1 January

1 January was New Year's Day and the first day of the year on Earth.

Amongst the notable things that occurred on this day were:


 * 1941 - Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel.
 * 1966 - The First Doctor's TARDIS departed Trafalgar Square, where it had arrived during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * 2000 - The Eighth Doctor departed San Francisco, where he had landed two days before. He invited Grace Holloway to join him, but she declined. However, they shared a good-bye kiss at the start of the new year. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * 2000 - Jack Harkness became the leader of Torchwood Three following the death of Alex Hopkins and the rest of the team. (TV: Fragments)
 * 2000 - The Fourth Doctor landed in Paris. (COMIC: The Forgotten)
 * 2000 - The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush saved the Earth from being taken over by Saraquazel and his servant, Ashley Chapel. (PROSE: Millennial Rites)
 * 2005 - A dying Tenth Doctor finished the journey he deemed the final reward (TV: Death of the Doctor) when he visited Rose Tyler before she had met him. The Doctor commented that she was "gonna have a great year", then saw a vision of Ood Sigma and stumbled back to the TARDIS. He took flight into the time vortex and regenerated into the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The End of Time)