Authors: Lance Parkin,Lars Pearson
The “Black Man” who supplies Valentine with the Red Uranium previously appeared as an agent of the Celestis in
Alien Bodies
. Page 243 establishes that the timeship buried beneath the town is the same lineage of War-vessel as Compassion, citing her as the mother (conceptually, if nothing else) of future Ships.
[
913
] Dating
The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories
: “Special Features” (BF #142d) - The commentary is slated for the 25th Anniversary release of
Doctor Demonic’s Tales of Terror
(1976).
[
914
] Dating
Psi-ence Fiction
(PDA #46) - The year isn’t given, but there’s a modern day setting, with references to (for example)
The Blair Witch Project
and CCTV cameras. The book was released in 2001.
[
915
] Dating
Touched by an Angel
(NSA #47) - The exact day is given (p161).
[
916
] Dating
Project: Twilight
(BF #23) - No year is given, but it’s the present day (or close enough) for Evelyn, and Tony Blair is the Prime Minister.
Project: Destiny
says that Cassie went missing on “23rd August, 2001” - as that story was also written by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, this is presumably the same day that the Doctor and Evelyn visit The Dusk.
[
917
] Dating
Animal
(BF LS #2.5) - Writer Andrew Cartmel scripted the story as taking place in 2011, but this was changed - both in the dialogue and the blurb - to 2001. It’s during the school year, and it’s after the Doctor and Ace meet Bambera in
Battlefield
.
[
918
]
Earth Aid
[
919
] Dating
Head Games
(NA #43) - It is “2001”, some time before December 2001, and “953 years” (p150) before Cwej is born (in 2954, p205). The bit with the pop can is on p165-166.
[
920
]
Head Games
. The kids might have been born prior to 2001, as Bambera is on duty in
Head Games
and
Animal
, both set in that year. Alternatively, it’s possible that Brigadier Fernfather (
The Shadow in the Glass
) covered Bambera’s maternity leave.
[
921
] According to Owen’s comments and a computer graphic related to Lucy’s death in
TW: Greeks Bearing Gifts
.
[
922
]
Touched by an Angel
[
923
]
TW: Miracle Day
. The fact that the CIA
has
“456 files” indicates some knowledge of the UK’s contact with the 456 in the 60s, despite the great pains that the UK government takes to keep it secret in
TW: Children of Earth
.
[
924
] “A year” before
Rutans: In 2 Minds.
[
925
] Dating “The Fallen” (
DWM
#273-276) - According to the Doctor, it’s “2001. Somewhere in November judging by the temperature”.
[
926
] “The Widow’s Curse”
[
927
] “Five years” before
Rise of the Cybermen.
[
928
]
The Hollow Men
(p74).
[
929
] “Fifty years” after
Amorality Tale.
[
930
]
Sometime Never.
The Doctor, Fitz and Trix visit Sam’s grave in
The Gallifrey Chronicles
, which gives her date of death as 2002. From
The Bodysnatchers
onwards, some of the EDAs hinted that Sam would meet a premature death. Others, such as
Interference
, hinted that she would live into great old age;
Beltempest
even alluded that she was now immortal.
Alien Bodies
and
Unnatural History
reveal that contact with the Doctor changed Sam’s timeline, preventing her from becoming “Dark Sam” (dark-haired, sexually active and a drug user) and making her squeaky-clean instead. Further complicating things, some of the “companion deaths” the Council of Eight arranged were either ambiguous or retconned away after their defeat. As of
The Gallifrey Chronicles
, it’s clear that Sam died in 2002 and “stayed dead”.
[
931
]
Sometime Never
[
932
] “Seven years” before
TW: The Undertaker’s Gift.
[
933
]
Happy Endings
[
934
] Dating
The Ratings War
(BF promo #2,
DWM
#313) Beep’s early appearances on Earth are roughly contemporary. Previous to
The Ratings War
, he was imprisoned in “Star Beast II”, a comic story in the
1996 DWM Annual
. The tone and heavy amount of reality TV in this story suggests author Steve Lyons had a contemporary or near-contemporary setting in mind.
[
935
] Dating
The Forge: Project: Valhalla
(BF New Worlds novel #3) - The year is given.
