1873

1873 was a year.

Events

Dated

According to his diary, in May, Professor Cornelius Perkins and his expedition discovered "a frog the size of a rhinoceros" with the leg of one of the natives in its mouth while searching for the city of the Maygor tribe, the legendary Lost City of Gold, in the Valley of Death in the Amazon. From the evidence presented in his diary, UNIT HQ came to believe that Perkins had discovered a crashed alien spacecraft in the Valley of Death. To that end, in 1977, they had the Fourth Doctor, who was still officially UNIT's scientific adviser, and his companion Leela join Edward Perkins' expedition to the Amazon to learn the fate of his great-grandfather as observers. Once they had arrived in the Valley of Death, the Doctor determined that time moved at considerably slower rate than elsewhere on Earth and throughout the universe as it existed within a time bubble. Although 104 years had passed in the outside world, only a month had gone by from Professor Perkins' perspective since he discovered the alien spacecraft. (AUDIO: The Valley of Death ^[+]Loading...["The Valley of Death (audio story)"])

On 11 September, the Eighth Doctor and Mary Shelley arrived in Vienna and encountered two Cybermen. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk ^[+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])

On Christmas Day, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond visited the village of Hollograd, which was being plagued by psychic fog emitted from the Krampus, clouding lost children from the minds of their distraught parents. The Doctor used the TARDIS to light up the whole village, banishing the Krampus and the fog away, reuniting the parents and children. (COMIC: Red Christmas ^[+]Loading...["Red Christmas (comic story)"])

Undated

The Vienna Exposition was held in Vienna. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk ^[+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])

The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield arrived in a virtual England created by Galah. (PROSE: Strange England ^[+]Loading...["Strange England (novel)"])

Professor George Litefoot's family departed China after his father had died. As a going-away present, Emperor Tongzhi gave Litefoot's mother a puzzle box which turned out to be a 51st century time cabinet. (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang ^[+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"])

Heinrich Schliemann discovered the Jewels of Helen while excavating Troy. (PROSE: Past Reckoning ^[+]Loading...["Past Reckoning (short story)"])

Other

By this time, Mondas was located 200 light-years from Earth. (AUDIO: The Silver Turk ^[+]Loading...["The Silver Turk (audio story)"])

Behind the scenes

"Year: 1873". ("The Doctor is coming to Disney XD")

This year was among those that flashed on-screen in a music video aired on Disney XD.