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Events of 2006

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

Deaths

January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

Unknown Dates

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From Coronation Street Wiki

Events

• 7th April - Mike Baldwin dies in Ken Barlow's arms from a heart attack.
• 14th August - Jason Grimshaw jilts Sarah Platt at the altar by escaping through a toilet window and then sending her a text saying "Sorry. Can't do it. Luv J x".
• 15th September - Claire Peacock is sectioned under the mental health act as she is diagnosed with severe post-natal depression.
• 9th October - Fred Elliott dies from a heart attack on his wedding day.
• 25th December - David Platt ruins Christmas by revealing to Gail that he knows she planned to have him aborted. He then exposed Audrey Roberts and Bill Webster's affair to a newly returned Maureen Webster. Jason Grimshaw and his mother Eileen get a shock when a girl named Emma leaves a baby at their door and claims that Jason is the father.

See also

• Coronation Street in 2006
• Category:2006 episodes

From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

History of the Doctor Who Universe

February

• Annual de-frosting of Tommy Brockless, a young soldier first cryogenically frozen in 1918. Toshiko Sato meets Brockless for the first time. (TW:To the Last Man.) (Date: WEB:torchwood.co.uk)

March

• 6 - The Doctor returns Rose Tyler to her home in London, but due to a miscalculation they arrive a year late, and Rose subsequently learns that she was believed murdered and that Mickey Smith was at one point considered a suspect. (DW: Aliens of London, World War Three)

• 6 - Big Ben is side-swiped by a UFO which crashes into the Thames. (DW: Aliens of London) Many people witness the crash, including Elton Pope (DW: Love & Monsters), however the crash is later covered up as a hoax (which, in some ways, it was). (WEB: whoisdoctorwho.co.uk)

• 6 - An "alien astronaut" from the UFO is taken to Albion Hospital where the Doctor and Toshiko Sato examine it. Most of the Earth's leading experts on aliens are killed, as is the Prime Minister of Great Britain. 10 Downing Street is destroyed by a Harpoon missile. The fortitude that backbencher MP Harriet Jones shows during this crisis contributes to Jones' ascent towards power and the post of Prime Minister. (DW: Aliens of London, World War Three) Sato is working undercover for Torchwood Three, covering for Owen Harper who is indisposed. (TW: Exit Wounds)

• Mickey Smith, who is now webmaster of the "Who is Doctor Who?" website, is asked by the Doctor to install a virus intended to wipe out all references to the Doctor on the Internet. (DW: World War Three) He does not do this, and instead renames his website Defending the Earth! and proceeds to chronicle unexplained happenings, usually involving the Doctor. (WEB: whoisdoctorwho.co.uk)

June

• The Doctor visits St. Nicholas Hospital, taking on the alias of a consultant. (Times Online: Deep and Dreamless Sleep)

July

• 20 - After reading an internet article about Jo Jones, Polly Wright emails Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and they share stories of their adventures with the Doctor. (CC: The Three Companions)

September

• The Doctor along with Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith and Jack Harkness stops Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen's plot to blow up Cardiff. (DW: Boom Town) At this point in time there were no less than three versions of Harkness in Cardiff in different places within his timeline: the Jack travelling with the Doctor, an older Jack now operating Torchwood Three while keeping himself and his team in the Hub during these events (TWN: The Twilight Streets), and a still older Jack in cryogenic freeze in the Torchwood vaults, unknown to the Torchwood Three team. (TW: Exit Wounds)

October

• Idris Hopper recognizes Jack Harkness and chases after him. Seeing past the perception filter, he witnesses the invisible lift in action. An attempt to erase Idris' memories with retcon in his dinner fails and Idris becomes angry with Jack because he thinks he's been poisoned. (TWN: The Twilight Streets)

• 31 - The British Rocket Group space probe Guinevere One launches from Earth for a scheduled rendezvous with Mars on Christmas Day. (Date: WEB: http://www.guinevere.org.uk/)

December

• 24 - The Doctor recovers from his regeneration at the Powell Estate. Sycorax intercept the Guinevere One and send a threatening message to Earth. Pilot fish land. Prime Minister Harriet Jones seeks help from UNIT. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
  • Daniel Thompson, age 4, is struck by a vehicle and hospitalized at St. Nicholas Hospital in London. (Times Online: Deep and Dreamless Sleep)
  • On the same day, the Doctor, again in his tenth incarnation, only older, shares an adventure with Daniel, and spends time at the St. Nicholas Hospital waiting for Daniel to recover. (Times Online: Deep and Dreamless Sleep.

This means there were in fact briefly two versions of the Tenth Doctor in London at the same time.

• 25 - The Sycorax ship enters London airspace at around 0745 (DW: The Christmas Invasion, Love & Monsters) Elton Pope gazes up at the ship in awe. (DW: Love & Monsters) Sarah Jane Smith wonders if the ship has the Doctor onboard, taking care of the situation. (DW: School Reunion) Donna Noble, however, is oblivious to events due to a hangover. (DW: The Runaway Bride).

• The Sycorax use blood control on one third of Earth's population. Harriet Jones appears on television to ask for the Doctor's help. The Doctor defeats the Sycorax though not before their leader cuts off the Doctor's hand (which grows back). The Torchwood Institute destroy the retreating Sycorax ship. The Doctor regards as murder and so engineers Harriet Jones' spiral in the polls. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)

Later, Jack Harkness finds and retrieves the Doctor's hand, which ends up at Torchwood Three. (TW: Everything Changes et al, DW: Utopia)

• Ursula Blake snaps a photo of the Doctor celebrating with Rose Tyler in London. Meanwhile, on the Internet, frantic speculation among conspiracy theorists begins as to what really happened during the Sycorax invasion. (DW: Love & Monsters)

Later, she posts the photo to her blog. (DW: Love & Monsters)

• Although the Earth has been visited (and even invaded) many times previously by alien races, the Doctor tells Rose that the Sycorax event marked the first occasion that life beyond Earth became common knowledge, and that Earth itself was now becoming noticed by other worlds. (DW: The Christmas Invasion) This sentiment is later echoed by Jack Harkness in his statement, "The 21st century is when it all changes." (DW: Last of the Time Lords and repeatedly in Torchwood)

Unknown dates

• The Doctor and Ruby Duvall stop the Cybermen's latest attempt to conquer Earth by preventing the magnetic field reversal that would have created worldwide chaos under which the Cybermen planned to invade (NA: Iceberg).

• The Zen Military, Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart's expose of the history of UNIT, is published following the expiration of the thirty year rule for official secrets (NA: Set Piece).

• Mickey helps Rose to get back to the Doctor. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

• After March, but before December: Harriet Jones is elected Prime Minister (DW: The Christmas Invasion)

Real World

Early 2006

• According to his book, The Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies, David Tennant and others involved in Doctor Who, following production of DW: Doomsday, agree that after the fourth series the program would be rested for a year, except for the occasional special. This idea later evolves into the 2009 Specials season and dovetails with the eventual departures of Davies and Tennant from the series.

