1877

1877 was the year that Ian Stratford began working for the London Metropolitan Police Service. (PROSE: The Banquo Legacy)

Between 10 and 12 April of that year, the Fifth Doctor and Turlough visited the Transvaal, as did Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright in the company of the First Doctor and Vicki Pallister. (PROSE: White Man's Burden)

In this year, Thomas Edison made the first phonograph recording, in which he recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine)