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{{timeline}}The '''21st century''' was, as [[Jack Harkness]] cryptically said, "when everything changes". ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') Earth was a very tempting target for invasion; by [[2009]], half of the species from Earth to the [[Verlixix Spiral Cluster]] had plans to invade. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') | {{timeline}}The '''21st century''' was, as [[Jack Harkness]] cryptically said, "when everything changes". ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') Earth was a very tempting target for invasion; by [[2009]], half of the species from Earth to the [[Verlixix Spiral Cluster]] had plans to invade. ([[TV]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane (TV story)|Enemy of the Bane]]'') | ||
According to some accounts, the early 21st century was when the whole [[human]] race on [[Earth]] learned that extraterrestrial life existed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') While in the past alien incursions were generally covered up or dismissed as hoaxes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') the early 21st century saw frequent large-scale attacks on Earth which couldn't be covered up, such as the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') the [[March of the Adipose]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') the [[Dalek | According to some accounts, the early 21st century was when the whole [[human]] race on [[Earth]] learned that extraterrestrial life existed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'') While in the past alien incursions were generally covered up or dismissed as hoaxes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') the early 21st century saw frequent large-scale attacks on Earth which couldn't be covered up, such as the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') the [[March of the Adipose]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek Invasion of Earth]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') [[the 456]] incident, ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') and [[the Year of the Slow Invasion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | ||
This century saw many organisations - such as [[ | This century saw many organisations - such as [[UNIT]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Zygon Invasion (TV story)|The Zygon Invasion]]'') [[Internal Counter-Intelligence Service|ICIS]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'') [[Torchwood Three]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') [[Torchwood One]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[New Girl (audio story)|New Girl]]'') [[MIAOW]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'') [[the Forge]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Project Valhalla (novel)|Project: Valhalla]]'') [[Preternatural Research Bureau|PROBE]], ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[When to Die (home video)|When to Die]]'') [[the Department]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)|The Eclipse of the Korven]]'') and [[UNISYC]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') - defend the Earth against alien attacks. Indeed, the [[Shift (Head of State)|Shift]] once remarked, "one can barely materialise on the planet without being fought over by five different covert paramilitary organisations". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]'') However, the century also saw a number of independent alien defenders, such as the [[Bannerman Road gang]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'') the [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood team]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'') the [[Coal Hill defenders]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Brave-ish Heart (TV story)|Brave-ish Heart]]'') [[Grant (The Return of Doctor Mysterio)|the Ghost]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'') [[Erimem]] & friends, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Pharaoh (novel)|The Last Pharaoh]]'') [[Lucy Wilson]] and [[Hobo Kostinen]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Avatars of the Intelligence (novel)|Avatars of the Intelligence]]'') and the [[K9 Unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Regeneration (TV story)|Regeneration]]'') | ||
[[Ashildr]], a [[9th century]]<ref>In the television story ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', which is set in the year [[1651]], [[Ashildr]] mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> [[Viking]] girl who was rendered effectively [[immortality|immortal]] when she was brought back to life by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] through a self-repairing [[Mire]] [[repair kit]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') was known to have lived on Earth up to at least the early part of the 21st century, by which point she was the Mayor of the [[Trap Street, London|trap street]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'') She would ultimately live all the way to the [[end of the universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') [[Jack Harkness]], another immortal, as well as an occasional [[time travel]]ler, lived through the 21st century three separate times. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') | [[Ashildr]], a [[9th century]]<ref>In the television story ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]'', which is set in the year [[1651]], [[Ashildr]] mentions having had 800 years of adventure.</ref> [[Viking]] girl who was rendered effectively [[immortality|immortal]] when she was brought back to life by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] through a self-repairing [[Mire]] [[repair kit]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'') was known to have lived on Earth up to at least the early part of the 21st century, by which point she was the Mayor of the [[Trap Street, London|trap street]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Face the Raven (TV story)|Face the Raven]]'') She would ultimately live all the way to the [[end of the universe]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') [[Jack Harkness]], another immortal, as well as an occasional [[time travel]]ler, lived through the 21st century three separate times. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') | ||