January

• The American network Sci-Fi Channel announces it has bought the rights to air the new version of Doctor Who. The first series will air beginning in March 2006, a year after their UK and Canadian broadcasts, and the network has the option of airing Series 2 as well.
• BFA: Pier Pressure is first released.
• BFBS: Parallel Lives is first released.
• BFBS: Something Changed is first released.
• 2 - John Woodnutt, who had parts in DW: Spearhead from Space, DW: Frontier in Space, DW: Terror of the Zygons and DW: The Keeper of Traken dies from natural causes at Denville Hall, Northwood, England, UK.
• 16 - The interactive mini-episode WC: Attack of the Graske is made available on the BBC's Doctor Who website, after it was available exclusively on the BBC's Red Button TV service.
• 19 - THN: Deus Le Volt is first published.
• 30 - UK release of the DVD box set The Beginning, which features the first three Doctor Who stories DW: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and The Edge of Destruction.

February

• BFA: Night Thoughts is first released.
• BFC: Telos, the final episode of the first season of the Big Finish Productions spin-off, Cyberman, is first released.
• BFSJS: Buried Secrets and BFSJS: Snow Blind are first released. First episodes of the spin-off audio series Sarah Jane Smith to be released since 2002, and the remaining episodes will be released as the character returns to TV in DW: School Reunion.
• BFBS: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Goddess Quandary is first released.
• 14 - Doctor Who: The Complete First Series, the DVD box set featuring the complete 2005 seasons, is released to Region 1. However, due to the fact that the series has yet to be aired in the United States, for which the Sci-Fi Channel have belatedly obtained the rights, the set is released on this date only in Canada. (Though American consumers are still able to order it from Canada.) American release occurs later in the summer.

March

• BFA: Time Works is first released.
• BFSJS: Fatal Consequences is first released.
• 2 - The DVD set The Beginning featuring DW: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and The Edge of Destruction is released in Region 4.
• 28 - North American release of the The Beginning DVD box set featuring DW: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and The Edge of Destruction.

April

• NSA: The Stone Rose, NSA: The Feast of the Drowned, and NSA: The Resurrection Casket are first published. These are the first original novels to feature the Tenth Doctor
• BFA: The Kingmaker is first released.
• ST: Short Trips: Farewells is first published. With BBC Books having now retired its BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures and BBC Past Doctor Adventures book lines at the end of 2005, the Short Trips collections are now the only source for original (licensed) literary stories featuring the first eight incarnations of the Doctor.
• BFSJS: Dreamland is first released. Final episode of the Big Finish Productions audio spin-off series, Sarah Jane Smith, as the character later this month returns to television.
• MB: The Ship of a Billion Years: The True History of Faction Paradox Volume 2 is first released. More than two years will pass before the next entry in this series.
• Approximately one week prior to the broadcast of DW: New Earth, the BBC releases the first Tardisode. These mini-episodes, available online or via mobile phone, featured specially shot scenes setting up elements of the episode to come.
• 05 - BBC Magazines launches Doctor Who Adventures, a weekly magazine promoting the Doctor Who franchise aimed at younger readers (no relation to Doctor Who Magazine). Unlike DWM, it is not distributed internationally.
• 10 - DW: Genesis of the Daleks is released to DVD in the UK.
• 15 - DW: New Earth is first broadcast, launching the second season of the revived series and the first full season to feature David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor
  • Beginning with today's issue, the BBC's promotional magazine, Radio Times begins extensively covering Doctor Who, with weekly features called "Who's Watch" that run for the duration of each new season.
• 22 - DW: Tooth and Claw is first broadcast; this episode features the origin of the Torchwood Institute.
• 24 - Elisabeth Sladen and John Leeson appear on Blue Peter promoting School Reunion.
• 27 - Elisabeth Sladen appears on BBC One's Breakfast to promote her upcoming appearance on Doctor Who.
• 29 - DW: School Reunion is first broadcast. This landmark episode returns Elisabeth Sladen to Doctor Who as Sarah Jane Smith, and John Leeson as K-9, and sets the groundwork for the later spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures. This episode is also considered to be the first to definitively link the new series to the 1963-89 classic series in terms of direct continuity. Anthony Stewart Head, a frequent voiceover contributor to various Doctor Who projects, makes his first and, to date only, on-screen appearance. Mickey Smith, played by Noel Clarke, graduates from recurring character to companion with this episode becoming, in the process, the first-ever non-Caucasian television companion (although there had been others in the comic strips previously).
  • BBC Radio Wales broadcasts Back in Time - Adventures in Sound.

May

• NSA: I am a Dalek is first released, launching the BBC Quick Reads novella series, which are aimed at promoting literacy. The books are roughly the length of one of the shorter Target novelisations and although they're considered part of the BBC New Series Adventures line, are published in paperback. Annual releases of Quick Reads books continues for the next several years.
• BFA: The Settling is first released.
• BFG: Fractures is first released.
• BBC Books marks its 10th year publishing original Doctor Who fiction.
• 01 - BBCR: The Dalek Conquests is first released.
  • BBC Video continues its "vanilla" releases of new-series episodes with Doctor Who: Series 2 Volume 1 featuring DW: The Christmas Invasion and New Earth. Not counting his cameo at the end of Series 1, this is the first full DVD release featuring the Tenth Doctor.
• 04 - DW: Genesis of the Daleks is released to DVD in Region 4.
• 06 - DW: The Girl in the Fireplace is first broadcast. This episode wins Doctor Who its second Hugo Award and features guest star Sophia Myles, who becomes romantically involved with David Tennant after production.
• 13 - DW: Rise of the Cybermen is first broadcast. This episode introduces the alternate Earth known as Pete's World, as well as the Cybus Cybermen.
• 14 - 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie)
• 19 - Producer Peter Bryant (from DW: The Web of Fear to DW: The Space Pirates) dies.
• 20 - DW: The Age of Steel is first broadcast. Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) leaves the series with this episode (though he returns for several guest appearances).
• 27 - DW: The Idiot's Lantern is first broadcast.

June

• BFA: Something Inside is first released.
• BFG: Warfare is first released.
• BFBS: Genius Loci is first published.
• BFBS: The Crystal of Cantus is first released
• 03 - DW: The Impossible Planet is first broadcast. First appearance of the Ood.
• 05 - BBC Video releases the DVD Doctor Who: Series 2 Volume 2 featuring DW: Tooth and Claw, School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace.
• 06 - North American DVD release of DW: Genesis of the Daleks and DW: Revelation of the Daleks.
• 10 - DW: The Satan Pit is first broadcast.
• 15 - THN: The Albino's Dancer is first published.
• 17 - DW: Love & Monsters is first broadcast. First "Doctor-lite" episode; beginning this season, the filming schedule demands at least one episode feature only a brief appearance by the Doctor. The monster featured in this episode was designed by a contest entrant.
• 19 - DW: Inferno is released to DVD in the UK.
• 24 - DW: Fear Her is first broadcast.

