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The year '''1962''' was notable in [[Earth]]'s history for the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in [[October]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Piggybackers (comic story)|The Piggybackers]]'') which affected places and people associated with [[the Doctor]]. Fear of impending [[nuclear war]] kept [[Barbara Wright]] awake at night during the crisis. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') [[Coal Hill School]] gave special air raid warning lessons to deal with the emergency. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') [[Section Eight]] used the dark arts to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'') | |||
On [[ | On [[11 January]], [[Meredith Roberts]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') | ||
On [[4 October]], [[Melanie Bush]]'s younger sister [[Anabel Bush|Anabel]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Spiral Scratch (novel)|Spiral Scratch]]'') | |||
On [[10 October]], the [[British Intelligence]] operative [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to [[Checkpoint Charlie]] in [[West Berlin]] to meet [[Stempfer|an agent]] who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Checkpoint (short story)|Checkpoint]]'') | On [[10 October]], the [[British Intelligence]] operative [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to [[Checkpoint Charlie]] in [[West Berlin]] to meet [[Stempfer|an agent]] who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Checkpoint (short story)|Checkpoint]]'') | ||
[[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married on [[21 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'') | [[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married on [[21 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'') | ||
[[23 November]] 1962 was [[James Stevens]]' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | [[23 November]] 1962 was [[James Stevens]]' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') That same day, the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s piloted their [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] back to [[Bob Dovie]]'s house at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] (crashing it into his chimney) to stop the [[conceptual bomb]] that {{pratt}} would place the next year from going off. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'') | ||
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The 1962 [[World Cup]] was held in [[Chile]]. In the quarterfinals, [[England]] lost to [[Brazil]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)|The Rag & Bone Man's Story]]'') | The 1962 [[World Cup]] was held in [[Chile]]. In the quarterfinals, [[England]] lost to [[Brazil]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)|The Rag & Bone Man's Story]]'') | ||
A [[Dalek]] [[Metaltron|soldier]], a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], fell through [[time]] and crashed like a [[meteorite]] "on the [[Ascension Islands]]". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | |||
== Alternate timeline == | == Alternate timeline == | ||
