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'''1970''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[January]] ===
=== Dated ===
* A part-[[Time Lord]] part-[[human]] [[River Song|girl]] [[regeneration|regenerated]] into an incarnation who would later be known as [[Melody Pond|Mels]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]] ''/ ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'')
In [[January]],<ref name="Mels">''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'' dates the scene in which [[Melody Pond]] regenerates to six [[month]]s after the [[Apollo 11]] mission, which occurred in [[July]] [[1969]].</ref> part-[[Time Lord]]/part-[[human]] [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|girl]] [[regeneration|regenerated]] into an incarnation who was later known as [[Mels]], initially emerging as "a [[toddler]] in the middle of [[New York City|New York]]." ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}, {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}})


=== [[August]] ===
On [[17 April]], [[Apollo 13]] safely returned to [[Earth]] after an [[oxygen tank]] [[Explosion|exploded]] mid-flight. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Ace|Dorothy Gale McShane]], later be a [[companion]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]] known as "Ace", was born to [[Audrey Dudman]] in [[England]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')


=== December ===
In the [[summer]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited [[Durham University]], where they caused [[Frank Openshaw]] to meet his future [[wife]] [[Sandra Openshaw|Sandra]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|I Am a Dalek (novel)}})
* [[Mars Probe 7]] reached [[Earth]]. The [[radioactive]] [[alien]]s were removed. The [[Third Doctor]] prevented [[Carrington]] from starting a war. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'') ''{{fact}} on date''


=== Unknown dates ===
On [[20 July]], according to one account, the first [[human]] [[astronaut]]s landed on [[the Moon]], where they encountered the [[First Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Moon Landing (comic story)}})
* "[[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Mary]]" killed [[Myra Bennett]] to consume her [[heart]]. [[Human]] authorities did not manage to catch her. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Melody's first assumed regen.jpg|left|thumb|[[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody Pond]] regenerates. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}})]]
=== [[January]] ===
* [[3 January|3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 1, the first colour episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the first of [[Season 7]] and the first starring [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]] was first broadcast. It launched the "[[UNIT]] era" of the series. Beginning in 1970, the number of episodes produced each season was reduced considerably and the show moved from a fall to spring broadcast schedule to a January-June schedule. [[Caroline John]] debuted as companion [[Liz Shaw]]. [[Nicholas Courtney]] as Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] became a series regular with this episode.
* [[10 January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[17 January|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[24 January|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[29 January|29]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] discussed the [[Third Doctor]]’s new car, [[Bessie]], in the pages of ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10311.shtml BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of ''Doctor Who'' - 'Radio Times' on 'Two Edwardian Chassis']</ref>
* [[31 January|31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. The Doctor's car, [[Bessie]], appeared for the first time. This was the only televised story to use the ''Doctor Who and the ...'' title format. This occurred as a result of a clerical error.


=== [[February]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[7 February|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
''[[Mars Probe 7]]'' reached [[Earth]], the [[radioactive]] [[alien]]s were removed and the [[Third Doctor]] prevented [[George Carrington|General George Carrington]] from starting a war. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})
* [[14 February|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[21 February|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[24 February|24]] - [[Raji James]], who played [[Rajesh Singh]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', was born.
* [[27 February|27]] - The BBC's Audience Research Dept. filed an Audience Research Report on [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 1. The episode rated a Reaction Index of 54, with [[Third Doctor|new Doctor]] [[Jon Pertwee]] having been "accepted without question".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10312.shtml BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of ''Doctor Who'' - Audience Research Report: 'Spearhead from Space']</ref>
* [[28 February|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.


=== [[March]] ===
"[[Mary (Arcateenian)|Mary]]" killed [[Myra Bennett]] to consume her [[heart]]. [[Human]] authorities didn't catch her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}})
* [[7 March|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[14 March|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast.
* [[21 March|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[28 March|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.


=== [[April]] ===
The [[Second Doctor]] and [[Jamie McCrimmon]] encountered the [[Ice Ape]]s in [[Antarctica]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Ice Cap Terror (comic story)}})
* [[4 April|4]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[11 April|11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[18 April|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[25 April|25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. This was the first [[UNIT]]-era appearance of [[John Levene]] as [[John Benton|Sgt. Benton]], who became a semi-regular for the next six years.


=== [[May]] ===
The Second Doctor, [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] fought the [[Cybermen]] in London. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Cyber-Mole (comic story)}})
* [[2 May|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast.
* [[9 May|9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[16 May|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[23 May|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[30 May|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.


=== [[June]] ===
Emeritus Professor Dame [[Hilda Hutchens]] won the [[Nobel Prize]] for Philosophy. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Island of Death (novel)}})
* [[6 June|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[13 June|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[20 June|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast, concluding Season 7. It was the shortest season to date and the shortest-ever season in terms of number of serials until [[Season 23]]'s single-story marathon. [[Caroline John]] left the series after this episode.


=== [[July]] ===
A new house at [[39 Bannerman Road]] was constructed, replacing the previous house which was demolished in [[1969]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Ghost House (audio story)}})
* [[10 July|10]] - [[John Simm]] ([[Harold Saxon]]/[[the Master]]) was born.


