Middle Ages

The Middle Ages were an era in human history following the Dark Ages. The Sixth Doctor believed that it was "an interesting period in its way but in increasingly small doses." (AUDIO: Leviathan)

At some point during the Middle Ages, the planet Strepto vanished. (PROSE: Something in the Water)

Compared to the 21st century, Britain was on average three degrees colder in the Middle Ages. (TV: The Last Oak Tree)

Behind the scenes

• The non-narrative source REF: Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac stated the Daleks had stolen Strepto, making it one of the twenty-seven planets they needed to activate the reality bomb. This is contradicted by TV: The Stolen Earth, which counts twenty-four planets being taken from 2009 and the other three from other eras named by the Tenth Doctor and Donna as the Lost Moon of Poosh, Pyrovillia and Adipose 3.