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Towards the end of the first Davies era of ''Doctor Who'', no on-screen date is given for the 2009 Easter Special ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', nor ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', which comprises the 2009 [[Christmas Special]] and the 2010 [[New Year Special]]. <ref group ="note">There is a scene near the end of ''The End of Time'' set on [[1 January]] 2005; this, however, is clearly from before Rose's travels with the Ninth Doctor, and by extension, any of the {{Simm|n=John Simm Master}}'s appearances on [[Earth]] in the [[21st century]].</ref> ''Planet of the Dead'' alludes to the real-world {{w|2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis|liquidation of major Icelandic banks in 2008}} and ''The End of Time'' shows President [[Barack Obama]] making efforts to end "{{W|Great Recession|the recession}}". Early into [[Steven Moffat]]'s run as executive producer of ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'' (2010) directly describes [[Amy Pond]]'s home time as [[2010]], synchronising ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s contemporary stories with their date of broadcast. | Towards the end of the first Davies era of ''Doctor Who'', no on-screen date is given for the 2009 Easter Special ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', nor ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', which comprises the 2009 [[Christmas Special]] and the 2010 [[New Year Special]]. <ref group ="note">There is a scene near the end of ''The End of Time'' set on [[1 January]] 2005; this, however, is clearly from before Rose's travels with the Ninth Doctor, and by extension, any of the {{Simm|n=John Simm Master}}'s appearances on [[Earth]] in the [[21st century]].</ref> ''Planet of the Dead'' alludes to the real-world {{w|2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis|liquidation of major Icelandic banks in 2008}} and ''The End of Time'' shows President [[Barack Obama]] making efforts to end "{{W|Great Recession|the recession}}". Early into [[Steven Moffat]]'s run as executive producer of ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'' (2010) directly describes [[Amy Pond]]'s home time as [[2010]], synchronising ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s contemporary stories with their date of broadcast. | ||
The [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|third series]] of the spin-off series ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' synchronised with its year of broadcast, 2009, when in ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', a [[Operative (Children of Earth)|government operative]] mentions [[Clement McDonald]]'s name was last active 44 years ago, i.e. when Clement disappeared in [[1965]], until [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] found him living under an alias. As well as this, in ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', [[Rhys Williams]] mentions that [[Jack Harkness]]' deal with [[the 456]] at that time worked for 44 years. | The [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|third series]] of the spin-off series ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' synchronised with its year of broadcast, 2009, when in ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', a [[Operative (Children of Earth: Day One)|government operative]] mentions [[Clement McDonald]]'s name was last active 44 years ago, i.e. when Clement disappeared in [[1965]], until [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] found him living under an alias. As well as this, in ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', [[Rhys Williams]] mentions that [[Jack Harkness]]' deal with [[the 456]] at that time worked for 44 years. | ||
Another of Davies' spin-offs, ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', makes several references to then-current ''Doctor Who'' stories, but rarely gives an on-screen date beyond ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (2007) being approximately 40 years after 1964, and ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' (2008) being set not long after [[9 October]] in an unspecified year. It thus does not make it clear when it was written to be a year ahead and when it was not, particularly in the first two series. In 2009, the [[Series 3 (SJA)|third series]] story ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'' has | Another of Davies' spin-offs, ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', makes several references to then-current ''Doctor Who'' stories, but rarely gives an on-screen date beyond ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (2007) being approximately 40 years after 1964, and ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' (2008) being set not long after [[9 October]] in an unspecified year. It thus does not make it clear when it was written to be a year ahead and when it was not, particularly in the first two series. In 2009, the [[Series 3 (SJA)|third series]] story ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'' has 15-year-old character [[Samuel Lloyd]] born in June 1994, heavily implying a non year ahead setting. Eventually, in 2010, six months after the start of Steven Moffat's production era of the parent show, the [[Series 4 (SJA)|fourth series]] more explicitly synchronised with its year of broadcast, when dialogue and set design in ''[[The Nightmare Man (TV story)|The Nightmare Man]]'' and ''[[Lost in Time (TV story)|Lost in Time]]'' place [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s time as 2010. | ||
== Contradictory clues == | == Contradictory clues == | ||
=== ''Doctor Who'' === | === ''Doctor Who'' === | ||
[[File:Rose missing poster.jpg|thumb|Rose Tyler's missing poster. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')]] | [[File:Rose missing poster.jpg|thumb|Rose Tyler's missing poster. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'')]] | ||
