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'''1987''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
==Events==
=== [[February]] ===
===Dated===
* [[7 February|7]] - [[Kathy Nightingale|Katherine Costello Wainright]] (aka Kathy Nightingale) wrote a letter to her friend [[Sally Sparrow]], entrusting [[Malcolm Wainwright|her grandson]] to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sparrow in the year [[2007]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
====January - August====
* Some time after 7th February - [[Kathy Nightingale|Katherine Costello Wainright]] née Nightingale died. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
On [[7 February]], [[Kathy Nightingale]] wrote a letter to her friend [[Sally Sparrow]], entrusting her grandson [[Malcolm Wainwright]] to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sally in the [[2000s]].{{note|While ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'' itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in [[2007]] and "twenty minutes to [[Red Hatching]]" a year later in [[2008]]—as [[Kathy Nightingale]]'s letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in [[1920]]", and the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s side of his conversation with [[Sally Sparrow]] in [[1969]] happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the ''[[Redacted (audio series)|Redacted]]'' audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In ''[[Angels (audio story)|Angels]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests [[2009]] as the year of the Red Hatching. In ''[[Salvation (audio story)|Salvation]]'', the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of [[Andy Proctor]], who was last seen by his daughter [[Cleo Proctor|Cleo]] "nearly 20 years" before [[2022]] according to ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]''.}} ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')


=== [[April]] ===
On [[19 August]], [[Nora Wicker]] discovered a tree she didn't remember planting in her garden. It was also that day she met the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The World Tree (audio story)|The World Tree]]'')
* [[27 April|27]] - [[Rose Tyler]], [[companion]] of the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s, was born. ('''Note''' This date is cited in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'', but is contradicted by information regarding Rose's age and the time she first left with the Ninth Doctor in [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'', ''[[Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


=== [[July]] ===
====October - December====
* The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] battled an [[N-Form]] in [[London]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
In [[October]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]] encountered the [[Dalek]]s in London and [[Bradford]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Are The Daleks (audio story)|We Are The Daleks]]'')


=== [[November]] ===
[[File:800px-Fathersdaywho-1.jpg|left|thumb|[[Reaper]]s attack [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')]]
* [[7 November|7]] - [[Pete Tyler]] was killed when he was struck by a [[car]] while crossing the road to a friend's [[wedding]]. This event was witnessed by [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Initially Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose created an [[alternate timeline]] by preventing him from being killed, which resulted in a dangerous [[paradox]]. After spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally, he must have died, so he ran in front of the same car. This time Rose was with him when he died. The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died as an unidentified woman knelt beside him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Father's Day]]'') ''Technically, since Rose being with Pete becomes part of established time, the alternate timeline is in fact now the one where he dies alone.''
On [[7 November]], [[Pete Tyler]], the father of [[Rose Tyler]], was killed when he was struck by a [[car]] while crossing the road to [[Stuart Hoskins]] and [[Sarah Clark]]'s [[wedding]]. This event was witnessed by an older Rose and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Initially, Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose created an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] by preventing him from being killed, which resulted in a dangerous [[paradox]]. After spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally, he must have died, so he ran in front of the same car. This time Rose was with him when he died. The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died while an unidentified woman knelt beside him and the driver was known to Rose and Jackie instead of being nameless. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'') This was known to [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] as a [[Temporal Event]]. They kept a file, [[1987 11-Be3a]], on the incident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose Tyler (short story)|Rose Tyler]]'')


=== Unknown date ===
On [[20 November]], an event called "[[Energize]]" took place in London. ([[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'')
* [[Ace]] was transported by a [[time storm]] from [[Perivale]] to [[Iceworld]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] taught some [[boar (animal)|boars]] how to talk, enabling them to evolve into the [[Boar (Mad Dogs and Englishmen)|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
* [[Julia Hardwick]], a future victim of the [[Weeping Angel]]s, was born. It is possible that she became her own grandmother in her personal future. ([[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
On [[24 December]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)|Be Good for Goodness's Sake]]'')
=== Events ===
==== [[January]] ====
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] attended a performance of ''The Pied Piper'' starring [[Sylvester McCoy]]. He subsequently offered McCoy the role of the [[Seventh Doctor]].
* [[15 January|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' was published in paperback.


==== [[February]] ====
The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] battled an [[N-Form (Damaged Goods)|N-Form]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'')
* [[19 February|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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. The story remained officially unnovelised.
* [[23 February|23]] - [[Esmond Knight]] ([[Dom Issigri]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'') died.
* [[25 February|25]] - [[John Collin]] ([[Brock]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'') died.


