Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was a conflict fought between Saxon king Harold Godwinson and Norman leader William the Conqueror at Hastings, (TV: The Time Meddler) as part of the Norman Conquest of England, (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart) in 1066 (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash [+]Loading...["Who's After Your Cash (short story)"], The Constant Warrior [+]Loading...["The Constant Warrior (short story)"]) resulting in the death of Harold. The First Monk tried to prevent the Norman victory by destroying a Viking fleet off the Northumbrian coast, which would have forced Harold to march to Stamford Bridge to face them. History would have shown that although Harold would have won, the battle would have resulted in heavy casualties and on the way back to Hastings his army would have suffered desertions. The Monk wanted to stop that by having Harold keep a fresh army without any casualties or desertions, but was stopped by the First Doctor. (TV: The Time Meddler)
The Dalek Survival Guide recorded that at least one Dalek was present at the battle. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide)
The Eighth Doctor and his companion Mary Shelley met King Harold during the battle. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)
The TARDIS's helmic regulator was hit and incapacitated by an arrow when the Eleventh Doctor visited the battle. (WC: Pond Life)
The Shopkeeper had an arrow with a bloodstain on it in his shop. According to the Shopkeeper, some said that the arrow was pulled from the eye of King Harold himself after the Battle of Hastings. Rani Chandra replied that she read online that some said that he wasn't shot in the eye at all. The Shopkeeper added that the tapestry of time was a fragile thing, and that applying the slightest pressure could cause the threads of history to unravel. (TV: Lost in Time)
In one of the Eighth Doctor's possible futures, (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)"]) the "listless-looking" Ninth Doctor regarded the battle as one of his favourite historical events. (PROSE: Who's After Your Cash [+]Loading...["Who's After Your Cash (short story)"])
The Twelfth Doctor claimed to have never been to the Battle of Hastings, suggesting to himself that he should go along and take a look one day. (PROSE: A History of Humankind [+]Loading...["A History of Humankind (novel)"])
The Fourteenth Doctor and Donna Noble briefly crash-landed in the Battle of Hastings, where they both accidentally saved King Harold's life from flurries of arrows, leaving him infatuated with Donna. They quickly left and discovered that 21st-century scholars still could not determine precisely how Harold was killed. (COMIC: Untitled [+]Loading...["Untitled (DWM 598 comic story)"])
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In the Starless World, Rory Williams fought in the Battle of Hastings, as Harold Godwinson's favoured general, and worked to keep the Pandorica safe. (PROSE: The Constant Warrior [+]Loading...["The Constant Warrior (short story)"])
