6 March

6 March 2005 was the date on which Rose Tyler supposedly went missing.

A year later, the Ninth Doctor returned Rose to her home in London, a year late. Rose learned that her mother, Jackie Tyler, had been searching for her ever since. Big Ben was side-swiped by a UFO which crashed into the Thames. (TV: Aliens of London) Many people witnessed the crash, including Elton Pope, (TV: Love & Monsters) but the crash was later covered up as a hoax. (WEB: whoisdoctorwho.co.uk) An "alien astronaut" from the UFO was taken to Albion Hospital, where the Doctor and Toshiko Sato examined it. "Doctor" Sato was working undercover for Torchwood Three, covering for Owen Harper, who was hungover on his first week working for |Torchwood. (TV: Aliens of London, TV: Exit Wounds) Most of the Earth's leading experts on aliens were killed, as was Michael Year, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (TV: Aliens of London) 10 Downing Street was destroyed by a harpoon missile targeted by Mickey Smith. The fortitude of backbench MP Harriet Jones during this crisis contributed to her ascent to power and the post of Prime Minister by 25 December. Mickey Smith, now webmaster of the "Who is Doctor Who?" website, was asked by the Doctor to install a virus that would wipe out all references to him on the Internet. (TV: World War Three) Mickey did not do this. Instead he renamed his website Defending the Earth! and proceeded to chronicle unexplained happenings, usually involving the Doctor. (WEB: whoisdoctorwho.co.uk)

Behind the scenes

 * 1927 - Actor John Rees was born.
 * 1928 - Actor Glyn Owen was born.
 * 1931 - Actor David Webb was born.
 * 1939 - Actor Jonathan Newth was born.
 * 1942 - Actor David Wolliscroft was born.
 * 1965 - "Crater of Needles" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1965 - Part one of of TV Comic story The Hijackers of Thrax was first released in issue six hundred and ninety.
 * 1971 - Episode six of The Mind of Evil was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1972 - Director Julian Simpson was born.
 * 1976 - Part six of The Seeds of Doom was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1995 - Actor Alan Haywood died.
 * 1999 - Actor Graham Armitage died.
 * 1999 - Recording for the very first Big Finish audio story, The Sirens of Time, began.
 * 2000 - Eighth Doctor Adventures novel The Fall of Yquatine was first published by BBC Books, as was short story anthology Short Trips and Side Steps.
 * 2002 - Head of Serials Donald Wilson died.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story ...ish began at The Moat Studios.
 * 2007 - Doctor Who: The Invasion and The Sontaran Experiment were released on Region 1 DVD.
 * 2007 - American actor expressed interest in appearing in Doctor Who and Russell T Davies began considering him for a role in TV: Voyage of the Damned. Initially considered for the role of Mr Copper and then Max Capricorn, the idea of Hopper appearing did not pan out. Meanwhile, Billie Piper expressed interest in returning for as many as four episodes of series 4. (REF: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale)
 * 2008 - Torchwood novels The Twilight Streets, Trace Memory and Something in the Water were first published by BBC Books, as were Decide Your Destiny novels Lost Luggage, Second Skin, The Dragon King and The Horror of Howling Hill.