2006

28 — 29

 * Big Ben is side-swiped by a UFO which crashes into the Thames. (DW: Aliens of London) Many people witness the crash, including Elton Pope (DW: Love & Monsters), however the crash is later covered up as a hoax (which, in some ways, it was). (whoisdoctorwho.co.uk)


 * An "alien astronaut" from the UFO is taken to Albion Hospital where The Doctor and Toshiko Sato examine it. Most of the Earth's leading experts on aliens are killed. 10 Downing Street is destroyed by a Harpoon missile. The fortitude that backbencher MP Harriet Jones shows during this crisis contributes to Jones' ascent towards power and the post of Prime Minister. (DW: Aliens of London, World War Three)

31

 * The British Rocket Group space probe Guinevere One launches from Earth for a scheduled rendezvous with Mars on Christmas Day. (Guinevere One website)

24

 * The Doctor recovers from his regeneration at the Powell Estate. Sycorax intercept the Guinevere One and send a threatening message to Earth. Pilot fish land. New Prime Minister Harriet Jones seeks help from UNIT. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)

25

 * The Sycorax ship enters London airspace at around 0745 (DW: The Christmas Invasion, Love & Monsters) Elton Pope gaves up at the ship in awe. (DW: Love & Monsters) Sarah Jane Smith wonders if the ship has the Doctor onboard, taking care of the situation. (DW: School Reunion)


 * The Sycorax use blood control on one third of Earth's population. Harriet Jones appears on television to ask for the Doctor's help. The Doctor defeats the Sycorax though not before their leader cuts off the Doctor's hand (which grows back). The Torchwood Institute destroy the retreating Sycorax ship. The Doctor regards as murder and so engineers Harriet Jones' fall from power. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)


 * Torchwood find and retrieve the Doctor's hand, which later ends up at Torchwood 3. (TW: Everything Changes on)


 * Ursula Blake snaps a photo of the Doctor celebrating with Rose Tyler in London. Meanwhile, on the Internet, frantic speculation among conspiracy theorists begins as to what really happened during the Sycorax invasion. (DW: Love & Monsters)


 * Later, she posts the photo to her blog. (DW: Love & Monsters)

Unknown dates

 * The Doctor and Ruby Duvall stop the Mondasian Cybermen's latest attempt to conquer Earth by preventing the magnetic field reversal that would have created worldwide chaos under which the Cybermen planned to invade (NA:Iceberg).


 * The Zen Military, Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart's expose of the history of UNIT, is published following the expiration of the thirty year rule for official secrets (NA: Set Piece).


 * The Doctor along with Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith and Jack Harkness stop the Slitheen plot to blow up Cardif (DW:Boom Town - stated on screen as six months after World War Three)


 * Mickey helps Rose to get back to the Doctor (DW:The Parting of the Ways)