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Or travel backward through time to the 1st to 16th centuries.

August 4: William Shakespeare's play As You Like It is entered into the Register of the Stationers Company, a form of copyrighting. Shakespeare uses the phrase "all the world's a stage" after hearing the Doctor use it the previous year.

Historical records and "The Shakespeare Code".

William Shakespeare writes what will become generally recognized as his greatest work, Hamlet, with the main character named for his son, Hamnet, who died young. Phrases in the play include "the play's the thing", which the author first head when he met the Doctor in 1599 and "to be or not to be", which the Bard came up with on his own during the same encounter (although at the time he considered it "too pretentious"). The Doctor, in an earlier incarnation than Shakespeare first encountered him, transcribes parts of the play for him.

Exact date is conjecture. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet sometime between 1598 and 1601. Dickens quotes the play in "The Unquiet Dead." The Doctor's transcription established in "City of Death". In "The Shakespeare Code", the Bard says he plans to write a play dedicated to his lost son. This almost certainly refers to Hamlet, although in reality, it is unlikely that this is the reason Shakespeare used the name Hamlet. The two phrases are also from "The Shakespeare Code".

The Doctor shares a cell with Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London. He keeps going on about some new vegetable he's discovered.

"The Mind of Evil." Exact date is conjecture. This is the beginning of Raleigh's stay.

William Shakespeare writes his play Macbeth. The three witches who appear in the play are likely inspired by his encounter with three Carrionites in 1599.

Historical records and "The Shakespeare Code". Exact placement is conjectural. Shakespearan scholars believe the play was written between 1603 and 1606, with many tending more towards 1605 and 1606.

Richard Maynarde is born.

According to his tomb in "Silver Nemesis," Maynarde is 51 when he dies in 1657.

Galileo Galilei constructs the first astronomical telescope.

Historical records and "The Masque of Mandragora."

The first edition of William Shakespeare's collected sonnets is published. Most notable is Sonnet 18, which begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Shakespeare began composing this sonnet in 1599 for Martha Jones.

Historical records and "The Shakespeare Code".

November: William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is first performed. One unseen character of the film is the witch Sycorax. Shakespeare uses the name after, in 1599, hearing the Doctor mention an alien species he encountered in the 21st century.

Historical records and "The Shakespeare Code".

The Lady Peinforte poisons her neighbour Dorothea Remington as revenge for Remington stealing Peinforte's cook.

"Silver Nemesis."

In Tibet, the Det-Sen monastery is attacked by outsiders. During the course of the attack, the Doctor befriends Padmasambhava, who entrusts the Doctor with the monks' ghanta, a bell-shaped holy relic.

"The Abominable Snowmen."

During the Thirty Years' War, soldiers are taken by the War Lords to do combat in the War Games in 1969. The Time Lords return them to their proper time.

"The War Games." Exact date is conjecture. The Thirty Years' War ran from 1618 to 1648; this is the half-way point.

November 23: The Doctor and a group of Roundheads battle Lady Peinforte for possession of the statue Nemesis, which Peinforte has made in her own image from an amount of the living metal validium. The Doctor launches Nemesis (except for its bow and arrow) into an orbit which will bring it close to Earth every 25 years. The Doctor sets his watch to go off on November 23, 1988, when Nemesis will land on Earth again.

"Silver Nemesis."

Silver Nemesis: 1,3: The Lady Peinforte and her servant Richard Maynarde, unknowingly assisted by Fenric, use arcane knowledge to travel to 1988 in order to retrieve the statue Nemesis. The 7th Doctor and Ace visit a number of times shortly after to investigate and to return Maynarde to his proper time.

Fenric's involvement is revealed in "The Curse of Fenric."

July 13: The English Civil War reaches the village of Little Hodcombe. When the fighting reaches the local church, the psychic energy created in the battle partly revives the Malus, and alien being housed in the church. When the fighting ends, the Malus returns to its dormant state. A villager named Will Chandler hides in a priest hole during the battle and is pulled forward in time to 1984, the next time the Malus revives. He is returned shortly after by the 5th Doctor.

