9 May

9 May 1984 was the day on which Peri Brown met the Fifth Doctor and Turlough in Lanzarote. She had said goodbye to her mother Janine Foster, Dominique van Gysegham and her step-father Howard Foster (AUDIO: The Reaping) as she planned on leaving for Morocco with English friends. Not wanting her to carry out her plan, Howard abandoned her on his boat and she nearly drowned trying to get ashore. Luckily, Turlough saw her on the TARDIS display, rescued her and brought her into safety in the TARDIS. Peri unknowingly stowed away on the ship when the Doctor and Turlough left for the planet Sarn, and ended up becoming the Doctor's companion. (TV: Planet of Fire) She would not return home to her family until 28 September, with the Sixth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Reaping)

In 1945, following Hitler's suicide just over a week before, (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass) Field Marshal Keitel and Marshal Georgi K Zhukov signed the documents of German unconditional surrender. The Reich was totally destroyed. (PROSE: Just War)