[
936
] Dating
Tales from the Vault
(BF CC 6.1) - Ruth names the exact date, and it’s “about ten years” before the story’s linking material, set at time of release in 2011. The Doctor says that he and Romana have arrived in “Kensington on a wet Wednesday afternoon”, but in 2002, 6th June was actually a Thursday.
[
937
] Dating
Benny: Secret Origins
(Benny #10.4) - It’s the day that England played Argentina for the World Cup: 7th June, 2002.
[
938
] Dating
Sarah Jane Smith
Series 1 (
SJS: Comeback
, #1.1;
SJS: The Tao Connection
, #1.2;
SJS: Test of Nerve,
#1.3;
SJS: Ghost Town
, #1.4;
SJS: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre
, #1.5) - The five Big Finish audios that compose
Sarah Jane Smith
Series 1 were released from August to November 2002, and occur in fairly rapid succession. The setting seems contemporary - tellingly,
Ghost Town
occurs “six months” after events described in a scientist’s journal, which is dated to “22nd November, 2001”.
[
939
]
SJS: Comeback
. Details about the Crimson Chapter’s role in Sarah’s professional downfall are revealled in
SJS: Fatal Consequences
. Winters and Think Tank were seen in
Robot
.
[
940
] Josh’s allegiances are revealled in
SJS: Fatal Consequences
.
[
941
] It’s not expressly said that the villains hoping to disrupt the peace conference are Hilda Winters’ group, but it seems likely.
[
942
] In
SJS: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre
, Hilda Winters acquires the deactivated K9 - who admittedly isn’t cited by name - from Sarah’s flat. Although the audios say nothing more about this, it seems reasonable to assume that Sarah re-acquires K9 after Winters’ death in
SJS
Series 2. The different
Doctor Who
media (this story,
Decalog 3:
“Moving On” - also written by Peter Anghelides - and
School Reunion
) are remarkably consistent on the point that Sarah, for a time, is unable to keep K9 operational because she lacks the futuristic technology needed to service him. The situation doesn’t change until the tenth Doctor revives the rusty K9 in
School Reunion
.
[
943
] Dating
The Fearmonger
(BF #5) - This is “just over fifteen years” after Ace’s time.
[
944
] Dating
Rutans: In 2 Minds
(BBV audio #34) - The audio came out in 2002 and seems contemporary. Notably, the potential crisis is resolved because the UK’s air defences are on full alert owing to 9-11. One of the characters jokes about a “winter migration”, suggesting that it’s later in the year.
[
945
] Dating
Drift
(PDA #50) - The year isn’t given, but it’s clearly the modern day.
[
946
] Dating
Time Zero
(EDA #60) - Anji returns home three weeks after she met the Doctor, and stays there eighteen months, so this story is set around the end of August 2002. Control also appears in
The Devil Goblins of Neptune
,
The King of Terror, Escape Velocity
,
Trading Futures
and
Time Zero
. The fire elemental that Curtis attracts is the creature the Doctor defeats in
The Burning
.
[
947
] Dating
Unnatural History
(EDA #23) - Excerpts from a publication,
Interesting Times
, are dated to 7th and 14th November, 2002, and it’s said to be “November 2002” when the story opens (p1).
[
948
]
Head Games
[
949
]
The King of Terror
[
950
]
Time Zero
,
The Infinity Race
,
The Domino Effect
,
Reckless Engineering
,
The Last Resort
,
Timeless.
[
951
] Dating
The Domino Effect
(EDA #62) - The book starts on “Thursday April 17 2003” (p1).
[
952
] Dating
Reckless Engineering
(EDA #63) - The Doctor is sure it’s “2003” (p24).
[
953
] Dating
The Last Resort
(EDA #64) - Time is a rather fluid concept in this novel, but Fitz and Anji are based in “2003” (p7, p11).
[
954
] Dating
Timeless
(EDA #65) - No year is given, but the story takes place after
The Last Resort
, and Anji has been going out with Greg for a year by the time of
The Gallifrey Chronicles
.
[
955
] Dating
The Forge: Project: Valhalla
(BF New Worlds novel #3) - The present day segments conclude with Nimrod commencing with Project: Lazarus (from the audio of the same name), and Cassie being promoted to the rank of field agent. So, even though
Project: Valhalla
was released in November 2005, the “present day” in this case must mean 2004 if not 2003.
[
956
]
Project: Lazarus