First year of the Time War

The Tenth Doctor recalled that Davros had been killed in "the very first year of the Time War" at the Gates of Elysium, having witnessed his command ship fall into the jaws of the Nightmare Child. However, Davros was rescued by Dalek Caan, who had broke the time lock from the post-Time War universe. (TV: The Stolen Earth) According to one account, it was the War Doctor witnessed Davros' apparent fall at the Gates of Elysium, (PROSE: The Third Wise Man) having been witness to the seven deaths of Davros. (PROSE: The Day of the Doctor) Human historians in the post-Time War universe reflected that Caan's emergency temporal shift had sent him back into the heart of the Time War itself. (PROSE: ) Rassilon, who had been resurrected to lead Gallifrey, (AUDIO: Desperate Measures) saw to the sterilisation of the Tharils, the Porfue and the Krajonnu in the first year, deeming them threats to Time Lord supremacy. (PROSE: Lords and Masters)

Queen Elizabeth I became aware that the Zygon homeworld had burnt in "the first days of the Time War", (TV: ) falling within the first year of the Time War. (PROSE: ) When a temporal crisis allowed him to get knowledge from his future incarnations, the Fourth Doctor was aware that "in the early days of the Time War, the Daleks sought to isolate Gallifrey — they wiped out whole planets, just so they wouldn't be allies of the Time Lords". (GAME: )