2006
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2006 was ayear.
Events
Dated events
January - March
On6 March 2006, theNinth Doctor returnedRose Tyler to her home inLondon. Due to a miscalculation, they arrived a year late. Rose learnt that her mother,Jackie Tyler, had been searching for her ever since she left the previous year. At one point, she was believedmurdered andMickey Smith had been a suspect.Big Ben wasside-swiped bya UFO which crashed into theThames. (TV:Aliens of London[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])
An "alien astronaut" from the UFO was taken toAlbion Hospital, where the Doctor andToshiko Sato examined it. (TV:Aliens of London[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"]) "Dr Sato" was working undercover forTorchwood Three, covering forOwen Harper, who was hungover on his "second week" working for Torchwood. (TV:Exit Wounds[+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])
Most of the Earth's leading experts on aliens were killed, as was thePrime Minister of the United Kingdom. (TV:Aliens of London[+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"])10 Downing Street was destroyed by aharpoon missile targeted byMickey Smith. The fortitude of backbench MPHarriet Jones during this crisis contributed to her ascent to power and the post of Prime Minister.Mickey Smith was asked by the Doctor to install a virus that would wipe out all references tohim on theInternet. (TV:World War Three[+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"]) Jones later claimed that the destruction of 10 Downing Street was aterrorist attack. This was repeated in apress briefing issued byUNIT. (PROSE:Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT[+]Loading...["Number Ten Pays Tribute to UNIT (short story)"])
Afterwards, the Slitheen skin suit of GeneralR. Asquith was recovered from 10 Downing Street and stored at theLeamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME:Security Bot[+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"]) Harriet Jones became the newPrime Minister of the United Kingdom. (TV:The Christmas Invasion[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
April - August
InJune, the article "Down the Boozer with Iris and Panda" byIris Wildthyme was published in the magazineSounds. (PROSE:Low/Profile[+]Loading...["Low/Profile (short story)"])
Around the same date, the2006 World Cup took place inMunich. (PROSE:Forgotten[+]Loading...["Forgotten (short story)"])
InJuly 2006, manySchlechter Wolf artillery shells were excavated during renovations to the refurbishings of theNorthern andJubilee lines of theLondon Underground. UNIT issued apress briefing about the dangers on28 July. (PROSE:Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings[+]Loading...["Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)"])
InAugust,astronomers reclassifiedPluto as adwarf planet. (PROSE:Time Traveller's Diary[+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
Torchwood House was opened to the public betweenApril andSeptember of this year, alongside an exhibition called "House of History", which was officially opened byPrince Charles. (PROSE:Visiting[+]Loading...["Visiting (feature)"])
September - December
InSeptember, theRaxacoricofallapatorianBlon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen, posing as the humanMargaret Blaine,Mayor of Cardiff, plotted to blow up theEarth with theBlaidd Drwgnuclear power plant and theCardiff Rift. This would let her escape on herextrapolator. The Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith and Jack Harkness captured her, but she used a fallback plan to make the extrapolator latch ontothe TARDIS's energies (having been parked directly on the Rift) and still destroy Earth. The plan backfired and theHeart of the TARDIS opened up, regressing Blon to an egg. The Doctor and his companions returned Blon toRaxacoricofallapatorius to start a new life. (TV:Boom Town[+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"]) UNIT issued apress briefing about theCardiff Earthquake, saying that the clean up was successful, though a number of people were missing (including Blaine), and that UNIT'sScientific Advisors had all agreed that the plans for the Blaidd Drwg plant should be abandoned. (PROSE:Cardiff Earthquake[+]Loading...["Cardiff Earthquake (short story)"]) At this moment there were no fewer than three versions of Harkness in Cardiff at different points in his timeline: the Jack travelling with the Doctor, an older Jack now operatingTorchwood Three while keeping himself and his team in the Hub during these events (PROSE:The Twilight Streets[+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"]) and a still older Jack in cryogenic freeze in the Torchwood vaults, unknown to the Torchwood Three team. (TV:Exit Wounds[+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])
On22 September, on her 46th birthday,Tegan Jovanka was briefly reunited with theFifth Doctor, who discovered that she had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and had at most a year to live. Despite the Doctor's entreaty, Tegan chose to forgo his assistance in treating the tumour. She stated that she wished to remain on Earth because she was happy with the life that she had. She rekindled her relationship withMichael Tanaka. She had previously ended the relationship because of her tumour. (AUDIO:The Gathering[+]Loading...["The Gathering (audio story)"])
According to one account,but not others, a CIA file onGwen Cooper dated her joiningTorchwood to October 2006. (TV:The New World[+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"]) One account also placed 2006 as the year Gwen investigated the road accident death ofEugene Jones. (TV:Random Shoes[+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])
Mickey helped Rose to get back to the Ninth Doctor by connecting a truck to the Heart of the TARDIS to open it. In doing so, Rose allowed the Heart to get inside her head and pilot her to theGame Station in200,100. (TV:The Parting of the Ways[+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
