13th century

The 13th century was a time of some interest to the Doctor and his companions.

A knight from this century was brought forward to the late 20th century, thanks to 's TOMTIT device. (TV: The Time Monster) During unspecified years this century, the Third Doctor defeated the villainous Lord Waldean de Beauvain, (COMIC: The Magician) while the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond pursued Shoju, an alien traveller, to Japan. (COMIC: Samurai's Secret) Also, St John's Monastery was built in this century. (TV: The Rebel Flesh) Late in this century, the Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield visited Scotland and met a young William Wallace. (PROSE: On a Pedestal)

Likely the most historically significant event, however, happened in March 1215 when the Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Turlough thwarted a plan by to undermine King John's promulgation of the Magna Carta. (TV: The King's Demons)

The Doctor's TARDIS once crashed with a Rutan ship around this time, which then ended up with an adventure during 1605. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot)

Sarah Jane Smith told Field Major Styre that the Sontaran Commander Linx was "blown to smithereens" in the 13th century. (TV: The Sontaran Experiment) This happened following Linx's plot to repair his spaceship on Earth by using an osmic projector to kidnap scientists from the 20th century, when he tried taking off and his ship exploded. (TV: The Time Warrior)

A Khameirian spaceship crashed on Earth, in England, destroying the chapel at Abbots Siolfor. They put their life essences into an Essence Chamber and gave it to Matthew Siolfor, the leader of a group of alchemists, who believed it to be the Philosopher's Stone. (PROSE: Option Lock)

In this century, Orkney was taken over by Scotland. (AUDIO: The Revenants)

According to legend, the Caliph at Giltat made a deal with the Al Harwaz, creatures who offered trade if his people learned a dance. The Caliph had the Al Harwaz help him win the war against the Kebiriz, but had them killed afterwards. The Al Harwaz responded by using flying monsters to destroy him and his city. (PROSE: Dancing the Code)

The first recorded cases of stigmata occurred in this century. (PROSE: Mordieu)

In Pisa, the Eighth Doctor stopped the Sulumian Thorgan from killing Fibonacci before the Italian had written the Liber quadratorum. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

It was also among the centuries endured by Ashildr, (TV: The Woman Who Lived) a 9th century Viking girl who was rendered effectively immortal when she was brought back to life by the Twelfth Doctor through a self-repairing Mire repair kit. (TV: The Girl Who Died)