"The Awakening."

Soldiers are taken from the English Civil War by the War Lords to battle in the War Games in 1969. They return shortly after with the help of the Time Lords.

"The War Games." Exact date is conjecture. The English Civil War lasted from 1642 to 1648; this is half-way through the war.

Also during this time, a group of Roundheads is pulled ahead through time by the Master in order to attack a UNIT convoy.

"The Time Monster." Exact date is conjecture.

November 2: Richard Maynarde dies at the age of 51.

The date is on Maynarde's tomb in "Silver Nemesis."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

The Smugglers: 1,2,3,4: The 1st Doctor, Polly and Ben are given the location of a hidden treasure, which is being sought by a pirate called Captain Pike. Pike and his men are stopped by the travellers, with the help of Revenue Officer Josiah Blake.

A ship of escaped Terileptil convicts is caught in a meteor shower; as a result, the ship is captured by Earth's gravity.

Just before "The Visitation."

August/September: The Visitation: 1,2,3,4: The 5th Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, with the help of highwayman/actor Richard Mace, prevent a group of Terileptils from spreading a more virulent strain of the Plague in order to have Earth for themselves. The virus is destroyed but, in the process, the Great Fire of London is started.

The Great Fire of London began the night of September 2/3. The opening scenes of the story takes place "a few weeks" before the rest.

September: The Great Fire of London destroys large parts of the walled city. Somehow, an earlier incarnation of the Doctor is blamed by some people.

Historical records. The Doctor's blame is established in "Pyramids of Mars."

John Wallace gives a paper on sympathetic vibration to the Royal Society.

"The Happiness Patrol."

Time Lord criminal Salyavian retires to St Cedd's College in Cambridge after escaping from Shada. He will live in the same rooms for at least the next 300 years.

300 years before "Shada" (1980).

About this time, the Eternals kidnap the crew of a pirate ship for their 1983 race through the solar system.

"Enlightenment." Exact date is conjecture; sometime in the 17th century.

The Gore Crow Hotel is built.

The date is seen on the capstone of the hotel's fireplace in "Battlefield."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

The future-Doctor Thomas Borlase is born. He will eventually survey the Nine Travellers stone circle in 1754.

"The Stones of Blood."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

December 29: Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the future Madame de Pampadour, is born in Paris, France.

Historical records and "The Girl in the Fireplace".

The Girl in the Fireplace: A young Jeanne-Antoinette "Reinette" Poisson has a conversation with the 10th Doctor through the fireplace in her bedroom, in reality a time window to a spaceship in the 51st century. Travelling through the time window, the Doctor visits Reinette in her room months later, although only moments have passed for him. He finds the young girl has been having her brain scanned by an android from the future spaceship. The Doctor manages to subdue the android and drags it back through the fireplace with him.

Around this time, a Mr. Chicken lives at what will become 10 Downing Street in London. The Doctor describes him as "a nice man."

Historical records and "World War Three."

Under the influence of the Great Intelligence, Padmasambhava begins construction of the robot Yeti in Tibet.

"Almost 200 years" before "The Abominable Snowmen" (1935).

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

The Girl in the Fireplace: The 10th Doctor arrives from the 51st century and briefly revisits a now adult Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson. As he returns to the future, he realises that this woman is the future Madame de Pompadour.

Exact placement of this visit is conjecture. It must be before their next encounter in 1744, and Reinette is clearly an adult woman (she would be 21 at this time).

December: The Girl in the Fireplace: The 10th Doctor, travelling to 18th century France once again through a time window from the 51st century, eavesdrops on a conversation between Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson and her friend Katherine regarding the serious illness and impending death of Madame de Châteauroux, the mistress of King Louis XV.

December 8: King Louis XV of France's mistress, Madame de Châteauroux, dies mysteriously after a brief illness.

Historical records and "The Girl in the Fireplace".

