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* [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding the twenty-fifth anniversary season.
== January ==
* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[DWM 145]] was released.
* [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]]'' was first published.
* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]]'' was first published.
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who File]]'' was published in paperback.
* 19 January - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who File]]'' was published in paperback.
 
== February ==
* [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] - [[DWM 146]] was released.
* [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The War Machines (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The War Machines]]'' was first published.
* [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The War Machines (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The War Machines]]'' was first published.
== March ==
* [[9 March (releases)|9 March]] - [[DWM 147]] was released.
* [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Dragonfire]]'' was first published.
* [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Dragonfire]]'' was first published.
* 16 - Two ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes were published: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons|The Dæmons]]''/''[[The Time Monster (novelisation)|The Time Monster]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|The Mind of Evil]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos|The Claws of Axos]]''.
* 16 March - Two ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes were published: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dæmons (novelisation)|The Dæmons]]'' / ''[[The Time Monster (novelisation)|The Time Monster]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|The Mind of Evil]]'' / ''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|The Claws of Axos]]''.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was published in paperback.
 
== April ==
* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[13 April (releases)|13 April]] - [[DWM 148]] was released.
* [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Attack of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Attack of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Nightmare Fair]]'' was first published. This was the first of a new spin-off line by [[Target Books]] dubbed "The Missing Episodes". These were novels based upon the cancelled [[Season 23]], which was delayed a year due to the BBC-ordered hiatus and then replaced by what became ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. Although based upon a teleplay, the fact it was never produced makes this, in effect, the first original-to-print ''Doctor Who'' novel in which the Doctor himself was the lead character.
 
* 18 - [[Target Books]] published two final ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes before abandoning the venture: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil|The Face of Evil]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers|The Sunmakers]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom|The Seeds of Doom]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin|The Deadly Assassin]]''.
== May ==
* [[11 May (releases)|11 May]] - [[DWM 149]] was released.
* [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Nightmare Fair]]'' was first published.
* 18 May - [[Target Books]] published two final ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes before abandoning the venture: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil (novelisation)|The Face of Evil]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers (novelisation)|The Sunmakers]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)|The Seeds of Doom]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin (novelisation)|The Deadly Assassin]]''.
* [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] - ''[[Voyager (1989 graphic novel)|Doctor Who: Voyager]]'' was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] - ''[[Voyager (1989 graphic novel)|Doctor Who: Voyager]]'' was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
== June ==
* [[8 June (releases)|8 June]] - [[DWM 150]] was released.
* [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mindwarp]]'' was first published.
* [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mindwarp]]'' was first published.
== July ==
* [[July (releases)|July]] - [[DWM 151]] was released.
* [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]'' was first published.
* [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]'' was first published.
* [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Evil|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Evil]]'' was first published. It was the second release in the "Missing Episodes" line.
 
* [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] - The second volume of [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] was published: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
== August ==
* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - ''[[Battlefield]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], launching [[Season 26]].
* [[10 August (releases)|10 August]] - [[DWM 152]] was released.
* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - ''[[Battlefield]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Evil (novel)|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Evil]]'' was first published.
* [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] appeared as the [[Seventh Doctor]] in a skit on ''The Noel Edmunds Saturday Roadshow''. [[David Banks]] also appeared as the [[Cyber-Leader (Mondas)|Cyber-Leader]] in what was his final television appearance to date as a Cyberman.
* [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] - The second volume of [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] was published: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[Battlefield]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. It was the first appearance of [[Bessie]] since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and since ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' in a regular episode.
 
