1987 In 1987 , the Centre of Balance was founded in the United Kingdom by Clark Goodman . By 2015 , it had 244 million members worldwide , its membership having increased fivefold since 2010 . ( AUDIO : " The Eighth Truths " ) There were three million people unemployed in the United Kingdom . ( AUDIO : " We Are The Daleks " ) January - June . On 7 February , Katherine Costello Wainright ( aka Kathy Nightingale ) wrote a letter to her friend Sally Sparrow , entrusting her grandson Malcolm Wainwright to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sparrow in the year 2007 . ( TV : " Blink " ) Some time after 7 February , Kathy Nightingale died . ( TV : " Blink " ) October - December . In October , the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush encountered the Dalek s in London and Bradford . ( AUDIO : " We Are The Daleks " ) On 7 November , Pete Tyler , the father of Rose Tyler , was killed when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark ' s wedding . This event was witnessed by an older Rose and the Ninth Doctor . Initially , Pete died alone before help could arrive . Rose created an alternative timeline by preventing him from being killed , which resulted in a dangerous paradox . After spending some time with his now - grown daughter , Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally , he must have died , so he ran in front of the same car . This time Rose was with him when he died . The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died while an unidentified woman knelt beside him . ( TV : " Father ' s Day " ) On 20 November , an event called " Energize " took place in London . ( TV : " Father ' s Day " ) On 24 December , David Gilligan burgled several houses in the suburbs of Illinois . ( PROSE : " Be Good for Goodness ' s Sake " ) The Seventh Doctor , Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej battled an N - Form in London . ( PROSE : " Damaged Goods " ) Undated events . The Eighth Doctor taught some boar s how to talk , enabling them to evolve into the intelligent Boar race . ( PROSE : " Mad Dogs and Englishmen " ) The St Oswald South Bank was demolished . ( PROSE : " Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast " ) Sarah Jane Smith conducted an interview with Dr Francis Augur for the " Metropolitan " . Francis Augur experimented with medical applications of gold and was a promising young specialist . ( AUDIO : " The Glittering Storm " ) Johnny Chess released the LP record " Things to do on a Wet Tuesday Night " , which included his songs " God Knows All About It " and " Preaching to the Converted " . ( PROSE : " The Also People " ) Ace in 1987 . Ace and several of her friends went to see " Withnail and I " in the cinema . Ace thought that it was funny but her friends did not get it . She fancied the actor who played Withnail . ( PROSE : " Independence Day " ) Ace and a friend named Julian Milton planned to run away together so she packed supplies and clothes . ( PROSE : " Love and War " ) Ace was transported by a time storm created by Fenric from Perivale to Iceworld on Svartos in the far future . ( TV : " Dragonfire " , " The Curse of Fenric " ) Fenric later took her back in time to the day that she was transported to Iceworld in an attempt to convince her to prevent her younger self from leaving . ( AUDIO : " Gods and Monsters " ) Births and deaths . On 8 September , Craig Dalloway was born . ( TV : " Reset " ) On 13 November , Carys Fletcher was born . ( TV : " Day One " ) Julia Hardwick , a future victim of the Weeping Angel s , was born . It is possible that she became her own ancestor in her personal future after being sent back in time to 1887 . ( WC : " A Ghost Story for Christmas " ) David Gosthrope died of a stroke while in Naples , Italy . ( PROSE : " Past Reckoning " ) George Smithers ' son died of leukemia . ( PROSE : " Invasion of the Cat - People " )