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==== [[December]] ==== | ==== [[December]] ==== | ||
* [[8th December |8]] - | * [[8th December |8]] - Knowing of the impending assassination of former [[Beatle]] [[John Lennon]], [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] have traveled to [[New York City]]. [[Mark David Chapman]], influenced by [[the Blue]], shoots and kills him anyway. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'') | ||
* [[25th December |25]] - Professor [[Edward Travers]], CBE, dies. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | * [[25th December |25]] - Professor [[Edward Travers]], CBE, dies. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | ||
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==== [[August]] ==== | ==== [[August]] ==== | ||
* [[6th August|6]] - [[Barry Justice]] (King [[Charles IX]] in ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'') dies in [[London]]. | * [[6th August|6]] - [[Barry Justice]] (King [[Charles IX]] in ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'') dies in [[London]]. | ||
* [[21st August|21]] - Publication ''[[Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]''. For the | * [[21st August|21]] - Publication ''[[Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]''. For the first time in several years, [[Target Books]] had released more than one book on the same day. | ||
* [[30th August|30]] - First episode of ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' broadcast, launching a longer-than-usual season that is [[Tom Baker]]'s final season and the first series produced by [[John Nathan-Turner]]. Among the numerous changes evident with this episode is the introduction of a radically different arrangement of the [[Doctor Who theme]] by [[Peter Howell]] and a new neon-tubing style [[Doctor Who logo|series logo]]. | * [[30th August|30]] - First episode of ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' broadcast, launching a longer-than-usual season that is [[Tom Baker]]'s final season and the first series produced by [[John Nathan-Turner]]. Among the numerous changes evident with this episode is the introduction of a radically different arrangement of the [[Doctor Who theme]] by [[Peter Howell]] and a new neon-tubing style [[Doctor Who logo|series logo]]. | ||
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*With [[DWM Issue 44|Issue 44]], ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' goes from weekly to monthly. | |||
==== [[September]] ==== | ==== [[September]] ==== | ||
* [[6th September|6]] - [[DW]]:''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | * [[6th September|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | ||
* [[13th September|13]] - [[DW]]:''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | * [[13th September|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | ||
* [[20th September|20]] - [[DW]]:''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | * [[20th September|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | ||
* [[27th September|27]] - | * [[27th September|27]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | ||
==== [[October]] ==== | ==== [[October]] ==== | ||
* [[4th October|4]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | * [[4th October|4]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | ||
* [[11th October|11]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | * [[11th October|11]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | ||
* [[16th October|16]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon]]''. Although the series branding has changed to a new logo, the | * [[16th October|16]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon]]''. (Although the series branding has changed to [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|a new logo]], the [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Four|the previous logo]] is still used by [[Target Books]] for several more volumes. | ||
* [[18th October|18]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | * [[18th October|18]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | ||
* [[25th October|25]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | * [[25th October|25]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | ||
==== [[November]] ==== | ==== [[November]] ==== | ||
* [[1st November|1]] - | * [[1st November|1]] - ''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | ||
* [[8th November|8]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | * [[8th November|8]] - -[[DW]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | ||
* [[13th November|13]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' | * [[13th November|13]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' published. This is a short version of ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' aimed at younger readers and is one of two "Junior Doctor Who" books released in 1980. Reportedly the book was originally to have been released in [[1978]]. | ||
* [[15th November|15]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | * [[15th November|15]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | ||
* [[22nd November|22]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | * [[22nd November|22]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | ||
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==== [[December]] ==== | ==== [[December]] ==== | ||
* [[4th December|4]] - Publication of | * [[4th December|4]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon]]''. | ||
* [[6th December|6]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | * [[6th December|6]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | ||
* [[8th December|8]] - | * [[8th December|8]] - Ex-[[Beatle]] [[John Lennon]], who appeared as himself in ''[[The Chase]]'' is shot and killed by [[Mark David Chapman]] outside his home in [[New York City]]. | ||
* [[13th December|13]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | * [[13th December|13]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | ||
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* Spring-summer: [[John Nathan-Turner]] takes over as | * Spring-summer: [[John Nathan-Turner]] takes over as [[Producer]] of ''Doctor Who''. Among the changes he implements is the introduction of [[Doctor_Who_theme#The_1980s|a new arrangement]] of the theme song by [[Peter Howell]], an updated opening credits sequence, and the announcement that the [[Season 18|1980-81 season]] will be [[Tom Baker]]'s last as the Doctor. | ||
* ''Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot'', a short version of ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' aimed at younger readers is published. | * ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'', a short version of ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' aimed at younger readers is published. | ||
* | *[[The Adventures of K9]], a children's book series by [[David Martin]], are published by [[Sparrow Books]]. | ||
* [[Tom Baker]] and [[Lalla Ward]] appear as [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] in a series of commercials for Australian television, advertising Prime Computers (an early home microcomputer). While most of the commmercials feature them in their standard character roles, the final commercial in the series has Romana flirting with the Doctor and ends with the Doctor proposing marriage to her! | * [[Tom Baker]] and [[Lalla Ward]] appear as [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] in a series of commercials for Australian television, advertising Prime Computers (an early home microcomputer). While most of the commmercials feature them in their standard character roles, the final commercial in the series has Romana flirting with the Doctor and ends with the Doctor proposing marriage to her! | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 13 September 2008
Events
Doctor Who Universe
Unknown dates
- Victoria Waterfield visits Det-sen Monastery in Tibet, believing she is following a summons from her father. (MA: Downtime).
