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== Behind the scenes ==

=== [[January]] ===
* [[11 January|11]] - [[Peter Pratt]], who portrayed [[the Master]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'', dies.
* [[19 January|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[The Romance of Crime]]'' is first published.

=== [[February]] ===
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' is first published.
* [[16 February|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'' is first published. [[Ace]] leaves the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series a second time with this novel, this time for good, though she would make cameo appearances later.
** [[DWN]]/[[MA]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' is first published. This novelisation of the [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|Ghosts of N-Space]]'' audio drama is the first novelisation of any ''Doctor Who'' story to not be released under the now-retired [[Target Books]] banner. Instead, it is published as part of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line, making it the first [[Third Doctor]] book of that line (although not an original story). It is the last novelisation of a BBC-produced ''Doctor Who'' story to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]] and the last until [[BBC Books]] published [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' in 1996. The radio play itself isn't broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] until close to a year later.
* [[22 February|22]] - [[Nicholas Pennell]] ([[David Winton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') dies from [[cancer]] in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

=== [[March]] ===
* [[6 March|6]] - [[Alan Haywood]], who played [[Hector]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', dies from a heart attack.
* [[16 March|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'' is first published. This [[Sixth Doctor]] novel introduces new companion [[Grant Markham]]. The Sixth Doctor is the only Doctor to receive a new, literary only companion in the MA series.

=== [[April]] ===
* [[Jon Pertwee]] reprises the role of the [[Third Doctor]] for the final time, filming scenes for the unofficial fan film ''[[Devious]]''.
* [[20 April|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]'' is first published. First original [[Third Doctor]] novel.

=== [[May]] ===
* [[18 May|18]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' is first published. This novel would later be adapted for television by its author ([[Paul Cornell]]) for the third series of the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[2007]] (see [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]''). The renders ''Human Nature'' one of a handful of licensed novels whose canonicity is in question.
** [[MA]]: ''[[The Menagerie]]'' is first published. First original [[Second Doctor]] novel.
** [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' is first published.

=== [[June]] ===
* [[15 June|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'' is first published, introducing new literary companions [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. Cwej is the first gay companion to be depicted in an official piece of ''Doctor Who'' fiction.
** [[MA]]: ''[[System Shock]]'' is first published.

=== [[July]] ===
* [[20 July|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' is first published.
** [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'' is first published.
** [[Virgin Publishing]] releases a paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Celebration]]'' by [[Peter Haining]], 12 years after the hardcover was first issued.
* [[27 July|27]] - The 1996 edition of the [[Doctor Who Yearbook (1996)|Doctor Who Yearbook]] is published by [[Marvel Comics]] (unlike previous editions, the title bears no date). This is the fifth and final Yearbook to be published by Marvel. The [[Doctor Who Annual|Annual]] concept would be revived once again a decade later.

=== [[August]] ===
* [[7 August|7]] - [[Dursley McLinden]], who played [[Mike Smith]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', dies.
* [[10 August|10]] - [[Donald Bisset]], who played [[Colin McLaren]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'', dies in [[London]].
* [[17 August|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]'' is first published.
** [[Virgin Publishing]] issues a new paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]''.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]'' is published in paperback.

=== [[September]] ===
* [[Alan Bromly]] (director of [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'') dies.
* [[21 September|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'' is first published.

=== [[October]] ===
* [[16 October|16]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Companions]]'' first published.
* [[19 October|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' is first published, featuring the return of [[Mel]].
** [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'' is first published.

=== Late 1995 ===
* Who fandom is taken by surprise with the announcement that the American network, Fox, is to co-produce with the BBC a made-for-television film reviving ''Doctor Who'', as a possible "pilot" for a new series. The producers announce that [[Paul McGann]] has been cast as the [[Eighth Doctor|new Doctor]], but [[Sylvester McCoy]] will also appear as the [[Seventh Doctor]], making the film a continuation of the original series rather than a remake or reboot. [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' is scheduled to air in the spring of 1996. Filming is to take place in Vancouver, Canada, marking not only the first time a ''Doctor Who'' story has been filmed in North America, but also the first time a story had been completely mounted outside the United Kingdom (previously foreign location filming had been done, with studio filming still in Britain).

=== [[November]] ===
* [[16 November|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'' is first published.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Blacklight]]'' is first published.
* [[26 November|26]] - "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", an episode of the American animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' broadcast in the United States. This episode features an animated caricature of [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and is the first of several on-screen references to ''Doctor Who'' the series would make over the next decade.

=== [[December]] ===
* [[7 December|07]] - [[DWN]]/[[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'' is first published. Published under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line, this book is a novelisation of the unofficial fan film [[RP]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' and is the second of three post-[[Target Books]] novelisations to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]]. It is also the first time such a production has been adapted in this way. The middle of the novel adapts the film, with a framing story involving the [[Seventh Doctor]] and companions added.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Lords of the Storm]]'' is first published.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]]'' is first published.
* [[11 December|11]] - The [[wikipedia:Outpost Gallifrey|Outpost Gallifrey]] website and [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Forum|Doctor Who Forum]] are launched by [[Shaun Lyon]]. With modifications and name changes along the way, they run until 2009.
* [[16 December|16]] - [[Tony Then]] ([[Lee]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') dies in Singapore.

=== Unknown ===
* [[Panini Comics]] takes over the publishing rights to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' from [[Marvel Comics UK]].
* A "Special Edition" of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' is released by [[BBC Video]], featuring updated special effects, reordered scenes, new musical scoring, and other new footage. The Special Edition is heavily criticised by some fans, as well as by [[John Nathan-Turner]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* The novel ''[[wikipedia:The Bloody Red Baron|The Bloody Red Baron]]'' by [[wikipedia:Kim Newman|Kim Newman]] is first published. Part of the ''Anno Dracula'' series, which included as a gimmick the cameo appearances of many varied characters from other novels as well as TV shows and movies. Making an appearance in this book: [[Jennifer Buckingham|Lady Jennifer Buckingham]] from [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]''.