==== [[March]] ====
===Undated===
* [[19 March|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ark]]'' was first published.
The [[Eightfold Truth]] was founded in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Clark Goodman]]. By [[2015]], it had 244 million members worldwide, its membership having increased fivefold since [[2010]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eight Truths (audio story)|The Eight Truths]]'')
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[27 March|27]] - 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|28]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] died from a heart attack while appearing at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention in Columbus, Georgia, [[USA]]. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier circulated on YouTube, showing Troughton in good spirits.


==== [[April]] ====
The [[Eighth Doctor]] taught some [[boar]]s how to talk, enabling them to evolve into the [[Tusken|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
* [[4 April|04]] - Production began on [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'', the first story of the [[Sylvester McCoy]] era.
* [[16 April|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' was first published.
* [[27 April|27]] - [[Ciara Janson]] was born.


==== [[May]] ====
The [[St Oswald South Bank]] was demolished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)|Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast]]'')
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' was first published.
* [[21 May|21]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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''.


==== [[June]] ====
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] conducted an interview with Dr [[Francis Augur]] for the ''[[Metropolitan]]''. Francis Augur experimented with medical applications of [[gold]] and was a promising young specialist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glittering Storm (audio story)|The Glittering Storm]]'')
* 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|06]] - [[Fulton Mackay]] died.
* [[15 June|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design.
* [[18 June|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' was first published.
* [[22 June|22]] - [[Joe Dempsie]] was born.


==== [[July]] ====
[[Johnny Chess]] released the LP record ''[[Things to do on a Wet Tuesday Night]]'', which included his songs "[[God Knows All About It]]" and "[[Preaching to the Converted]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'')
* [[16 July|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' was first published.


==== [[August]] ====
The [[Ninth Doctor]] pulled [[Child (Have You Seen This Man?)|a child]] out of the path of [[Volkswagen Beetle (Have You Seen This Man?)|a VW Beetle]] in [[Southport]], but told [[David Gee]] and [[David Gee's wife|his wife]] that he'd later [[regret]] it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'')
* [[20 August|20]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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.


==== [[September]] ====
====Ace in 1987====
* [[5 September|05]] - [[Bill Fraser]] ([[Grugger]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' and [[Bill Pollock]] in [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') died.
[[Ace]] and several of her friends went to see ''[[Withnail and I]]'' in the cinema. Ace thought that it was funny, but her friends did not get it. She fancied [[Richard E Grant|the actor who played Withnail]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Independence Day (novel)|Independence Day]]'')
* [[7 September|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast, 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|11]] - [[Hugh David]] died.
* [[14 September|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[16 September|16]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] died.
* [[17 September|17]] - [[Stephen Jack]] ([[John Farrel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]'') died.
* 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was first published.
* [[19 September|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' was first published.
* [[21 September|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[28 September|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* 28 - ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|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''.


==== [[October]] ====
Ace and a friend named [[Julian Milton]] planned to run away together so she packed supplies and clothes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'')
* [[1 October|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[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|4]] - [[Daniel Anthony]] ([[Clyde Langer]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'') was born.
* [[5 October|05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[12 October|12]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[15 October|15]] - [[TC]]: ''[[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, [[KAC]]: ''[[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|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' was first published.
* [[26 October|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.


==== [[November]] ====
Ace was transported by a [[time storm]] created by [[Fenric]] from [[Perivale]] to [[Iceworld]] on [[Svartos]] in the [[far future]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') Fenric later took her back in time to the day that she was transported to Iceworld in an attempt to convince her to prevent her younger self from leaving. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gods and Monsters (audio story)|Gods and Monsters]]'')
* [[2 November|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
** 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|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14 November|14]] - [[Dimitri Leonidas]], who played [[Howie Spragg]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'', was born.
* [[16 November|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[19 November|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' was first published. An adaptation of the serial [[DW]]: ''[[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|22]] - The [[wikipedia:Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident|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 [[wikipedia: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 [[DW]]: ''[[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|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. 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|28]] - [[Karen Gillan]] was born.
* [[30 November|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.


==== [[December]] ====
== Births and deaths ==
* [[7 December|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast, concluding [[Season 24]]. [[Bonnie Langford]] left the series with this episode.
===Dated===
* [[10 December|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' was first published.
On [[27 April]], [[Rose Tyler]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Meet Rose (short story)|Meet Rose]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'', ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') However other accounts indicated Rose was born in early [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rose (novelisation)|Rose]]'')
* [[20 December|20]] - [[Neville Simons]] ([[Frank Michaels]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') died.


==== Unknown dates ====
On [[8 September]], [[Craig Dalloway]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'')
* The independent video production [[RP]]: ''[[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.