Februrary 25: The Girl in the Fireplace: Jeanne-Antoinette "Reinette" Poisson meets King Louis XV of France for the first time. After the King leaves, Reinette comes face-to-fact with an android from the 51st century. The 10th Doctor, Rose and Mickey storm in through a time window and confront the android. They learn that, on their damaged ship in the future, the android and its fellows cannibalised the ship's crew for repairs and now a piece of Reinette is required when she reaches the correct age. Rose and Mickey follow the fleeing android back to the future, while the Doctor attempts to read Reinette's mind to discover why she is so important to the androids. Instead, an infatuated Reinette pulls the Doctor away to spend time with her.

The 10th Doctor attends a raucous party with Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, during which he possibly invents the banana daiquiri.

Just after the 1745 segment of "The Girl in the Fireplace".

June: King Louis XV of France gives purchases the goods of the marquisate of Pompadour and gives them to Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson bestowing upon her the title of Madame de Pompadour.

Historical records and "The Girl in the Fireplace".

While fighting each other, several Redcoats and Highlanders are taken by the War Lords to fight in the War Games in 1969. They are returned by the Time Lords.

"The War Games." The Redcoat Jamie encounters says he is from this year and presumably the other Redcoats and Highlanders are from the same time.

April 16: Colin McLaren gives his daughter Kirsty the ring of Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart before going into battle at Culloden. At that battle, Bonnie Prince Charles and his followers, including Jamie McCrimmon, are defeated by the English.

Just before "The Highlanders."

The Highlanders: 1,2,3,4: The 2nd Doctor, Ben and Polly encounter a group of Highlanders, including a young piper named Jamie McCrimmon, who have just come from the Battle of Culloden. Ben, Jamie and several other Scots are taken by English soldiers and sold as slaves aboard a pirate ship. The Doctor and Polly help the captives gain their freedom and take over the ship. Jamie joins the time-travellers when they leave.

The War Games: 10: Jamie is returned to his native time by the Time Lords, with no memory of his travels with the Doctor.

June 15: The Doctor assists Benjamin Franklin when he proves that lightning is electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The Doctor remembers being "soaked" and getting rope burns from the kite.

Historical records and "Smith and Jones".

The Girl in the Fireplace: Travelling through a time window from the 51st century, Rose visits Madame de Pompadour to warn her that the androids that have followed her throughout her history will make their final attack in five years' time. When Mickey arrives to retrieve Rose, Madame de Pompadour catches a glimpse of the future.

Dr. Thomas Borlase is killed while surveying a stone circle called the Nine Travellers, when one of the stones apparently falls on him, crushing him to death.

"The Stones of Blood."

The Girl in the Fireplace: A group of androids from the 51st century, believing they require a 37-year old Madame de Pompadour's brain to repair their ship, the courtesan and her guests at court at the Palace of Versailles. The 10th Doctor follows the androids, destroying all time windows with the future, stranding them all in the past. Unable to complete their mission, the androids shut down permanently. Although the Doctor appears trapped in this time, Madame de Pompadour reveals that she had the fireplace containing the original time window moved to the Palace. The Doctor is able to repair this portal and returns to the future, promising de Pompadour that he will return for her shortly.

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

Madame de Pompadour, realising she is close to death, writes the Doctor a farewell letter.

"The Girl in the Fireplace". Not long before her death.

April 15: Madame de Pompadour passes away. Arragements are made to have her body moves from Versailles to Paris for her burial.

Historical records and "The Girl in the Fireplace".

The Girl in the Fireplace: The 10th Doctor attempts to visit Madame de Pompadour but arrives too late, as she has recently passed away. King Louis XV gives the Doctor a letter from her. Without looking at the letter, the Doctor quietly returns to the 51st century.

The village of Devil's End becomes notorious when the black magic activities of the Third Lord of Aldbourne are revealed.

200 years before "The Dæmons."

