2000 The year 2000 was , as evidenced by statements by American news outlets and world - renowned chronologist Professor Wagg — the start of the third millennium . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) This view was shared by at least one incarnation of the Doctor . ( PROSE : " The Novel of the Film " ) Despite the predilection of most human s to " celebrate " it as the beginning of the millennium , however , at least one other incarnation of the Doctor regarded it as the final year of the second millennium . ( PROSE : " Millennial Rites " ) This tug - of - war between the technical and common conceptions of the year was reflected in an argument between Anji Kapoor and her boyfriend Dave Young . He held fast to the view that 1 January 2001 was the beginning of the millennium , whereas she found this pedantry a reason to seriously consider leaving him . ( PROSE : " Escape Velocity " ) According to one account , Zoe Heriot originated from 2000 . ( AUDIO : " Prison in Space " ) Despite the fact that most sources date Zoe ' s life to a much later time , no source disputes that she was a fan of the Karkus comics published in the " Hourly Telepress " in this year . ( TV : " The Mind Robber " , PROSE : " The Wheel of Ice " ) Dated events . For the first ten minutes of 1 January , London was transformed into the Great Kingdom . Anne Travers sacrificed her life to return the universe to normal . ( PROSE : " Millennial Rites " ) The Sixth Doctor regenerated shortly after leaving Earth . ( PROSE : " Head Games " ) Also in the morning of 1 January , the Eighth Doctor departed San Francisco after preventing from destroying the planet at the start of the year . Grace Holloway declined an invitation to travel with him and the Doctor did not agree to Grace ' s invitation for him to come with her . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) After the departure of the Eighth Doctor , Grace Holloway discovered residue left over from the Master ' s Deathworm Morphant form . ( COMIC : " The Fallen " ) The Fourth Doctor and Romana II were also on Earth on the 1st ; visiting Paris , much to Romana ' s chagrin as they had only just visited the city , albeit twenty - one years earlier . ( COMIC : " The Forgotten " ) In February , the Eighth Doctor returned to Grace Holloway and offered her a trip in the TARDIS . This time , she accepted his offer . ( COMIC : " The Body Politic " ) Sometime after the Doctor returned her to Earth , Grace quit her job at the hospital and , seeking to use the Master ' s DNA to develop a human / Time Lord hybrid capable of regeneration , began working for a genetics lab ; which she later learned was actually a branch of MI6 . ( COMIC : " The Fallen " ) On 10 February , Henry Louis Noone was born in St Stephen ' s Hospital in London . ( AUDIO : " A Death in the Family " ) In early November , Tom wandered onto Iris Wildthyme ' s Celestial Omnibus thinking it was a real bus . Iris left London with Tom on the bus and the two began travelling together . ( PROSE : " Verdigris " ) Prior to Christmas 2000 , the Eighth Doctor warned Chang Lee not to be in San Francisco on that date and advised him to " take a vacation " . ( TV : " Doctor Who " ) Unknown dates . The Cybermen unleashed a computer virus that destroyed all of the vowels . ( PROSE : " Vrs " ) Chloe Webber was born to Trish Webber and Chloe ' s father . ( TV : " Fear Her " ) Sally Morgan was born . ( AUDIO : " Project : Nirvana " ) The Sixth Doctor met Evelyn Smythe for the first time in Sheffield Hallam University . ( AUDIO : " The Marian Conspiracy " ) New York City ' s total population was 8 , 008 , 278 , 2 , 871 , 032 of whom were foreign - born . ( TV : " The Gathering " ) The London Eye was opened sometime in this year . ( PROSE : " Magic of the Angels " ) Other realities . In an alternate universe , the Eighth Doctor stayed in San Francisco after defeating and married Grace Holloway . He got a job as a professor at a university in San Francisco and happily lived a domestic life with Grace . ( COMIC : " The Glorious Dead " ) In another universe , the Second Doctor came to London to hide from the Time Lords and avoid his trial . To improve his elusiveness , he jumped off a pylon and regenerated into a woman . For a while , the Third Doctor managed to live an ordinary life on Earth working at a Sainsbury ' s , but she was eventually found by two Time Lords and punished for her actions . ( AUDIO : " Exile " )