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9 June was a date.
Events
On 9 June 1983, in the United Kingdom general election, the ruling Conservative Party, led by the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won a landslide victory over the Labour Party. (AUDIO: Rat Trap [+]Loading...["Rat Trap (audio story)"])
One account[nb 1] dates the Year That Never Was as beginning on this day in an unspecified year. (PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Loading...["The Secret Lives of Monsters (reference book)"]) Other accounts date the event to sometime in March 2008 (AUDIO: Recruits [+]Loading...["Recruits (audio story)"]) or 23 June 2007. (PROSE: The Paradox Moon [+]Loading...["The Paradox Moon (short story)"])
In 2030, the Minister of War rose to power, beginning their reign of ultimate terror. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
Other
According to a calendar aboard the SS Bernice, 9 June 1926 was a Sunday. (TV: Carnival of Monsters [+]Loading...["Carnival of Monsters (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
Page 120 of The Secret Lives of Monsters gives Sunday 4 June as the date of the events of Smith and Jones [+]Loading...["Smith and Jones (TV story)"] and the Royal Hope incident, and thus, through mentions given in The Sound of Drums, it can be inferred that The Year That Never Was began on Friday 9 June. However, Secret Lives does not specify 2007 or 2008 as a current year. On top of this, the first two Sunday 4 Junes and Friday 9 Junes after 2004 (page 119 places the incident over 30 years after 1974) are in 2006 and 2017. However, it does not specify 2007 or 2008 as a current year. On top of this, the first two Sunday 4 Junes and Friday 9 Junes after 2004 (page 119 places the Royal Hope incident over 30 years after 1974) are in 2006 and 2017.
Footnotes
- ↑ The Sound of Drums dates the Year That Never Was as beginning five days after the events of Smith and Jones.
