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This story/companion's era is considered to be set in the early [[21st century]], and can very likely be narrowed down to the [[2000s]]; however, there is conflicting narrative evidence as to which year ''specifically'' it is set. The writing team for the most part did not place a year in most of [the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' scripts set on contemporary Earth]/[''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''{{'}} scripts]/[''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''{{'}}s scripts], but to at least the contemporary television audience, the visual language shows the era is very clearly intended to be <!--[[-->Earth<!--]]--> in the present day. There has been conflicting narrative evidence as to which year and exactly how close to the air date the "present day" stories take place. | This story/companion's era is considered to be set in the early [[21st century]], and can very likely be narrowed down to the [[2000s]]; however, there is conflicting narrative evidence as to which year ''specifically'' it is set. The writing team for the most part did not place a year in most of [the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' scripts set on contemporary Earth]/[''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''{{'}} scripts]/[''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''{{'}}s scripts], but to at least the contemporary television audience, the visual language shows the era is very clearly intended to be <!--[[-->Earth<!--]]--> in the present day. There has been conflicting narrative evidence as to which year and exactly how close to the air date the "present day" stories take place. | ||
''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' is noted in several subsequent narratives to have taken place in [[2005]]. Notably, in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', the [[Ninth Doctor]] describes [[12005]] as ten thousand years into [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]'s future. The first story where Rose returns home after she starts travelling with the Ninth Doctor, ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', features missing posters for Rose clearly dated <!--6?--> March 2005. In ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] briefly meets Rose on [[1 January]] 2005 before she meets the Ninth Doctor and believes she will have a great year. | The ''<!--[[-->Doctor Who<!--]]-->'' television story ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' is noted in several subsequent narratives to have taken place in [[2005]]. Notably, in the ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', the [[Ninth Doctor]] describes [[12005]] as ten thousand years into [[Rose Tyler|Rose]]'s future. The first story where Rose returns home after she starts travelling with the Ninth Doctor, the ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', features missing posters for Rose clearly dated <!--6?--> March 2005. In the ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', the [[Tenth Doctor]] briefly meets Rose on [[1 January]] 2005 before she meets the Ninth Doctor and believes she will have a great year. | ||
Following this, the "contemporary" early 21st century stories relative to Rose Tyler's home era have generally taken place a year after transmission, though few stories explicitly confirm or contradict this. Nonetheless, in the [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | Following this, the "contemporary" early 21st century stories relative to Rose Tyler's home era have generally taken place a year after transmission, though few stories explicitly confirm or contradict this or outright state a year. Nonetheless, in the [[2006 (releases)|2006]] ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', [[Elton Pope]] directly describes the events of the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] ''Doctor Who'' television story ''Rose'' as "two years ago" and the 2005 ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' as "[[Christmas]] just gone". In the ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'', also from 2006, [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] describes the [[Sycorax spaceship|giant ship]] over [[London]] from ''Invasion'' similarly as "Christmas just gone". | ||
[Doctor Who] ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', featuring [[Donna Noble]], notes [[Battle of Canary Wharf|the Cyberman invasion in Canary Wharf]] from Rose's last regular appearance in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' as having | [Doctor Who] The ''Doctor Who'' television story ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'', featuring [[Donna Noble]], notes [[Battle of Canary Wharf|the Cyberman invasion in Canary Wharf]] from Rose's last regular appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' television stories ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' as having happened, and describes ''The Christmas Invasion''{{'}}s robot Santas as being from "last year". This would set that story (along with Rose's "present" during [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]]) in [[2007]]. The ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' also mentioned the people around the world standing on roofs from ''The Christmas Invasion'' taking place "[the] Christmas before last", and the [[Webstar|giant Christmas star over London]] and the draining of the [[River Thames|Thames]] from ''The Runaway Bride'' happening "last year", which both affirms the Martha Jones era (which mentions the Christmas star) and this episode as having taken place in 2008. | ||
[Torchwood] Several ''Torchwood'' | [Torchwood] Several ''Torchwood'' stories are explicitly set in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], which was Rose's last regular appearance as a companion. This would mean that up to and including the ''Torchwood'' television story ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', which is set around Christmas (and according to the ''Torchwood'' television story ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', has [[Diane Holmes|Diane]] go through the Rift on [[24 December]]), [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]] is set in the year [[2007]]. The ''Torchwood'' television stories ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]'' and ''Captain Jack Harkness'' are clearly not set immediately after ''Time'' and so the last episodes of series 1, including ''Combat'' and ''Harkness'', can be safely said to be set in [[2008]]. | ||