July

• BFA: The Nowhere Place is first released.
• BFG: Appropriation and BFG: Mindbomb are first released.
• BFBS: The Tartarus Gate is first released.
• 01 - DW: Army of Ghosts is first broadcast. Noel Clarke temporarily returns to the series.
• Approximately a week prior to the broadcast of DW: Doomsday, the final Tardisode is released online and to mobile phones; the BBC decides not to continue them after this.
• 04 - Belated release in the United States of the Doctor Who: The Complete First Series DVD box set, which has been available in Canada since February.
• 05 - Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 reports on the casting of Freema Agyeman as the new companion.
• 06 - DW: Inferno is released to DVD in Region 4.
• 08 - DW: Doomsday is first broadcast, concluding the second season of the revived series. Billie Piper, Noel Clarke and Camille Coduri leave the series with this episode. In a surprise cliffhanger (successfully kept secret from Internet spoilers and the press), popular comic actress Catherine Tate appears for the first time as Donna Noble (although the character's name is not revealed until months later). This episode is also historic for featuring the first on-screen interaction between Daleks and Cybermen. The broadcast is followed by the final episode of Doctor Who Confidential's second season. The events of Doomsday will form a major piece of backstory with regards to the soon-to-debut spin-off series, Torchwood.
  • Peter Hawkins, one of the original voices for the Daleks and the Cybermen, dies.
• 10 - BBC Video releases the DVD Doctor Who: Series 2 Volume 3 featuring DW: Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel and The Idiot's Lantern.
• 18 - David Maloney, who directed many serials between DW: The Mind Robber and DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang, dies from cancer.
  • Doctor Who fan sites, including Outpost Gallifrey, begin reporting that plans are afoot for third Doctor Who spinoff series to feature K-9. The series is to be a non-BBC production; it takes several more years before the K9TV: K-9 TV series finally gets off the ground, however.
• 19 - Stuntman Tim Condren, who portrayed a guerrilla in DW: Day of the Daleks, dies.
• 24 - DW: The Hand of Fear is released to DVD in the UK.

August

• BFA: Red is first released.
• BFG: Panacea is first released, concluding the Big Finish Productions spin-off series, Gallifrey.
• BFBS: Timeless Passages is first released.
• Doctor Who wins the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, the first time the Doctor Who franchise has won an international award of this magnitude. The award is presented for the Steven Moffat two-parter DW: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. Two other episodes from the 2005 series are also nominated in this category: DW: Father's Day and DW: Dalek. The competition in the category also included "Pegasus", an episode of Battlestar Galactica; Jack-Jack Attack, an animated short spun-off from the film The Incredibles; Lucas Back in Anger, a short film; and, controversially, the opening segment of the previous year's Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony. Moffat proceeds to be nominated for his Doctor Who episodes for the next three consecutive years, winning the award in 2007 and 2008 and coming a close second place in 2009.
• 7 - BBC Video releases the DVD Doctor Who: Series 2 Volume 4 featuring DW: The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit and Love & Monsters.
• 17 - THN: The Sideways Door is first published.
• 21 - BBC News reveals details of a cancelled Doctor Who spinoff. Entitled Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, the special would have followed Rose Tyler from the events of DW: Doomsday. Russell T Davies, however, vetoed the idea.[1]
• 24 - The International Astronomical Union approves an official definition of the term "planet" which results in Pluto and several newly discovered Pluto-like worlds being disqualified from planetary status. The decision was immediately controversial, with attempts at overturning it expected in the future. The Doctor Who franchise, retroactively, has made its opinion known by establishing Pluto as a planet in DW: The Sun Makers.

September

• NSA: The Nightmare of Black Island, NSA: The Art of Destruction, and NSA: The Price of Paradise are first published.
• BFA: The Reaping is first released.
• BFA: The Gathering is first released.
• ST: Short Trips: The Centenarian is first published.
• BFD: Innocence, the first episode of the Big Finish Productions miniseries I, Davros, is first released.
• BFBS: The Worst Thing in the World is first released.
• BFBS: Collected Works is first published.
• GE Fabbri Ltd. launches Battles in Time, a card game/magazine publication released fortnightly in the UK. International distribution does not begin until February 2009 when its content is included on the website for a later Fabbri publication, Doctor Who DVD Files.
• 04 - BBCR: Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays is first released, featuring several full-cast audio dramas based upon the real-world impact of Doctor Who. Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred appear, and one play dramatises the life of Delia Derbyshire.
  • DW: The Mark of the Rani is released to DVD in the UK.
• 05 - North American DVD release of DW: The Web Planet and DW: Inferno.
• 07 - DW: The Hand of Fear is released to DVD in Region 4.
• 14 - Peter Ling, who wrote DW: The Mind Robber dies from a heart attack.
• 20 - The first issue of Doctor Who: Battles in Time magazine is published in the UK.
• 23 - Patrick Tull, one of the voices of the Krotons in DW: The Krotons, dies.
• 25 - BBC Video releases the DVD Doctor Who: Series 2 Volume 5 featuring DW: Fear Her, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday and completing the "vanilla" releases of Series 2.

October

• BFA: Memory Lane is first released.
• ST: Short Trips: Time Signature is first published.
• BFD: Purity is first released.
• BFBS: Summer of Love is first released.
• 09 - Series 2 of Doctor Who begins airing on the CBC in Canada with DW: New Earth. Due to a month-long hiatus at midseason, Series 2 doesn't conclude until February 2007.
  • DW: The Sontaran Experiment is released to DVD in the UK. This release is seen as an experiment in releasing a two-episode story on its own rather than as an add-on with a longer story.
• 20 - Billie Piper appears on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. During her appearance she confesses to being a subscriber to Doctor Who Magazine, even after her departure from the show.
• 21 - Peter Barkworth, who played Leader Clent in DW: The Ice Warriors dies as a result of broncho-pneumonia following a stroke
• 22 - The Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood debuts with the broadcast of TW: Everything Changes and TW: Day One (the episodes are edited together to form a single broadcast). Debuts of Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, Burn Gorman as Owen Harper, Tom Price as Andy Davidson, Kai Owen as Rhys Williams, and Naoko Mori reprises her role as Toshiko Sato from DW: Aliens of London.
  • Torchwood Declassified, a behind-the-scenes series similar to Doctor Who Confidential, debuts.
  • Richard Mayes (Chief Baxter in DW: Fury from the Deep) dies.
• 26 - REF: Doctor Who: The Inside Story is first published.
• 29 - TW: Ghost Machine is first broadcast.

November

• BFA: No Man's Land is first released.
• BFD: Corruption is first released.
• BFBS: Old Friends is first published.
• BFBS: The Oracle of Delphi is first released.
• REF: Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 2 is first published.
• 02 - DW: The Mark of the Rani is released to DVD in Region 4.
• 05 - TW: Cyberwoman is first broadcast.
  • Giant actor R.J. Bell, who appeared as The Garm in DW: Terminus, dies in England.
• 06 - DW: The Invasion is released to DVD in the UK. This release is notable for including two episodes currently lost from the BBC Archives, but restored using animation, an experiment that has not (as of 2010) been repeated.
  • Also issued this date in the UK are two compilation box sets released exclusively through the British arm of Amazon. The Cybermen Collection consists of DW: Tomb of the Cybermen, The Invasion and Earthshock, while the larger Third Doctor Collection features DW: Spearhead from Space, Inferno, The Claws of Axos, The Three Doctors, Carnival of Monsters and The Green Death.
• 07 - North American DVD release of DW: The Hand of Fear, The Web Planet and DW: The Mark of the Rani.
  • In Region 1 (North America), BBC Video redistributes the episodes of Series 1 in the same 4-volume "vanilla" (no-extras) sets that the company had issued in the UK in mid-2005. The full-season box set remains in print.
• 10 - Chubby Oates, who had a small role as a policeman in DW: Planet of the Spiders, dies from a stroke after giving a performance at a showbusiness luncheon.
• 12 - TW: Small Worlds is first broadcast.
• 19 - TW: Countrycide is first broadcast. This episode is notable for being the very first televised Doctor Who franchise storyline that contains no actual science fiction or fantasy elements (beyond the presence of Jack Harkness).
• 20 - BBC Video releases the Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series DVD box set in the UK.
• 26 - TW: Greeks Bearing Gifts is first broadcast.
  • BBC Video begins issuing Torchwood episodes in "vanilla" (no-extras) DVD editions, similar in format to the Doctor Who releases over the past 2 years. Torchwood: Series 1 Part 1 is released today.

