5 March

On 5 March 2005, after her first encounter with him the day before, Rose Tyler investigated the identity of the Ninth Doctor, talking to conspiracy theorist Clive Finch about his website on the Doctor at whoisdoctorwho.co.uk. Rose's boyfriend, Mickey Smith, was abducted by Autons and replaced with an Auton duplicate. Using the head of this Auton, the Doctor tracked the the Nestene Consciousness' signal to the London Eye. It had been rendered a scavenger without protein planets by a war the Doctor fought in. Rose rescued Mickey (and later, the Doctor) and destroyed the Consciousness with anti-plastic. She joined the Doctor on his travels. Meanwhile, Clive was killed by the Autons. (TV: Rose, Aliens of London)

On the exact same day, Ellie Oswald, mother of future companion Clara Oswald and wife of Dave Oswald, died. The Eleventh Doctor observed her funeral from afar (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)