- Sarah Jane Smith claimed to Lawrence Scarman that she have come from the year 1980, though this is disputed. (DW: Pyramids of Mars; see UNIT dating controversy).
- Dr. Owen Harper, Torchwood 3 operative, is born. (WEB:torchwood.co.uk)
December
- 8 - Knowing of the impending assassination of former Beatle John Lennon, The Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield have traveled to New York City. Mark David Chapman, influenced by the Blue, shoots and kills him anyway. (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
- 25 - Professor Edward Travers, CBE, dies. (MA: Downtime)
Negated timeline
- The Doctor brings Sarah Jane Smith and Laurence Scarman from 1911 and shows them what 1980 would look like if Sutekh had succeeded in freeing himself, a lifeless Earth orbiting a dead sun. This example of alternate time convinces Sarah that they must return to 1911 and stop Sutekh. (DW: Pyramids of Mars)
Real World
January
- 5 - DW:The Horns of Nimon Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 12 - DW:The Horns of Nimon Episode 4 first broadcast, bringing an end to the season six weeks earlier than planned due to the cancellation of Shada. Final episode to feature the original 1960s arrangement by Delia Derbyshire of the Doctor Who theme music, specifically the arrangement introduced in the 1967 serial The Macra Terror. Also final use of the diamond-shaped series logo and Bernard Lodge "tunnel" opening sequence.
- 24
- Publication of Doctor Who and the Underworld.
- American edition of Doctor Who and the Android Invasion published by Pinnacle Books.
February
- 4 - Former Script Editor and writer David Whitaker dies in Australia.
- 21 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time.
March
- 20 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood, in both the UK by Target Books and the US by Pinnacle Books. This was the last re-print of a Doctor Who novelisation by Pinnacle.
April
- 24 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara.
May
- 26 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll.
June
- 26 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor. Due to the inability of Target Books to come to an agreement with Douglas Adams, this would ultimately be the last of the Key to Time- arc serials to be novelised. The remaining serial, The Pirate Planet, would not be novelised.
- Doctor Who Magazine begins publishing Doctor Who comics written by future comics superstar writer Alan Moore.
August
- 6 - Barry Justice (King Charles IX in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve) dies in London.
- 21 - Publication Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus and Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden. For the first time in several years, Target Books had released more than one book on the same day.
- 30 - First episode of The Leisure Hive broadcast, launching a longer-than-usual season that is Tom Baker's final season and the first series produced by John Nathan-Turner. Among the numerous changes evident with this episode is the introduction of a radically different arrangement of the Doctor Who theme by Peter Howell and a new neon-tubing style series logo.
Unknown
- With Issue 44, Doctor Who Weekly goes from weekly to monthly.
September
- 6 - DW: The Leisure Hive Episode 2 first broadcast.
- 13 - DW: The Leisure Hive Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 20 - DW: The Leisure Hive Episode 4 first broadcast.
- 27 - Meglos Episode 1 first broadcast.
October
- 4 - DW:Meglos Episode 2 first broadcast.
- 11 - DW:Meglos Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 16 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon. (Although the series branding has changed to a new logo, the the previous logo is still used by Target Books for several more volumes.
- 18 - DW:Meglos Episode 4 first broadcast.
- 25 - DW:Full Circle Episode 1 first broadcast.
November
- 1 - Full Circle Episode 2 first broadcast.
- 8 - -DW: Full Circle Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 13 - Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius published. This is a short version of Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius aimed at younger readers and is one of two "Junior Doctor Who" books released in 1980. Reportedly the book was originally to have been released in 1978.
- 15 - DW:Full Circle Episode 4 first broadcast.
- 22 - DW:State of Decay Episode 1 first broadcast.
- 29 - DW:State of Decay Episode 2 first broadcast.
December
- 4 - Publication of Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon.
- 6 - DW:State of Decay Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 8 - Ex-Beatle John Lennon, who appeared as himself in The Chase is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman outside his home in New York City.
- 13 - DW:State of Decay Episode 4 first broadcast.
Unknown dates
- Spring-summer: John Nathan-Turner takes over as Producer of Doctor Who. Among the changes he implements is the introduction of a new arrangement of the theme song by Peter Howell, an updated opening credits sequence, and the announcement that the 1980-81 season will be Tom Baker's last as the Doctor.
- Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot, a short version of Doctor Who and the Giant Robot aimed at younger readers is published.
- The Adventures of K9, a children's book series by David Martin, are published by Sparrow Books.
- Tom Baker and Lalla Ward appear as The Doctor and Romana in a series of commercials for Australian television, advertising Prime Computers (an early home microcomputer). While most of the commmercials feature them in their standard character roles, the final commercial in the series has Romana flirting with the Doctor and ends with the Doctor proposing marriage to her!
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