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


== Behind the scenes ==
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)}})
* [[1938]] - Actor [[Tony Selby]] was born.
* [[1963]] - Actress [[Chase Masterson]] was born.
* [[1966]] - "[[Bell of Doom]]" was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* 1966 - Part seven of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' story ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'' was first released in issue fifty-eight.
* [[1972]] - Episode one of ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* 1972 - Part eight on ''[[TV Comic]]'' story ''[[Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'' was first released in issue fifty-four.
* [[1977]] - Part one of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[1981]] - Actor [[Gerald Cross]] died.
* [[2000]] - Recording for [[Big Finish]] [[audio story (BF)|audio story]] began at [[The Moat Studios]].
* [[2001]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was first released on [[Region 2]] [[DVD]].
* [[2002]] - Recording for Big Finish ''[[Sarah Jane Smith (audio series)|Sarah Jane Smith]]'' audio story ''[[Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre (audio story)|Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre]]'' took place.
* [[2004]] - Actor [[Russell Hunter]] died.
* [[2007]] - [[DVD]] set ''[[Series 1 (Torchwood)#DVD|Torchwood: Series 1, Part 2]]'', including ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'' and ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', was first released in [[Region 2]].
* [[2009]] - Novel ''[[The Sontaran Games]]''  was first published by [[BBC Books]].
* 2009 - ''[[The Darksmith Legacy]]'' novel ''[[The Colour of Darkness (novel)|The Colour of Darkness]]'' was first published by [[BBC Children's Books]].
* 2009 - ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' [[comic story (DWA)|comic story]] ''[[The Greed of the Gavulav (comic story)|The Greed of the Gavulav]]'' was first released in [[DWA 104|issue one hundred and four]].
* 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories ''[[Outsiders (audio story)|Outsiders]]'', ''[[Terror (audio story)|Terror]]'', ''[[Machines (audio story)|Machines]]'' and ''[[Extinction (audio story)|Extinction]]'' continued.


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In [[2085]], the [[Real First Contact|first official contact]] between [[human]]s and an [[extraterrestrial]] [[intelligence]] occurred. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
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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)"])