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On [[13 November]], [[Carys Fletcher]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'')
 
===Undated===
[[David Gosthorpe]] died of a [[stroke]] while in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Past Reckoning (short story)|Past Reckoning]]'')
 
[[Julia Hardwick]], a future victim of the [[Weeping Angel]]s, was born. It is possible that she became her own ancestor in her personal future after being sent back in time to [[1887]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'')
 
Some time after [[7 February]], Kathy Nightingale died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]'')
 
[[George Smithers]]' son died of [[leukemia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'')
 
==Other==
There were [[3000000 (number)|three million]] people unemployed in the United Kingdom. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Are The Daleks (audio story)|We Are The Daleks]]'')
 
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1987 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - August

On 7 February, Kathy Nightingale wrote a letter to her friend Sally Sparrow, entrusting her grandson Malcolm Wainwright to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sally in the 2000s.[nb 1] (TV: Blink)

On 19 August, Nora Wicker discovered a tree she didn't remember planting in her garden. It was also that day she met the Eleventh Doctor, (AUDIO: The World Tree)

October - December

In October, the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush encountered the Daleks in London and Bradford. (AUDIO: We Are The Daleks)

Reapers attack Rose Tyler. (TV: Father's Day)

On 7 November, Pete Tyler, the father of Rose Tyler, was killed when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding. This event was witnessed by an older Rose and the Ninth Doctor. Initially, Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose created an alternative timeline by preventing him from being killed, which resulted in a dangerous paradox. After spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally, he must have died, so he ran in front of the same car. This time Rose was with him when he died. The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died while an unidentified woman knelt beside him and the driver was known to Rose and Jackie instead of being nameless. (TV: Father's Day) This was known to UNIT as a Temporal Event. They kept a file, 1987 11-Be3a, on the incident. (PROSE: Rose Tyler)

On 20 November, an event called "Energize" took place in London. (TV: Father's Day)

On 24 December, David Gilligan burgled several houses in the suburbs of Illinois. (PROSE: Be Good for Goodness's Sake)

The Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej battled an N-Form in London. (PROSE: Damaged Goods)

Undated

The Eightfold Truth was founded in the United Kingdom by Clark Goodman. By 2015, it had 244 million members worldwide, its membership having increased fivefold since 2010. (AUDIO: The Eight Truths)

The Eighth Doctor taught some boars how to talk, enabling them to evolve into the intelligent Boar race. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)

The St Oswald South Bank was demolished. (PROSE: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast)

Sarah Jane Smith conducted an interview with Dr Francis Augur for the Metropolitan. Francis Augur experimented with medical applications of gold and was a promising young specialist. (AUDIO: The Glittering Storm)

Johnny Chess released the LP record Things to do on a Wet Tuesday Night, which included his songs "God Knows All About It" and "Preaching to the Converted". (PROSE: The Also People)

The Ninth Doctor pulled a child out of the path of a VW Beetle in Southport, but told David Gee and his wife that he'd later regret it. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Ace in 1987

Ace and several of her friends went to see Withnail and I in the cinema. Ace thought that it was funny, but her friends did not get it. She fancied the actor who played Withnail. (PROSE: Independence Day)

Ace and a friend named Julian Milton planned to run away together so she packed supplies and clothes. (PROSE: Love and War)

Ace was transported by a time storm created by Fenric from Perivale to Iceworld on Svartos in the far future. (TV: Dragonfire, The Curse of Fenric) Fenric later took her back in time to the day that she was transported to Iceworld in an attempt to convince her to prevent her younger self from leaving. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters)

Births and deaths

Dated

On 27 April, Rose Tyler was born. (PROSE: Meet Rose, TV: Father's Day, Rise of the Cybermen) However other accounts indicated Rose was born in early 1986. (TV: Rose, Aliens of London, PROSE: Rose)

On 8 September, Craig Dalloway was born. (TV: Reset)

On 13 November, Carys Fletcher was born. (TV: Day One)

Undated

David Gosthorpe died of a stroke while in Naples, Italy. (PROSE: Past Reckoning)

Julia Hardwick, a future victim of the Weeping Angels, was born. It is possible that she became her own ancestor in her personal future after being sent back in time to 1887. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)

Some time after 7 February, Kathy Nightingale died. (TV: Blink)

George Smithers' son died of leukemia. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

Other

There were three million people unemployed in the United Kingdom. (AUDIO: We Are The Daleks)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ While Blink itself uncontroversially sets its main setting in 2007 and "twenty minutes to Red Hatching" a year later in 2008—as Kathy Nightingale's letter describes taking "one breath in 2007 and the next in 1920", and the Tenth Doctor's side of his conversation with Sally Sparrow in 1969 happens 38 years before Sally says hers—these are contradicted by heavily conflicting dates in the Redacted audio series later on regarding both Kathy's disappearance and the Red Hatching. In Angels, Abby McPhail identifies 2008 as the year of Kathy's disappearance, which suggests 2009 as the year of the Red Hatching. In Salvation, the Thirteenth Doctor recognises the Red Hatching as the cause of death of Andy Proctor, who was last seen by his daughter Cleo "nearly 20 years" before 2022 according to Recruits.
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