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| == Events ==
| | '''1995''' was a [[year]]. |
| === April ===
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| * [[5 April|5]] - After twenty-four years in a [[coma]], former [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] officer [[Francis Cleary]] died in his mother's arms at the age of 46. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')
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| [[File:New World University computer date.jpg|thumb|[[Daniel Hinton]] logs into his computer on the [[14 September|14th September]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')]]
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| ===September=== | | ==Events== |
| * The [[Great Intelligence]] attempted to take control of the [[Earth]] via [[New World University]] and their computer systems. Its attempt ultimately failed when the computer systems holding its intelligence failed and its vessel; the reanimated body of [[Edward Travers]] was shot by [[Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')
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| | On [[6 January]], [[Danu (Have You Seen This Man?)|Danu]] and [[Danu's friend|their friend]] encountered the [[Ninth Doctor]] in ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' in [[Islington]]. He was fascinated by the friend's [[tattoo]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) |
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| | On [[11 June]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] visited [[Paris]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Death of Art (novel)}}) |
| * [[Reuben Shaw]], the father of [[Liz Shaw]], died at the age of 76. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Ghosts of Winterborne]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
| | On [[20 December]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Ace]] visited [[Westmouth]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Memorial (comic story)}}) |
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| === [[January]] ===
| | On [[25 December]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]] visited [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|24 Crawford Street (short story)}}) |
| * [[11 January|11]] - [[Peter Pratt]], who portrayed [[the Master]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'', died aged 71.
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| * [[16 January|16]] - {{wi|Star Trek: Voyager}} debuted on {{w|UPN}}. ''Voyager'' and {{wi|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}, were the only ''[[Star Trek]]'' television series currently in production at the time of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie]].
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| * [[19 January|19]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' was first published.
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| * 19 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Romance of Crime]]'' was first published.
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| === [[February]] === | | ===Undated=== |
| * [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' was first published.
| | [[File:Web above New World University.jpg|left|thumb|The Great Intelligence's web ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Downtime (home video)}})]] |
| * [[16 February|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'' was first published. [[Ace]] left the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series a second time with this novel, this time for good, though she made cameo appearances later.
| | The [[Great Intelligence]] attempted to take control of the [[Earth]] via [[New World University]] and their computer systems. Its attempt ultimately failed when the computer systems holding its intelligence failed and its vessel; the reanimated body of [[Edward Travers]] was shot by [[Kate Stewart|Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Downtime (home video)}}) |
| * 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' was first published. This novelisation of the [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|Ghosts of N-Space]]'' audio drama was the first novelisation of any ''Doctor Who'' story to not be released under the now-retired [[Target Books]] banner. Instead, it was published as part of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line, making it the first [[Third Doctor]] book of that line (although not an original story). It was the last novelisation of a BBC-produced ''Doctor Who'' story to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]] and the last until [[BBC Books]] published [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' in 1996. The radio play itself wasn't broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] until close to a year later.
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| * [[22 February|22]] - [[Nicholas Pennell]] ([[David Winton]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') died from [[cancer]] in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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| === [[March]] ===
| | The film ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'', starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] as [[Richard Nixon]], was released. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) |
| * [[6 March|6]] - [[Alan Haywood]], who played [[Hector]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', died from a heart attack.
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| * [[16 March|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' was first published.
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| * 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'' was first published. This [[Sixth Doctor]] novel introduced new companion [[Grant Markham]]. The Sixth Doctor was the only Doctor to receive a new, literary-only companion in the MA series.
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| === [[April]] ===
| | A [[Dalek]] [[Dalek time machine|time ship]] landed at the [[Earth Fair]] in [[Ghana]]. They departed before [[Tobias Vaughn]] could steal the ship for himself. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}) |
| * [[Jon Pertwee]] reprised the role of the [[Third Doctor]] for the final time, filming scenes for the unofficial fan film ''[[Devious]]''.
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| * [[20 April|20]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'' was first published.
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| * 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]'' was first published. It was the first original [[Third Doctor]] novel.
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| === [[May]] === | | ==Births and deaths== |
| * [[18 May|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' was first published. This novel was later adapted for television by its author ([[Paul Cornell]]) for the third series of the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[2007]] (see [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]''). This brought the novel's canonicity into question.
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| * 18 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Menagerie]]'' was first published. It was the first original [[Second Doctor]] novel.
| | On [[5 April]], after spending most of the previous 24 years in a [[coma]] with only occasional moments of lucidity, former [[UNIT]] soldier [[Francis Cleary]] died in his mother [[Siobhan Cleary]]'s arms at the age of 46. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) |
| * 18 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' was first published.
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| * [[21 May|21]] - [[Peter Rutherford]] ([[Roth]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'') died.
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| === [[June]] === | | ===Undated=== |
| * [[12 June|12]] - [[John Doye]] (an [[Interviewer (The War Machines)|Interviewer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'') died.
| | [[Reuben Shaw]], the father of [[Liz Shaw]], died at the age of 76. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)}}) |
| * [[15 June|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'' was first published, introducing new literary companions [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. Cwej was the first gay companion to be depicted in an official piece of ''Doctor Who'' fiction.
