2006

28 — 29

 * The Ninth Doctor returns Rose Tyler to her home in London, but due to a miscalculation they arrive a year late, and Rose subsequently learns that she was believed murdered and that Mickey Smith was at one point considered a suspect. (DW: Aliens of London, World War Three)


 * 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, as is the Prime Minister of Great Britain. 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)


 * Mickey Smith, who is now webmaster of the "Who is Doctor Who?" website, is asked by the Doctor to install a virus intended to wipe out all references to the Doctor on the Internet. He does not do this, and instead renames his website Defending the Earth! and proceeds to chronicle unexplained happenings, usually involving the Doctor.

Unknown dates

 * The Doctor along with Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith and Jack Harkness stop the Slitheen plot to blow up Cardiff. (DW: Boom Town)

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 gazes 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) Donna Noble, however, is oblivious to events due to a hangover. (DW: The Runaway Bride).


 * 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)


 * Captain Jack finds and retrieves the Doctor's hand, which later ends up at Torchwood 3. (TW: Everything Changes et al, DW: Utopia)''


 * 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'')


 * Although the Earth has been visited (and even invaded) many times previously by alien races, the Doctor tells Rose that the Sycorax event marked the first occasion that life beyond Earth became common knowledge, and that Earth itself was now becoming noticed by other worlds. (DW: The Christmas Invasion) This sentiment is later echoed by Jack Harkness in his statement, "The 21st century is when it all changes." (DW: Last of the Time Lords and repeatedly in Torchwood)

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).


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


 * The American rock band Scissor Sisters release their album Ta-Dah, introducing the song "I Can't Decide", which becomes a hit single the next year. The Master reveals a fondness for the song when he plays it while taunting the Doctor during "The Year That Never Was" (DW: Last of the Time Lords)

January

 * Pier Pressure is first released.
 * Parallel Lives First Published
 * Something Changed First Published
 * 2 - John Woodnutt, who had parts in Spearhead from Space, Frontier in Space, Terror of the Zygons and The Keeper of Traken dies from natural causes at Denville Hall, Northwood, England, UK.

February

 * Night Thoughts is first released.

March

 * Time Works is first released.

April

 * The Stone Rose, The Feast of the Drowned, and The Resurrection Casket are first published.
 * The Kingmaker is first released.
 * 15 - New Earth is first broadcast.
 * 22 - Tooth and Claw is first broadcast.
 * 29 - School Reunion is first broadcast.

May

 * I am a Dalek is first released, launching the BBC Quick Reads novella series.
 * The Settling is first released.
 * 6 - The Girl in the Fireplace is first broadcast.
 * 13 - Rise of the Cybermen is first broadcast.
 * 19 - Producer Peter Bryant (from The Web of Fear to The Space Pirates) dies.
 * 20 - The Age of Steel is first broadcast.
 * 27 - The Idiot's Lantern is first broadcast.

June

 * Something Inside is first released.
 * Genius Loci First Published
 * 3 - The Impossible Planet is first broadcast.
 * 10 - The Satan Pit is first broadcast.
 * 17 - Love and Monsters is first broadcast.
 * 24 - Fear Her is first broadcast.

July

 * The Nowhere Place is first released.
 * 1 - Army of Ghosts is first broadcast.
 * 8 - Doomsday is first broadcast.
 * Peter Hawkins, one of the original voices for the Daleks and the Cybermen, dies.


 * 18 - David Maloney, who directed many serials between The Mind Robber and The Talons of Weng-Chiang dies from cancer.
 * 19 - Stuntman Tim Condren, who portrayed a guerrilla in Day of the Daleks dies.

August

 * Red is first released.

September

 * The Reaping and The Gathering are first released.
 * The Nightmare of Black Island, The Art of Destruction, and The Price of Paradise are first published.
 * Collected Works First Published
 * 14 - Peter Ling, who wrote The Mind Robber dies from a heart attack.
 * 23 - Patrick Tull, one of the voices of the Krotons in The Krotons dies.

October

 * Memory Lane is first released.
 * 21 - Peter Barkworth, who played Leader Clent in The Ice Warriors dies as a result of broncho-pneumonia following a stroke
 * 22 - Everything Changes and Day One are first broadcast.
 * Richard Mayes (Chief Baxter in Fury from the Deep) dies.


 * 29 - Ghost Machine is first broadcast.

November

 * No Man's Land is first released.
 * Old Friends First Published
 * 5 - Cyberwoman is first broadcast.
 * Giant actor R.J. Bell, who appeared as The Garm in Terminus dies in England.


 * 10 - Chubby Oates, who had a small role as a policeman in Planet of the Spiders dies from a stroke after giving a performance at a showbusiness luncheon.
 * 12 - Small Worlds is first broadcast.
 * 19 - Countrycide is first broadcast.
 * 26 - Greeks Bearing Gifts is first broadcast.

December

 * Year of the Pig is first released.
 * 3 - They Keep Killing Suzie is first broadcast.
 * 10 - Random Shoes is first broadcast.
 * 17 - Out of Time is first broadcast.
 * 24 - Combat is first broadcast.
 * 25 - The Runaway Bride is first broadcast.

Unknown dates

 * Following the well-received return appearance of Elisabeth Sladen's Sarah Jane Smith in School Reunion, the BBC announces that a spin-off series entitled The Sarah Jane Adventures would be produced featuring her. Around the same time, a non-BBC production company obtains the rights to produce an animated series featuring K-9 (which as of 2008 has yet to be broadcast).
 * After the departure of Billie Piper in Doomsday, the BBC authorizes a budget for a proposed spin-off special entitled Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, an idea ultimately abandoned by Russell T. Davies.
 * Christopher Eccleston earns a recurring role in the NBC series Heroes. While Eccleston isn't the first to get roles on American TV after his tenure as the Doctor (he was preceded by Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker in this regard), he is the first to gain a recurring role in an American series. His role as Claude, the Invisible Man, includes a reference to The Doctor in that he utters the catchphrase "Fantastic!". He also shares several scenes with Eric Roberts, who played The Master in Doctor Who: The TV Movie.