On24 December, theTenth Doctor recovered from hisregeneration at thePowell Estate. TheSycorax interceptedGuinevere One and sent a threatening message toEarth. TheSycorax ship'spilot fish landed. The Doctor stopped them from taking his regeneration energy.Prime Minister Harriet Jones sought help fromUNIT as the Doctor was still in bed. (TV:The Christmas Invasion[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"])
Also on this day,Daniel Francis Thompson was struck by a vehicle and hospitalised atSt Nicholas's Hospital in London. The Tenth Doctor, only older than his encounter with the Sycorax, shared an adventure with Daniel and spent time at St Nicholas's Hospital waiting for Daniel to recover. (PROSE:Deep and Dreamless Sleep[+]Loading...["Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)"])
On25 December, the Sycorax ship enteredLondon airspace at around 07:45. (TV:The Christmas Invasion[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"],Love & Monsters[+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"]) The Sycorax usedblood control onone-third of Earth's population. Harriet Jones appeared on television to ask for the Doctor's help. The Doctor defeated theSycorax leader, who was later killed after trying to sneak-attack the Doctor. In the battle the leader cut offthe Doctor's hand, which grew back. TheTorchwood Institute destroyed the retreating Sycorax ship at Harriet Jones' orders. The Doctor regarded this asmurder and engineered Jones' spiral in the polls. Although the Earth had been visited and even invaded many times before by alien races, the Doctor told Rose the Sycorax event marked the first occasion that life beyond Earth became common knowledge, and that Earth itself was now becoming noticed by other worlds. (TV:The Christmas Invasion[+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"]) Afterthe attack, UNIT issued another press briefing, confirming the existence of aliens. (PROSE:Alien Life[+]Loading...["Alien Life (short story)"])
Ursula Blake snapped a photo of the Tenth Doctor celebrating with Rose Tyler in London. Meanwhile, on theInternet, there began frantic speculation among conspiracy theorists as to what had really happened during the Sycorax invasion. She later posted the photo toher blog. (TV:Love & Monsters[+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
Undated
TheEighth Doctor andLucie Miller located the thiefNick Zimmerman, who had put himself in atime loop onEarth after leaving the Doctor and Lucie for dead aboard aTar-Modowk ship. (AUDIO:No More Lies[+]Loading...["No More Lies (audio story)"])
Lucie Miller was on her way to her first day at work when she was placed in theEighth Doctor's care by theTime Lords. (AUDIO:Blood of the Daleks[+]Loading...["Blood of the Daleks (audio story)"]) She was returned to this time by theHeadhunter and taken toLonsis, whereHulbert Logistics was battling theCybermen. (AUDIO:Human Resources[+]Loading...["Human Resources (audio story)"])
TheTenth Doctor visitedSt. Nicholas's Hospital, taking on the alias of a consultant. (PROSE:Deep and Dreamless Sleep[+]Loading...["Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)"])
Idris Hopper recognised Jack Harkness and chased him. Seeing past itsperception filter, he witnessed theinvisible lift in action. An attempt to erase Idris' memories withretcon in his dinner failed and Idris became angry with Jack because he thought he was poisoned. (PROSE:The Twilight Streets[+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"])
TheSeventh Doctor andRuby Duvall stopped theCybermen's attempt to conquer Earth by preventing the magnetic field reversal that would have created worldwide chaos under which the Cybermen planned to invade. (PROSE:Iceberg[+]Loading...["Iceberg (novel)"])
Former teacherOswald Danes was convicted of therape andmurder of twelve year oldSusie Cabina. (TV:The New World[+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"])
TheFirst Doctor losthis TARDIS in a bet inChicago. He and his companionsIan Chesterton,Barbara Wright andSusan Foreman were forced to travel 2,500 miles downRoute 66 in a purple Oldsmobile 88 (which the Doctor won in another bet) toCalifornia in order to retrieve it. (PROSE:The Mother Road[+]Loading...["The Mother Road (short story)"])
TheSixth Doctor once watched the 2006cricket Test Match betweenAustralia andSouth Africa on theTime-Space Visualiser. (AUDIO:The Fourth Wall[+]Loading...["The Fourth Wall (audio story)"])
UNIT set upMoonbase One as a scientific research station. (PROSE:Horror of the Space Snakes[+]Loading...["Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)"])
Following the expiration of the thirty year rule for official secrets,The Zen Military,Kadiatu S. Lethbridge-Stewart's exposé of the history ofUNIT, was published. (PROSE:Set Piece[+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])
In2323,DrOlivia Kagg Waldermein wrote of the "2005-2009Davies-Gardneraccount" of the "Last Lightbringer", stating that it "ha[d] been steadily leaking credibility since it was linked to the contents ofa well-known conspiracy site of the embryonicInternet, operated between 2005 and2007 by a small cabal of disreputable characters." (PROSE:Love & War[+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"])
Births and deaths
Dated
OnSaturday24 June,Edward Grainger died on his 100th birthday. (PROSE:Forgotten[+]Loading...["Forgotten (short story)"])
On23 November,retiredTorchwood agentLucia Moretti, a former lover of Jack Harkness and mother of his daughterAlice Carter, died ofheart disease. (TV:Children of Earth: Day Three[+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"],AUDIO:Red Skies[+]Loading...["Red Skies (audio story)"])
Undated
Charles Cromwell died. (PROSE:Trace Memory[+]Loading...["Trace Memory (novel)"])
Other
Iris Wildthyme had adriver's licence from 2006. (PROSE:Gimme Shelter[+]Loading...["Gimme Shelter (short story)"])
