1972

1972 was the year that the Alliance of Shades was disbanded. (TV: Dreamland)

The Twelfth Doctor (COMIC: The Pestilent Heart et al) and, according to some accounts, the Third Doctor were both stuck on Earth in this year. (PROSE: Island of Death, Countdown to TV Action et al)

Dated events
On 16 April, Caroline Hall was born. (TV: Adrift)

On 25 May, Joseph Serf was born in Dayton, Ohio. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)

On 4 July, UNIT bought the Tunguska Scroll from a private collector and placed it within the Black Archive. (TV: Enemy of the Bane)

On 22 July in Los Angeles, a young woman named Lori was able to extract deadly revenge against criminals who had killed a friend of hers. She was called Ini-Ma by a shadowy figure who indicated that he would later collect on a debt which she now owed him. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)

On 5 October, Alice Devlin was born. (TV: Adrift)

On 14 December, the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe encountered the crew of Apollo 17 and a Varani on the surface of the Moon. (PROSE: Christmas on the Moon)

On 23 December, the Twelfth Doctor helped Jess Collins deliver Christmas cards to various friends of the Collins family, including their neighbour Walter.

On 24 December, Walter suffered a mental breakdown over the anniversary of the death of his mother Carmen. He imagined he was being attacked by comic book character Obadiah Grim. The Twelfth Doctor, Jess, and Devina Collins broke into his house and helped him calm down. They then called an ambulance to take Walter to Kings College Hospital.

On 25 December, a neighbourhood Christmas breakfast was hosted by the Collins family in their backyard. (COMIC: Be Forgot)

Unknown dates
Oskar Steinmann died. (PROSE: Just War)

Ocean Waters met the Men in Black. (TV: The Vault of Secrets)

The Eighth Doctor encountered Daleks in the Ides Scientific Institute. (AUDIO: Fugitives)

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald encountered the Corvids in Highgate. (COMIC: The Highgate Horror)