| Timeline for 1869 |
1863 • 1864 • 1865 • 1866 • 1867 • 1868 • 1870 • 1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 |
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Events
- Christmas Eve: The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler encountered Charles Dickens in Cardiff. After discovering the plight of the Gelth, Gwyneth allowed them through a weak point in the Cardiff Rift, but died in the process. Despite being dead, she was able to light a match, trapping the Gelth back inside the Rift in an explosion after their true intentions were revealed. Gwyneth was later discovered to have shared spatial genetic multiplicity with Gwen Cooper. (DW: The Unquiet Dead, Boom Town, Journey's End)
- Captain Jack Harkness, having recently been revived by Rose Tyler as the Bad Wolf following an encounter with the Daleks, accidentally travelled back from 200,100 to 1869 after his Vortex manipulator malfunctioned. Having become immortal, Harkness would spend nearly a hundred forty years on Earth waiting for a chance to reunite with the Doctor. (DW: The Parting of the Ways, Utopia)