December 16: A group of men (including the Doctor) calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty," dressed as Mohawk Indians, board a number of British ships in Boston, Massachusets harbour and, in protest of British taxation policies, destroy the ships' cargo, including forty-five tons of tea.

Historical records. The Doctor's presence revealed in "The Unquiet Dead."

The American Revolutionary War begins. The Rani is present at some point during the conflict in order to extract chemicals from some of the participants' brains.

Historical records. The Rani's presence is established in "The Mark of the Rani."

On Manussa, the Mara are accidentally created by the Manussans when their negative emotions are focused through the crystal known as the Great Mind's Eye, giving those feelings physical form.

The Great Mind's Eye is approximately 800 years old by the time of "Snakedance" (2583).

The future Mrs. Peace is born.

She is 86 when she passes away in "The Unquiet Dead" (1869).

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth. Also, Nemesis' bow is stolen from Windsor Castle in this year.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

July 14: An enraged mob storms the Bastille in Paris, signaling the start of the French Revolution.

Historical records and "The Reign of Terror."

Future inventor George Stephenson, aged nine, begins working in coal mines.

In "The Mark of the Rani," Stephenson says he first started working "down t'pit at nine." Stephenson was born in 1781.

In the English village of Devil's End, Sir Percival Flint attempts an excavation of the barrow, Devil's Hump. It ends in failure when his workers flee the site in terror.

"The Dæmons."

October 31: In France, Maxmilien Robespierre has the group of revolutionaries known as the Girondists executed.

Historical records and "The Reign of Terror."

April 5: In France, Robespierre has fellow revolutionary Georges Danton executed.

Historical records and "The Reign of Terror."

May: Leon Colbert's cell of French Revolutionaries learn of the presence of British spy James Stirling.

Two months before "The Reign of Terror."

July: The Reign of Terror: A Land of Fear; Guests of Madame Guillotine; A Change of Identity; The Tyrant of France; A Bargain of Necessity; Prisoners of Conciergerie: The 1st Doctor, Susan, Barbara and Ian are caught up in the events of the French Revolution while helping British spy James Stirling.

The Cabinet Room, the meeting place for the British government's senior Ministers, is added to 10 Downing Street in London.

Historical records and "World War Three."

On the planet Dulkis, the 7th Council, under Director Manus, approves plans of exploration in the field of atomic research. After a test on a secluded island proves devastating, research into atomic energy is abandoned. A museum is set up on the island to warn future generations of the dangers of atomic power.

172 years before "The Dominators" (1968).

The abbess of St. Agnes Abbey is possessed by an alien Gorgon. The Gorgon will continue to manipulate the abbess' form for two centuries, during which she will also control the nuns sequestered at the abbey.

200 years before "Eye of the Gorgon" (SJA) (2008).

April 8: Joseph Sundvik is born.

From the gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

Many soldiers are taken from their own time during the Napoleonic Wars by the War Lords to do battle in the War Games in 1969. They are returned by the Time Lords.

"The War Games." Exact date is conjecture. This was a particularly busy year during the Napoleonic Wars.

Greeks Bearing Gifts (TW): In Cardiff, a prostitute named Mary angers her customer, an English soldier. The soldier chases Mary through the woods, intent on killer her. Mary stumbles across an alien prisoner from the planet Arcateen 5. Having just killed her jailer, the alien possesses Mary, then kills the soldier and eats his heart. Mary will continue to kill humans, once a year for almost the next two centuries, to maintain her new form.

Mary's species' home planet is revealed in "Invasion of the Bane" (SJA).

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

June 18: The armies of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte engage in the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon loses, making this his final battle.

Historical records. The Doctor, as Mr. Smith, teaches a history lesson about this battle in "Human Nature".

July 3: Florence Sundvik is born.

The date is seen on a gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

The Nine Travellers stone circle is surveyed by the Reverend Thomas Bright.

"The Stones of Blood."

On the island of Fang Rock, a unknown creature which will come to be called "the Beast of Fang Rock," kills two lighthouse keepers and drives a third insane.

