Trusted, emailconfirmed, threadmoderator
41,285
edits
Aliens of London dating controversy: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
no edit summary
No edit summary Tag: 2017 source edit |
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit 2017 source edit |
||
| Line 46: | Line 46: | ||
** The setting of ''To the Last Man'' is the first annual defrosting of Tommy Brockless which Gwen is present for, and the earliest possible date for that episode is February 2008, at least 16 months after the joining date given in ''The New World''{{'}}s file. If it is set on 20 June, the only Friday the 20th of that year in the real world, then the episode is 20 months after Gwen's first day according to ''The New World''{{'}}s file. | ** The setting of ''To the Last Man'' is the first annual defrosting of Tommy Brockless which Gwen is present for, and the earliest possible date for that episode is February 2008, at least 16 months after the joining date given in ''The New World''{{'}}s file. If it is set on 20 June, the only Friday the 20th of that year in the real world, then the episode is 20 months after Gwen's first day according to ''The New World''{{'}}s file. | ||
* In ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'' (2011), a [[BBC Radio]] audio drama and part of ''[[Torchwood: The Lost Files]]'', Ianto, while researching [[Joanna Carew]] in [[the Hub]], states that Carew was born in 1930. Gwen later says to Carew that Carew is "an 81-year-old", implausibly (considering dates in other media and the destruction of the Hub in the 2009 TV story ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') suggesting the story is set in 2011 at the earliest. | * In ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'' (2011), a [[BBC Radio]] audio drama and part of ''[[Torchwood: The Lost Files]]'', Ianto, while researching [[Joanna Carew]] in [[the Hub]], states that Carew was born in 1930. Gwen later says to Carew that Carew is "an 81-year-old", implausibly (considering dates in other media and the destruction of the Hub in the 2009 TV story ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') suggesting the story is set in 2011 at the earliest. | ||
* In ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'' (2011), part of ''Torchwood: The Lost Files'', the crew of the submarine the ''[[Octopus Rock]]'' is described by [[Carlie Roberts]] as "the first [humans] to return" from the depths of the [[Mariana Trench]] "in over 50 years" following the successful return of the ''[[Trieste (submarine)|Trieste]]''{{'}}s crew in "the [[1960s|'60s]]" (1960 in the real world), suggesting a date of 2010 at the earliest and again making the dating of ''The Lost Files'' clash with dates established in ''Children of Earth'' as both Ianto and the Hub still exist by the time of this story. | |||
* The ''[[Torchwood Magazine]]'' short story ''[[Happy New Year (short story)|Happy New Year]]'' has Torchwood celebrate [[New Year's Eve]] between ''Exit Wounds'' and ''Children of Earth: Day'' (2009). | * The ''[[Torchwood Magazine]]'' short story ''[[Happy New Year (short story)|Happy New Year]]'' has Torchwood celebrate [[New Year's Eve]] between ''Exit Wounds'' and ''Children of Earth: Day'' (2009). | ||
* The [[Big Finish]] audio story ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'' (2016), which takes place between ''Exit Wounds'' and ''Children of Earth: Day One'', makes explicitly clear, through extensive dialogue, that it is set in 2009. | * The [[Big Finish]] audio story ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'' (2016), which takes place between ''Exit Wounds'' and ''Children of Earth: Day One'', makes explicitly clear, through extensive dialogue, that it is set in 2009. | ||
