Talk:Aliens of London (TV story)

Date of Doctor Who
I always wondered why this website listed episodes as being set nearly a year ahead of when they were broadcast. Now I know it goes back to this episode which is set 1 year in the future (at the time), putting it in 2006. Therefore the 2005 episode THE CHRISTMAS INVASION is set in Dec 2006. Therefore, 2006 Christmas episode THE RUNAWAY BRIDE is set in 2007 and series 3 is primarily set in 2008 and so on. Do the writer's even know about this system because they seem to just set the episodes in the present; end of story. No year in the future. There are multiple contradictions too. The Doctor mentions Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ("wait until you read book 7, oh, I cried") in the SHAKESPEARE CODE but if SMITH AND JONES is set in 2008, Martha's had a year to read it. The dialogue places SMITH AND JONES in 2007...Did the writter of this episode not know about the 'year in the future' deal? Bttsstewart 17:50, 12 July 2009 (UTC)