31 January

31 January was a day.

Holidays and observances
31 January was the deadline to submit intergalactic tax returns to the Shadow Proclamation, which was enforced by crack squadrons of Judoon accountants. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

Events
On 31 January 2005, UNIT released an embargoed press briefing about the loss of thirteen UNIT personnel, out of a team of fifty, during operation manoeuvres in the Russian Steppes, filed by Corp M Osborne. Captain Martin Berry was quoted expressing his remorse over those lost. (PROSE: UNIT's Position on the Skaniska Incident)

On 31 January 2007, the SS Elysium arrived safely in Panama, its passengers and crew having endured an attack by Cybermen just weeks earlier. One passenger, artist Michael Brack, was airlifted to hospital for treatment for hypothermia suffered during the attack. He missed his chance to tell Ruby Duvall that he was the man responsible for her father's paralysis. (PROSE: Iceberg)

In 2025, the energy transfer from the GlobeSphere Moonbase, a plan which was formed back in 2021, was finally set to begin. The Daleks were planning to channel 100 times the amount of energy than necessary into the receivers, and therefore create a forcefield around Earth that would counteract gravity and force Earth's moon out of its orbit. Consequently, the planet's axis would shift wildly, causing a rage of huge floods, earthquakes and temperamental climate changes, effectively wiping out humanity. Luckily, the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrived the day before, and stopped them before it was too late. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)