1869

Events

 * Christmas Eve: The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler encounter Charles Dickens in Cardiff and fend off a Gelth invasion related to the Cardiff rift. During this incident, they also encounter a servant girl named Gwyneth who is killed by the Gelth; she is later discovered to be an ancestor of Gwen Cooper. (DW: The Unquiet Dead, Boom Town, Journey's End)


 * Captain Jack Harkness, having recently been revived by Rose Tyler following an encounter with the Daleks, accidentally travels back to 1869 after his Vortex manipulator malfunctions. Having become immortal, Harkness would spend nearly 140 years on Earth waiting for a chance to reunite with the Doctor. (DW: The Parting of the Ways, Utopia)