1970

1970 was a year.
==Events==
===Dated===
In January,Day of the Moon dates the scene in which Melody Pond regenerates to six months after the Apollo 11 mission, which occurred in July 1969. part-Time Lord/part-human girl regenerated into an incarnation who was later known as Mels, initially emerging as "a toddler in the middle of New York." (TV: Day of the Moon, TV: A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler)
On 17 April, 1970, Apollo 13 safely returned to Earth after an oxygen tank exploded mid-flight. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)
In the summer of 1970 the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited Durham University, where they caused Frank Openshaw to meet his future wife Sandra. (PROSE: I Am a Dalek)
On 20 July, according to one account, the first human astronauts landed on the Moon, where they encountered the First Doctor, John and Gillian. (COMIC: Moon Landing)
===Undated===
Mars Probe 7 reached Earth, the radioactive aliens were removed and the Third Doctor prevented General George Carrington from starting a war. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
"Mary" killed Myra Bennett to consume her heart. Human authorities didn't catch her. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon encountered the Ice Apes in Antarctica. (COMIC: Ice Cap Terror)
The Second Doctor, John and Gillian fought the Cybermen in London. (COMIC: Cyber-Mole)
Emeritus Professor Dame Hilda Hutchens won the Nobel Prize for Philosophy. (PROSE: Island of Death)
A new house at 39 Bannerman Road was constructed, replacing the previous house which was demolished in 1969. (AUDIO: The Ghost House)
The Eleventh Doctor encountered the Morphuse in Detroit. (COMIC: Bite of the Morphuse!)
Ravenscaur School began accepting female students during this year. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death)
===Alternate timeline===
In an alternate timeline, the Beatles did not break up in 1970. The Eighth Doctor's companion Fitz Kreiner saw them perform at Live Aid in 1985. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)
==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
On 20 August, Dorothy Gale McShane, later to be a companion of the Seventh Doctor known as "Ace", was born to Audrey Dudman in England. (TV: Ghost Light)
===Undated===
Charles de Gaulle died. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
Agatha Ellis was born in Hove. Her mother died in childbirth, which caused her father to suffer a mental illness. (PROSE: Curtain Call)
Trey Korte was born in Chicago. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)
==Other==
New York City's total population was 7,824,756, 1,437,023 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering)
==Footnotes==