2040

2040 was a year.

Dated
In March, Ed Gold became a US citizen, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. (TV: The Waters of Mars)

From 25 March to 26 April, Imogen Quaye was housed at the Lashley Institute while being monitored by scientists after she underwent a special brain operation. During this time, she met the Fifth Doctor. (PROSE: Artificial Intelligence)

On 11 July, the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS interfered with the operation of the Signpost information service on the Moon. (PROSE: Outsourcing)

Undated
The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield met naturalist Stuart Mallory. The Doctor's later incarnations and companions fulfilled Mallory's dying wish to visit Antarctica. (PROSE: The Last Emperor)

The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith encountered the crew of a space station near the Kuiper Belt. (PROSE: Observer Effect)

The Fourth Doctor met Susan King and helped her to bring down James Baron's media empire. (PROSE: The Baron Wastes)

Around this year, the Doctor helped the Draconians overcome a space plague. (TV: Frontier in Space)

The Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush encountered a group of mathematicians who had attempted to predict the TARDIS' appearance based on previous sightings. (PROSE: Daisy Chain)

A group of terrorists, which included the Seventh Doctor and Roz Forrester, attempted to blow up the Pickering power station. (PROSE: The Nuclear Option)

The Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej foiled a plan by the Voltranons to destroy all life on Earth. (PROSE: Culture War)

The Third Doctor and Jo Grant encountered Perseus Corporeal Stephen Le Page, who implanted devices in them that would cause them to forget the meeting. (PROSE: /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet) The Seventh Doctor ensured the destruction of Perseus' Household Assistance Devices. (PROSE: Anteus) The Eighth Doctor investigated a data breach in Perseus' Peacekeeper project. (PROSE: Thinking Warrior) He later used the Peacekeepers as part of his plan to destroy Perseus. (PROSE: The Ethereal)

Earth was hammered by "appalling storm conditions" which harmed agriculture. (TV: The Waters of Mars)

Births and deaths
Alistair Gryffen lost his family in an accident. Gryffen started to develop agoraphobia and stayed in his house for the next ten years. (TV: The Bounty Hunter)