* [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]'' was first published. It was part one of a two-volume adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', the only two-part novelisation ever issued by Target.
== September ==
* [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] - ''[[Battlefield]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* ''The Ultimate Interview: Colin Baker Talks with David Banks'' was first released on cassette by Silver Fist Productions.
* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 September (releases)|14 September]] - [[DWM 153]] was released.
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]'' was first published.
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]'' was first published, concluding the adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
* [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* ''[[The Ultimate Interview: Colin Baker talks with David Banks]]'' was first released on cassette by Silver Fist Productions.
* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
* 1 - Actor [[Peter Childs]] died.
== October ==
* [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[DWMS Tenth Anniversary Special|Doctor Who Magazine Tenth Anniversary Special]] was published.
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] - The First issue of [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[Once in a Lifetime (comic story)|Once in a Lifetime]].
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] - [[DWM 154]] was released.
* [[14 October (releases)|14 October]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 2# was published, featuring the first part of [[COMIC]]: [[Hunger from the Ends of Time! (comic story)|Hunger from the Ends of Time!]].
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]'' was first published.
* [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 3# was published, featuring the second and last part of [[COMIC]]: [[Hunger from the Ends of Time! (comic story)|Hunger from the Ends of Time!]].
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 4# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[War World! (comic story)|War World!]].
 
== November ==
* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 November (releases)|4 November]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 5# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[Technical Hitch (comic story)|Technical Hitch]].
* [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] - [[DWM 155]] was released.
* [[11 November (releases)|11 November]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 6# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[A Switch in Time! (comic story)|A Switch in Time!]].
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Silver Nemesis]]'' was first published.
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Silver Nemesis]]'' was first published.
* [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 7# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[The Sentinel! (comic story)|The Sentinel!]].
* [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
* [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 8# was published, featuring the first part of [[COMIC]]: [[Who's That Girl! (comic story)|Who's That Girl!]].
* Actor [[James Hall]] died.
* [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. The twenty-sixth season finale ultimately proved to be the final episode of the original series, and the last weekly episode to be broadcast until 2005.
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' was first published. The title of this release ended up being ironic, as it became the first [[Target Books]] novelisation to be published after the de facto end of the original 1963-89 series.
 
* [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] - [[COMIC]]: [[Nineveh (comic story)|Nineveh]] was released.
== December ==
* 23 December - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', first published in two volumes in 1981, was reissued in a single-volume, expanded and revised edition. Author [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] followed this release with several more reference volumes over the next decade.
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 156]] was released.
* Late [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Daleks]]'' was first published. The next release in this series did not occur until 1992.
* [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[London]] [[World of Doctor Who Exhibition]] closed.
* [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 9# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[Who's That Girl! (comic story)|Who's That Girl!]].
* [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] - ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 December (releases)|9 December]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 10# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise (comic story)|The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]].
* [[16 December (releases)|16 December]] - [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] 11# was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: [[Slimmer! (comic story)|Slimmer!]].
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' was first published.
* [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] - The twelve and final issue of [[The Incredible Hulk Presents]] was published, featuring the [[COMIC]]: ''[[Nineveh! (comic story)|Nineveh!]]''.
* 23 December - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', first published in two volumes in 1981, was reissued in a single-volume, expanded and revised edition.
* Late [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' was first published.


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* Pioneer Books published the second edition of ''[[The Doctor and the Enterprise]]'' by [[Jean Airey]]. An unauthorised crossover between ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', and ''The Wizard of Oz'', the book had previously been published in a small-press edition in [[1982]]; this new version edited out most overt references to ''Star Trek'' character names.
* Unknown - The first edition of the four-track EP, ''[[Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme (soundtrack)|Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme]]'', was released in twelve-inch vinyl, standard CD, and as an unusual square-shaped CD.
* The first edition of the four-track EP, ''[[Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme]]'', was released in twelve-inch vinyl, standard CD, and as an unusual square-shaped CD. This release featured unique rearrangements of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] by [[Mark Ayres]], [[Dominic Glynn]], and [[Keff McCulloch]] that had been created for various [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Appreciation Society|Doctor Who Appreciation Society]] conventions in the 1980s. One of these, the "Latin Version", was later adopted by [[BBC Video]] as the theme for its "Years" series of video retrospectives.
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1989 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 1989
20th century | 1980s
1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995
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In 1989, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

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