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'''The Year of the Slow Invasion''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') also known as the '''Cube Invasion''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') was a gradual [[Alien invasion|invasion]] of [[Earth]] over the course of [[2012]] and [[2013]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') by [[Shakri cube]]s so that the [[Shakri]] could eliminate [[human]]ity.

Believing humanity to be a [[plague]] that would bring ruin to the [[N-Space|universe]] should they begin colonising the [[star]]s, the Shakri decided to conduct "pest control" by sending their cubes to infiltrate 21st century [[Earth]] in the month of [[July]]. They were inactive but still were believed to be a threat. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Kate Stewart]], and [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] decided to watch the cubes until some kind of activity occurred, though the Doctor eventually got bored and didn't resume observing the cubes until he returned to Earth in [[June]]. The cubes were subjected to numerous tests by [[UNIT]] to see what could destroy them; through human methods, it was impossible. Eventually, the Shakri began using [[Outlier droid|an android]] to command [[Orderlies (The Power of Three)|fake orderlies]], which kidnapped multiple humans over the course of the year.  

The following July, every last cube performed some random function; some of them were harmful (such as spewing fire and causing mood swings) and some were just plain annoying (like playing the "[[Chicken Dance]]"). The cubes then sucked in [[electricity]], using it to stop the [[heart]]s of one-third of the human population. The Doctor infiltrated the [[Shakri ship]] and used the cubes' programming to restart the hearts they previously stopped. The ricocheting wave of energy caused one of their ships to explode, sealing them back outside the universe. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}) The general public came to believe the Cube Invasion had merely been an advertising campaign that "got out of hand". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'')

 

* ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'' placed the Year of the Slow Invasion shortly after the start of the [[2012 Olympics]]. Meanwhile, the time elapsed as described by the Ponds in {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}, ''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]'', {{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}, and ''The Power of Three'' would [[The Power of Three dating controversy|suggest]] a [[2015]]-[[2016]] placing at earliest. Additionally, Rory's age of 31 described in ''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship'' coupled with his birthyear (implied to be in {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}} and confirmed to be in ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') of [[1989]] would suggest the starting year as [[2019]] or [[2020]], assuming he isn't factoring in any time spent in the TARDIS while talking to Brian.