* ''Aliens of London'', set twelve months after ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' (2005), places Rose's disappearance in ''Rose'' on [[6 March]] 2005. In ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', Elton Pope recalls, "twelve months later", referring to twelve months having passed since the [[Auton]] invasion in ''Rose'', "I'm back in town. I'm up west, looking for a new suit, something nice and smart - when I hear this plane overhead" and we see the Slitheen Spaceship crash into Big Ben, as it does in the episode, thus backing up the notion that Rose disappeared on 6 March 2005. | * ''Aliens of London'', set twelve months after ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' ([[2005 (releases)|2005]]), places Rose's disappearance in ''Rose'' on [[6 March]] [[2005]]. In ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' ([[2006 (releases)|2006]]), Elton Pope recalls, "twelve months later", referring to twelve months having passed since the [[Auton]] invasion in ''Rose'', "I'm back in town. I'm up west, looking for a new suit, something nice and smart - when I hear this plane overhead" and we see the Slitheen Spaceship crash into Big Ben, as it does in the episode, thus backing up the notion that Rose disappeared on 6 March 2005. | ||
* In ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' (2006), [[Sarah Jane Smith]] describes the [[Sycorax spaceship]] from ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' (2005) as "this [[Christmas]] just gone". [[Mickey Smith]] begins travelling with the [[Tenth Doctor]] at the end of the episode. Following this, in ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'' (2006), the Doctor informs [[Jackie Tyler]] that Mickey has "gone home", referring to [[Pete's World|the parallel Earth]]. ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' (2006) is explicitly two years after the Auton invasion in ''Rose''. Jackie is still living in [[London]], placing the episode some time before ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' (2006). Jackie also mentions Mickey as "gone" now, placing the story after ''School Reunion''. All of this appears to place ''The Christmas Invasion'' in [[2006]] and ''School Reunion'', ''Love & Monsters'' and ''Army of Ghosts'' in [[2007]]. | * In ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]'' (2006), [[Sarah Jane Smith]] describes the [[Sycorax spaceship]] from ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' (2005) as "this [[Christmas]] just gone". [[Mickey Smith]] begins travelling with the [[Tenth Doctor]] at the end of the episode. Following this, in ''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]'' (2006), the Doctor informs [[Jackie Tyler]] that Mickey has "gone home", referring to [[Pete's World|the parallel Earth]]. ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'' (2006) is explicitly two years after the Auton invasion in ''Rose''. Jackie is still living in [[London]], placing the episode some time before ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' (2006). Jackie also mentions Mickey as "gone" now, placing the story after ''School Reunion''. All of this appears to place ''The Christmas Invasion'' in [[2006]] and ''School Reunion'', ''Love & Monsters'' and ''Army of Ghosts'' in [[2007]]. | ||
* 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 ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' (2007), [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter to [[Sally Sparrow]] mentions her new life began after she took "one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920". This would mean that Sally giving her DVD transcript to the Doctor one year later, as well as the [[Red Hatching]] which [[Martha Jones]] describes as 20 minutes afterwards, happen in [[2008]]. | * In ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' ([[2007 (releases)|2007]]), [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter to [[Sally Sparrow]] mentions her new life began after she took "one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920". This would mean that Sally giving her DVD transcript to the Doctor one year later, as well as the [[Red Hatching]] which [[Martha Jones]] describes as 20 minutes afterwards, happen in [[2008]]. | ||
*''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' (2007) dates its events as occurring four days after ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' (2007), and consequently the events of both episodes as well as ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'' (2007) and ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'' (2007), both of which are set during that four-day span, to 18 months after ''The Christmas Invasion''. | *''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' (2007) dates its events as occurring four days after ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' (2007), and consequently the events of both episodes as well as ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'' (2007) and the present day scenes of ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'' (2007), both of which are set during that four-day span, to 18 months after ''The Christmas Invasion''. | ||
* 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 (releases)|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 2005)|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 ''[[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 2005)|series 3]] and ''Voyage of the Damned'', and a 2009 setting for series 4. | ||
* In the novel ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' (2008), set about a month after ''The Sontaran Stratagem'', | * In the novel ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' (2008), set about a month after ''The Sontaran Stratagem'', the story is dated as beginning on [[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 (releases)|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 (releases)|2010]]), the Tenth Doctor predicts to Rose that she will have a "really great year". | ||
