1998 1998 was the year that the war between the Uvodni and the Malakh ended . The Mistress kept this a secret from her servant , General Uvlavad Kudlak , as to her peace did not compute . Kudlak continued collecting human children via Combat 3000 as soldiers for the war for another decade . ( TV : " Warriors of Kudlak " ) According to some accounts , Sarah Jane Smith had married Paul Morley by this year . ( PROSE : " Christmas on a Rational Planet " , " Interference - Book Two " ) In this year , Tom Dering was the President of the United States of America . ( PROSE : " Option Lock " ) Dated events . In the summer , Iris Wildthyme and Panda visited an English village and encountered Andrew . ( PROSE : " Dog Days of Summer " ) In August , the Eighth Doctor , Liv Chenka , and Helen Sinclair visited Calcot and found that it was being affected by a piece of the Doomsday Chronometer . The piece ' s proximity to a newly installed cellphone tower allowed calls made within the town to reach into the past to dead loved ones . The Doctor and Liv found the piece while Helen met with her brother George , who died shortly before the Doctor , Helen , and Liv left . ( AUDIO : " Absent Friends " ) In autumn , various important people infected with Khameirian mental energies attempted to start a nuclear war to give the Khameirian the massive amounts of radiation needed to awaken . The Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones visited rural England and spent several nights in Norton Silver ' s mansion . Through Silver , they discovered the Khameirian plot in time to prevent them from accessing Station Nine and starting a war . ( PROSE : " Option Lock " ) On 12 October , Thomas Hector Schofield was born to Cassandra Schofield in the Royal Bolton Hospital . ( AUDIO : " The Harvest " , " Thicker Than Water " , " Project : Destiny " ) In the 1998 Christmas shopping season , the time - active children ' s toy Parablox was released . Shortly after Christmas ended , the Great Houses erased the remaining Parablox stock from the timeline . ( PROSE : " The Book of the War " ) On 24 December , the Ninth Doctor changed history by giving the twelve - year - old Rose Tyler a red bicycle which the nineteen - year - old Rose never got for Christmas . A minor setback occurred when Jinko stole the bicycle and took it to the Andromeda galaxy , but the Doctor got it back and put it under the Christmas tree in 48 Powell Estate while Rose and Jackie Tyler visited Nanna Prentice . On 25 December , Rose unwrapped the red bicycle which the Doctor had left for her . ( PROSE : " The Red Bicycle " ) Undated events . The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith prevented the Voracian invasion of Earth . The Doctor claimed that 1998 was " not one of [ his ] favourites . " ( PROSE : " System Shock " ) Sarah Jane Morley addressed the Nobel Academy . ( PROSE : " Christmas on a Rational Planet " ) Michael Campling ' s " Shakespeare ' s Playing Space " was published . ( PROSE : " Theatre of War " ) Sally Hunt ' s mother died . ( PROSE : " Damaged Goods " ) When she encountered Magnus Greel in Reykjavik in the 51st century , Romana II gave him a business card for an excellent plastic surgeon in 1998 . ( PROSE : " Under Reykjavik " ) Behind the scenes . According to a sighting report sent to " Whoisdoctorwho . co . uk " by someone under the username " SkipN " , the Ninth Doctor attended a game in this year . He told " SkipN " that the team would be successful in 2004 .