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==Events==
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===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
'''1980''' was a [[year]].
==== Unknown dates ====
* [[Victoria Waterfield]] visits [[Det-Sen Monastery]] in [[Tibet]], believing she is following a summons from her father. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'').
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] claimed to [[Lawrence Scarman]] that she have come from the year 1980, though this is disputed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]''; see [[UNIT dating controversy]]).


====[[February]]====
== Events ==
* [[14th February|14]] - Dr. [[Owen Harper]], [[Torchwood 3]] operative, is born. ([[TW]]:''[[Exit Wounds]]'', [[WEB]]:''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.co.uk]]'')
=== Dated ===
On [[3 February]], [[Isley]] was sent by the [[United States of America]] to [[Assassination|assassinate]] a target in [[Cuba]]. When her [[android]] nature was discovered, she "eliminated" fifty witnesses, causing a major diplomatic incident and the suspension of the US' robot-making programs. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nuclear Time (novel)}})


==== [[December]] ====
On [[8 June]], [[UNIT]] began observing the [[Time Fracture]] at [[coordinate]]s 51°30'47.7"N 0°08'51.9"W. ([[WC]]: {{cs|14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)}})
* [[8th December |8]] - Knowing of the impending assassination of former [[Beatle]] [[John Lennon]], [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] have traveled to [[New York City]]. [[Mark David Chapman]], influenced by [[the Blue]], shoots and kills him anyway. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Left-Handed Hummingbird]]'')
* [[25th December |25]] - Professor [[Edward Travers]], CBE, dies. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'')


====Negated timeline====
The [[science fiction]] film ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'', which was inspired by a [[UFO]] / [[god]]s scare caused by the [[Latter-Day Pantheon]] in [[New York City]] in [[March]] and [[April]] [[1965]], was released. It was directed by a newcomer named [[Anthony Jones]]. The film's screenplay was based on the book ''[[How I Saved the World]]'' by [[Alexander Lullington-Smythe]], which was published by [[Aphrodite Press]] in [[1976]] and was "very publicly discredited" in [[1978]]. The veteran science fiction and horror star [[Peter Cushing (in-universe)|Peter Cushing]] played the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, [[Doctor Who (Salvation)|Doctor Who]]", a character loosely based on the [[First Doctor]]. However, a film critic for the magazine ''[[Film in Focus]]'' noted that Cushing's "endearingly eccentric professor [was] as fictional as the rest of ''Prey for a Miracle''" as what little was known about the real life "Doctor" suggested that he was "a shadowy, manipulative figure". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Salvation (novel)}})
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] brings [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Laurence Scarman]] from [[1911]] and shows them what 1980 would look like if [[Sutekh]] had succeeded in freeing himself, a lifeless [[Earth]] orbiting a dead [[sun]]. This example of [[alternate time]] convinces Sarah that they must return to 1911 and stop Sutekh. ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'')


===Real World===
In [[December]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] visited [[New Zealand]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)}})
==== [[January]] ====
*[[5th January|5]] - [[DW]]:''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
*[[12th January|12]] - [[DW]]:''[[The Horns of Nimon]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast,  bringing an end to the season six weeks earlier than planned due to the cancellation of ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''. Final episode to feature the original 1960s arrangement by [[Delia Derbyshire]] of the Doctor Who theme music, specifically the arrangement introduced in the [[1967]] serial ''[[The Macra Terror]]''. Also final use of the diamond-shaped series logo and [[Bernard Lodge]] "tunnel" opening sequence. This episode also brings to a close [[Graham Williams]]' involvement as producer and of [[Douglas Adams]] as a member of the writing team.
* [[24th January|24]]
**Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Underworld]]''.
**American edition of ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]].


==== [[February]] ====
On [[8 December]], knowing of the impending [[assassination]] of former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[John Lennon]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] travelled to [[New York City]]. [[Mark David Chapman]], influenced by [[Huitzilin|the Blue]], shot and killed him anyway. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)}})
* [[4th February|4]] - Former [[Script Editor]] and writer [[David Whitaker]] dies in [[Australia]].
* [[21st February|21]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time]]''.


==== [[March]] ====
=== Undated ===
* [[20th March|20]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood]]'', by [[Target Books]].
[[Victoria Waterfield]] visited [[Det-Sen Monastery]] in Tibet, believing that she was obeying a summons from her father [[Edward Waterfield]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}})
* American edition of ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]'' published by [[Pinnacle Books]]. This was the last re-print of a ''Doctor Who'' novelisation by Pinnacle, and as of 2009 stands as the last American edition of a Doctor Who novel to date.


==== [[April]] ====
An earthquake damaged [[Pompeii]] and uncovered the buried [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. Captain [[Muriel Frost]] called in the [[Fifth Doctor]] to inform him of the discovery. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)}})
* [[24th April|24]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara]]''.


==== [[May]] ====
''[[Jodie's Law]]'' was released. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* [[26th May | 26]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll]]''.


==== [[June]] ====
A cult, which believed that [[God]] was an impossibly long number, took up residence on [[Fleming's Island]] off the coast of [[Ireland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iterations of I (audio story)}})
* [[26th June|26]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor]]''. Due to the inability of [[Target Books]] to come to an agreement with [[Douglas Adams]], this would ultimately be the last of the ''[[Key to Time]]''- arc serials to be novelised. The remaining serial, ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'', would not be novelised.
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' begins publishing ''Doctor Who'' comics written by future comics superstar writer [[Alan Moore]].


