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| * In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], [[Konstantin Chernenko]] was succeeded as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Khrushgov]]. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') | | * In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], [[Konstantin Chernenko]] was succeeded as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Khrushgov]]. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') |
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| * [[4 January]] - Actor [[Lenora Crichlow]] was born.
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| * [[5 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, launching the ill-fated [[Season 22]]. Beginning with this episode, the series moved to forty-five-minute episodes and returned to once-a-week broadcasts.
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| * [[12 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[19 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[26 January]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[2 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of [[Kate O'Mara]] as [[the Rani]].
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| * [[4 February]] - Studio production concluded on [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', concluding ''Doctor Who'' production for the season just prior to the announcement of 27 February, which appeared to make this the final production session ever. Production resumed more than a year later.
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| * [[6 February]] - Actor [[Neil McCarthy]] died.
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| * [[9 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[14 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Planet of Fire]]'' was first published.
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| * [[16 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, marking the return of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Frazer Hines]] as [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. Certain elements in this episode later gave rise to the [[Season 6B]] theory among fans and writers of spin-off media.
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| * [[23 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * 23 - ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'' was first broadcast as a segment of ''Jim'll Fix It'', and featured a young viewer who got to participate in a short scene with [[Colin Baker]]. [[Janet Fielding]] returned as [[Tegan Jovanka]].
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| * [[25 February]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] gave birth to [[Sadie Miller]].
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| * [[27 February]] - The [[BBC]] announced it was suspending ''Doctor Who'' after the conclusion of the current season, effectively cancelling the series. Fan protest ultimately resulted in the series returning in [[1986]] after an eighteen-month hiatus.
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| * [[2 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. This was the final appearance of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]]. This was also the final episode of the 1963-89 series to be filmed abroad. Discounting the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]], the next story to involve major filming outside the UK was [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' in [[2008]].
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| * [[9 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[14 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani]]'' was first published.
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| * [[15 March]] - "[[Doctor in Distress]]", a single recorded by cast members of ''Doctor Who'' to raise money for charity and to call upon the BBC not to cancel the series, was released in the UK.
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| * [[16 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
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| * [[23 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
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| * [[30 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast, concluding Season 22, believed by some to be the show's last. It was the final forty-fve-minute episode until 2005. This was also the final use of the [[Peter Howell]] arrangement of the theme music.
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| * Severn House published ''Doctor Who Book of Space'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space]]'' aimed at libraries.
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| * [[11 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Marco Polo (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Marco Polo]]'' was first published.
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| * ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' published its hundredth issue.
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| * [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TARDIS Inside Out]]'' was first published.
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| * [[1 May]] - Actor [[George Pravda]] died.
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| * [[16 May]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Cookbook]]'' was first published.
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| * 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]'' was republished nearly ten years after its first issue. A poster included in the first release was omitted in the reprint.
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| * [[17 May]] - Actor [[Hugh Burden]] died.
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| * [[21 May]] - Actor [[Calvin Dean]] was born.
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| * [[28 May]] - Actor [[Carey Mulligan]] was born.
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| * ''[[Doctor Who 1985 Summer Special Classic]]'', a reprinting of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips, was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
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| * [[11 June]] - Actor [[Norman Claridge]] died.
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| * [[13 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Awakening (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Awakening]]'' was first published.
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| * [[14 June]] - Actor [[Graham Leaman]] died.
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| * Mid-June - An original ''Doctor Who'' radio play, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'', was recorded for [[BBC Radio]], with [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] reprising their roles.
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| * [[24 June]] - Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] died.
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| * Severn House published ''Doctor Who Book of Science'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science]]'' aimed at libraries.
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| * [[7 July]] - Actor [[Ewen Solon]] died.
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| * [[11 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind of Evil]]'' was first published.
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| * [[25 July]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 1 and 2 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]]. The first radio play based upon ''Doctor Who'' and the first original audio drama since ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' a decade earlier, this serial was produced as a stopgap during the enforced hiatus for the televised series.
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| * The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1986]]'' was published. This was the final annual to be published by World Distributors, ending a series that had begun in [[1965]]. The annual format was revived by [[Marvel Comics]] in the 1990s.
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| * [[8 August]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 3 and 4 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
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| * [[18 August]] - Actor [[Reg Lever]] died.
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| * [[22 August]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 5 and 6 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
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| * [[29 August]] - Actor [[Patrick Barr]] died.
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| * [[9 September]] - The [[BBC]] launched "Children's BBC", a dedicated block of programming aimed at children. Later rebranded [[CBBC]], beginning in [[2007]] the block became the broadcast home for the spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
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| * [[12 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Myth Makers]]'' was first published.
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| * 12 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' was first published.
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| * The US edition of [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TARDIS Inside Out]]'' was published.
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| * [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Timeview]]'' was first published.
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| * [[10 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Invasion]]'' was first published.
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| * [[14 October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Third Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] was first published. It was the final book in the series.
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| * [[14 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Krotons]]'' was first published.
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| * [[22 November]] - Numerous ''Doctor Who'' actors reunited for a special appearance during the annual ''Children in Need'' appeal, including [[Colin Baker]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Peter Davison]], [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Nicola Bryant]], [[Nicholas Courtney]], [[Janet Fielding]], [[Carole Ann Ford]], [[Richard Franklin]], [[Adrienne Hill]], [[Louise Jameson]], [[Caroline John]], [[John Levene]], [[Ian Marter]], [[Maureen O'Brien]], [[Peter Purves]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Mark Strickson]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]].
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| * [[28 November]] - Actor [[Ryan Sampson]] was born.
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| * [[5 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Two Doctors]]'' was first published. It was the first [[Sixth Doctor]] novelisation. It was promoted as the hundredth ''Doctor Who'' novelisation by [[Target Books]]. Although the TV series logo had been modified slightly for the new Doctor, the Target line left the logo unchanged.
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