1906

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 18th April - The city of San Francisco on Earth is ravaged by an earthquake, and in turn is consumed by fire. Thanks to the Doctor's interference, the gateway through which the creature Azathoth and her rakshassi army hoped to invade Earth opens not in the India of 1887 but in the lobby of the Palace Hotel. Azathoth and her followers are consumed in the fire, while the Doctor, Ace, Benny, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson escape. The Doctor departs for England to retrieve his TARDIS, materializing in San Francisco mere moments after he left his companions, although the trip to England actually took three months. Holmes and Watson reject the Doctor's offer to join him in his travels, and he returns them to Baker Street in 1887. ("All-Consuming Fire")