1897

1897 was a year.

Events

Dated

During the summer, the Giant's Heart was hidden in the Tower of London until it could be set into the royal crown. Vastra, Jenny Flint, and Strax were tasked with protecting it. The Doctor arrived and replaced it with a different alien gem. (PROSE: The Giant's Heart)

In November, there were huge distortions in the time stream. The Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej visited Paris at this time. (PROSE: The Death of Art)

Undated

At some point during this year The Dread, a large ship fuelled by oil, caught fire in Cardiff Bay. The resultant blaze destroyed any trace of the ship and its crew, and the oil spilling into the water created a large ecological disaster. Thousands of birds, including entire populations of cormorants, guillemots, razorbills, puffins, and kittiwakes, were killed across a 122-mile stretch of Welsh coastline. (PROSE: Black Water)

British inventor Theophilus Tolliver constructed a time machine. (COMIC: The Eternal Present)

Fiora Venn began a relationship with Faraday. (AUDIO: Movers)

Births and deaths

Constance Harding was born. (PROSE: Human Nature)

Benjamin Wainwright, the future husband of the temporally displaced Kathy Nightingale, was born. (TV: Blink)