1909
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In 1909, the Charrl attempted to colonise Earth through the Great Divide. Bernice Summerfield lived in London for two months. (PROSE: Birthright, AUDIO: Birthright)
Dated events
On 2 February, Mollie Wilkins saw what she thought was a large man in the shadows of a London street. When she approached the man he vanished. (PROSE: Birthright)
On 3 February, Lil Nuttall was sliced open by a Charrl while she was walking down Fournier Street with Ernie Wright. After witnessing the murder, Ernie went to Spitalfields market and attracted the attention of Constable Reggie Hawkins. Hawkins followed Ernie back to the body and began to arrest him, but was stopped by the Seventh Doctor, who hypnotised Hawkins into thinking that Ernie was elsewhere when the murder occurred. (PROSE: Birthright) The Doctor then visited Margaret Waterfield. He prepared her for the arrival of Bernice Summerfield. (PROSE: Prelude Birthright)
Due to the manipulation of Muldwych, the Seventh Doctor's TARDIS was split into two halves. These halves retained the TARDIS' police box exterior, but were not capable of travelling through time and space. One of them landed in the River Thames in mid February. Bernice Summerfield was inside the TARDIS and was left stranded in London. Using a business card that she found in the TARDIS a few minutes before, Benny found her way to 39 Dean Street, where Margaret Waterfield was waiting for her. (PROSE: Birthright)
On 6 March, the Raven Peninsula was separated from Scotland by Sea Devils. It later became known as Raven's Isle and served as a Sea Devil breeding ground. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death)
On 7 March, The Scotsman published an article about the separation of the Raven Peninsula. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death)
By the end of March, four women had been killed by the Charrl in London. There were many popular theories among the public: some said that the women were killed as part of a Jewish conspiracy, the superstitious thought the culprit was Spring-heeled Jack, others believed that the murders were the work of a secret society such as the Knights Templar or the Freemasons. (PROSE: Birthright)
Sometime in the spring, the Galerie d'Art de Parisiennes had its grand reopening. An alien which had the ability to go inside paintings was at the event. After it began kidnapping the guests, the Twelfth Doctor investigated the disappearances and was also sucked into a painting. After rescuing the other victims, the Doctor returned to reality. He then trapped the alien in a painting, saving the gallery-goers from having their lives drained. (COMIC: Gallery)
By 14 April, seven women had been murdered by the Charrl. (PROSE: Birthright)
On 15 April, Bernice Summerfield met Mikhail Popov in a pub in Spitalfields. Benny was attacked by a Charrl on her way back to Dean Street. Popov saved her from the alien and the two had dinner at the Great Eastern Hotel. (PROSE: Birthright)
On 16 April, another woman was killed by a Charrl. Jared Kahn took control of Margaret Waterfield's mind and forced her to search her home for Benny's TARDIS key. Worrying that Benny was getting too close to discovering that he was helping the Charrl, Kahn made Magaret kill herself. Kahn made the police arrest Benny and she was interned at Holloway Prison. (PROSE: Birthright)
From 16 September to 18 September, the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones fought Zygons in the Lake District. (PROSE: Sting of the Zygons)
Undated events
Jack Harkness was the only survivor of an attack by fairies in Lahore. (TV: Small Worlds)
Bessy Tiplington was born. (AUDIO: The Vanity Box)