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The [[First Doctor]] once described the early 21st century as "[a] time of epicurean excess, a time of simmering global strife, a time of [[Burger|hamburgers]] the size of your head and thick shakes as big as your arm, of imaginary medical complaints and stress-related lives, of panic and terror, of genetic modification and [[salad]]s with more calories than a [[chocolate]] bar". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mother Road (short story)|The Mother Road]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] once described the early 21st century as "[a] time of epicurean excess, a time of simmering global strife, a time of [[Burger|hamburgers]] the size of your head and thick shakes as big as your arm, of imaginary medical complaints and stress-related lives, of panic and terror, of genetic modification and [[salad]]s with more calories than a [[chocolate]] bar". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mother Road (short story)|The Mother Road]]'') | ||
This century was a period of great technological advancement, but also great political, economic, and ecological turmoil. The [[T-Mat]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') and the weather-controlling [[Gravitron]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') were developed in the middle part of this century, and the first excursions outside the [[Solar | This century was a period of great technological advancement, but also great political, economic, and ecological turmoil. The [[T-Mat]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') and the weather-controlling [[Gravitron]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'') were developed in the middle part of this century, and the first excursions outside the [[Solar system]] occurred towards the century's end. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') | ||
Space travel increased dramatically. Many more missions were undertaken by [[NASA]], the Russian Federal Space Agency, and European Space Agency (later the [[Eurozone Space Agency]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]'')). All-[[Germany|German]] teams achieved ten lunar missions by 2050. [[Australia]], [[Spain]], and (possibly) the [[Philippines]] all got involved in space travel. The [[Branson Inheritance]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') and [[Ironclad Industries]] (who bought the [[British Rocket Group]]) were two private space organisations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]'') In [[2071]], [[India]]'s space agency collaborated with Britain in clearing space junk out of Earth orbit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scavenger (audio story)|Scavenger]]'') This new space race ended when T-Mat was invented, causing rockets to be seen as obsolete. This was shown to be an error when the Ice Warriors seized control of T-Mat Control ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') in [[2086]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | Space travel increased dramatically. Many more missions were undertaken by [[NASA]], the Russian Federal Space Agency, and European Space Agency (later the [[Eurozone Space Agency]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]'')). All-[[Germany|German]] teams achieved ten lunar missions by 2050. [[Australia]], [[Spain]], and (possibly) the [[Philippines]] all got involved in space travel. The [[Branson Inheritance]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'') and [[Ironclad Industries]] (who bought the [[British Rocket Group]]) were two private space organisations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Feast of Axos (audio story)|The Feast of Axos]]'') In [[2071]], [[India]]'s space agency collaborated with Britain in clearing space junk out of Earth orbit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scavenger (audio story)|Scavenger]]'') This new space race ended when T-Mat was invented, causing rockets to be seen as obsolete. This was shown to be an error when the Ice Warriors seized control of T-Mat Control ([[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'') in [[2086]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Transit (novel)|Transit]]'') | ||
The nations of Europe began to unify more under the [[Eurozone]] in the early decades of this century, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'') though one account had the [[United Kingdom]] attempting to leave the [[European Union]] around [[2018]], in an ongoing affair known as [[Brexit]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson | The nations of Europe began to unify more under the [[Eurozone]] in the early decades of this century, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trading Futures (novel)|Trading Futures]]'') though one account had the [[United Kingdom]] attempting to leave the [[European Union]] around [[2018]], in an ongoing affair known as [[Brexit]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets (novel)|Lucy Wilson & the Bledoe Cadets]]'') | ||
For forty years after [[2019]], Earth suffered through [[climate change]] (including both extreme storms and a 22+ weeks [[drought|without rain]]), [[ozone layer|ozone]] degradation, the "[[Great Cataclysm]]", and "the [[oil apocalypse]]". Millions of [[refugee]]s streamed out of [[North Africa]] and the [[Baltics]]. In [[2059]], it was believed mankind came close to [[extinction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', ''[[Aeolian (TV story)|Aeolian]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hothouse (audio story)|Hothouse]]'') People in the future would remember Earth's ecosystem collapsed during this century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once referred to the dangerously corrosive [[acid rain]] of the mid-21st century. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Strange Loops (comic story)|Strange Loops]]'') | For forty years after [[2019]], Earth suffered through [[climate change]] (including both extreme storms and a 22+ weeks [[drought|without rain]]), [[ozone layer|ozone]] degradation, the "[[Great Cataclysm]]", and "the [[oil apocalypse]]". Millions of [[refugee]]s streamed out of [[North Africa]] and the [[Baltics]]. In [[2059]], it was believed mankind came close to [[extinction]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', ''[[Aeolian (TV story)|Aeolian]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hothouse (audio story)|Hothouse]]'') People in the future would remember Earth's ecosystem collapsed during this century. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') The [[Eleventh Doctor]] once referred to the dangerously corrosive [[acid rain]] of the mid-21st century. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Strange Loops (comic story)|Strange Loops]]'') | ||