Eighty years before "Horror of Fang Rock."

German author Jacob Grimm formulates the principle of consonantal shift.

Historical records and "State of Decay."

The Mark of the Rani: 1,2 ("long" episodes) or 1,2,3,4 ("short" episodes): A renegade Time Lord, the Rani, is present in Killingworth, England during the Industrial Revolution, withdrawing certain chemicals she needs from the brains of miners; this causes them to behave violently. The Master is also present, intending to abduct a number of geniuses gathering in the same area. The 6th Doctor and Peri arrive and sabotage both plans, trapping both renegades in the Rani's sabotaged TARDIS.

This story is difficult to date due to several historical inaccuracies. For example, Edison was born well after the time of the Luddite uprisings. I have decided to opt for Lance Parkin's date of 1822.

English physicist Michael Faraday demonstrates the principle of electromagnetic induction, not realising its future practical application in producing electric transformers.

Historical records and "Revenge of the Slitheen" (SJA).

On the planet Sto, in the Casivanian Belt, Max Capricorn founds Max Capricorn Cruislines.

In "Voyage of the Damned" (2008), Max says he has spent "176 years [...] running the company".

February: Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist begins its monthy serialization begins in Bentley's Miscellany.

Historical records. The novel is mentioned in "The Unquiet Dead."

The Doctor attends Queen Victoria's coronation.

Historical records. The Doctor's presence is established in "The Curse of Peladon."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

The Chinese Fowling Piece which will eventually be owned by Professor Litefoot is last fired at this time.

50 years before "The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

April: The first chapter of Charles Dickens' story The Old Curiosity Shop is published in Master Humphrey's Clock periodical.

Historical records. The story is mentioned in "The Unquiet Dead."

June 10: Edward Oxford attempts to kill Queen Victoria while she is riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London, shooting at her twice. Both shots miss.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

February: In the final serialized chapter of Charles Dickens' story The Old Curiosity Shop, lead character Nelly "Little Nell" Trent dies.

Historical records. The Doctor mentions Nell's death in "The Unquiet Dead."

May 29: John Francis attempt to shoot Queen Victoria. After firing his pistol once, he is immediately seized by the police.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

July 3: A third assassination attempt on Queen Victoria is made. John William Bean tried to shoot Her Majesty, although his gun is loaded only with paper and tobacco.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

January: The first chapter of Charles Dickens' serialized novel Martin Chuzzlewit sees print.

Historical records and "The Unquiet Dead."

December: Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol is first published.

Historical records. The book is mentioned in "The Unquiet Dead."

An unemployed and disgruntled Irishman named William Hamilton fires a pistol at Queen Victoria's carriage as it passes along Constitution Hill, London.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

Queen Victoria sustains an injury when Robert Pate attacks her in her carriage, stricking her with his cane, crushing her bonnet and bruising her.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

The Great Exhibition, the first world's fair, is held in London's Hyde Park. The 5th Doctor attempted to begin Nyssa and Tegan here for a visit, but failed.

Historical records. The Doctor's attempt to visit is from "Time-Flight."

The schooner America crosses the Atlantic Ocean in seventeen days.

Historical records and "Enlightenment."

March: The opening chapter of Charles Dickens' Bleak House is published.

Historical records. The Doctor jokingly mentions the story in "The Unquiet Dead."

Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert, begins his years-long work of cutting the Koh-i-Noor diamond, as part of his and Sir Robert MacLeish's father's plan to destroy the alien being terrorizing the Scottish countryside around the Torchwood Estate.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

During the Crimean War, soldiers are taken by the War Lords in order to fight in the War Games in 1969. The Time Lords return them to their proper time.

"The War Games." Exact date is conjecture. The Crimean War ran from 1854-1856.

J. Clark Maxwell and Michael Faraday conduct experiments (in electromagnetism and static electricity respectively) that will help Theodore Maxtible in the development of his method of time-travel by 1865.

Historical records and "The Evil of the Daleks."

