2004

On 31 December 2004, Rose Tyler missed a New Year's Eve party, thereby allowing her to unwittingly meet the regenerating Tenth Doctor, prior to the instance when she first encountered the Ninth Doctor. (TV: The End of Time) Also on this date, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister became trapped in a time loop in the home of George Smythe, his wife Patricia and his children of Josie and Mark. (PROSE: Every Day)

In June, Tate Modern was destroyed by an electron bomb. (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)

In November, Cassandra Schofield was killed by Nimrod in the Forge's alpha facility in Dartmoor. (AUDIO: Project: Lazarus)

Toshiko Sato was blackmailed into stealing plans for a sonic modulator from the Lodmoor Research Facility for a terrorist group holding her mother hostage. She used the plans to build a working prototype of the device. The terrorists and she were arrested by UNIT personnel. Jack Harkness of Torchwood Three called in a favour to have Toshiko released from UNIT detention in exchange for her joining his team. (TV: Fragments)