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'''1973''' was a [[year]].

== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[23 February]], the [[Vietnam War]] ended with no clear victor. At the same time, [[Doctor]] [[Albert Gilroy]] invented his [[artificial intelligence]] [[Isley]], and [[Major]] [[Geoffrey Redvers]] arrived home in [[Chicago]] from his post in [[Saigon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nuclear Time (novel)}})

On a [[Thursday]] in [[July]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] purchased an office in [[South Kensington]]. For the next three days, Iris and Panda occasionally visited the office to drop off dangerous artefacts collected during their adventures.

On the [[Friday]], [[Anthony Marvelle]] visited Iris' office and stole the [[Blithe Pinking Shears]].

On the [[Saturday]], Iris and Panda vaporised their office, destroying everything inside. Also that day, [[Vince Cosmos]] performed at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]] with the [[Tomorrow Twins]] playing support. He was attacked by [[Martian Time Agents]] and rescued by [[Panda]] and [[Simon (Enter Wildthyme)|Simon]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Enter Wildthyme (novel)}})

On [[24 December]], the [[Third Doctor]] pursued [[Casimer]] to [[Sommerton Manor]] in [[Shrewsbury]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sommerton Fetch (short story)}})

=== Undated ===
A film version of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' was released. [[Genetics|Genetic]] material from its principal stars, [[Michael York]], [[Oliver Reed]], [[Richard Chamberlain]] and [[Frank Finlay]], was used to create [[Reprise]]s of [[d'Artagnan]], [[Athos]], [[Aramis]] and [[Porthos]] in [[Europa (Managra)|Europa]] in the [[33rd century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Managra (novel)}})

According to some accounts, the [[Third Doctor]]'s [[exile on Earth]] ended in this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}, {{cs|The Spear of Destiny (short story)}} et al.) [[Iris Wildthyme]] was also exiled to Earth in this year. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Land of Wonder (audio story)}})

An [[archaeological]] expedition led by [[Aubrey Prior]] stripped the tomb of [[Nephthys]] in [[Egypt]]. They told the workers it would be rebuilt in the [[British Museum]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sands of Time (novel)}})

The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]] fought a [[vampire]] in [[Los Angeles]]. While they were there, they met the horror film star [[Vita Monet]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Elixir of Doom (audio story)}})

[[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] took her son [[Johnny Chess|John]] to the [[British Museum]] to look at the [[Roman]] exhibit. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}})

A young woman was abducted by the [[Sisters of St Matilda]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})

A [[fascism|fascist]] coup occurred in [[Chile]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})

[[Steven (Have You Seen This Man?)|Steven]] saw the [[Ninth Doctor]] at a [[roller-disco (Have You Seen This Man?)|roller-disco]], and when he wrote about this encounter decades later on [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]], he wrote that he thought the Doctor had not aged a day. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})

[[Slade]]'s "[[Merry Xmas Everybody]]" was released this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Persistence of Memory (short story)}})

[[Jo Grant]] played [[Aladdin]], [[Mike Yates]] played [[Widow Twankey]] and the [[Third Doctor]] played the villain in the [[UNIT]] staff [[Christmas]] panto. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}, {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}})

An "unfortunate incident" at the [[Henrik's]] [[Christmas party]] between [[Bernie Wilson]] and [[Erica Forsyth]] resulted in the former's demotion from Household Appliances to [[Junior Subordinate Caretaker]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})

The [[Powell Estate]] was built. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})

== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[12 December]], [[Madeline Burton]] died in [[Paris]] from a drug overdose. The [[Revolution Man cult]] collapsed without her influence. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revolution Man (novel)}})

=== Undated ===
[[Jasper Adeola]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Nightvisiting (TV story)}})

[[Noël Coward]] died. He knew in advance that he would die during this year due to his status as a [[time travel]]ler. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)}})

[[Kathleen Dudman]], [[Ace]]'s maternal grandmother, died this year. Although she was only three years old at the time, Ace distinctly remembered that her mother [[Audrey Dudman|Audrey]] cried for days afterwards. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Night Thoughts (audio story)}})

== Other ==
Celebrities active during this year included [[Gary Glitter]], [[Suzi Quatro]], [[David Bowie]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Verdigris (novel)}}) and [[Vince Cosmos]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Enter Wildthyme (novel)}})

== Behind the scenes ==
* In a deleted scene from ''[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]'', it was stated that [[Elton Pope]] was born in 1973.

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