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* In ''The Age of Steel'', [[the Preachers]], a team of fugitives, own a van with a tax disc due to expire in 2006.<ref group="note">Though the parallel Earth the Preachers are from runs ahead of the normal Earth in later stories, in ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' (2006), the episode before ''The Age of Steel'', Mickey reads a newspaper dated to [[1 February]] of "this year".</ref> | * In ''The Age of Steel'', [[the Preachers]], a team of fugitives, own a van with a tax disc due to expire in 2006.<ref group="note">Though the parallel Earth the Preachers are from runs ahead of the normal Earth in later stories, in ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'' (2006), the episode before ''The Age of Steel'', Mickey reads a newspaper dated to [[1 February]] of "this year".</ref> | ||
* In ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'' (2008), [[Donna Noble]] recalls how the Doctor "saved [her]" in [[2008]]. The previous episode ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'' (2008) has Donna mentioning the [[Titanic (spaceship)|''Titanic'' replica]] on [[25 December|Christmas Day]] from ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' (2007). ''Voyage of the Damned'' itself has [[Wilfred Mott]] describing ''The Christmas Invasion''{{'}}s spaceship as the "Christmas before last", suggesting Donna's time in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|series 4]] as being [[2009]]. | * In ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'' (2008), [[Donna Noble]] recalls how the Doctor "saved [her]" in [[2008]]. The previous episode ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'' (2008) has Donna mentioning the [[Titanic (spaceship)|''Titanic'' replica]] on [[25 December|Christmas Day]] from ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' (2007). ''Voyage of the Damned'' itself has [[Wilfred Mott]] describing ''The Christmas Invasion''{{'}}s spaceship as the "Christmas before last", suggesting Donna's time in [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|series 4]] as being [[2009]]. | ||
* In ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'' (2008), Donna's neighbour [[Sally (The Sontaran Stratagem)|Sally]] tells Donna she hasn't seen her for "days". | |||
* In ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'' (2008), Donna turns left on [[Little Sutton Street]] on [[Monday]] 25th at 11:01am, six months before the [[Christmas Eve]] setting of ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'' (2006). As 2007 is the earliest year after 2001 where [[25 June]] falls on a Monday, this suggests a 2007 setting for ''The Runaway Bride'', a 2008 setting for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]] and ''Voyage of the Damned'', and a 2009 setting for series 4. | * In ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'' (2008), Donna turns left on [[Little Sutton Street]] on [[Monday]] 25th at 11:01am, six months before the [[Christmas Eve]] setting of ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'' (2006). As 2007 is the earliest year after 2001 where [[25 June]] falls on a Monday, this suggests a 2007 setting for ''The Runaway Bride'', a 2008 setting for [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]] and ''Voyage of the Damned'', and a 2009 setting for series 4. | ||
* In the novel ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' (2008), a newspaper gives the date as [[15 May]] [[2009]]. | * In the novel ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' (2008), set about a month after ''The Sontaran Stratagem'', a newspaper gives the date as [[15 May]] [[2009]]. | ||
* In ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'' (2009), an on-screen obituary states [[Adelaide Brooke]] was born in [[May]] [[1999]], and that the disappearance of her parents during the events of the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion]] from ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' (2008) took place in 2008. The same obituary, however, gives her age as 10 when her parents were pronounced missing, placing the events in at least May 2009. | * In ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'' (2009), an on-screen obituary states [[Adelaide Brooke]] was born in [[May]] [[1999]], and that the disappearance of her parents during the events of the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion]] from ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'' (2008) took place in 2008. The same obituary, however, gives her age as 10 when her parents were pronounced missing, placing the events in at least May 2009. | ||
* In a scene set on [[1 January]] 2005 in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' Part Two (2010), the Tenth Doctor predicts to Rose that she will have a "really great year". | * In a scene set on [[1 January]] 2005 in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' Part Two (2010), the Tenth Doctor predicts to Rose that she will have a "really great year". | ||