December

• BFA: Year of the Pig is first released.
• ST: Short Trips: Dalek Empire is first published.
• BFD: Guilt, the final episode of the I, Davros miniseries, is first released.
• BFBS: The Empire State is first released.
• FP: Erasing Sherlock is first published. Final Faction Paradox book published by Mad Norwegian Press; a New Zealand company, Random Static, takes over publication after this.
• 03 - TW: They Keep Killing Suzie is first broadcast.
• 04 - Canadian broadcast of DW: The Impossible Planet on the CBC, after which the network decides to place the show on hiatus for the next 5 weeks.
• 07 - DW: The Sontaran Experiment is released to DVD in Region 4.
• 10 - TW: Random Shoes is first broadcast.
• 11 - Elisabeth Sladen appears on Blue Peter to promote The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• 17 - TW: Out of Time is first broadcast.
• 22 - Julie Gardner appears on the Richard Evans radio call-in program on BBC Radio Wales. During the broadcast, David Tennant calls in as a joke, pretending to be a long-lost relative of Julie's who wants a role on Doctor Who.
• 24 - TW: Combat is first broadcast. The episode is written by Noel Clarke, who becomes the first Doctor Who franchise regular to write a televised episode.
  • A Christmas-themed Doctor Who short story, WC: Deep and Dreamless Sleep, is published on the TimesOnline website.
  • BBC Radio Wales broadcasts Back in Time - Jingle Hell promoting DW: The Runaway Bride with appearances by David Tennant, Catherine Tate and others.
• 25 - DW: The Runaway Bride, the second Doctor Who Christmas is first broadcast, properly introducing Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, although Donna declines an invitation to become a companion at this point.
  • BBC Radio broadcasts Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who, a behind the scenes look at the making of the 2007 series, which was combined with in-studio conversation with David Tennant.
• 27 - Matt Smith makes his TV acting debut in The Ruby in the Smoke, which airs in the US this date as part of Masterpiece Theatre.
• 28 - 25th anniversary of the broadcast of KAC: A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot for K-9 and Company, only a few days before the debut of The Sarah Jane Adventures featuring the same character.
• 31 - BBC Radio 7 debuts a new series of audio dramas co-produced with Big Finish Productions starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. Dubbed The New Eighth Doctor Adventures, these stories are, initially, aired on BBC7 first and later released by Big Finish on CD. The first story is episode 1 of BFA/BBCR: Blood of the Daleks, which introduces new companion Lucie Miller, played by Sheridan Smith. This means that, as of this date, there are actually two series of Doctor Who being broadcast by different arms of the BBC: the main series on BBC TV, and the Eighth Doctor series on BBC7.

Unknown dates

• Following the well-received return appearance of Elisabeth Sladen's Sarah Jane Smith in DW: School Reunion, the BBC announces that a spin-off series entitled The Sarah Jane Adventures would be produced featuring her. Around the same time, a non-BBC production company obtains the rights to produce a separate series featuring K-9.
• After the departure of Billie Piper in DW: Doomsday, the BBC authorizes a budget for a proposed spin-off special entitled Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, an idea ultimately abandoned by Russell T Davies.
• Christopher Eccleston earns a recurring role in the NBC series Heroes. While Eccleston isn't the first to get roles on American TV after his tenure as the Doctor (he was preceded by Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker in this regard), he is the first to gain a recurring role in an American series. His role as Claude, the Invisible Man, includes a reference to The Doctor in that he utters the catchphrase "Fantastic!". He also shares several scenes with Eric Roberts, who played The Master in the 1996 TV movie. Eccleston appears in five episodes broadcast in early 2007.

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Releases

January

• SCE eBook #60: The Cleanup, by Robert T. Jeschonek
• TTN novel: Orion's Hounds, by Christopher L. Bennett

February

• ENT novel: Rosetta, by Dave Stern
• NF novel: Missing in Action, by Peter David (Hardcover)
• SCE eBook #61: What's Past, Book One: Progress, by Terri Osborne
• TOS comic omnibus: The Key Collection, Volume 5

March

• VOY novel: String Theory, Book Three: Evolution, by Heather Jarman
• SCE eBook #62: What's Past, Book Two: The Future Begins, by Steve Mollmann and Michael Schuster
• TNG comic omnibus: The Battle Within, by Michael Jan Friedman and Pablo Marcos

April

• DS9 novel: Warpath, by David Mack
• SCE eBook #63: What's Past, Book Three: Echoes of Coventry, by Richard C. White
• VGD novel: Summon the Thunder, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore

May

• ENT novel: Last Full Measure, by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
• SCE eBook #64: What's Past, Book Four: Distant Early Warning, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore

June

• TOS novel: Vulcan's Soul, Book Two: Exiles, by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz (Hardcover)
• SCE eBook #65: What's Past, Book Five: 10 is Better Than 01, by Heather Jarman
• TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh, by Greg Cox (Paperback Reprint)

July

• SCE eBook #66: What's Past, Book Six: Many Splendors, by Keith R.A. DeCandido

August

• TOS novel: Burning Dreams, by Margaret Wander Bonanno
• TOS novel: Captain's Glory, by William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Hardcover)
• TOS eBook: Mere Anarchy #1: Things Fall Apart, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
• SNW anthology: Strange New Worlds 9, edited by Dean Wesley Smith, Elisa J. Kassin, and Paula M. Block
• TOS novel: Vulcan's Glory, by D.C. Fontana (Classic Reprint)
• TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky, by Margaret Wander Bonanno (Classic Reprint)

September

• TOS novel: Crucible, Book One: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows, by David R. George III
• TOS anthology: Constellations, edited by Marco Palmieri
• TOS manga anthology: Star Trek: The Manga - Shinsei Shinsei, by Chris Dows, Jim Alexander, Mike W. Barr, Joshua Ortega and Rob Tokar
• TOS eBook: Mere Anarchy #2: The Centre Cannot Hold, by Mike W. Barr
• TOS novel: The Entropy Effect, by Vonda N. McIntyre (Classic Reprint)
• TOS/TNG novel: Federation, by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Classic Reprint)
• TOS comic omnibus: The Trial of James T. Kirk, by Peter David, James W. Fry & Gordon Purcell
• TAS novelization omnibus: Star Trek Logs One and Two, by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey reprint)
• TAS novelization omnibus: Star Trek Logs Three and Four, by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey reprint)
• TAS novelization omnibus: Star Trek Logs Five and Six, by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey reprint)
• TAS novelization omnibus: Star Trek Logs Seven and Eight, by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey reprint)
• TAS novelization omnibus: Star Trek Logs Nine and Ten, by Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey reprint)
• TOS reference: Star Trek: Starfleet Technical Manual, by Franz Joseph (Del Rey reprint)
• TNG comic omnibus: Maelstrom, by Michael Jan Friedman & Pablo Marcos

