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According to some accounts, '''1976''' was among the years the [[Third Doctor]] spent [[Exile on Earth|exiled on Earth]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|The Man in the Ion Mask]]'') Other sources indicate that the exile had already ended by this year. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'', ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]''<ref>''Wolfsbane'' does not directly state that ''Terror of the Zygons'' occurs in 1976, but the events of the novel - which is set in [[1936]] - are repeatedly said to be forty years before the events of ''Terror of the Zygons''.</ref>)
'''1976''' was a [[year]].


[[Shirley Williams]] was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in this year. ([[PROSE]]:
==Events==
''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') [[James Callaghan]] of the [[Labour Party]] became Prime Minister in this year. He served in that position until [[1979]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'')
===Dated===
[[File:Peeking.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Skarasen]] in the [[River Thames]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|part=four}})]]
In [[January]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}) the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Harry Sullivan]] went to [[Scotland]] to assist [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] in investigating the damages caused by a [[Skarasen]] which was attacking [[oil rig]]s and destroying them. They uncovered and stopped a [[Zygon]] plot to sabotage the [[International Energy Conference]] and turn Earth into a suitable replacement for their homeplanet [[Zygor]]. Harry decided to stay on Earth instead of continuing to travel with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Terror of the Zygons (TV story)}})
 
In the timelines where the Doctor never cured Harry of [[Werewolf|lycanthropy]], Sullivan transformed into a werewolf each [[full moon]] after returning to Earth. Three months after the Zygon incident, Harry killed [[Leslie Heron]] during a full moon. Shortly afterwards, Harry left UNIT to join [[NATO]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wolfsbane (novel)}})
 
On [[1 May]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)}}) the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]], and UNIT prevented {{Delgado}} from gaining the power of [[Azal]], last of the [[Dæmon]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)}}) The Master was imprisoned at the [[Ayelesbury Grange Detention Facility]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)}})


The [[summer]] of this year was regarded as the [[1976 British Isles heat wave|hottest on record]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Snap (comic story)|A Cold Snap]]'')
On [[28 May]], [[Deborah Castle|Deborah]] and [[Barry Castle]] got married. Also on this day, the [[Eighth Doctor]] was currently with a young widow named [[Claudia (Father Time)|Claudia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)}})


== Dated events ==
In [[June]], the [[Vardan]]s attempted an invasion of [[Earth]] with the assistance of {{Champion}}. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}})
[[File:Peeking.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Skarasen]] in the [[River Thames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')]]
In [[January]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'') the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], and [[Harry Sullivan]] went to [[Scotland]] to assist [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[UNIT]] in investigating the damages caused by a [[Skarasen]] which was attacking [[oil rig]]s and destroying them. They uncovered and stopped a [[Zygon]] plot to sabotage the [[International Energy Conference]] and turn Earth into a suitable replacement for their homeplanet [[Zygor]]. Harry decided to stay on Earth instead of continuing to travel with the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'')


In the timelines where the Doctor never cured Harry of [[Werewolf|lycanthropy]], Sullivan transformed into a werewolf each [[full moon]] after returning to Earth. Three months after the Zygon incident, Harry killed [[Leslie Heron]] during a full moon. Shortly afterwards, Harry left UNIT to join [[NATO]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'')
The [[summer]] of this year was regarded as the [[1976 British Isles heat wave|hottest on record]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Cold Snap (comic story)}})


On [[12 January]], [[John Dixon]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cuddlesome (audio story)|Cuddlesome]]'')
At the height of [[summer]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] visited [[Blackpool]] and encountered the [[S'Qwatch]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Cold Snap (comic story)}})


On [[1 May]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|The Man in the Ion Mask]]'') the [[Third Doctor]], [[Jo Grant]], and UNIT prevented {{Delgado}} from gaining the power of [[Azal]], last of the [[Dæmon]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') The Master was imprisoned at the [[Ayelesbury Grange Detention Facility]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)|The Man in the Ion Mask]]'')
On [[11 July]], a [[meteorite]] landed in [[New York City]]'s [[Central Park]], temporarily giving [[Alice Trefusis]] super-powers. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Starfall (audio story)}})


