 BC: [[Paleocene]] ends and [[Eocene era]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
* 56,000,000 BC: [[Paleocene]] ends and [[Eocene era]] begins. ([[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Prehistory Repeating Itself (feature)}})
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* 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
* 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Four to Doomsday (TV story)}})
* Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}})
* Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Cold War (TV story)}})
* 3000 BC:  
* 3000 BC:
** A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}})
** A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}}) The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}})
** Around this year, an [[Iytean starship]] carrying [[Ned Hines|an Iytean criminal]] crashed on Earth and was buried by the [[Monitor (The Iytean Menace)|Monitor]] crew under what would later become [[London]]. Before a rescue mission could be mounted, the planet [[Iytea]] was wrecked in the [[Anar-Isari wars]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}})
** Around this year, an [[Iytean starship]] carrying [[Ned Hines|an Iytean criminal]] crashed on Earth and was buried by the [[Monitor (The Iytean Menace)|Monitor]] crew under what would later become [[London]]. Before a rescue mission could be mounted, the planet [[Iytea]] was wrecked in the [[Anar-Isari wars]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}})

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BC

BC or B.C. was an initialism (Before Christ) (PROSE: The Best of Days [+]Loading...["The Best of Days (short story)"]) used to designate an Earth year's position relative to the epoch known as AD. Sometimes BCE was used instead. (COMIC: Crossing the Rubicon [+]Loading...["Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)"], PROSE: The Ruby's Curse [+]Loading...["The Ruby's Curse (novel)"]) The phrase "before the birth of Christ" could also be used. (GAME: The Iytean Menace [+]Loading...["The Iytean Menace (game)"]) The term "BC" thus designated a negative number; 100 BC was ninety-nine years before 1 BC. Its positive counterpart was AD.

There was, however, a question as to whether the year 1 BC was followed by the year 0 or the year 1 AD. Some people, including the human chronologist Professor Wagg, clearly believed that 1 BC was followed by 0, allowing him to make the claim that the year 2000 was the first year of a new millennium, as did American journalists working for television station KKBE. (TV: Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)"]) The Eighth Doctor concurred with this opinion. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"], AUDIO: Relative Dimensions [+]Loading...["Relative Dimensions (audio story)"]) However, the Sixth Doctor (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"]) and Dave Young (PROSE: Escape Velocity [+]Loading...["Escape Velocity (novel)"]) both strongly argued that 1 BC was followed by 1 AD, thus making 2001 the start of the 3rd millennium.

The Time Lords placed Davros' life in the Thousand Year War up to the Fourth Doctor's incursion into Dalek history as concurrent to Earth's ancient history, prior to the 2nd century. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"])

Timeline

Prehistory

Earth around 6 billion years prior to 1974, on a Tuesday. (TV: Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"])

4th millennium B.C.

3rd millennium B.C.

2nd millennium B.C.

10th century B.C.

9th century B.C.

8th century B.C.

6th century B.C.

5th century B.C.

4th century B.C.

3rd century B.C.

2nd century B.C.

1st century B.C.

Behind the scenes

  • An inherently Christian designation, BC is not generally used in calendars of the traditionally non-Christian world. Consequently, some people use BCE (meaning "Before Common Era") for BC. CE (meaning "Common Era") as a substitute for AD. These largely cosmetic replacements are thought to avoid religious offence. However, Doctor Who fiction has typically remained loyal to the BC/AD convention. Even as late as the Russell T. Davies and Steven Moffat eras, dialogue and on-screen graphics prefer the Christian convention, for example in televised stories The Fires of Pompeii, The Pandorica Opens, A Good Man Goes to War and The Angels Take Manhattan.
  • In the real world, there is no year zero, so therefore 1 BC is immediately followed by 1 AD. Doctor Who fiction, however, is unclear as to this point.
  • On this wiki, templates and categories, both of which use, or are used in, mathematical formulae, assume the presence of a year zero, since the fiction of the Doctor Who universe allows it. Hence, we deem that the year 2000 is in the 21st century.
  • In The Doctor Who Role Playing Game, Gallifrey's TL time scale relates to the BC/AD dating system using the following mathematic formulas
    • When TL is greater than or equal to 70,709: A.D. = TL — 70,708, TL = A.D. + 70,708
    • When TL is less than 70,709: B.C. = 70,709 — TL, TL = 70,709 — B.C.

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