October

• TOS novel: Rihannsu, Book Five: The Empty Chair, by Diane Duane (eBook advanced release)

November

• TOS eBook: Mere Anarchy #3: Shadows of the Indignant, by Dave Galanter
• CoE omnibus: Aftermath, by Christopher L. Bennett, Randall N. Bills, Loren L. Coleman, Robert Greenberger, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, & Aaron Rosenberg
• Reference: Ships of the Line, edited by Doug Drexler and Margaret Clark
• Reference: Voyages of Imagination, by Jeff Ayers

December

• TOS novel: Crucible, Book Two: Spock: The Fire and the Rose, by David R. George III
• TOS novel: Rihannsu, Book Five: The Empty Chair, by Diane Duane
• CoE eBook #1: Turn the Page, by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
• TOS omnibus: Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages, by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
• TOS comic omnibus: Return of the Worthy, by Peter David, Bill Mumy, J. Michael Straczynski, Howard Weinstein, Gordon Purcell & Ken Hooper

Connections

• 2006 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 2006 productions article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 2006 article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon Star Trek wiki.
• 2006 page at the Complete Starfleet Library

From DC Database

2006 was the year of Infinite Crisis, a seven-issue limited series that served as a sequel to the 1985-86 max-series Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis brought together several seemingly unrelated subplots that had been chronicled in different limited series in 2005, and also revived the characters of Alexander Luthor, Superboy of Earth-Prime, and Superman and Lois Lane of Earth-Two – characters who had not been seen since the climax of Crisis on Infinite Earths #12. Hot on the heels of Infinite Crisis, DC began publication of 52, an appropriately named weekly maxi-series that ran for fifty-two weeks. 52 explored the backdrop of the DC Universe without the presence of major heroes such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. While 52 dealt with the immediate consequences of Infinite Crisis, storylines from the rest of the DC Universe jumped forward in time by one year, and examined many of the Crisis' lasting effects.

2006 also marked the return of Superman to the big-screen in the Warner Bros film Superman Returns. The first live-action Superman movie in nearly twenty years, Superman Returns starred Brandon Routh in the title role, replacing the late Christopher Reeve, who played the part of Superman in the 1970s and 80s. Rounding out the film's cast were Kate Bosworth in the role of Lois Lane, Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, Frank Langella as Perry White and Sam Huntington as Jimmy Olsen.

On the small screen, the WB/CW network aired the second half of season five of Smallville and the first half of season six. Both seasons introduced known DC Comics super-heroes into the program. Cyborg was introduced in Season 5, and Green Arrow was introduced in season 6. Season 5 also killed off one of the program's main characters, Jonathan Kent. That same year, the CW proposed a Smallville spin-off series tentatively titled Mercy Reef, which was to feature the character of Aquaman. Aquaman made his live-action debut on the season five episode of Smallville entitled "Aqua". Played by Alan Ritchson, Aquaman became allies with Clark Kent and even struck up a brief relationship with Lois Lane. The episode proved popular enough that WB executives decided to test the water with an Aquaman spin-off series. Casting agents passed over Ritchson to revive the role of Aquaman, ultimately bestowing it upon soap opera actor, Justin Hartley. A pilot episode was filmed, but studio executives ultimately decided to discontinue the program. The unaired pilot was made available for purchase from the iTunes music store.

September of 2006 also marked the debut of the Legion of Super-Heroes animated series on the Kids WB. The series also featured the character of Superboy, but was referred to as Superman throughout the course of the series. Six episodes of season 1 were aired in 2006. Also on the Kids WB, The Batman aired the second half of season 3 and the first half of season 4. The season 4 premiere introduced the character of Robin. Robin was actually the second sidekick featured on the series, the first being Batgirl who was introduced in 2005.

Creators

The following creative talent passed away in the year 2006:

Alex Toth · George Kashdan · Martin Nodell

Titles

The following comic titles debuted with a 2006 cover date:

52 Vol 1 · ABC A-Z Vol 1 · All-New Atom Vol 1 · All-Star Superman Vol 1 · American Splendor Vol 1 · American Virgin Vol 1 · Batman and the Mad Monk Vol 1 · Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit Vol 1 · Blue Beetle Vol 2 · Boys, The Vol 1 · Checkmate Vol 2 · Creeper Vol 2 · DMZ Vol 1 · Deadman Vol 4 · Exterminators (Collections) Vol 1 · Exterminators Vol 1 · Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 · Gen 13 Vol 4 · Green Lantern Corps Vol 2 · Hawkgirl Vol 1 · Ion Vol 1 · Jonah Hex Vol 2 · Justice League of America Vol 2 · Krypto the Superdog Vol 1 · Man-Bat Vol 3

The following Comic titles were last published with a 2006 cover date:

ABC A-Z Vol 1 · Adventures of Superman Vol 1 · Albion Vol 1 · Batgirl Vol 1 · Batman: Gotham Knights Vol 1 · Batman: Journey Into Knight Vol 1 · Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit Vol 1 · Captain Atom: Armageddon Vol 1 · Doom Patrol Vol 4 · Gotham Central Vol 1 · Green Lantern Corps: Recharge Vol 1 · Hard Time Vol 2 · Hawkman Vol 4 · Infinite Crisis Vol 1 · JLA (Collections) Vol 1 · JLA Vol 1 · JSA Vol 1 · Man-Bat Vol 3 · Neverwhere Vol 1 · New Teen Titans Archives Vol 1 · Plastic Man Vol 4 · Seven Soldiers of Victory Vol 1 · Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle Vol 1 · Solo Vol 1 · Son of Vulcan Vol 2

The following One Shots were published with a 2006 cover date:

Brave New World Vol 1 1 · Fables Special Edition Vol 1 1 · Huntress: Darknight Daughter Vol 1 1 · Infinite Crisis Special: Day of Vengeance Vol 1 1 · Infinite Crisis Special: Rann-Thanagar War Vol 1 1 · Metal Men Archives Vol 1 1 · Sandman: Absolute Edition Vol 1 1

Characters

The following characters debuted with a 2006 cover date:

A.J. (Exterminators) · Alberto Reyes (New Earth) · Alex Fury (Earth-50) · Alexander Ferguson (New Earth) · Alina posse (New Earth) · Alix Harrower (New Earth) · Amy Allen (New Earth) · Arkillo (New Earth) · Arthur Hensford (Earth-50) · Arx (New Earth) · Auctioneer (New Earth) · Batwoman (Helena Wayne) · Bianca Reyes (New Earth) · Big Thunder (New Earth) · Blockbuster III (New Earth) · Blue Moon (New Earth) · Bonita (New Earth) · Bottom Feeder (New Earth) · Bous3dra (New Earth) · Brenda Del Vecchio (New Earth) · Bride (New Earth) · Bunny (New Earth) · Carolyn Llewellyn (New Earth) · Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe (New Earth) · Chthos-Chthas Chthatis (New Earth) · Coma Kid (New Earth) · Cooler (Earth-50) · Copernicus the Dog (New Earth) · Crimson Fox III (New Earth) · Dal'en (New Earth) · Damian Wayne (New Earth) · Damper (New Earth) · Decadence (Earth-50) · Devem (New Earth) · Diego Zhao (New Earth) · Diviner (New Earth) · Doctor Impossible (New Earth) · Dusan al Ghul (New Earth) · Edison (New Earth) · Edogawa Sangaku (New Earth) · Ekron (New Earth) · Elephant Man (New Earth) · Emoticon (Earth-50) · Erik Gavlin (New Earth) · Erik Storn (New Earth) · Esteban of the Posse (New Earth) · Fang Zhifu (New Earth) · Father Time (New Earth) · Ferryman (Earth-50) · Frederick Tuckman (New Earth)

