From the Archives .....

Today I'm re-re-rewatching "Tooth and Claw", the Second 'normal' DoctorDavid episode and, after the opening credits ......
http://www.chakoteya.net/DoctorWho/28-2.htm
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TARDIS (Rose has changed into denim mini-dungarees).
ROSE: What do you think of this? Will it do?
DOCTOR: In the late 1970s? You'd be better off in a bin bag. Hold on, listen to this.
(The Doctor puts a CD into the Tardis player.)
DOCTOR: Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Number One in 1979.
ROSE: You're a punk.
DOCTOR: It's good to be a lunatic.
ROSE: That's what you are. A big old punk with a bit of rockabillly thrown in.
DOCTOR: Would you like to see him?
ROSE: How'd you mean? In concert?
DOCTOR: What else is a Tardis for? I can take you to the Battle of Trafalgar, the first anti-gravity Olympics, Caesar crossing the Rubicon or Ian Dury at the Top Rank, Sheffield, England, Earth, 21st November, 1979. What do you think?
ROSE: Sheffield it is.
DOCTOR: Hold on tight.
(The Doctor beats the rhythm of the song on the console as they travel.)
ROSE: Stop!
(They stop suddenly, and get thrown to the floor.)
DOCTOR: 1979. Hell of a year. China invades Vietnam. The Muppet Movie. Love that film. Margaret Thatcher. Urgh. Skylab falls to Earth, with a little help from me. Nearly took off my thumb.
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O.K., so this episode was made in about 2006'ish .... and, in that last line, DoctorDavid states that China invaded Vietnam in 1979!!
Did I miss that in RL?? Or does this happen in an alternate Time Line or on an alternate Earth??
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Daniel