1987 (releases)

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1987 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 1987, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• 15 January - Doctor Who - Slipback was published in paperback.
• 19 February - Doctor Who - Black Orchid was first published.
• 19 March - Doctor Who - The Ark was first published.
• 19 March - REF: The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z was published in paperback.
• 16 April - Doctor Who - The Mind Robber was first published.
• REF: The Doctor Who Fun Book was first published.
• 21 May - Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones was first published.
• Guitarist Frank Gambale included an instrumental called "The Tardis" as the closing track of his album A Present for the Future.
• 15 June - Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius was reissued by Target Books with a modified cover design.
• 18 June - Doctor Who - The Space Museum was first published.
• 16 July - Doctor Who - The Sensorites was first published.
• 20 August - Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror was first published.
• 7 September - Time and the Rani Part One debuted on BBC1, launching Season 24.
• 14 September - Time and the Rani Part Two debuted on BBC1.
• 17 September - REF: Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide was first published.
• 19 September - Doctor Who - The Romans was first published.
• 21 September - Time and the Rani Part Three debuted on BBC1.
• 28 September - Time and the Rani Episode 4 debuted on BBC1.
• 28 September - Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted on US television. Over the next two decades it spawned multiple spin-off series and in many ways eclipsed the original Star Trek in commercial success. The revival of Doctor Who in 2005, which also spawned spinoffs with considerable commercial success, is often compared to TNG.
• 1 October - Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death was first published. With this book, all stories of the Third Doctor era were now novelised -- the first era to be completed; two additional Third Doctor novelisations based upon radio plays were published in the 1990s.
• 5 October - Paradise Towers Part One debuted on BBC1.
• 12 October - Paradise Towers Part Two debuted on BBC1.
• 15 October - K9 and Company was first published. This was the belated third (and final) volume in the Companions of Doctor Who spin-off series. Unlike the previous two books, however, this was not an original work but an adaptation of the K9 and Company pilot episode, A Girl's Best Friend.
• 15 October - The paperback edition of REF: Doctor Who: The Key to Time was published.
• 19 October - Paradise Towers Part Three debuted on BBC1.
• 19 October - REF: Build the TARDIS was first published.
• 26 October - Paradise Towers Part Four debuted on BBC1.
• 2 November - Delta and the Bannermen Part One debuted on BBC1.
• 9 November - Delta and the Bannermen Part Two debuted on BBC1.
• 16 November - Delta and the Bannermen Part Three debuted on BBC1.
• 19 November - Doctor Who - The Massacre was first published.
• 23 November - Dragonfire Part One debuted on BBC1. This was the debut of Sophie Aldred as the final original-series companion, Ace.
• 23 November - REF: Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D was first published.
• 30 November - Dragonfire Part Two debuted on BBC1.
• 7 December - Dragonfire Part Three debuted on BBC1, concluding Season 24. Bonnie Langford left the series with this episode.
• 10 December - Doctor Who - The Macra Terror was first published.
• 18 December - Doctor Who and Crayola was broadcast on the BBC.
• Unknown - HOMEVID: Wartime was released by Reeltime Pictures. This was the first of a number of non-BBC video productions featuring characters from Doctor Who (but never the Doctor) that were licensed by their creators, that would be released over the next fifteen years.