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'''26 February''' was a [[Calendar date|date]].


== Events ==
In [[1935]], the first ever [[radar]] test took place at [[Daventry]]. According to the [[Seventh Doctor]], the [[British]] did not yet have access to radar at that point and this day simply marked "the first time that a radar echo was ever detected." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}})
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== Behind the scenes ==
In [[2085]], the [[Real First Contact|first official contact]] between [[human]]s and an [[extraterrestrial]] [[intelligence]] occurred. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[1938]] - [[Tony Selby]] ([[Sabalom Glitz]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') was born.
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* [[1966]] - "Bell of Doom", Episode 4 of [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', was first broadcast.
 
* [[1972]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
 
* [[1977]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
 
* [[1981]] - [[Gerald Cross]], who voiced a [[Megara]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'', died.
 
* [[2001]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was released on [[Region 2]] [[DVD]] in the [[UK]].
 
* [[2004]] - [[Russell Hunter]], who played [[Kiy Uvanov]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'', died.
 
* [[2009]] - [[NSA]]: [[The Sontaran Games]] was published by [[BBC Books]].
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26 February was a date.

In 1935, the first ever radar test took place at Daventry. According to the Seventh Doctor, the British did not yet have access to radar at that point and this day simply marked "the first time that a radar echo was ever detected." (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

In 2085, the first official contact between humans and an extraterrestrial intelligence occurred. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])