Teams

The following teams debuted with a 2006 cover date:

Atomic Knights (New Earth) · Croatoans · Freedom's Ring · Great Ten · Justice Rangers (DCAU) · Liberty Squad (Earth-50) · Nuclear Legion · Pentacle · Posse · Stormwatch P.H.D. · Warehouse 13 Guards

Other Deaths

• Jerry Bails

Titles

Premieres

The following DC Comics titles premiered in 2006

• Exterminators
• Green Lantern Corps (Volume 2)
• Jonah Hex (Volume 2)
• Justice League of America (Volume 2)
• Martian Manhunter (Volume 3)
• Mystery in Space (Volume 2)
• Omega Men (Volume 2)
• Rush City
• Shadowpact
• Spectre (Volume 5)
• Superman (Volume 1) (title resume)
• Tales of the Unexpected (Volume 2)
• Testament
• Trials of Shazam

Cancellations

The following DC Comics titles were discontinued in 2006.

• Flash (Volume 2) (hiatus)
• Hawkman (Volume 4) (continued as Hawkgirl)
• Infinite Crisis
• JLA
• JSA
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4) (title change)
• Spectre (Volume 5)
• Superman (Volume 2)
• Superman/Shazam: First Thunder
• Swamp Thing (Volume 4)
• Wonder Woman (Volume 2)

Ongoing

The following DC Comics titles were in publication in 2006.

Characters

Introductions

The following characters were introduced in 2006.

• Egg-Fu (Chang Tzu)
• Isis (Adrianna Tomaz)
• Osiris (Amon Tomaz)
• Solomon Grundy (reborn)
• Rush
• Paco
• Probe
• Damper
• Bonita
• Sin
• Scour
• Thumper
• Redneck Trucker
• Diviner
• Coma Kid

Deaths

The following characters died in publishing year 2006.

• Alexander Luthor
• Koryak
• Lois Lane (Earth-Two)
• Mongal
• Pantha
• Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden)
• Solomon Grundy
• Superman (Earth-Two)
• Terra-Man

Chronology

The following events were published by DC Comics in the year 2006. This does not necessarily indicate that these storylines took place in the year 2006. The passage of time in the DC Universe is nebulous and subject to change and interpretation. Events from historical time periods are indexed under their corresponding years.

Infinite Crisis

52 and World War III

One Year Later

From Muppet Wiki

Television & Movies

• The World According to Sesame Street opens at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21
• Sesame Street Season 37 premieres, August 14
• Eight previously unaired episodes of Bear in the Big Blue House premiere on Disney Channel, week of April 24
• Puppet Up! - Uncensored television special on TBS, November 20
• CBS Sunday Morning reports on Sesame Street around the world, December 10
• Happy Hooby Holidays on PBS Kids Sprout, December 25
• When Parents Are Deployed television special on PBS, December 27

International Television

• Best Ever Muppet Moments (UK), March 11
• Galli Galli Sim Sim begins airing in India
• Sesame English premieres in Poland/Hungary/Croatia

Appearances

• Kermit the Frog on Good Morning America, February 2
• Kermit the Frog on ESPN's Cold Pizza, February 2
• Kermit the Frog on Martha, February 2
• Miss Piggy and Jessica Simpson's Pizza Hut commercials debut, February 5
• Kermit the Frog's Ford Escape Hybrid commercial debuts, February 5
• Elmo on The Tony Danza Show, February 10
• Kevin Clash and Elmo on The Oprah Winfrey Show, February 27
• Statler and Waldorf at the Oscar's Red Carpet and wrap-up shows, March 5
• Miss Piggy (ranking #41) on E!'s 101 Incredible Celebrity Slimdowns 60 - 41, March 15
• Kermit and Piggy at the TV Land Awards, March 22
• Sesame Street characters on Jeopardy, April 4
• Kermit the Frog on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, April 9
• Kermit the Frog on American Idol, May 10
• Kermit the Frog on The Today Show, May 16
• Kermit the Frog on American Idol, May 24
• Pepe the King Prawn on The Late Late Show, June 19
• Kermit the Frog on Good Morning America, June 28
• Elmo on A Capitol Fourth, July 4
• Oscar the Grouch on Martha, July 10 (edited rerun)
• Abby Cadabby on the Today Show, August 14
• Abby Cadabby as "Person of the Week" on ABC World News Tonight, August 18
• Kevin Clash and Elmo on the Today Show, September 6
• Miss Piggy on the Today Show, September 14
• Kevin Clash and Elmo on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, September 30
• Abby Cadabby on The View, October 4
• Kermit the Frog on Martha, October 5
• Big Bird on Access Hollywood, October 20
• Cookie Monster on Martha, October 24
• Elmo on Emeril Live, November 26
• Kermit the Frog on Good Morning America, December 7
• Kermit the Frog on Live with Regis and Kelly, December 8
• Kermit the Frog on The Live Desk, December 8
• Kermit the Frog on The 9, December 8
• Kermit the Frog on MTV News, December 8
• Kermit the Frog on The Early Show, December 11
• Miss Piggy on Martha, December 19
• Big Bird on Deal or No Deal, December 25

Live appearances

• Kermit at the Chicago Auto Show, February 8
• Kevin Clash and Elmo appearance at New York Barnes and Noble to promote My Life as a Furry Red Monster, September 9
• Kermit, Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf appear at the Hollywood Bowl for John Mauceri's farewell, September 15-17
• Kermit at Michigan State University, September 28-30

Events

• "Return to Fraggle Rock" screening held (Dallas, TX), January 21
• Jim Henson Legacy Screening with Heather Henson (Austin, TX), February 26
• Jim Henson's Puppet Improv (Aspen, CO), March 8 & 11
• Elmo and Monsters perform at Hollywood Meets Motown in New York, March 15
• Muppets and Mechanisms exhibit opens at the Smithsonian Institution with puppets from Sam and Friends
• Puppet Up! (Hollywood, CA), June 21-24
• Muppets Ahoy! debuts on Disney Cruise Lines, July
• Puppet Up! (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), August 4-20
• Jim Henson: Performing Artist is launched; Jane Henson discussion panel, September 22
• Puppet Up! (Las Vegas, NV), November 15

Album releases

• John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (Limited Collector's Edition), July 25
• A Green and Red Christmas, October 17
• A Sesame Street Christmas Carol CD Sampler, November 14

DVD releases

• Elmo and Zoe's Scientific Exploration
• The Letter of the Month Club
• Furry Red Monster Parade
• Fraggle Rock: Down in Fraggle Rock, January 17
• The Cat's Home But Not Alone, January 24
• Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky, January 31
• MirrorMask, February 14
• Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together, March 21
• Sesame Beginnings: Make Music Together, March 21
• Sesame Street: Guess That Shape and Color, April 4
• Dinosaurs: The Complete First and Second Seasons, May 2
• The StoryTeller: The Definitive Collection, May 23
• Elmo's Easy As 123, June
• Elmo's Easy As ABC, August
• Talk, Listen, Connect, August
• Elmo's World: Pets!, August 1
• Elmo's Potty Time, August 22
• Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season, September 5
• The World According to Sesame Street, October 24
• Old School: Volume 1, October 24
• Sesame Street Christmas Carol, November 14
• Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season, December 5

International DVD releases

• Four DVDs of Fragglerne, February 6
• Muppets Der Zauberer von Oz (The Muppets' Wizard of Oz) on DVD in Germany, December 7

Books

• Global Grover Travels All Over, February 28
• Jim Henson: Puppeteer and Filmmaker, April 30
• Elmo's Easy As 123, June
• Sesame Street Dad: Evolution of an Actor, June 30
• Return to Labyrinth: Part 1, August 8
• Elmo's Easy As ABC, August
• Before You Leap, September 5
• My Life as a Furry Red Monster, September 5
• Please Do Not Open this Book!, September 26
• Wubba-Wubba Woo!, September 26

Christmas ornaments

• American Greetings Muppet Christmas Ornaments, September

On the Web

• From the Balcony episodes 15-34
• Sesame Workshop announces a partnership with Verizon Wireless to offer Sesame Street content on its V CAST network. November.

Parades

• Indy 500 Parade features balloons in the shape of Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Super Grover Balloon, Big Bird Balloon, and a Sesame Street Float
• McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade features balloon versions of Bear with Tutter, Bert, Ernie, Elmo, Miss Piggy and Kermit
• San Diego Holiday Parade features an Elmo balloon

From Grand Theft Wiki

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 2006

Game World

GTA IV Era

• Roman Bellic is arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
• Jon Gravelli is charged with racketeering.
• Alonso Gomez is arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
• Ernesto Asaltacunas is arrested for possession of steroids, causing a doping scandal.
• Marnie Allen is arrested for petit larceny and prostitution.
• Chloe Parker is arrested for possession of cocaine.
• Cherise McCormic is arrested for prostitution.
• Heathcliff Waterstreet is arrested for burglary and illegal entry with intent.

From the eWrestling Encyclopedia.

This article contains information on e-wrestling events that happened in, or are scheduled to happen in 2006.

Major happenings in e-wrestling

• 28th February: WrestleView Wrestling Federation is formed.
• 06th March: Christian Championship Wrestling is formed.
• 15th April: GWF is formed.
• 03rd June: Backstream Championship Wrestling is formed
• 04th June: Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment is formed.
• 06th June: American Wrestling Alliance is formed.
• 06th June: Global Wrestling Alliance is formed.
• 19th June: Christian Championship Wrestling drives into a new business endeavors with revamping itself into 2 separate but equal brands with their own championship titles.
• 15th July: Lion's Road is formed, after being bought by Shishi Nagasano.
• 20th August: Pure Wrestling Alliance is formed.
• 24th September: Pro Wrestling Warriors is formed.
• 26th September: Full Metal Wrestling is formed
• 03rd October: Extreme Championship Wrestling Federation is formed.
• 09th October: World Championship Wrestling is formed.
• 10th October: championship wrestling organization is formed.
• 24th October: Total Wrestling Annihilation is formed.
• 30th October: World Wrestling Entertainment is formed.
• 21st November: True Wrestling MAX is formed.
• 26th November: National Wrestling Alliance is formed from American Wrestling Alliance and Global Wrestling Alliance.
• 26th November: American Wrestling Alliance and Global Wrestling Alliance closed down due to lack of attendance. They merged as one as National Wrestling Alliance (see previous entry).
• 17th December: Unnecessary Roughness Wrestling League re-launches as a CAW Wrestling league.
• 20th December: PrYde Wrestling is formed by Logan Rutherford and the Chairman.

Notable 2006 deaths

• 3rd May: Ty Dhomie
• Carlene Hunter, wife of Hawaiian Hardhead

See also

• Help:Year articles - Information on editing and adding information to year articles.

An Ice Hockey Wiki article.

These events occured in 2006 in the world of hockey:

January

• January 4th: The Canadian National Team won a second consecutive gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championship held in Vancouver, Kamloops and Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
• January 8th: The Moscow Dynamo beats Kärpät Oulu on shootouts to win the 2006 European Champions Cup.

February

• February 6th: Rick Tocchet, then assistant-coach of the Phoenix Coyotes, was arrested by the New Jersey State Police on the suspicion that he was involved in illegal gambling. Wayne Gretzky's wife Janet was also implicated.
• February 17th: The Women's Swedish National Team defeated the Women's American National Team in the semifinals of the 2006 Olympics, marking the first time in history that the United States orCanada lose to another team than one another.
• February 26th: the Swedish National Team defeats their arch-rivals of the Finnish National Team 3-2 to win the men's gold medal of the 2006 Olympics.

March

April

May

• May 28th: The Quebec Remparts defeat the Moncton Wildcats 6-2 to win the Memorial Cup.

June

• Creation of the NHL Wiki, that would later, on March 13th 2008, merge with the IHW.

• June 1st: The Alaska Aces win the Kelly Cup by defeating the Gwinnett Gladiators 4 games to 1 in the Kelly Cup finals, becoming only the second team in ECHL history to win the Brabham Cup and Kelly Cup in the same season.

• June 6th: Chris Pronger's goal on Cam Ward marked the first successful penalty shot in the history of the Stanley Cup Finals.

• June 19th: The Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 to win their first ever Stanley Cup.

July

• July 13th: The National Women's Hockey League merged with the Western Women's Hockey League. The former name prevailed; the WWHL becomes the new Western Division of the NWHL.

August

September

October

• The Anaheim Ducks start their season under a new name by earning a point in 16 consecutive games, breaking the Edmonton Oilers' record of 15 established in 1984.

November

December

Other

• The Russian Ice Hockey Federation launched lawsuits against the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Calgary Flames after players Evgeni Malkin, Andrei Taratukhin and Alexei Mikhnov left their Russian teams to sign with the NHL despite having valid contracts in Europe.

• Evgeni malkin established a modern-day NHL record by scoring at least a goal in each of its six first matches. Only Joe Malone in history did better, with a 14 games streak in the inaugural season of the league.

From Marvel Database

All Comics for 2006 Without Month Designations

Essential Series Vol 1 Godzilla 1	Essential Series Vol 1 Punisher 1	Giant-Size X-Men Vol 1 4	Marvel Legacy: The 1960's Handbook Vol 1 1
Marvel Legacy: The 1970's Handbook Vol 1 1	Marvel Legacy: The 1980's Handbook Vol 1 1	Marvel Milestones: Rawhide Kid and Two-Gun Kid Vol 1 1	Marvel Westerns Outlaw Files Vol 1 1
Ms. Marvel Vol 2 3	Ms. Marvel Vol 2 4	Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 4	Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 5
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 6	Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Vol 1 7	The Amazing Spider-Girl Vol 1 2	X-Men Runaways Vol 1 A
X-Men: The 198 Files Vol 1 1

From the RuneScape Wiki, the wiki for all things RuneScape

Major Event

• RuneScape Knowledge Base introduced.

