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| * [[Metropolitan]] magazine launches. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Amorality Tale (novel)|Amorality Tale]]'') | | * [[Metropolitan]] magazine launches. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Amorality Tale (novel)|Amorality Tale]]'') |
| * [[Dodo Chaplet]] gave [[Steven Taylor]] a diary for this year, which she found in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], on his birthday ([[10 February]]). ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'') | | * [[Dodo Chaplet]] gave [[Steven Taylor]] a diary for this year, which she found in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], on his birthday ([[10 February]]). ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return of the Rocket Men (audio story)|Return of the Rocket Men]]'') |
| * [[7 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. This was the last purely historical ''Doctor Who'' episode until [[TV]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' in [[1982]].
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| * [[13 January]] - Actor [[Jack Cunningham]] died.
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| * [[14 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * 14 - The final instalment of ''[[The Dalek Chronicles|The Daleks]]'' comic strip was published in ''[[TV Century 21]]''.
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| * [[21 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * 21 - The Daleks made their first appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip appearing in ''[[TV Comic]]''.
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| * [[28 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[4 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[11 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[18 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[25 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[4 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. This was the last use of the original [[1963]] [[Title sequence|opening credits sequence and]] theme arrangement.
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| * [[7 March]] - Actor [[Michael Peake]] died.
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| * [[11 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. A new title sequence and [[Doctor Who logo#Logo Two|updated logo]] and a [[Doctor Who theme#The second version|new arrangement]] of the theme with added echo debuted; with some adjustments, this theme arrangement remained in use until [[1980]]. This was the first appearance of the lead actor's face in the opening credits, a practice in use until 1989.
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| * 11 - Actor [[John Barrowman]] was born.
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| * [[18 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[25 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[1 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[8 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' script by [[Malcolm Hulke]].
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| * [[15 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[22 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[29 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[30 April]] - Actor [[Steven Mackintosh]] was born.
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| * [[6 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
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| * [[13 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. This was the final appearance of [[Michael Craze]] and [[Anneke Wills]].
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| * [[20 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[27 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of [[Deborah Watling]] as new companion [[Victoria Waterfield]].
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| * [[3 June]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[10 June]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[17 June]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
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| * [[19 June]] - Actor [[Chris Larkin]] was born.
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| * [[24 June]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
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| * Unknown date: The ''Doctor Who and the Daleks'' comic strip in ''TV Comic'' reverted to ''Doctor Who'' after [[Terry Nation]] withdrew the rights to the Daleks.
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| * [[1 July]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast, ending the fourth season. According to [[REF]]: ''[[The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book]]'', [[Terry Nation]] withdrew the rights to use to the [[Dalek]]s from the BBC to attempt launching a spinoff series; as a result, except for a couple of references, the Daleks did not properly appear again until 1972's [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]''.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' received its first American paperback publication by Avon Books. This was the first ''Doctor Who'' novel to be published in the US and the only American edition published until the late 1970s.
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| * [[12 July]] - Actor Richard Herring was born.
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| * [[18 July]] - Writer [[Paul Cornell]] was born.
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| * [[22 July]] - The monster movie ''Kingu Kongu no gyakushû'' was released in Japan. In 1968 the film was renamed ''King Kong Escapes'' and was released in the US. The English-language version of the film was notable for the name given to the villain of the piece -- Dr. Who.
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| * A film adaptation of ''The Winter's Tale'' received initial showings in the US. The film featured [[Tom Baker]], making his film debut, in a bit role.
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| * The third ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1968|Doctor Who Annual]]'' was published.
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| * [[1 September]] - Actor [[Steve Pemberton]] was born.
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| * [[2 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast, marking the start of [[Season 5]].
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| * [[9 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[23 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[25 September]] - Actor [[Jack Bligh]] died.
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| * [[30 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[1 October]] - ''The Prisoner'' debuted on British television. The theme music for the series was composed by [[Ron Grainer]] and was arguably his best-known work outside of the "[[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]]".
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| * [[5 October]] - Actor [[Chris Larkin]] was born.
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| * [[7 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[14 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[21 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[28 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
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| * [[4 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Abominable Snowmen]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
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| * [[11 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 November]] - [[Peter Purves]] began a ten-year run as a presenter on ''[[Blue Peter]]''. During this time the former [[Steven Taylor]] actor presented many segments devoted to ''Doctor Who''.
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| * [[18 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[25 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
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| * [[2 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
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| * [[9 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
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| * [[16 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
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| * [[23 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[30 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
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