1605

In the winter of 1605, Ian, Barbara, Vicki and the First Doctor arrived in England during the events of the "Gunpowder Plot". Following the collapse of the plot, Robert Catesby and Sir Thomas Percy fled to Holbech House in Staffordshire, where they were shot and killed by the Sheriff of Worcester's men. Also killed was the genuine Guy Fawkes. The time travellers' presence had slightly altered history so that Fawkes died a year early. Sir Robert Cecil, King James' chief minister, immediately seized upon the political opportunity inherent in a dead Fawkes. He labelled his political rival, Robert Hay, as Fawkes, which allowed for Hay's execution under the name "Fawkes" the next year. History thus healed itself. (MA: The Plotters)