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1902 was a year.
Events
The second Boer War came to an end. (PROSE: Players [+]Loading...["Players (novel)"])
The 1902 Education Act overhauled the education system of England and Wales, establishing Local Education Authorities which funded the state-run schools and those affiliated to the Church of England and the Catholic Church. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])
The Fourth Doctor and Leela visited Fang Rock and defeated the Rutan Host. (TV: Horror of Fang Rock [+]Loading...["Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)"])
The Australian cricket team toured England in this year. The Fifth Doctor once wanted to witness it. (AUDIO: Alien Heart [+]Loading...["Alien Heart (audio story)"])
The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex visited Egypt and met Howard Carter. (AUDIO: False Gods [+]Loading...["False Gods (audio story)"])
The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones visited Scotland, and discovered that Balmoral Castle — and King Edward VII — had been removed by the Judoon. (PROSE: Revenge of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Revenge of the Judoon (novel)"])
Rupert Gaskin began construction of the Gaskin Tunnel. (PROSE: Wishing Well [+]Loading...["Wishing Well (novel)"])
In Wembley, the Watkins Tower was closed. The tower was incomplete and there were plans to finish it, but the site would instead be used for Wembley Stadium. (COMIC: They Think It's All Over [+]Loading...["They Think It's All Over (comic story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor recruited Edwardian explorer John Riddell to help him with a 24th century distress call. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"])
Births and deaths
Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart was born. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin [+]Loading...["The Wages of Sin (novel)"])
Other
After being sent back in time to Hull on 5 December 1920 by a Weeping Angel, Kathy Nightingale claimed to have been born during this year. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])
The Fifteenth Doctor told Ruby Sunday that 1902 had "accidentally got away from [him]" while advising her not to accidentally invent tarmac on a visit to 1813. (TV: Rogue [+]Loading...["Rogue (TV story)"])