2012 on Futurama & Dr. Who & X-Files

So it must be true! According to Wikipedia:

...on Futurama, the year of the War of 2012, during which comedian/talk-show host Conan O'Brien lost his "freakishly long legs".

In The X-Files, aliens are expected to invade Earth on December 22 and take over the world.

According to the Doctor Who episode Dalek, on this year a Dalek breaks loose under the Utah salt plains and plans to kill every living thing on Earth. The episode also predicts that by this year a billionaire named Henry van Statten will be the most powerful man on Earth, claiming to own the Internet itself.