=== August ===
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] encountered the [[Morphuse]] in [[Detroit]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Bite of the Morphuse! (comic story)}})
* [[3 August|3]] - [[Elizabeth Berrington]] ([[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'') was born.
* [[6 August|6]] - [[Alan Cox]], a voice actor for [[Big Finish Productions]], was born.
* [[14 August|14]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]] ([[Mr Smith]] in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'') was born.
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Adrian Bower]], who voiced [[Steffen]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', was born.


=== [[September]] ===
[[Ravenscaur School]] began accepting female [[student]]s during this year. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)}})
* Publication of the sixth [[Doctor Who Annual 1971|Doctor Who Annual]].


=== [[October]] ===
=== Alternate timeline ===
* [[5 October|05]] - In the US, the National Educational Television network was rebranded and relaunched as the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS). This loose affiliation of broadcasters would introduce countless UK-produced television programs to North American audiences over the next four decades. It became the primary broadcast home of the 1963-89 version of ''Doctor Who'' beginning in the late 1970s.
In an [[alternate timeline]], [[the Beatles]] did not break up in 1970. The [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Fitz Kreiner]] saw them perform at [[Live Aid]] in [[1985]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})


=== [[November]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[6 November|06]] - [[Colin Baker]] made his TV acting debut in an episode of ''The Adventures of Don Quick''.
=== Dated ===
On [[20 August]], [[Ace|Dorothy Gale McShane]], later to be a [[companion]] of the [[Seventh Doctor]] known as "Ace", was born to [[Audrey Dudman]] in [[England]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Ghost Light (TV story)}})


=== See also ===
=== Undated ===
* [[:Category:Stories set in 1970|Stories set in 1970]]
[[Charles de Gaulle]] died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})


[[Category:Years]]
[[Agatha Ellis]] was born in [[Hove]]. Her mother died in childbirth, which caused her father to suffer a mental illness. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Curtain Call (short story)}})
 
[[Trey Korte]] was born in [[Chicago]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instruments of Darkness (novel)}})
 
== Other ==
[[New York City]]'s total population was 7,824,756, 1,437,023 of whom were foreign-born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
 
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
 
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1970 was a year.

Events

Dated

In January,[1] part-Time Lord/part-human girl regenerated into an incarnation who was later known as Mels, initially emerging as "a toddler in the middle of New York." (TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"], TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"], Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])

On 17 April, Apollo 13 safely returned to Earth after an oxygen tank exploded mid-flight. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

In the summer, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited Durham University, where they caused Frank Openshaw to meet his future wife Sandra. (PROSE: I Am a Dalek [+]Loading...["I Am a Dalek (novel)"])

On 20 July, according to one account, the first human astronauts landed on the Moon, where they encountered the First Doctor, John and Gillian. (COMIC: Moon Landing [+]Loading...["Moon Landing (comic story)"])

Melody Pond regenerates. (TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"])

Undated

Mars Probe 7 reached Earth, the radioactive aliens were removed and the Third Doctor prevented General George Carrington from starting a war. (TV: The Ambassadors of Death [+]Loading...["The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)"], PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

"Mary" killed Myra Bennett to consume her heart. Human authorities didn't catch her. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"])

The Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon encountered the Ice Apes in Antarctica. (COMIC: Ice Cap Terror [+]Loading...["Ice Cap Terror (comic story)"])

The Second Doctor, John and Gillian fought the Cybermen in London. (COMIC: Cyber-Mole [+]Loading...["Cyber-Mole (comic story)"])

Emeritus Professor Dame Hilda Hutchens won the Nobel Prize for Philosophy. (PROSE: Island of Death [+]Loading...["Island of Death (novel)"])

A new house at 39 Bannerman Road was constructed, replacing the previous house which was demolished in 1969. (AUDIO: The Ghost House [+]Loading...["The Ghost House (audio story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor encountered the Morphuse in Detroit. (COMIC: Bite of the Morphuse! [+]Loading...["Bite of the Morphuse! (comic story)"])

Ravenscaur School began accepting female students during this year. (COMIC: Clara Oswald and the School of Death [+]Loading...["Clara Oswald and the School of Death (comic story)"])

Alternate timeline

In an alternate timeline, the Beatles did not break up in 1970. The Eighth Doctor's companion Fitz Kreiner saw them perform at Live Aid in 1985. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 20 August, Dorothy Gale McShane, later to be a companion of the Seventh Doctor known as "Ace", was born to Audrey Dudman in England. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Loading...["Ghost Light (TV story)"])

Undated

Charles de Gaulle died. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

Agatha Ellis was born in Hove. Her mother died in childbirth, which caused her father to suffer a mental illness. (PROSE: Curtain Call [+]Loading...["Curtain Call (short story)"])

Trey Korte was born in Chicago. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness [+]Loading...["Instruments of Darkness (novel)"])

Other

New York City's total population was 7,824,756, 1,437,023 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Day of the Moon dates the scene in which Melody Pond regenerates to six months after the Apollo 11 mission, which occurred in July 1969.
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