* Files and articles from the prose story | * Files and articles from the prose story {{cite source|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|page=6, 10, 19, 26, 40, 55, 218, 236, 239, 260}} ([[2014 (releases)|2014]]) place the Slitheen's [[London UFO crash]] in 2006, the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]'s battle with [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] and disappearance of [[Kathy Nightingale]] from [[Wester Drumlins]] in 2007, and the events surrounding [[ATMOS]] and the Daleks' invasion from the 21st century in 2009. A newspaper article in {{cite source|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|that story|noital=true|page=119-120}} places the upwards rain around [[Royal Hope Hospital]] on a [[Sunday]] [[4 June]], over 30 years after 1974. The first two 4 Junes that fall on a Sunday after 2004 are in 2006 and 2017. | ||
* [[Series 1 (Redacted)|Series 1]] of the audio series ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' | * [[Series 1 (Redacted)|Series 1]] ([[2022 (releases)|2022]]) of the audio series ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' has several contributions to the dating issue: | ||
** In ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'', ''Partners in Crime'' is dated to 2008, with [[Penny Carter]] recalling that it was "almost fifteen years" prior to the present of [[2022]]. | ** In ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'', ''Partners in Crime'' is dated to 2008, with [[Penny Carter]] recalling that it was "almost fifteen years" prior to the present of [[2022]]. | ||
** In ''[[Hysteria (audio story)|Hysteria]]'', the transportation of Royal Hope Hospital to [[the Moon]] in ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' (2007) is dated to 2008. | ** In ''[[Hysteria (audio story)|Hysteria]]'', the transportation of Royal Hope Hospital to [[the Moon]] in ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'' (2007) is dated to 2008. | ||
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** In ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]'', a [[UNIT]] mission log mentions moon rocks were recovered from Royal Hope Hospital in [[March]] 2008. | ** In ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]'', a [[UNIT]] mission log mentions moon rocks were recovered from Royal Hope Hospital in [[March]] 2008. | ||
** In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] confirms that the disappearance of [[Cleo Proctor]]'s father [[Andy Proctor|Andy]]—whom Cleo mentioned in ''Recruits'' that she had last seen "nearly 20 years" before 2022—happened because he was killed protecting Cleo during the Red Hatching. According to the Doctor, Cleo was only six or seven at the time. However this would place the events of ''Blink'' (during which Martha and the Doctor are attempting to prevent the Red Hatching) as occurring around 2002. | ** In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] confirms that the disappearance of [[Cleo Proctor]]'s father [[Andy Proctor|Andy]]—whom Cleo mentioned in ''Recruits'' that she had last seen "nearly 20 years" before 2022—happened because he was killed protecting Cleo during the Red Hatching. According to the Doctor, Cleo was only six or seven at the time. However this would place the events of ''Blink'' (during which Martha and the Doctor are attempting to prevent the Red Hatching) as occurring around 2002. | ||
* In ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'', [[Sylvia Noble]] refers to [[Donna Noble]]'s [[memory]] loss, which occurred in ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', as having happened fifteen years ago. | * In ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' ([[2023 (releases)|2023]]), [[Sylvia Noble]] refers to [[Donna Noble]]'s [[memory]] loss, which occurred in ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', as having happened fifteen years ago. | ||
* | ** {{cs|The Star Beast (novelisation)|The novelisation|noital=1}} dates the story to [[November]] [[2023]]. | ||
* Dialogue in ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' (2023) repeatedly sets the story, and by extension ''The Star Beast'', in [[2023]], which strongly insinuates that ''Journey's End'' and other related Donna Noble stories are set in 2008. | |||
=== ''Torchwood'' === | === ''Torchwood'' === | ||
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* 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 [[1960]], 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. | * 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 [[1960]], 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 One'' (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. | ||
* The Big Finish audio story ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'' (2020), which takes place between ''Journey’s End'' and ''Children of Earth: Day One'', refers to a recent Torchwood Christmas party that Martha missed owing to the breakdown of her engagement with [[Thomas Milligan]], an engagement first mentioned in the 2008 ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''. In ''Children of Earth: Day One'', Gwen explains Martha's absence from the events of ''Children of Earth'' is due to her being on honeymoon, though it is not stated at the time if Martha married Thomas or [[Mickey Smith]] (who is revealed to be Martha's husband in ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' Part Two in 2010). | * The Big Finish audio story ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'' (2020), which takes place between ''Journey’s End'' and ''Children of Earth: Day One'', refers to a recent Torchwood Christmas party that Martha missed owing to the breakdown of her engagement with [[Thomas Milligan]], an engagement first mentioned in the 2008 ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''. In ''Children of Earth: Day One'', Gwen explains Martha's absence from the events of ''Children of Earth'' is due to her being on honeymoon, though it is not stated at the time if Martha married Thomas or [[Mickey Smith]] (who is revealed to be Martha's husband in ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' Part Two in 2010). | ||
