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In [[2008]], Harold Saxon continued his campaign for Prime Minister. He was given high support after the [[Royal Hope Hospital]]'s disappearance and reappearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') A few days later, he was elected Prime Minister. He presented the [[Toclafane]] to the public, saying they were peaceful aliens offering friendship with Earth. However this turned out to be an invasion and the Toclafane ruled over Earth for a [[The Year That Never Was|year]]. This year was then negated by [[Martha Jones]] and Jack Harkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | In [[2008]], Harold Saxon continued his campaign for Prime Minister. He was given high support after the [[Royal Hope Hospital]]'s disappearance and reappearance. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') A few days later, he was elected Prime Minister. He presented the [[Toclafane]] to the public, saying they were peaceful aliens offering friendship with Earth. However this turned out to be an invasion and the Toclafane ruled over Earth for a [[The Year That Never Was|year]]. This year was then negated by [[Martha Jones]] and Jack Harkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''/''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | ||
In the 2000s,{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the | In the 2000s,{{note|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} [[Sarah Jane Smith]] formed a group of friends including her adopted [[Luke Smith|son]]. Based in [[13 Bannerman Road]], they fought many alien threats for the next few years in [[Ealing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Slitheen (TV story)|Revenge of the Slitheen]]'', ''[[Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)|Warriors of Kudlak]]'', ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', et al.) | ||
In the 2000s,{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]], and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} Miss [[Cofelia|Foster]], exploiting the serious weight problems in the United Kingdom, created [[Adipose Industries]], using the [[Adipose pill]] so it would kill humans and replace them with Adipose. However, due to the intervention of the Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]], only one human was killed and merely 10,000 Adipose were born in the [[March of the Adipose]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | In the 2000s,{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} Miss [[Cofelia|Foster]], exploiting the serious weight problems in the United Kingdom, created [[Adipose Industries]], using the [[Adipose pill]] so it would kill humans and replace them with Adipose. However, due to the intervention of the Tenth Doctor and [[Donna Noble]], only one human was killed and merely 10,000 Adipose were born in the [[March of the Adipose]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]'') | ||
The UK branch of UNIT fought the [[Sontaran]]s' [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|invasion]] when [[ATMOS]] caused gases to poison the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | The UK branch of UNIT fought the [[Sontaran]]s' [[Sontaran invasion of Earth|invasion]] when [[ATMOS]] caused gases to poison the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]''/''[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]'') | ||
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Following the [[Planetary Relocation Incident|relocation]] of [[Earth]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]] by the [[Dalek]]s, [[Torchwood Three]] in [[Cardiff]] and [[Mr Smith]] in [[Ealing]] allied together to use the Earth's phones and the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] to bring the Tenth Doctor into the [[temporal pocket]] in the Medusa Cascade. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') They later helped use the Rift to allow the TARDIS to pilot the Earth home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | Following the [[Planetary Relocation Incident|relocation]] of [[Earth]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]] by the [[Dalek]]s, [[Torchwood Three]] in [[Cardiff]] and [[Mr Smith]] in [[Ealing]] allied together to use the Earth's phones and the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] to bring the Tenth Doctor into the [[temporal pocket]] in the Medusa Cascade. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') They later helped use the Rift to allow the TARDIS to pilot the Earth home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
On Christmas Day,{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'', or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} {{Simm}} was captured by soldiers working for [[Joshua Naismith]] so that the Master could help him use the [[Immortality Gate]]. He was taken to [[Naismith mansion|Naismith's residence]] in southern England. There, he used the Immortality Gate to duplicate his appearance and personality into every person in the world. This was reverted when the [[White-Point Star]] was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | On Christmas Day,{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' (and heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} {{Simm}} was captured by soldiers working for [[Joshua Naismith]] so that the Master could help him use the [[Immortality Gate]]. He was taken to [[Naismith mansion|Naismith's residence]] in southern England. There, he used the Immortality Gate to duplicate his appearance and personality into every person in the world. This was reverted when the [[White-Point Star]] was destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
By [[2010]], the Torchwood Institute ceased to function, though [[Torchwood (team)|a revival group]] operated in [[Swansea]] and [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp|Cowbridge]] for a time in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'', ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'', ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'', ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | By [[2010]], the Torchwood Institute ceased to function, though [[Torchwood (team)|a revival group]] operated in [[Swansea]] and [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp|Cowbridge]] for a time in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'', ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'', ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'', ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | ||