In [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]], ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'' is said to be a year after [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] is recruited to [[Torchwood Three]] (which happened in the series 1 premiere ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''), while in ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], after being unearthed by Torchwood staff in [[1901]], asks to be frozen for 107 years. Both of these facts strongly seem to place all of series 2 in 2008. | In [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]] of ''Torchwood'', ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'' is said to be a year after [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] is recruited to [[Torchwood Three]] (which happened in the series 1 premiere ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''), while in the season finale ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], after being unearthed by Torchwood staff in [[1901]], asks to be frozen for 107 years. Both of these facts strongly seem to place all of series 2 in 2008. | ||
However, in ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'' (set on the same day as ''Exit Wounds''), [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]'s flashback to his recruitment to Torchwood is displayed in a caption as taking place 21 months, or one year nine months, ago. Based on earlier evidence, including a scene in ''Love & Monsters'' set in part in [[March]] 2007, and ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' (set during the battle where Ianto loses his prior job at [[Torchwood One]]) having [[Ghost Shift|ghosts appearing]] for two months being news to the Tenth Doctor and Rose (which means that the Battle of Canary Wharf happened in ''at least'' May 2007), and assuming that Ianto joined Torchwood Three immediately after most of Torchwood One is wiped out, the "21 months earlier" flashback would mean that ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' are set, at the very earliest, in February of ''2009''. | However, in the ''Torchwood'' television story ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'' (set on the same day as ''Exit Wounds''), [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]'s flashback to his recruitment to Torchwood is displayed in a caption as taking place 21 months, or one year nine months, ago. Based on earlier evidence, including a scene in ''Love & Monsters'' set in part in [[March]] 2007, and the ''Doctor Who'' television stories ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' and ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' (set during the battle where Ianto loses his prior job at [[Torchwood One]]) having [[Ghost Shift|ghosts appearing]] for two months being news to the Tenth Doctor and Rose (which means that the Battle of Canary Wharf happened in ''at least'' May 2007), and assuming that Ianto joined Torchwood Three immediately after most of Torchwood One is wiped out, the "21 months earlier" flashback would mean that ''Fragments'' and ''Exit Wounds'' are set, at the very earliest, in February of ''2009''. | ||
Confusing matters further, according to Gwen Cooper's [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] file in ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', Gwen joined Torchwood (as seen in ''Everything Changes'') in October ''2006''. | Confusing matters further, according to Gwen Cooper's [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] file in ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', Gwen joined Torchwood (as seen in ''Everything Changes'') in October ''2006''. | ||
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Certainly, we can say that discounting flashbacks, ''Torchwood'' is set in the "21st century" where everything changes. | Certainly, we can say that discounting flashbacks, ''Torchwood'' is set in the "21st century" where everything changes. | ||
[SJA] ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' is set at least 18 months after Sarah Jane's meeting with the Tenth Doctor and him building [[K9 Mark IV|a new model of K9]] following the destruction of [[K9 Mark III|Mark III]] in ''School Reunion''. The [[Series 2 (SJA)|series 2]] story ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' also describes [[Series 1 (SJA)|the previous season]]'s ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (of which the season finale ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' picks up nearly immediately after) as having taken place "last year". | [SJA] ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' television story ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' is set at least 18 months after Sarah Jane's meeting with the Tenth Doctor and him building [[K9 Mark IV|a new model of K9]] following the destruction of [[K9 Mark III|Mark III]] in ''School Reunion''. The [[Series 2 (SJA)|series 2]] SJA story ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' also describes [[Series 1 (SJA)|the previous season]]'s ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (of which the season finale ''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' picks up nearly immediately after) as having taken place "last year". | ||
(Note: This isn't ''thorough'' per se... Not going through ''Doctor Who Adventures'' or ''Battles in Time'' issues for this list, nor am I going to ''really'' be able to find Cornell's Christmas stories. And the BBC Writer's Comics do not appear to work.) | (Note: This isn't ''thorough'' per se... Not going through ''Doctor Who Adventures'' or ''Battles in Time'' issues for this list, nor am I going to ''really'' be able to find Cornell's Christmas stories. And the BBC Writer's Comics do not appear to work.) | ||
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* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]'' | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wishing Well (novel)|Wishing Well]]'' | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Zombie Motel (short story)|Zombie Motel]]'' | * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Zombie Motel (short story)|Zombie Motel]]'' | ||
== Post Martha Ten on present-day Earth == | |||
* [[TV]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' | |||
: Set two years after ''The Christmas Invasion'' and the year after ''The Runaway Bride'' | |||
== Ten and Donna on present-day Earth == | == Ten and Donna on present-day Earth == | ||
