1966 In 1966 , two major alien invasions occurred : the C - Day Fiasco and the London Event . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) In this year , a time machine crashed on Earth . It was found by Robert , who spent the next thirty years time travel ling . The First Doctor returned him to this year at Christmas to take his dying brother Christopher ' s place . ( PROSE : " The Little Drummer Boy " ) Dated events . On 1 January , the TARDIS departed Trafalgar Square , where it had arrived during the New Year ' s Eve celebrations . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ) Also on 1 January , Jill and Bob Mason were married in Crook Marsham . Bob died of a brain aneurysm only four months later . ( AUDIO : " Nightshade " ) In March , the World Cup trophy was stolen by a goldsmith . He stole the trophy to get gold to repair an alien ship that crashed . The First Doctor , Steven Taylor , and Dodo Chaplet found the trophy and helped the aliens leave Earth . The Doctor left the trophy in a bag in a street and it was discovered a few minutes later . ( AUDIO : " This Sporting Life " ) During the summer , on Thursdays , the first eleven incarnations of the Doctor visited artist Andy Warhol individually . Warhol painted them on one painting . ( PROSE : " The War of Art " ) Sometime during the summer , the World Cup was held in England , with the hosts winning ( AUDIO : " Changing of the Guard " ; PROSE : " The Rag & Bone Man ' s Story " , " Extra Time " ) 4 - 2 against West Germany . Igrix changed history so that England won 5 - 2 , but after stopping Igrix ' plans , the Ninth Doctor mentioned that he " oughta fix " the extra goal . ( COMIC : " The Love Invasion " ) The Eleventh Doctor , Amy Pond , and Rory Williams attended the game . ( COMIC : " They Think It ' s All Over " ) On 5 July , Ben Jackson began a five - month shore posting . ( TV : " The War Machines " ) From 12 July through 20 July , WOTAN , from its base in the Post Office Tower in London , directed mind - controlled human and robot War Machine s . ( TV : " The War Machines " ) On 20 July , the First Doctor and Dodo Chaplet arrived in London and battled the War Machine s . The Doctor left with new companions Polly Wright and Ben Jackson . ( TV : " The War Machines " ) After defeating WOTAN , the Doctor checked to see if the Hand of Omega had been buried in Shoreditch Cemetery as per his instructions in November 1963 , only to discover that it had been removed . He determined that his future self would arrive at an earlier point in order to deal with it . ( PROSE : " The Rag & Bone Man ' s Story " ) Also on 20 July , the Second Doctor , Ben , Polly and Jamie McCrimmon became involved with the schemes of the Chameleons at Gatwick Airport . Ben and Polly decided to stay behind in their own time . ( TV : " The Faceless Ones " ) Meanwhile , the Dalek s stole the TARDIS . ( TV : " The Evil of the Daleks " ) Sometime after Ben and Polly returned to Earth , the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited London , where the Kustollon Igrix planned to change history by firing at the Moon , preventing humanity from having a space programme and ultimately meeting and fighting the Kustollons . The Doctor and Rose turned Igrix ' artificial Lend - a - Hand girls into humans using a virus containing genetic information from Rose , and also gave Igrix ' organic spaceship humanity by spraying the virus at it , stopping his plans , and making the spaceship wish to explore the universe . ( COMIC : " The Love Invasion " ) The Ninth Doctor read a " Daily Mirror " article about " Wilson ' s wage freeze " . He believed this was a " bad idea " . ( COMIC : " The Love Invasion " ) In August , ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) the Great Intelligence attacked London through the London Underground . London was evacuated and web from the underground began rising into the streets . The Intelligence was defeated by the Second Doctor , Jamie McCrimmon , Victoria Waterfield , and Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart . ( TV : " The Web of Fear " ) The " London Event " was covered up by the government as an industrial nerve gas leak . ( PROSE : " Who Killed Kennedy " ) On 24 December , the Eighth Doctor visited Whitehall . ( PROSE : " For the Man Who Has Everything " ) Undated events . The Doctor ' s TARDIS and the Dalek time machine materialised on an observation deck of the Empire State Building . ( TV : " The Chase " ) Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom ended up in East Berlin following a collision between the First Doctor ' s TARDIS and the experimental time travel vessel " Hank Morgan IV " . ( AUDIO : " The Anachronauts " ) The First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited London , where they met Oliver Harper . ( AUDIO : " The Perpetual Bond " ) Peri Brown , a companion of the Doctor during his fifth and sixth incarnations , was born . ( TV : " Planet of Fire " , AUDIO : " The Reaping " ) Tony Barker , Amy Barker and Butch stowed away on the Doctor ' s TARDIS . ( PROSE : " The Monsters from Earth " ) Katherine Chambers was born . ( AUDIO : " The Reaping " ) The Fifth Doctor dropped off his companions Peri Brown and Erimem in Monte Carlo and instructed them to prevent the Veiled Leopard from being stolen while the Seventh Doctor ' s companions Ace and Hex were simultaneously trying to steal it . However , the two sets of companions did not interact and remained ignorant of what they had in common . ( AUDIO : " The Veiled Leopard " ) While in a bubble prison , Iris Wildthyme imagined attending a party hosted by Warhol in London . Other guests included Mick Jagger , Twiggy ( with whom Iris had a feud ) , Jimmy Page and Julie Christie . ( AUDIO : " Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme ? " ) Lake Ontario froze over . ( PROSE : " Christmas in Toronto " ) Sean Connery starred as James Bond in " Voodoo Something To Me " . ( PROSE : " Mad Dogs and Englishmen " ) The Psychadelic Shop opened in San Francisco . ( PROSE : " Wonderland " ) Other realities . In a parallel universe , Kit Pedler worked with Gerry Davis to create the Cybermen for the TV show " Doctor Who " . ( COMIC : " The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who " )