1 January

1 January was New Year's Day and the first day of the year on Earth. The year began with this day because, in 46 BC, Julius Caesar decided he'd start it on the shortest of all days — but when the priests complained, he made a compromise and used the first new moon after the shortest day of the year. This ended up being 1 January. (PROSE: The Doctor's Cross Word)

Amongst the notable things that occurred on this day were:


 * 1941 - Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel. (AUDIO: Just War)
 * 1966 - The First Doctor's TARDIS departed Trafalgar Square, where it had arrived during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * 2000 - The Eighth Doctor departed San Francisco, where he had landed two days before. He invited Grace Holloway to join him, but she declined. However, they shared a good-bye kiss at the start of the new year. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * 2000 - Jack Harkness became the leader of Torchwood Three following the death of Alex Hopkins and the rest of the team. (TV: Fragments)
 * 2000 - The Fourth Doctor landed in Paris. (COMIC: The Forgotten)
 * 2000 - The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush saved the Earth from being taken over by Saraquazel and his servant, Ashley Chapel. (PROSE: Millennial Rites)
 * 2005 - A dying Tenth Doctor finished the journey he deemed the "final reward" (TV: Death of the Doctor) when he visited Rose Tyler before she had met him. The Doctor commented that she was "gonna have a great year", then saw a vision of Ood Sigma and stumbled back to the TARDIS. He took flight into the time vortex and regenerated into the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The End of Time)
 * 2562 - While aboard the Goodnight Dolly, Bernice Summerfield was named Master of Science and Archaeology for "shooting somebody". (PROSE: Genius Loci)