Millennium celebrations

On Earth, the millennium celebrations were a worldwide, coordinated series of New Year events celebrating the end of 1999 and the start of the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar, marking the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.

Behind the scenes

 * Dapol, which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of Doctor Who, released a set of six "Millennium Daleks" to commemorate the millennium. Sparkly with a golden neck grille, slats and sense globes, the six Daleks' main casings were respectively coloured blue (W008-M1), red (W008-M2), green (W008-M3), purple (W008-M4), black (W008-M5) and silver (W008-M6).