11th century

The 11th century was chiefly notable, in England at least, for being the setting of the Battle of Hastings. Though well-known as a point of conflict between two Time Lords, the Doctor and the Monk, (DW: The Time Meddler) the history-changing battle also provided the backdrop for some hidden human truths. At some point after 1066, the Sixth Doctor and Peri discovered that King Harold, the Saxon leader the Doctor believed had died on the battlefield at Hastings, was still alive. Godwinson had his mother and wife, Gytha and Edith Swan-Neck, deliberately misidentify his body so that he could slip off the battlefield un-noticed. Adopting the name of Hereward the Wake, he then spent many years after Hastings as the leader of a guerrilla insurgency. His resistance, although ultimately unsuccessful at overthrowing the Normans, kept Saxon culture alive, and became one of the reasons that it was remembered centuries later. (DWA: The Real Hereward)

On the Indian subcontinent, the Pact of Chib was signed this century, and the creation of the Gelem warrior was thus averted. (NSA: Ghosts of India)

Amongst the more significant years of the century were: