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You wait for ages for a Doctor, and two come along in one year...

Another timeslip moment, dear reader.

Our Jedi friends and their Venator-class Star Destroyer have dropped us off in another galaxy, far, far away...

...well, 2005 actually - the year of the revival of Doctor Who after a 16-year hiatus, the London tube and bus terrorist bombings, the Royal Wedding of Charles and "Horse-Face" Camilla, Hurricane Katrina, Jerry Springer - The Opera, Ellen MacArthur, civil partnerships for gay couples (including that of Elton John and David Furnish), Batman Begins, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, the murder of "Dirty Den" in Eastenders, the final end of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, Kinky Boots, the Taliban, Joseph Ratzinger, Jean Charles de Menezes, George Galloway, digital downloads overtaking sales of physical singles, David Cameron, The Thick of It, a third general election victory for Blair's New Labour, the Tsunami Relief concert, Madagascar, the devastating Kashmir earthquake, Mrs Henderson Presents, the award of the Olympics 2012 to London, Eurovision winner Helena Paparizou, the trial of Saddam Hussein, Chip and PIN payments, David Attenborough’s Life in the Undergrowth, Desperate Housewives, John Sentamu, and the ban on hunting with dogs; the births of YouTube, Primark, Google Maps, the Roboraptor and Etsy; and the year that Anne Bancroft, Ronnie Barker, Sir John Mills, former PM Lord James Callaghan, Robin Cook, Mo Mowlam, Johnny Carson, Victoria de los Ángeles, Gretchen Franklin, Luther Vandross, Barbara Bel Geddes, Birgit Nilsson, Patsy Rowlands, Pope John Paul II, Rosa Parks, Prince Rainier, Littlewoods, Cyril Fletcher, Richard Whiteley, MG Rover and Arthur Miller all died.

Making the news headlines in November twenty years ago? 24-hour licences for pubs in England and Wales arrived, Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany, Charles and Camilla were on a state visit to the USA, the memorial service for former PM Sir Edward Heath was held in Westminster Abbey, it was goodbye Safeway and hello to Morrisons supermarkets, a Scottish man Andrew Stimpson was reportedly the first man "cured" of HIV, and we bade a fond farewell to footballing hero and playboy George Best. In our cinemas: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Nanny McPhee, The Legend of Zorro. On telly: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Little Britain moved to BBC1 from BBC3, Comic Relief (featuring Catherine Tate in EastEnders, BBC Newsreaders performing Bohemian Rhapsody, and a brand new Doctor Who adventure with David Tennant).

And in our charts this week in November 2005? Westlife (yawn) held the top slot, and also present and correct were Arctic Monkeys, Pussycat Dolls, Pharrell ft Gwen Stefani, Craig David, Robbie Williams, Goldfrapp, Hilary Duff and Kate Bush. This classic, however (a recent Number 1) was still holding its own...

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Two decades ago? How did that happen???!!!