1894

In 1894, a large amount of unusual events occurred in the London area. Either the Paternoster Gang or Henry Gordon Jago and George Litefoot were usually involved in these events.

Dated events
On 11 January, the Eighth Doctor and Samantha Jones encountered Professor George Litefoot and a group of Zygons based in London. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers)

On 7 February, Tommy Brockless was born in Manchester to Thomas Brockless and Constance Bassett. (TV: To the Last Man)

Also in February, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich had a large telescope installed. Shortly afterwards, about a thousand Gremlins settled in the observatory. William Christie noticed bite marks caused by the Gremlins on the telescope's lenses and cleaned them. The next day, the "scratches" were back. After this occurred several times, Christie contacted the Paternoster Gang. Vastra used a special magnifying glass that could see though time to find the Gremlins and the observatory was almost destroyed. Jenny Flint negotiated with the Gremlins and they fixed all the damage they caused. The Paternoster Gang helped the Gremlins find a new home at the bottom of the River Thames.

Two days later, dredgers in the Greenwich area were finding twice as much junk as usual and all of the junk had Gremlin bite marks on it. Rumours were circulating around local taverns of giggling coming from the bottom of the river. (PROSE: The Curious Case of the Miniature Menaces)

Vastra, Jenny, and Strax encountered the blue Minch men in Scotland. (PROSE: The Singular Case of the Blue Men of the Minch)

In June, Faye Garrideb sought out Jenny Flint's assistance with helping to solve the mystery of who was driving customers away from the Palace of Wonder. The Paternoster Gang discovered an alien spaceship beneath the music house and freed it. The Palace of Wonder was utterly destroyed by the spaceship as it left. (PROSE: The Phantom of the Music House)

June 1894 was Iris Wildthyme's favourite time to visit Paris. She visited Paris many times in this month. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

In September, Professor Thaddeus Maine attempted to demonstrate his working time machine at the Academy of Science, but Vastra talked him out of it after several attempts were made to steal it and kill him. Maine decided that instead of dismantling the machine, he would use it to travel to another time. (PROSE: The Singular Case of the Time Machine)

In November, Strax's fighting drone malfunctioned and began roaming around Paternoster Row. Mrs Fenwick, one of the Paternoster Gang's neighbours, was attacked by the drone. Along with Mr Plumbly, Fenwick approached the Paternoster Gang and asked for help getting rid of the "ghost". The drone began attacking Jenny, but stopped when it ran out of power. (PROSE: The Spectre of Paternoster Row)

Other timelines
In an alternate timeline, Martians invaded Earth on a Thursday in June. Iris Wildthyme and Panda took Simon and Kelly to Paris on this day on their first trip on the Celestial Omnibus. While they had dinner at the Moulin Rouge, Martian ships landed in Earth's most notable cities, including Paris, beginning a 7 year occupation of Earth. After finishing dinner, the four friends stayed in Montmartre for a few hours and watched the Martian invasion force come to Earth before leaving in the Omnibus.

Anthony Marvelle, Missy, and Jenny Winterleaf used the Cosmic Pinking Shears to follow Iris to this time and dimension and also had dinner at Moulin Rouge. After the Martians landed, Marvelle approached two Martian Time Agents and gave them front-row tickets to a Vince Cosmos concert in 1973 with instructions to assassinate Cosmos. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)