1901

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * An English author begins writing stories for The Ensign, a magazine for young boys. He will later vanish into the Land of Fiction and become the Master of the Land ("The Mind Robber").


 * Edward VII is crowned King of Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometime during his reign that a Rutan scout ship lands off the Fang Rock lighthouse ("Horror of Fang Rock").


 * The first British submarine is launched ("Enlightenment").