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| * 15 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[System Shock]]'' was first published.
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| * [[12 July|12]] - [[Gordon Flemyng]], who directed the non-canonical ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', died.
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| * [[20 July|20]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' was first published.
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| * 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' was first published.
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| * 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'' was first published.
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| * 20 - [[Virgin Publishing]] released a paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Celebration]]'' by [[Peter Haining]], 12 years after the hardcover was first issued.
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| * [[27 July|27]] - The 1996 edition of the [[Doctor Who Yearbook 1996|Doctor Who Yearbook]] was published by [[Marvel Comics]] (unlike previous editions, the title bore no date). This was the fifth and final Yearbook to be published by Marvel. The [[Doctor Who Annual|Annual]] concept was revived again a decade later.
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| === [[August]] === | |
| * [[2 August|2]] - [[John Cross]], who played a Council member in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dominators (TV story)|The Dominators]]'', died.
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| * [[7 August|7]] - [[Dursley McLinden]], who played [[Mike Smith]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', died.
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| * [[10 August|10]] - [[Donald Bisset]], who played [[Colin McLaren]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'', died in [[London]].
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| * [[17 August|17]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' was first published.
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| * 17 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]'' was first published.
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| * 17 - [[Virgin Publishing]] issued a new paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]''.
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| * 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]'' was published in paperback.
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| * [[18 August|18]] - [[James Maxwell]] ([[Jackson (Underworld)|Jackson]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'') died.
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| === [[September]] === | |
| * [[Alan Bromly]] (director of [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'') died.
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| * [[12 September|12]] - [[George Raistrick]] (a guard in [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') died.
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| * [[21 September|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' was first published.
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| * 21 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Managra (novel)|Managra]]'' was first published.
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| === [[October]] === | |
| * [[1 October|1]] - [[Russ Karel]], an [[assistant floor manager]] for ''Doctor Who'', died.
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| * [[16 October|16]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Companions]]'' was first published.
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| * [[19 October|19]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' was first published, featuring the return of [[Mel]].
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| * 19 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'' was first published.
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| === Late 1995 ===
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| * Who fandom was taken by surprise with the announcement that the American network, Fox, was to co-produce with the BBC a made-for-television film reviving ''Doctor Who'', as a possible "pilot" for a new series. The producers announced that [[Paul McGann]] was cast as the [[Eighth Doctor|new Doctor]], but [[Sylvester McCoy]] would also appear as the [[Seventh Doctor]], making the film a continuation of the original series rather than a remake or reboot. [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' was scheduled to air in the spring of 1996. Filming was to take place in Vancouver, Canada, marking not only the first time a ''Doctor Who'' story had been filmed in [[North America]], but also the first time a story had been completely mounted outside the United Kingdom (previously foreign location filming had been done, with studio filming still in Britain).
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| === [[November]] ===
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| * [[22 November|22]] Pixar's ''Toy Story'' was released. It was later referenced in [[TV]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]''.
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| * [[16 November|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'' was first published.
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| * 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'' was first published.
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| * 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[Blacklight]]'' was first published.
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| * [[26 November|26]] - "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", an episode of the American animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'', was broadcast in the United States. This episode featured an animated caricature of [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and was the first of several on-screen references to ''Doctor Who'' the series made over the next decade.
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| * [[7 December|7]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'' was first published. Published under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line, this book was a novelisation of the unofficial fan film [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' and was the second of three post-[[Target Books]] novelisations to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]]. It was also the first time such a production had been adapted in this way. The middle of the novel adapted the film, with a framing story involving the [[Seventh Doctor]] and companions added.
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| * 7 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lords of the Storm]]'' was first published.
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| * 7 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]]'' was first published.
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| * [[11 December|11]] - The [[wikipedia:Outpost Gallifrey|Outpost Gallifrey]] website and [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Forum|Doctor Who Forum]] were launched by [[Shaun Lyon]]. With modifications and name changes along the way, they ran until [[2009]].
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| * [[16 December|16]] - [[Tony Then]] ([[Lee]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') died in [[Singapore]].
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| * [[27 December|27]] - [[Laurence Belcher]], who played the young [[Kazran Sardick]] in [[TV]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', was born.
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| * [[29 December|29]] - [[Peter Hill]] (the [[manager]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'') died.
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| * [[Panini Comics]] took over the publishing rights to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' from [[Marvel Comics UK]].
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| * A "Special Edition" of [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' was released by [[BBC Video]], featuring updated special effects, reordered scenes, new musical scoring, and other new footage. The Special Edition was heavily criticised by some fans, as well as by [[John Nathan-Turner]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
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| * The novel {{wi|The Bloody Red Baron}} by [[Kim Newman]] was first published. It was part of the ''Anno Dracula'' series, which included as a gimmick the cameo appearances of many varied characters from other novels as well as TV shows and movies. Making an appearance in this book was [[Jennifer Buckingham|Lady Jennifer Buckingham]] from [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]''.
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