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==Events==
==Events==
===Dated===
===Dated===
On the [[August bank holiday]], [[Minnie Hooper]] was locked inside a [[police box]] while "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
On the [[August bank holiday]], [[Minnie Hooper]] was locked inside a [[police box]] while "misbehaving". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}})


The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] occurred in [[October]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS (novel)|Heart of TARDIS]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Piggybackers (comic story)|The Piggybackers]]'') which affected places and people associated with [[the Doctor]]. Fear of impending [[nuclear war]] kept [[Barbara Wright]] awake at night during the crisis. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') [[Coal Hill School]] gave special air raid warning lessons to deal with the emergency. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'') [[Section Eight]] used the dark arts to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heart of TARDIS]]'')
The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] occurred in [[October]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (novel)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Piggybackers (comic story)}}) which affected places and people associated with [[the Doctor]]. Fear of impending [[nuclear war]] kept [[Barbara Wright]] awake at night during the crisis. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963 (audio story)}}) [[Coal Hill School]] gave special air raid warning lessons to deal with the emergency. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) [[Section Eight]] used the dark arts to end the Cuban Missile Crisis. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (novel)}})


On [[10 October]], the [[British Intelligence]] operative [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to [[Checkpoint Charlie]] in [[West Berlin]] to meet [[Stempfer|an agent]] who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Checkpoint (short story)|Checkpoint]]'')
On [[10 October]], the [[British Intelligence]] operative [[Edward Grainger]] travelled to [[Checkpoint Charlie]] in [[West Berlin]] to meet [[Stempfer|an agent]] who was preparing to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] from [[East Germany]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Checkpoint (short story)}})


[[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married on [[21 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)|Peri and the Piscon Paradox]]'')
[[Peri Brown]]'s parents, [[Janine Foster|Janine]] and [[Paul Brown]], were married on [[21 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Peri and the Piscon Paradox (audio story)}})


[[23 November]] 1962 was [[James Stevens]]' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') That same day, the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s piloted their [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] back to [[Bob Dovie]]'s house at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] (crashing it into his chimney) to stop the [[conceptual bomb]] that {{pratt}} would place the next year from going off. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]'')
[[23 November]] 1962 was [[James Stevens]]' seventeenth birthday. On that day, he learned that he had been adopted. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) That same day, the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s piloted their [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] back to [[Bob Dovie]]'s house at [[59A Barnsfield Crescent]] in [[Totton]], [[Hampshire]] (crashing it into his chimney) to stop the [[conceptual bomb]] that {{pratt}} would place the next year from going off. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Light at the End (audio story)}})


As the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] recalled, London had a [[1962 London smog|"really bad smog"]] in [[December]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})
As the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] recalled, London had a [[1962 London smog|"really bad smog"]] in [[December]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})


===Undated===
===Undated===
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited the village of [[Lower Downham]] and meddled in a plan to make the entire village disappear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No One Died (short story)|No One Died]]'')
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited the village of [[Lower Downham]] and meddled in a plan to make the entire village disappear. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No One Died (short story)}})


Professor [[Rachel Jensen]] began researching [[Computer|artificial intelligence]] at the Cavendish Laboratory in the [[University of Cambridge]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Threshold (audio story)|Threshold]]'')
Professor [[Rachel Jensen]] began researching [[Computer|artificial intelligence]] at the Cavendish Laboratory in the [[University of Cambridge]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Threshold (audio story)}})


The [[scientist]]s [[James Watson]], [[Francis Crick|Crick]], and [[Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins]] won the [[Nobel Prize]] for their discoveries regarding [[DNA]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint (novel)|The Taint]]'')
The [[scientist]]s [[James Watson]], [[Francis Crick|Crick]], and [[Maurice Wilkins|Wilkins]] won the [[Nobel Prize]] for their discoveries regarding [[DNA]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taint (novel)}})


[[Barbara Wright]] went on holiday to [[Toledo]], [[Spain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)|The Flames of Cadiz]]'')
[[Barbara Wright]] went on holiday to [[Toledo]], [[Spain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Flames of Cadiz (audio story)}})


[[David Walker]] stopped driving. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]'')
[[David Walker]] stopped driving. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eyes of the Master (audio story)}})