January

• 4 January - Mage Training Arena mini-game released.
• 10 January - Hand in the Sand quest released.
• 12 January - 5,000 RSC accounts are banned forever.
• 16 January - Agility Pyramid introduced.
• 19 January - Over 15,000 accounts were destroyed for Macroing in the 4th (present) version.
• 23 January - Enakhra's Lament quest released.
• 30 January - Runeversi and Runesquares were added to the Burthorpe Games Room.

February

• 7 February - Cabin Fever quest.
• 20 February - a bumper update (includes release of the Chaos Elemental and the Dragon Two Hander, more Treasure Trails rewards and graphics update in the following areas; Zanaris, Draynor Manor, Barbarian Village, Falador and Dark Wizards' Tower).
• 27 February - A Fairy Tale Part I quest.

March

• 7 March - Giant Mole, canoeing transport, and Zygomites are released.
• 15 March - The 100th Quest in RuneScape, Recipe for Disaster, is released.
• 22 March - In Aid of the Myreque quest released.
• 28 March - The Mini-game Temple Trekking is released.

April

• 3 April - The quest A Soul's Bane is released.
• 10 April - The Rag and Bone Man quest is released.
• 10 April - The 2006 Easter event comes out.
• 18 April - The Pest Control mini-game is released.

May

• 2 May - The quest Swan Song is released.
• 22 May - Royal Trouble quest released.
• 31 May - Player Owned Houses are released under the Construction Skill.

June

• 6 June - There was an infamous glitch during Cursed You's level 99 Construction party.
• 12 June - The Warriors' Guild is released.
• 21 June - Death to the Dorgeshuun quest released.

July

• 4 July - Stronghold of Security as well as Trouble Brewing minigame are released.
• 11 July - A Fairy Tale Part II quest is released.
• 17 July - The mini-game Pyramid Plunder is released.
• 24 July - The Lunar Diplomacy quest is released.
• 31 July - The smithable crossbows are released

August

• 7 August - Gnome Restaurant mini-game is released.
• 15 August - The Eyes of Glouphrie quest released.
• 22 August - New range and mage prayers and charter ships are released. The Dragon Axe is improved so it is better than the rune axe.
• 29 August - A graphical update for dragons, demons, and giants is released.
• 31 August - Area guides released for the RuneScape Knowledge Base.

September

• 4 September - The Darkness of Hallowvale is released
• 20 September - The quest Slug Menace is released
• 27 September - The skill tutors in Lumbridge, the makeover of the player interface, and area sound effects are all introduced.

October

• 2 October - The Elemental Workshop II is released.
• 18 October - The Achievement capes, and the costume room for the player Owned houses are released.
• 23 October - My Arm's Big Adventure quest is released.
• 30 October - The 2006 Halloween event is brought out.

November

• 6 November - Enlightened Journey quest is released.
• 21 November - Imp's get their graphical update. The Hunter skill is released
• 28 November - Eagles' Peak quest is released.

December

• 5 December - Third age equipment for Treasure Trails and makeovers for spiders, sheep and Gu'Tanoth.
• 12 December - Animal Magnetism quest released.
• 18 December - 2006 Christmas event

The Star Trek Expanded Universe Database is for fanon and related content. See Memory-Alpha.org for the canon Star Trek wiki.

Events

• James Kirk, Leonard McCoy and Spock arrive on Earth after traveling through the Guardian Of Forever to locate an unusual temporal signal. They discover Commodore Matthew Decker's shuttlecraft and retrieve microtapes which play an important part in correcting the timeline caused by the Planet Killer. (Star Trek: New Voyages: "In Harm's Way")

From Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki.

Star Wars: Legacy series begins June 2006.

A list of events in 2006 related to Star Wars.

January

• 04 – Republic #81 published.
• 11 – Star Wars Empire 39: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 4 published.
• 11 – Star Wars Republic 82: The Hidden Enemy, Part 2 published.
• 25 – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1: Commencement, Part 1 published.
• 31 – Outbound Flight (hardcover) published.

February

• 10 – Phil Brown dies.
• 13 – Star Wars Insider 86 shipped to subscribers.
• 14 – Empire at War Official Game Guide published.
• 16 – Star Wars: Empire at War released.
• 22 – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: Commencement, Part 2 published.
• 22 – Star Wars Empire 40: The Wrong Side of the War, Part 5 published.
• 28 – Republic Commando: Triple Zero published.
• February – Attack on Endor (Star Wars Miniatures) released.

March

• 06 – Evasive Action: Prey begins its release.
• 29 – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 3: Commencement, Part 3 published.
• 29 – The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition published.

April

• 01 – The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo published.
• 12 – Boba Fett: Overkill released.
• 12 – Star Wars Rebellion 1: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 1 published.
• 26 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 4: Commencement, Part 4 published.
• 26 – Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace published.

May

• 6 – Routine Valor published.
• 17 – Star Wars Rebellion 2: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 2 published.
• 25 – First celebration of the Nerd Pride Day, honoring the premier of "A New Hope" back in 1977.
• 27 – Paul Gleason died.
• 30 – Betrayal (hardcover) published.
• 31 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 5: Commencement, Part 5 published.

June

• 03 – Omnibus: X-wing Rogue Squadron Volume 1 published.
• 11 – Tim Hildebrandt dies.
• 13 – Star Wars Insider 88 published.
• 14 – Star Wars Rebellion 3: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 3 published.
• 21 – Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1 published.
• 26 – Rookies: No Turning Back webstrip begins.
• 27 – The New Essential Guide to Droids published.
• 27 – Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader mass market paperback reprint with Darth Bane: Path of Destruction excerpt published.
• 28 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6 published.

July

• 5 – Dark Horse Twenty Years published.
• 12 – Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2 published.
• 19 – Star Wars Rebellion 4: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 4 published.
• 26 – Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame published.
• 26 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 7: Flashpoint, Part 1 published.
• ?? – The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web published.

August

• 15 – Boba Fett: A Practical Man published.
• 29 – Bloodlines published.
• 29 – Lykke Nielsen died.
• 31 – What's The Story? Round 6 published in the Databank.

September

• 12 – Star Wars Trilogy: Unaltered DVDs released.
• 12 – LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy released.
• 13 – Dark Empire II Second Edition published.
• 13 – Star Wars Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3 published.
• 13 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2 released.
• 26 – Darth Bane: Path of Destruction released.
• 27 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3 released.

October

• 11 – Star Wars Legacy 4: Noob released.
• 24 – Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption released.
• 25 – Omnibus: X-wing Rogue Squadron Volume 2 released.
• 25 – Star Wars Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers (TPB) released.
• 25 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming released.
• 31 – The New Essential Guide to Alien Species released.

November

• 1 – Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4 released.
• 8 – Star Wars Dark Times 1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1 scheduled for release.
• 8 – Tag & Bink Were Here scheduled for release.
• 15 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3 scheduled for release.
• 17 – The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side released.
• 24 – Star Wars Miniatures: Starship Battles released.
• 28 – Tempest released.
• 29 – Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5 released.

December

• 6 – Star Wars Rebellion 5: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 5 released.
• 7 – Star Wars: Lethal Alliance released for PSP
• 13 – Star Wars: Lethal Alliance released for Nintendo DS
• 13 - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement (TPB) released.
• 27 – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 11: Reunion, Part 1 released.