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'''BC''' or '''B.C.''' was an initialism ('''''B'''efore '''C'''hrist'') ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Best of Days (short story)|The Best of Days]]'') used to designate an [[Earth]] year's position relative to the epoch known as [[AD]]. Sometimes '''BCE''' was used instead. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)|Crossing the Rubicon]]'') The term "BC" thus designated a negative number; 100 BC was ninety-nine years ''before'' 1 BC. Its positive counterpart was AD. | '''BC''' or '''B.C.''' was an initialism ('''''B'''efore '''C'''hrist'') ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Best of Days (short story)|The Best of Days]]'') used to designate an [[Earth]] year's position relative to the epoch known as [[AD]]. Sometimes '''BCE''' was used instead. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Crossing the Rubicon (comic story)|Crossing the Rubicon]]'') The phrase "before the birth of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]" could also be used. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}}) The term "BC" thus designated a negative number; 100 BC was ninety-nine years ''before'' 1 BC. Its positive counterpart was AD. | ||
There was, however, a question as to whether the year 1 BC was followed by the year [[0]] or the year 1 AD. Some people, including the [[human]] chronologist Professor [[Wagg]], clearly believed that 1 BC was followed by 0, allowing him to make the claim that the year [[2000]] was the first year of a new millennium, as did American journalists working for [[television]] station [[KKBE]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] concurred with this opinion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') However, the [[Sixth Doctor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') and [[Dave Young]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') both strongly argued that 1 BC was followed by 1 AD, thus making [[2001]] the start of the 3rd millennium. | There was, however, a question as to whether the year 1 BC was followed by the year [[0]] or the year 1 AD. Some people, including the [[human]] chronologist Professor [[Wagg]], clearly believed that 1 BC was followed by 0, allowing him to make the claim that the year [[2000]] was the first year of a new millennium, as did American journalists working for [[television]] station [[KKBE]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') The [[Eighth Doctor]] concurred with this opinion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (audio story)|Relative Dimensions]]'') However, the [[Sixth Doctor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'') and [[Dave Young]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'') both strongly argued that 1 BC was followed by 1 AD, thus making [[2001]] the start of the 3rd millennium. | ||
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* 5000 BC: [[Mondas]] drifted away from its twin planet Earth and the [[solar system]] on a journey to the edge of space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | * 5000 BC: [[Mondas]] drifted away from its twin planet Earth and the [[solar system]] on a journey to the edge of space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') | ||
* Circa 4064 BC: The [[Weave]] ship [[WSS Exalted|WSS ''Exalted'']] crashed to Earth after a battle with the [[Tahnn]]. The [[Glamour]] aboard extended [[Owain (The Glamour Chase)|Owain]]'s lifespan so he could guard the Weave. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | * Circa 4064 BC: The [[Weave]] ship [[WSS Exalted|WSS ''Exalted'']] crashed to Earth after a battle with the [[Tahnn]]. The [[Glamour]] aboard extended [[Owain (The Glamour Chase)|Owain]]'s lifespan so he could guard the Weave. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | ||
=== 4th millennium B.C. === | |||
* Circa 3532 BC: [[Kwundaar]] was banished from [[Traken]] after [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] was created. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Primeval (audio story)|Primeval]]'') | * Circa 3532 BC: [[Kwundaar]] was banished from [[Traken]] after [[The Source (The Keeper of Traken)|the Source]] was created. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Primeval (audio story)|Primeval]]'') | ||
* Circa 3500 BC: [[Sontaran]] Field Major [[Styx (The Gods Walk Among Us)|Styx]] arrived in Egypt, where he was briefly worshipped as the god Sontar before being entombed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]'') | * Circa 3500 BC: [[Sontaran]] Field Major [[Styx (The Gods Walk Among Us)|Styx]] arrived in Egypt, where he was briefly worshipped as the god Sontar before being entombed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Gods Walk Among Us (comic story)|The Gods Walk Among Us]]'') | ||
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* 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | * 3019 BC: Monarch's ship returned to Urbanka from its third visit to Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]'') | ||
* Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | * Circa 3000 BC: According to the Eleventh Doctor, [[Mars]] was the centre of a vast empire during this time while humans were barely out of their caves. The Ice Warrior Grand Marshall [[Skaldak]] was on Earth during this time and somehow wound up frozen in the [[ice]] at the Earth's [[North Pole]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'') | ||
* 3000 BC: A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') | * 3000 BC: | ||
** A possible date for the first divergence of the Cybermen of Mondas, a group of Cybermen known as [[the Faction]] left Mondas while the [[Mondan]]s remained. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'') The Faction headed for [[Planet 14]], eventually developing into a separate group without connection to the Mondans. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') | |||
** Around this year, an [[Iytean starship]] carrying [[Ned Hines|an Iytean criminal]] crashed on Earth and was buried by the [[Monitor (The Iytean Menace)|Monitor]] crew under what would later become [[London]]. Before a rescue mission could be mounted, the planet [[Iytea]] was wrecked in the [[Anar-Isari wars]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)}}) | |||
=== 3rd millennium B.C. === | === 3rd millennium B.C. === | ||