November 5: The uncle of Theodore Maxtible's maid, Mollie, is killed in the Crimean War at the Battle of Inkerman.

Historical records. Mollie's uncle is established in "The Evil of the Daleks."

The Doctor is wounded while fighting in the Crimean War.

"The Sea Devils." Exact date is conjecture.

Around this time, Henry Gordon Jago enters show business.

By the time of "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" (1889), Jago has spent "30 years in the halls."

The future-Professor Litefoot and his family are in China at this time. Litefoot's father is a Brigadier-General on the punitive expedition.

"The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

December: Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations begins its weekly serialization in his journal All the Year Round.

Historical records. The story is mentioned in "The Unquiet Dead."

The Malicious Damage Act is passed in England. The Act includes damage to lighthouses.

"The Horror of Fang Rock."

Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, dies of complications due to typhoid fever.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

During the American Civil War, soldiers are kidnapped by the War Lords to fight in the War Games in 1969, then returned home by the Time Lords.

"The War Games."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

November 19: The Chase: The Executioners: At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous "Gettysburg Address."

Theodore Maxtible's experiments in time-travel attract the attention of the Daleks. The Daleks convince Maxtible to help them by promising him the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone. The Daleks also kidnap Victoria Waterfield in order to secure her father, Edward's assistance. Maxtible has the south wing of his home closed off to conduct further experiments with the Daleks.

"A twelve-month back" from "The Evil of the Daleks."

The Evil of the Daleks: 2,3,4,5,6: The 2nd Doctor and Jamie are brought back to this time from 1966 by Theodore Maxtible and Edward Waterfield. Maxtible has been promised the secret of transmuting elements, while Waterfield's daughter Victoria has been taken prisoner by the Daleks. The Doctor and Jamie are forced to perform a series of test in order to isolate the "Human Factor," which the Daleks claim will make them more efficient creatures. They really plan to use a "Dalek Factor" to take over Earth. After the tests, the Daleks take the Doctor, Jamie, Maxtible, Waterfield and Victoria to Skaro in 4100.

The K-9 series computer is programmed with every grandmaster chess game from this point onwards.

"The Androids of Tara."

Charles Dickens' short story "The Signalman" is published. The 9th Doctor calls this one of the best short stories ever written.

Historical records and "The Unquiet Dead."

Captain Jack Harkness, attempting to travel to the early 21st century from the far future, arrives in this time instead. Upon reaching this period, Jack's vortex manipulator burns out, stranding him.

"Utopia".

September: The gaseous race the Gelth increase their presence in the building occupied by Sneed and Company Undertakers enough to begin animating fresh corpses. Proprietor Gabriel Sneed does his best to keep these events quiet.

"Three months back" from "The Unquiet Dead."

A Mrs. Peace of Cardiff, Wales, passes away. Her grandson, Mr. Redpath, arranges to have her funeral dealt with by Sneed and Company Undertakers.

Some time before "The Unquiet Dead."

December 24: The Unquiet Dead: In Cardiff, Wales, the 9th Doctor and Rose, with the assistance of author Charles Dickens and a clairvoyant servant girl named Gwyneth, prevent an invasion by the Gelth, a race of gaseous beings and refugees of the Time War, who wish to inhabit the bodies of humanity, including the recently dead.

December 25: Charles Dickens starts a trip home to London to "make amends with [his] family."

The day after "The Unquiet Dead."

Thanks in part to Gwyneth's sacrifice, the dimensional rift used by the Gelth to reach Earth begins to heal over, almost like a scar. The rift will continue to give off radiation harmless to humans, but useful for powering dimensional travel machines like the TARDIS.

As explained in "Boom Town."

In Scotland, the Jameson boys go out onto Tullock Moor, where they encounter the Zygons. The younger brother, Donald, disappears, and Richard is found 2 days later, driven insane by the experience. Richard never speaks again.

"Terror of the Zygons."

April: The first chapter of Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood is published.

Historical records and "The Unquiet Dead."