On [[28 May]], [[Deborah Castle|Deborah]] and [[Barry Castle]] got married. Also on this day, the [[Eighth Doctor]] currently with a young widow named [[Claudia (Father Time)|Claudia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'')
On [[25 July]], the [[space probe]] ''[[Viking 1]]'' [[photograph]]ed the [[Cydonia (Mars)|Cydonia]] region of [[Mars]], revealing a rock formation that looked eerily like a [[human]] [[face]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})


In [[June]], the [[Vardan]]s attempted an invasion of [[Earth]] with the assistance of {{Champion}}. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]'')
===Undated===
According to some accounts, 1976 was among the years the [[Third Doctor]] spent [[Exile on Earth|exiled on Earth]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)}}) Other sources indicate that the exile had already ended by this year. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|No Future (novel)}}, {{cs|Wolfsbane (novel)}}<ref>''Wolfsbane'' does not directly state that ''Terror of the Zygons'' occurs in 1976, but the events of the novel - which is set in [[1936]] - are repeatedly said to be forty years before the events of ''Terror of the Zygons''.</ref>)


At the height of [[summer]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] visited [[Blackpool]] and encountered the [[S'Qwatch]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Cold Snap (comic story)|A Cold Snap]]'')
[[Shirley Williams]] was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in this year. ([[PROSE]]:
{{cs|No Future (novel)}}) [[James Callaghan]] of the [[Labour Party]] became Prime Minister in this year. He served in that position until [[1979]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)}})


On [[11 July]], a [[meteorite]] landed in [[New York City]]'s [[Central Park]], temporarily giving [[Alice Trefusis]] super-powers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starfall (audio story)|Starfall]]'')
In [[San Francisco]], [[Carolyn McConnell]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]], who were hunting [[vampire]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Vampire Science (novel)}})


== Undated events ==
In some timelines, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enfolded Time (short story)}}) Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] [[retire]]d from [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] and became a maths teacher at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}}) Just after telling the UN he was retiring, Lethbridge-Stewart was taken from time by [[the Accord]] and copied to help stabilise the temporal instability concerning the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]] being melded together. He was returned to his present time and retained no memory of the incident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enfolded Time (short story)}})
In [[San Francisco]], [[Carolyn McConnell]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]], who were hunting [[vampire]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')


In some timelines, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'') Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] [[retire]]d from [[UNIT]] and became a maths teacher at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'') Just after telling the UN he was retiring, Lethbridge-Stewart was taken from time by [[the Accord]] and copied to help stabilise the temporal instability concerning the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]] being melded together. He was returned to his present time and retained no memory of the incident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Enfolded Time (short story)|The Enfolded Time]]'')
''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Alexander Lullington-Smythe]] was published by [[Aphrodite Press]]. It was "very publicly discredited" in [[1978]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Salvation (novel)}})


''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Alexander Lullington-Smythe]] was published by [[Aphrodite Press]]. It was "very publicly discredited" in [[1978]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'')
[[File:Berlin Wall Conversion.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[John Jones]] ride a [[motorbike]] on the [[Berlin Wall]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Conversion (comic story)}})]]
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[John Jones]] had a run-in with the [[East Germany|East German]] authorities while searching for [[Entity (The Friendly Place)|the Entity]] in [[Berlin]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Conversion (comic story)}})


[[File:Berlin Wall Conversion.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[John Jones]] ride a [[motorbike]] on the [[Berlin Wall]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Conversion (comic story)|Conversion]]'')]]
Two priests who were members of the [[Order of Saint Peter]] pursued a [[vampire]] from [[Poland]] to [[Los Angeles]] and destroyed it. One of them stayed behind to found a chapter of the order there, and later became the father of [[Becky Lee Kowalczyck]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Minuet in Hell (audio story)}})
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[John Jones]] had a run-in with the [[East Germany|East German]] authorities while searching for [[Entity (The Friendly Place)|the Entity]] in [[Berlin]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Conversion (comic story)|Conversion]]'')


Two priests who were members of the [[Order of Saint Peter]] pursued a [[vampire]] from [[Poland]] to [[Los Angeles]] and destroyed it. One of them stayed behind to found a chapter of the order there, and later became the father of [[Becky Lee Kowalczyck]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'')
The portmanteau film ''[[Doctor Demonic's Tales of Terror]]'' was made in [[Britain]]. It starred Sir [[Jack Merrivale]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Johanna Bourke]]. The film was directed by [[Martin Ashcroft]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] served as the film's historical adviser. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Special Features (audio story)}})


