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== Events ==
== Events ==


=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===
===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
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* [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')
* [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')


==== [[February]] ====
==== [[February]] ====
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]].  Events of ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.  Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard the [[TARDIS]] on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow]] Airport.
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]].  Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard [[the TARDIS]] on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow]] Airport. A wave of [[entropy]] destroys most of the [[universe]].  
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but is interrupted by the events of ''[[Four to Doomsday]]''.
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'').


==== [[March]] ====
==== [[March]] ====
*[[1st March|1]] - Following a lethal fall from the Pharos Project's dish, the [[Fourth Doctor]] regenerates into the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]]. ([[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
*[[1st March|1]] - Following a lethal fall from the Pharos Project's dish, [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] [[regenerate]]s. ([[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor|regenerated Doctor]] and his companions, except for Adric, manage to escape.


==== [[June]] ====
==== [[June]] ====
*[[Peter Tracey]] is given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
*[[Peter Tracey]] is given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
====[[July]]====
*[[7th July|7]] - British musical group [[Soft Cell]] release their single, ''[[Tainted Love]]'', which would go on to become recognized as a classic of early-1980s pop music. It is destined to be preserved until at the year [[5,000,000,000]] when it is revered as a piece of classical music from old Earth. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World]]''


==== [[September]] ====
==== [[September]] ====
* A hailstorm srikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys [[Commander Pollock]]'s crops. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys [[Commander Pollock]]'s crops. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
 


==== [[December]] ====
==== [[December]] ====
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* [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]]) - . ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] opens the crate left by Lavinia and activates [[K-9 Mark III]], who has been waiting for her since [[1978]].
* [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]]) - . ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] opens the crate left by Lavinia and activates [[K-9 Mark III]], who has been waiting for her since [[1978]].


* [[29th December|29]] - Members of the [[witch]]'s coven at Moreton Harwood are tried for attempted murder. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* [[29th December|29]] - Members of the cult of [[Hecate]] at Moreton Harwood are tried for attempted murder. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
 
=== History of ''Doctor Who'' ===
 


===Real World===
==== [[January]] ====
==== [[January]] ====
* [[2nd January |02]] - [[Victor Carin]], who played [[Virgil Earp]] in "[[The Gunfighters]]," dies from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
* [[2nd January |02]] - [[Victor Carin]], who played [[Virgil Earp]] in "[[The Gunfighters]]," dies from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
 
* [[3rd January | 03]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast
* [[3rd January | 03]] - [[Warriors' Gate]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
* [[5th January | 05]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuts on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series would include a cameo appearance by [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day".
 
* [[10th January | 10]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[5th January | 05]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuts on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' novel, the series would include a pre-Doctor cameo appearance by [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day".
* [[15th January | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible.
 
* [[17th January | 17]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[10th January | 10]] - [[Warriors' Gate]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[24th January | 24]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
 
* [[31st January | 31]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.
* [[15th January | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' First Published. Beginning with this release and continuing until [[1991]], [[Target Books]] will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible.
 
* [[17th January | 17]] - [[Warriors' Gate]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[24th January | 24]] - [[Warriors' Gate]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[31st January | 31]] - [[The Keeper of Traken]] Episode 1 First Broadcast


==== [[February]] ====
==== [[February]] ====
 
* [[7th February | 07]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast.
 
* [[14th February | 14]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 3 first Broadcast
* [[7th February | 07]] - [[The Keeper of Traken]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[21st February | 21]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 4 first Broadcast
 
* [[21st February | 21]] - Death of [[Doctor Who theme]] composer [[Ron Grainer]].
* [[14th February | 14]] - [[The Keeper of Traken]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[28th February | 28]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.
 
* [[21st February | 21]] - [[The Keeper of Traken]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[21st February | 21]] - [[Ron Grainer]] dies
 
* [[28th February | 28]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 1 First Broadcast




==== [[March]] ====
==== [[March]] ====
 
* [[7th March | 07]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[7th March | 07]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[14th March | 14]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[14th March | 14]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[21st March | 21]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series is credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor").
* [[21st March | 21]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series is credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor").
 
* [[28th March |28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who plays [[Ianto Jones]] is born in Newport, [[Wales]].
* [[28th March |28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who plays [[Ianto Jones]] in [[Torchwood]], [[The Stolen Earth]] and [[Journeys End]] is born in Newport, [[Wales]].


==== [[April]] ====
==== [[April]] ====
 
* [[17th April | 17]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' First Published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book is controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the [[Target Books]] line to use [[Doctor Who logo#logo four|the "diamond logo"]] for a while.  
* [[17th April | 17]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' First Published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book is controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This is the final release in the [[Target Books]] line to use the  old series logo from 1973-80 (the logo would next appear on a Target novelization in the early 1990s).


==== [[October]] ====
==== [[October]] ====


* [[15th October | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], is first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]]. The [[Target Books]] line switches to the then-current "neon tubing" series logo with this release.
* [[15th October | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], is first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]] as part of the Five Faces of Doctor Who. The [[Target Books]] line switches to the then-current Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|"neon tubing" series logo]] with this release.


==== [[November]] ====
==== [[November]] ====
 
* [[2nd November | 02]] - The Five Faces of Doctor Who special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first episode of ''[[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]. It airs in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
 
* [[3rd November | 03]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
* [[2nd November | 02]] - Third television Broadcast of [[An Unearthly Child]] in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
* [[4th November | 04]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
 
* [[5th November | 05]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
* [[3rd November | 03]] - Second television Broadcast of [[The Cave of Skulls]] in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
 
* [[4th November | 04]] - Second television Broadcast of [[The Forest of Fear]] in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
 
* [[5th November | 05]] - Second television Broadcast of [[The Firemaker]] in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]


==== [[December]] ====
==== [[December]] ====
 
* [[28th December | 28]] - ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K-9 & Company]]'' is first Broadcast. The pilot features [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and introduces [[K-9 Mark III]].  
 
* [[28th December | 28]] - [[A Girl's Best Friend |K9 and Company - A Girl's Best Friend]] First Broadcast. This is an attempt at launching a spin-off series, but is not successful.


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* [[Steven Scott]], who played [[Kebble]] in "[[The Power of the Daleks]]," dies.
* [[Steven Scott]], who played [[Kebble]] in "[[The Power of the Daleks]]," dies.


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November

  • 02 - The Five Faces of Doctor Who special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first episode of [[[An Unearthly Child]], the very first episode of Doctor Who. It airs in the UK on BBC Two.
  • 03 - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode of An Unearthly Child) in the UK on BBC Two
  • 04 - Second television Broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third episode of An Unearthly Child in the UK on BBC Two.
  • 05 - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last episode of An Unearthly Child in the UK on BBC Two

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