June 9: Charles Dickens dies of a stroke, his story The Mystery of Edwin Drood (to which he planned to add supernatural elements from his adventure with the Doctor in Cardiff the previous Christmas) left unfinished.

Historical records and "The Unquiet Dead."

Heinrich Schliemann and his young wife Sophia Engastrontenos begin their excavation of the ancient city of Troy.

Historical records and "The Stones of Blood."

Soldiers are taken from the Franco-Prussian War by the War Lords to fight in the War Games in 1969. They are returned by the Time Lords.

"The War Games." The year 1871 is given but the specific war is not mentioned. The Franco-Prussian War ran 1870-1871.

February 3: Joseph Sundvik dies.

According to the gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

Reuben joins the lighthouse service. He will spend twenty of the next thirty years in gas-powered lighthouses.

Thirty years prior to "Horror of Fang Rock" (1902).

Queen Victoria experiences a sixth apparent attempt on her life. As she alights from a carriage, young Irishman Arthur O'Connor rushes towards her with a pistol in one hand and a petition to free Irish prisoners in the other. Victoria's personal servant, John Brown, knocks the boy to the ground.

Historical records and "Tooth and Claw".

The Chase: Flight Through Eternity: The 1st Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki land on the Mary Celeste while fleeing the Daleks. After they leave, the Daleks arrive, frightening all on board into abandoning ship.

Professor Litefoot's family returns home to England from China. They bring with them a "Chinese puzzle box," a gift from the Emperor to Litefoot's mother, in reality Magnus Greel's time cabinet.

"The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

The stone circle known as the Nine Travellers is surveyed.

"The Stones of Blood."

March 10: Inventor Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call, summoning his assistant, Thomas Watson.

Historical records. The call is picked up by mobile phones in "Father's Day."

Zanak, the "pirate planet," appears around the planet Bandraginus V, and extracts all of its mineral wealth, destroying it in the process.

Bandraginus V disappeared 200 years before "The Pirate Planet" (1978).

On their way to Balmoral Castle, Queen Victoria and her retinue discover a fallen tree on the train line, forcing them to continue their journey by road. The Queen, quite correctly, suspects that this is not an accident; the monks of the monastery of St. Catherine's have engineered the accident in order to lure Her Majesty to Torchwood Estate.

Shortly before "Tooth and Claw".

Tooth and Claw: The 10th Doctor and Rose encounter Queen Victoria and her retinue, who are stopping over at Sir Robert MacLeish's Torchwood Estate while on route to Balmoral Castle. They help protect Her Majesty from being possessed by an alien being which turns those it takes over into a form of werewolf. Horrified by what she has witnessed, the Queen forbids the Doctor and Rose from returning to her kingdom and proposes the foundation of Torchwood Institute, to research and fight any of Britian's alien or supernatural enemies.

The creation of Torchwood begins with the Torchwood Foundation Charter, which explicitly names the Doctor as an enemy of the Crown.

"Army of Ghosts".

Johnny Ringo begins a search for his former lover Kate, who has run off with Doc Holliday.

Two years before "The Gunfighters" (1881).

American humorist Franklin Adams is born.

Historical records and "The Seeds of Doom."

Doc Holliday shoots and kills Reuben Clanton.

Some time before "The Gunfighters."

October: The Gunfighters: A Holiday for the Doctor; Don't Shoot the Pianist; Johnny Ringo; The OK Corral: The 1st Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in Tombstone, Arizona, where the Doctor is mistaken for Doc Holliday by the Clanton brothers, who try to kill him. Eventually convincing everyone otherwise, the time-travellers leave after witnessing the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Inspector MacKenzie of Scotland Yard is sent to Gabriel Chase in Perivale to investigate the disappearance of Sir George and Lady Margaret Pritchard, the owners. He is captured by Josiah Smith and place in suspended animation.

"Ghost Light."

Around this time, the planet Manussa is in its Middle Sumaran Empire.