The portmanteau film ''[[Doctor Demonic's Tales of Terror]]'' was made in [[Britain]]. It starred Sir [[Jack Merrivale]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Johanna Bourke]]. The film was directed by [[Martin Ashcroft]]. The [[Fifth Doctor]] served as the film's historical adviser. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Special Features (audio story)|Special Features]]'')
The novel ''[[The Hand of Time]]'' by [[Marnal]] was published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})


The novel ''[[The Hand of Time]]'' by [[Marnal]] was published. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'')
A young woman was abducted by the [[Sisters of St Matilda]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})


A young woman was abducted by the [[Sisters of St Matilda]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)|The Cloisters of Terror]]'')
[[Peter Hutchings]] met his future wife [[Emily Hutchings|Emily West]] there when he ran over her with his [[bicycle]] after momentarily being distracted by [[Ace]]'s jacket. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}})


[[Peter Hutchings]] met his future wife [[Emily Hutchings|Emily West]] there when he ran over her with his [[bicycle]] after momentarily being distracted by [[Ace]]'s jacket. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
[[Richard Hawton]] was taught by a [[student teacher]] who he remembered in a response to [[Doctor Who?]]'s request for sightings of the then missing [[Rose Tyler]] following the [[Dummy Massacre]] in [[2005]], commenting that she looked so much like his student teacher though he reasoned that it surely could not be her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)}})


[[Richard Hawton]] was taught by a [[student teacher]] who he remembered in a response to [[www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]]'s request for sightings of the then missing [[Rose Tyler]] following the [[Dummy Massacre]] in [[2005]], commenting that she looked so much like his student teacher though he reasoned that it surely could not be her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'')
==Births and deaths==
On [[12 January]], [[John Dixon]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Cuddlesome (audio story)}})


A [[UNIT]] pass carried by the [[Third Doctor]] while he was assisted by [[Jo Grant]] had expired "thirty years ago" from the perspective of a [[beefeater]] from [[25 December]] [[2006]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Christmas Inversion (short story)|The Christmas Inversion]]'')
==Other==
A [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] [[UNIT pass|pass]] carried by the [[Third Doctor]] while he was assisted by [[Jo Grant]] had expired "thirty years ago" from the perspective of a [[beefeater]] from [[25 December]] [[2006]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Christmas Inversion (short story)}})


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
According to the "Earth-Skaro Timescale" of ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'', the [[Earth]] [[year]] 1976 is concurrent to [[Skaro-year]] 10,963.
{{Section cleanup|Should be Wikified like a standard [[T:VS|source]].}}
*According to the "Earth-Skaro Timescale" of ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'', the [[Earth]] [[year]] 1976 is concurrent to [[Skaro-year]] 10,963.


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

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1976 was a year.

Events

Dated

The Skarasen in the River Thames. (TV: Terror of the Zygons (part four) [+]Loading...{"part":"four","1":"Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"})

In January, (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"]) the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, and Harry Sullivan went to Scotland to assist the Brigadier and UNIT in investigating the damages caused by a Skarasen which was attacking oil rigs and destroying them. They uncovered and stopped a Zygon plot to sabotage the International Energy Conference and turn Earth into a suitable replacement for their homeplanet Zygor. Harry decided to stay on Earth instead of continuing to travel with the Doctor. (TV: Terror of the Zygons [+]Loading...["Terror of the Zygons (TV story)"])

In the timelines where the Doctor never cured Harry of lycanthropy, Sullivan transformed into a werewolf each full moon after returning to Earth. Three months after the Zygon incident, Harry killed Leslie Heron during a full moon. Shortly afterwards, Harry left UNIT to join NATO. (PROSE: Wolfsbane [+]Loading...["Wolfsbane (novel)"])

On 1 May, (COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask [+]Loading...["The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)"]) the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, and UNIT prevented the Master from gaining the power of Azal, last of the Dæmons. (TV: The Dæmons [+]Loading...["The Dæmons (TV story)"]) The Master was imprisoned at the Ayelesbury Grange Detention Facility. (COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask [+]Loading...["The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)"])

