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===[[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]].  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]] - [[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. Events of (parts of) [[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.
*[[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]]'').
*[[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]]'').


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==== [[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. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


==== [[September]] ====
==== [[September]] ====
* A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[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. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


==== [[December]] ====
==== [[December]] ====
* ([[1st December|1]] - [[14th December |14]]) - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* [[1st December|1]] - [[14th December |14]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


* [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] leaves [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in [[America]]. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] leaves [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in [[America]]. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


* [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she is out of the country. ([[K-9 & Company]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
* [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she is out of the country. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


* [[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]]) - . ([[KAC]]: ''[[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 cult of [[Hecate]] 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. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


===Real World===
===Real World===
==== [[January]] ====
==== [[January]] ====
* [[2nd January |02]] - [[Victor Carin]], who played [[Virgil Earp]] in "[[The Gunfighters]]," dies from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
* [[2nd January |2]] - [[Victor Carin]] ([[Virgil Earp]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'') dies from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
* [[3rd January | 03]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast
* [[3rd January |3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[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".
* [[5th January |5]] - ''[[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
* [[10th January | 10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[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.
* [[15th January | 15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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.
* [[17th January | 17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[24th January | 24]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[24th January | 24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[31st January | 31]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.
* [[31st January | 31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.


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




==== [[March]] ====
==== [[March]] ====
* [[7th March | 07]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[7th March | 7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast
* [[14th March | 14]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
* [[14th March | 14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[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]] - [[DW]]: ''[[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]], 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]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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.  


==== [[October]] ====
==== [[October]] ====
 
* [[15th October | 15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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 their "Five Faces of Doctor Who" special series re-broadcasts. The [[Target Books]] line switches to the then-current [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|"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]].
* [[2nd November |2]] - "The Five Faces of Doctor Who" special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first episode of [[DW]]: ''[[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]]
* [[3rd November |3]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode 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]].
* [[4th November |4]] - 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]]
* [[5th November |5]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' 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]] - [[KAC]]: ''[[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]].  


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* [[Steven Scott]], who played [[Kebble]] in "[[The Power of the Daleks]]," dies.
* [[Steven Scott]] ([[Kebble]] in [[DW]]: "[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') dies.


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