In "Snakedance" (2583), a statue from that period is said to be 700 years old.

August 26-28: At least 2 Doctors, one of them the 9th, are present at the eruptions of the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa. A line drawing of the 9th Doctor washes up on the coast of the nearby island of Sumatra the day of the largest eruptions, confiming his presence. The volcano's blast ejects a Xylok from beneath the earth. The Xylok will eventually become a part of Sarah Jane Smith's computer, Mr. Smith.

Historical records. The 3rd Doctor claims to have been present in "Inferno" and the 9th Doctor's presence is revealed in "Rose." The Xylok/Mr. Smith is established in "The Lost Boy" (SJA).

Ghost Light: 1,2,3: The 7th Doctor and Ace investigate the mysterious goings-on at the Gabriel Chase mansion in Perivale. The house is inhabited by "Josiah Smith," a rapidly evolving alien who wishes to have Queen Victoria assassinated, allowing him to take over the British Empire. Smith is actually part of the survey collection of Light, a powerful being who has attempted to catalogue all life on Earth; his attempt are frustrated by evolution and he plans to wipe out all organic life to make it stop changing. The time-travellers foil Smith's plan and Light destroys himself when confronted with the fact that he, too, is evolving.

Two years after Inspector MacKenzie's disappearance (1881) and one hundred years before Ace burns down Gabriel Chase (1983).

The book Up the Amazon is published. It includes a section on the variety of fungi eaten by the natives of the Amazon Basin.

"The Green Death."

Timelash: 1 ("long" episodes) or 2 ("short" episodes): Vena, an inhabitant of the planet Karfel, accidentally arrives in this time, and encounters a young H.G. Wells. The 6th Doctor arrives to return Vena to her own time and Wells stows away on the TARDIS when they leave.

H.G. Wells is returned to his own time by the 6th Doctor and Peri. Inspired by his adventure with the Doctor, Wells takes up writing science fiction.

Shortly after "Timelash."

Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, about a young boy trying to adjust to his new life as an aristocrat, is published.

Historical records and "Dalek." Van Statten mockingly refers to Adam as "Little Lord Fauntleroy."

The Nemesis statue passes close to Earth.

"Silver Nemesis." As part of Nemesis' 25 year orbit.

Joseph Buller and Emma Gusset are wed. They move in with Emma's mother.

Six months before "The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

Henry Gordon Jago's wife spends 17 pounds and thruppence on her wardrobe, an amount Jago finds excessive. Around the same time, Emma Buller attends a show at the London Palace Theatre, where she is hypnotized on stage by Li H'Sen Chang.

A week before "The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

Emma Buller returns to the London Palace Theatre and disappears.

The night before "The Talons of Weng-Chiang."

The Talons of Weng-Chiang: 1,2,3,4,5,6: In Victorian London, the 4th Doctor and Leela, with the help of theatre owner Henry Gordon Jago and medical doctor Professor Litefoot, investigate a series of disappearances of young girls. They discover that the girls' life essences are being absorbed by Magnus Greel, a political criminal from the 51st century, who is posing as the Chinese god Weng-Chiang. The group track down Greel's lair, where he is destroyed before he can escape back to his own time.

The Jack the Ripper murders have already taken place at the time of this story. These took place in 1888 and most other chronologies place the story in the following year; I am following suit.

The last known human sacrifice to be performed in the Morton Harwood area occurs at this time.

"K9 and Company."

Jack Harkness gets into a fight on Ellis Island, during which he is shot through the heart. Shortly after, he wakes up. Jack begins to realise that, due to Rose's resurrection of him during their battle with the Daleks, he cannot be killed.

"Utopia".

Benjamin Wainwright, future husband of Kathy Nightingale, is born.

Seen on his tombstone in "Blink".

January 12: Florence Sundvik dies.

From a gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

March 4: Mary Eliza Millington is born.

As seen on a gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

March 17: Mary Eliza Millington, aged only two weeks, dies.

From her gravestone in "The Curse of Fenric."

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