[[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] waited in [[Carnaby Street]] until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived to pick them up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bus Replacement TARDIS (comic story)|Bus Replacement TARDIS]]'')
[[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] waited in [[Carnaby Street]] until the [[Eleventh Doctor]] arrived to pick them up. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bus Replacement TARDIS (comic story)}})


[[John Jones]] gave the first performance at [[Dog & Duck]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[What He Wants... (comic story)|What He Wants...]]'')
[[John Jones]] gave the first performance at [[Dog & Duck]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|What He Wants... (comic story)}})


The 1962 [[World Cup]] was held in [[Chile]]. In the quarterfinals, [[England]] lost to [[Brazil]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)|The Rag & Bone Man's Story]]'')
The 1962 [[World Cup]] was held in [[Chile]]. In the quarterfinals, [[England]] lost to [[Brazil]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Rag & Bone Man's Story (short story)}})


A [[Dalek]] [[Metaltron|soldier]], a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], fell through [[time]] and crashed like a [[meteorite]] "on the [[Ascension Islands]]". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
A [[Dalek]] [[Metaltron|soldier]], a survivor of the [[Last Great Time War]], fell through [[time]] and crashed like a [[meteorite]] "on the [[Ascension Islands]]". The Dalek lay in its burning crater for three days, screaming the entire time, before it was retrieved. Its weapon systems inactive and its outer armour heavily damaged, the Dalek was sold at private auction and passed through several hands over the next fifty years. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}})


[[Kronos (Gangland)|Kronos]] led his agents of the [[Cybock Imperium]] to [[Nevada]], [[Earth]], where they formed the [[Kronos Family]]. They spent the next year establishing themselves in the criminal underworld of [[Las Vegas]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Gangland (comic story)|Gangland]]'')
[[Kronos (Gangland)|Kronos]] led his agents of the [[Cybock Imperium]] to [[Nevada]], [[Earth]], where they formed the [[Kronos Family]]. They spent the next year establishing themselves in the criminal underworld of [[Las Vegas]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Gangland (comic story)}})


Aided by a group of [[human]] [[child]]ren, the [[Fugitive Doctor]] defeated [[Monstario the Devourer]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Untitled (FCBD2022 comic story)|Untitled]]'')
Aided by a group of [[human]] [[child]]ren, the [[Fugitive Doctor]] defeated [[Monstario the Devourer]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (FCBD2022 comic story)}})


===Alternate timeline===
===Alternate timeline===
In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], [[Elizabeth Klein]] was conducting research at the [[University of Cambridge]] during this year, when she was recruited by Major [[Jonas Faber]] to study and unlock the secrets of alien technology stored in a bunker in [[Berlin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Klein's Story (audio story)|Klein's Story]]'')
In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]] as a result of the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] accidentally leaving laser technology in [[Colditz Castle]] in [[October]] [[1944]], [[Elizabeth Klein]] was conducting research at the [[University of Cambridge]] during this year, when she was recruited by Major [[Jonas Faber]] to study and unlock the secrets of alien technology stored in a bunker in [[Berlin]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Klein's Story (audio story)}})


==Births and deaths==
==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
===Dated===
On [[11 January]], [[Meredith Roberts]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
On [[11 January]], [[Meredith Roberts]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}})


On [[4 October]], [[Melanie Bush]]'s younger sister [[Anabel Bush|Anabel]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Spiral Scratch (novel)|Spiral Scratch]]'')
On [[4 October]], [[Melanie Bush]]'s younger sister [[Anabel Bush|Anabel]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Spiral Scratch (novel)}})


===Undated===
===Undated===
[[Martin Tuck]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Iterations of I (audio story)|Iterations of I]]'')
[[Martin Tuck]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iterations of I (audio story)}})


[[Betty Callon]] died. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'')
[[Betty Callon]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shroud of Sorrow (novel)}})


[[James (Nightshade)|James]] was killed in an accident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
[[James (Nightshade)|James]] was killed in an accident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})


[[Ben Wainwright|Benjamin Wainwright]], the husband of the temporally displaced [[Kathy Nightingale]], died at the age of 65. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
[[Ben Wainwright|Benjamin Wainwright]], the husband of the temporally displaced [[Kathy Nightingale]], died at the age of 65. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})


[[Tom Wake]]'s father died. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]'')
[[Tom Wake]]'s father died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)}})


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