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* [[John Nathan-Turner]] attended a performance of ''The Pied Piper'' starring [[Sylvester McCoy]]. He subsequently offered McCoy the role of the [[Seventh Doctor]].
== January ==
* [[15 January]] - ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[DWM 121]] was published.
* [[24 January]] - Actor [[Ruth Bradley]] was born.
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[19 February]] - ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Black Orchid]] ''was first published. This was the final [[Fifth Doctor]] story to be novelised; plans were made for a novelisation of ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', but the book was never published for a variety of legal reasons. The story remained officially unnovelised.
* [[23 February]] - [[Esmond Knight]] ([[Dom Issigri]] in ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') died.
* [[25 February]] - Actor [[John Collin]] died.
* [[19 March]] - ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ark]]'' was first published.
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[27 March]] - The film ''Withnail & I'' received its first showings at a film festival in the US. The film was the first major acting role of [[Paul McGann]] after several TV projects.
* [[28 March]] - Actor [[Patrick Troughton]] suffered a heart attack in his hotel room while appearing at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention in Columbus, Georgia, [[USA]]. He was rushed to hospital, still wearing his ''Doctor Who'' costume, but died soon after. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier (some of which was circulated on YouTube) showed him in good spirits.
* [[4 April]] - Production began on ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', the first story of the [[Sylvester McCoy]] era.
* [[16 April]] - ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' was first published.
* [[27 April]] - Actor [[Ciara Janson]] was born.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' was first published.
* [[21 May]] - ''[[The Faceless Ones (novelisation)|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''.
* The B-movie action thriller ''Three Kinds of Heat'' was released in the United States. Although a US-made film, the picture featured a number of UK actors, including a pre-Who [[Sylvester McCoy]] as one of the film's main villains, one-time stage Doctor [[Trevor Martin]] and [[Mary Tamm]], playing a gangster's moll. The film had the dubious distinction of including a scene in which a future Doctor was shown killing off a one-time companion.
* [[6 June]] - Actor [[Fulton Mackay]] died.
* [[15 June]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design.
* [[18 June]] - ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' was first published.
* [[22 June]] - Actor [[Joe Dempsie]] was born.
* [[16 July]] - ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' was first published.
* [[20 August]] - ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' was first published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this novel was published posthumously, ten months after his death.
* [[5 September]] - Actor [[Bill Fraser]] died.
* [[7 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], launching [[Season 24]]. It was the first appearance of [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Doctor; due to [[Colin Baker]] declining to return for a cameo appearance, McCoy played both the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s for the [[regeneration]] sequence. The series introduced a new theme music arrangement by [[Keff McCulloch]], a new computer generated opening credits sequence, and a new series logo.
* [[11 September]] - Director [[Hugh David]] died.
* [[14 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 September]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] died.
* [[17 September]] - Actor [[Stephen Jack]] died.
* 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was first published.
* [[19 September]] - ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' was first published.
* [[21 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 28 - {{wi|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]] - ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|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.
* [[4 October]] - Actor [[Daniel Anthony]] was born.
* [[5 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 October]] - ''[[K9 and Company (novelisation)|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 - The paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Key to Time|Doctor Who: The Key to Time]]'' was published.
* [[19 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' was first published.
* [[26 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[2 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
** According to the [[2009]] DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] began to receive media coverage during the time ''Delta and the Bannermen'' was being broadcast.
* [[9 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 November]] - Actor [[Dimitri Leonidas]] was born.
* [[16 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 November]] - ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' was first published. An adaptation of the serial ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', this was the first time in more than a decade that a novelisation title differed from the broadcast serial. In addition, the book made substantial changes to the original story, something not seen since the earliest days of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations.
* [[22 November]] - The {{w|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident}} occurred when unidentified individuals briefly hijacked the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a {{w|Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom}} mask appeared on screen and carried on for a brief time. The first interruption took place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurred during a local [[PBS]] station's broadcast of ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The culprits were never caught. In the days following, ''Doctor Who'' got a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene was rebroadcast on many American TV stations.
* [[23 November]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. This was the debut of [[Sophie Aldred]] as the final original-series companion, [[Ace]].
* 23 - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was first published.
* [[28 November]] - Actor [[Karen Gillan]] was born.
* [[30 November]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 December]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 3 debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding [[Season 24]]. [[Bonnie Langford]] left the series with this episode.
* [[10 December]] - ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' was first published.
* [[20 December]] - Actor [[Neville Simons]] died.


=== Unknown dates ===
== February ==
* The independent video production [[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.
* [[February]] - [[DWM 122]] was published.
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Black Orchid]]'' was first published.
 
== March ==
* [[12 March (releases)|12 March]] - [[DWM 123]] was published.
* [[19 March (releases)|19 March]] - ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ark]]'' was first published.
* 19 March - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' was published in paperback.
 
== April ==
* [[9 April (releases)|9 April]] - [[DWM 124 ]]was published.
* [[16 April (releases)|16 April]] - ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' was first published.
 
== May ==
* [[May (releases)|May]] - [[DWM 125]] was published.
* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - ''[[The Faceless Ones (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones]]'' was first published.
* 21 May - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' was first published.
 
== June ==
* [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] - [[DWM 126]] was published.
* [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design.
* [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] - ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' was first published.
 
== July ==
* [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] - [[DWM 127]] was published.
* [[16 July (releases)|16 July]] - ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' was first published.
 
== August ==
* [[13 August (releases)|13 August]] - [[DWM 128]] was published.
* [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] - ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' was first published.
 
== September ==
* [[September (releases)|September]] - [[DWM 129]] was published.
* [[7 September (releases)|7 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 September (releases)|14 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was first published.
* [[19 September (releases)|19 September]] - ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' was first published.
* [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 28 September - ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' debuted on US television.
* [[Autumn]] - [[DWMS Autumn 1987|Doctor Who Magazine Autumn Special 1987]] was published.
 
== October ==
* [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] - ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death]]'' was first published.
* [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 October (releases)|8 October]] - [[DWM 130]] was published.
* [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] - ''[[K9 and Company (novelisation)|K9 and Company]]'' was first published.
* 15 October - The paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Key to Time: A Year by Year Record]]'' was published.
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 19 October - [[REF]]: ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' was first published.
* [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== November ==
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] - [[DWM 131]] was published.
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] - ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' was first published.
* [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 23 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was first published.
* [[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== December ==
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 132]] was published.
* [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] - ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 December (releases)|10 December]] - ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' was first published.
* 18 December - ''[[Doctor Who and Crayola (TV story)|Doctor Who and Crayola]]'' was broadcast on the BBC.
 
== Unknown dates ==
* Unknown - [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'' was released by [[Reeltime Pictures]].
* Unknown - The [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] ended.
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1987 in

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

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