On 28 May, Deborah and Barry Castle got married. Also on this day, the Eighth Doctor was currently with a young widow named Claudia. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)"])

In June, the Vardans attempted an invasion of Earth with the assistance of Mortimus. (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"])

The summer of this year was regarded as the hottest on record. (COMIC: A Cold Snap [+]Loading...["A Cold Snap (comic story)"])

At the height of summer, the Twelfth Doctor visited Blackpool and encountered the S'Qwatch. (COMIC: A Cold Snap [+]Loading...["A Cold Snap (comic story)"])

On 11 July, a meteorite landed in New York City's Central Park, temporarily giving Alice Trefusis super-powers. (AUDIO: Starfall [+]Loading...["Starfall (audio story)"])

On 25 July, the space probe Viking 1 photographed the Cydonia region of Mars, revealing a rock formation that looked eerily like a human face. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Undated

According to some accounts, 1976 was among the years the Third Doctor spent exiled on Earth. (COMIC: The Man in the Ion Mask [+]Loading...["The Man in the Ion Mask (comic story)"]) Other sources indicate that the exile had already ended by this year. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"], PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"], Wolfsbane [+]Loading...["Wolfsbane (novel)"][1])

Shirley Williams was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in this year. (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"]) James Callaghan of the Labour Party became Prime Minister in this year. He served in that position until 1979. (AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure [+]Loading...["The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)"])

In San Francisco, Carolyn McConnell met the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones, who were hunting vampires. (PROSE: Vampire Science [+]Loading...["Vampire Science (novel)"])

In some timelines, (PROSE: The Enfolded Time [+]Loading...["The Enfolded Time (short story)"]) Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart retired from UNIT and became a maths teacher at Brendon Public School. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"]) Just after telling the UN he was retiring, Lethbridge-Stewart was taken from time by the Accord and copied to help stabilise the temporal instability concerning the 1970s and 1980s being melded together. He was returned to his present time and retained no memory of the incident. (PROSE: The Enfolded Time [+]Loading...["The Enfolded Time (short story)"])

How I Saved the World by Alexander Lullington-Smythe was published by Aphrodite Press. It was "very publicly discredited" in 1978. (PROSE: Salvation [+]Loading...["Salvation (novel)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and John Jones ride a motorbike on the Berlin Wall. (COMIC: Conversion [+]Loading...["Conversion (comic story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and John Jones had a run-in with the East German authorities while searching for the Entity in Berlin. (COMIC: Conversion [+]Loading...["Conversion (comic story)"])

Two priests who were members of the Order of Saint Peter pursued a vampire from Poland to Los Angeles and destroyed it. One of them stayed behind to found a chapter of the order there, and later became the father of Becky Lee Kowalczyck. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell [+]Loading...["Minuet in Hell (audio story)"])

The portmanteau film Doctor Demonic's Tales of Terror was made in Britain. It starred Sir Jack Merrivale, Nyssa and Johanna Bourke. The film was directed by Martin Ashcroft. The Fifth Doctor served as the film's historical adviser. (AUDIO: Special Features [+]Loading...["Special Features (audio story)"])

The novel The Hand of Time by Marnal was published. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])

A young woman was abducted by the Sisters of St Matilda. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror [+]Loading...["The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)"])

Peter Hutchings met his future wife Emily West there when he ran over her with his bicycle after momentarily being distracted by Ace's jacket. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])

Richard Hawton was taught by a student teacher who he remembered in a response to Doctor Who?'s request for sightings of the then missing Rose Tyler following the Dummy Massacre in 2005, commenting that she looked so much like his student teacher though he reasoned that it surely could not be her. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...["The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"])

Births and deaths

On 12 January, John Dixon was born. (AUDIO: Cuddlesome [+]Loading...["Cuddlesome (audio story)"])

Other

A UNIT pass carried by the Third Doctor while he was assisted by Jo Grant had expired "thirty years ago" from the perspective of a beefeater from 25 December 2006. (PROSE: The Christmas Inversion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Inversion (short story)"])

Behind the scenes

This section needs a cleanup.

Should be Wikified like a standard source.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wolfsbane does not directly state that Terror of the Zygons occurs in 1976, but the events of the novel - which is set in 1936 - are repeatedly said to be forty years before the events of Terror of the Zygons.
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