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1 January was New Year's Day and the first day of the year on Earth. The year began with this day because, in 46 BC, Julius Caesar decided he'd start it on the shortest of all days — but when the priests complained, he made a compromise and used the first new moon after the shortest day of the year. This ended up being 1 January. (PROSE: The Doctor's Cross Word)

In 1888, Wovoka was cutting pine trees in the Nevada mountains when he fell into a crevice during a solar eclipse and had a vision of a trailer for Michael Brookhaven's 1990 film The Coyote Road, as a result of Faction Paradox's attempts to hijack the open door technology. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

In 1941, Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel. (AUDIO: Just War)

In 1966, the First Doctor's TARDIS departed Trafalgar Square, where it had arrived during the New Year's Eve celebrations. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

Also in 1966, Jill and Bob Mason were married in Crook Marsham. Bob died of a brain aneurysm only four months later. (AUDIO: Nightshade)

In 1990, humanity subconsciously realised that there had been temporal discrepancies in the last two decades. Amara Essy, president of the United Nations Security Council, attended a secret briefing with Brigadiers Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and Charles Crichton in Geneva to establish a dating protocol for the 1970s and 1980s. (PROSE: The Enfolded Time)

In 2000, the Eighth Doctor departed San Francisco, where he had landed two days before. He invited Grace Holloway to join him, but she declined. The Doctor also did not accept Grace's invitation for him to come with her. However, they shared a goodbye kiss at the start of the new year. (TV: Doctor Who) Also in 2000, Jack Harkness became the leader of Torchwood Three following the death of Alex Hopkins and the rest of the team. (TV: Fragments) The Fourth Doctor landed in Paris. (COMIC: The Forgotten) The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush saved the Earth from being taken over by Saraquazel and his servant, Ashley Chapel. (PROSE: Millennial Rites)

In 2005, a dying Tenth Doctor finished the journey he deemed the "final reward" (TV: Death of the Doctor) when he visited Rose Tyler before she had met him. The Doctor commented that she was "gonna have a great year", then saw a vision of Ood Sigma and stumbled back to the TARDIS. He took flight into the time vortex and regenerated into the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The End of Time)

In 2562, while aboard the Goodnight Dolly, Bernice Summerfield was named Master of Science and Archaeology for "shooting somebody". (PROSE: Genius Loci)

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