==== [[August]] ====
[[Iris Wildthyme]] acquired a [[ficus]] while starring in a [[Pornography|porn]] [[film]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme (short story)}})
* [[6th August|6]] - [[Barry Justice]] (King [[Charles IX]] in ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'') dies in [[London]].
* [[7th August|7]] - Final issue of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'', which changes to a monthly magazine in September.
* [[21st August|21]] - Publication ''[[Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]''. For the first time in several years, [[Target Books]] had released more than one book on the same day.
* [[30th August|30]] - First episode of ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' broadcast, launching a longer-than-usual season that is [[Tom Baker]]'s final season and the first series produced by [[John Nathan-Turner]]. Among the numerous changes evident with this episode is the introduction of a radically different arrangement of the [[Doctor Who theme]] by [[Peter Howell]] and a new neon-tubing style [[Doctor Who logo|series logo]].


==== [[September]] ====
[[File:Fisher King flood.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Fisher King]] caught in the [[flood]] of [[Краснодар]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Before the Flood (TV story)}})]]
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' begins publishing as a monthly, initially changing its title from ''Doctor Who Weekly'' to ''Doctor Who: A Marvel Monthly''.
In [[Scotland]], the town of [[Краснодар]] in [[Caithness]] was flooded. The [[Twelfth Doctor]] visited the town before the flood, and encountered [[Albar Prentis]], who was killed by the alien warlord known as the [[Fisher King]]. The Doctor succeeded in stopping the Fisher King and advancing the flood so the underwater [[mining]] base [[the Drum]] could be built in the future. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Before the Flood (TV story)}})
* [[6th September|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast.
* [[13th September|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[20th September|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[27th September|27]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.


==== [[October]] ====
The Fourth Doctor and [[Romana II]] encountered the [[vampire]] [[Zoltán Frid]] in [[Budapest]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)}})
* [[4th October|4]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast.
* [[11th October|11]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[16th October|16]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon]]''. (Although the series branding has changed to [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|a new logo]], the [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Four|the previous logo]] is still used by [[Target Books]] for several more volumes.
* [[18th October|18]] - [[DW]]:''[[Meglos (TV story) |Meglos]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[25th October|25]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. [[Matthew Waterhouse]] debuts as new companion [[Adric]].


==== [[November]] ====
[[Umpty-nine]] was rediscovered in a [[black market]] [[auction]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Painting on the Stair (short story)}})
* [[1st November|1]] - ''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast.
* [[8th November|8]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[13th November|13]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' published. This is a short version of ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' aimed at younger readers and is one of two "Junior Doctor Who" books released in 1980. Reportedly the book was originally to have been released in [[1978]].
* [[15th November|15]] - [[DW]]:''[[Full Circle]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[22nd November|22]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast.
* [[29th November|29]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast.


==== [[December]] ====
Tensions between [[Iran]] and the western world were ratcheting up, with the menace of [[atomic bomb|atomic warfare]] looming large. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 32 comic story)}})
* [[4th December|4]] - Publication of ''[[Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon]]''.
* [[6th December|6]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast.
* [[8th December|8]] - Ex-[[Beatle]] [[John Lennon]], who appeared as himself in ''[[The Chase]]'' is shot and killed by [[Mark David Chapman]] outside his home in [[New York City]].
* [[13th December|13]] - [[DW]]:''[[State of Decay]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast.
* [[30th December|30]] - [[Tom Baker]] and [[Lalla Ward]] marry; Baker is in the midst of filming ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', while Ward's final episodes as [[Romana II|Romana]] have yet to be broadcast.


==== Unknown dates ====
=== Alternate timelines ===
* Spring-summer: [[John Nathan-Turner]] takes over as [[Producer]] of ''Doctor Who''. Among the changes he implements is the introduction of [[Doctor_Who_theme#The_1980s|a new arrangement]] of the theme song by [[Peter Howell]], an updated opening credits sequence, and the announcement that the [[Season 18|1980-81 season]] will be [[Tom Baker]]'s last as the Doctor.
The Fourth Doctor took Sarah Jane and [[Laurence Scarman]] from [[1911]] and showed them what 1980 (which Sarah Jane told Scarman was the time she came from) would look like if [[Sutekh]] freed himself when Sarah told him they knew the evil Osirian hadn't managed to escape, though the Doctor was dubious: a lifeless [[Earth]] orbiting a dead [[sun]]. This [[alternate timeline]] convinced Sarah that they had to return to 1911 and stop Sutekh and prevented the timeline they'd seen coming to pass. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Pyramids of Mars (TV story)}})
* ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'', a short version of ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' aimed at younger readers is published.
*[[The Adventures of K9]], a children's book series by [[David Martin]], are published by [[Sparrow Books]].
* [[Tom Baker]] and [[Lalla Ward]] appear as [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Romana II|Romana]] in a series of commercials for Australian television, advertising Prime Computers (an early home microcomputer). While most of the commmercials feature them in their standard character roles, the final commercial in the series has Romana flirting with the Doctor and ends with the Doctor proposing marriage to her!


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== Births and deaths ==
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On [[14 February]], [[Doctor|Dr]] [[Owen Harper]], [[Torchwood Three]] operative, was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})
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On [[15 April]], [[Sam Jones]], future [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]], was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}, {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}, {{cs|The Taint (novel)}})
[[Category:1980s]]
 
On [[25 December]], [[Professor]] [[Edward Travers]], CBE, died in [[Tibet]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Downtime (novelisation)}})
 
=== Undated ===
[[Alice (Swan Song)|Alice]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Swan Song (audio story)}})
 
[[Ted O'Brien]]'s son died of a [[drug]] overdose. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head of State (novel)}})
 
== Other ==
[[New York City]]'s total population was 7,071,639, 1,670,199 of whom were foreign-born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
 
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1980 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 3 February, Isley was sent by the United States of America to assassinate a target in Cuba. When her android nature was discovered, she "eliminated" fifty witnesses, causing a major diplomatic incident and the suspension of the US' robot-making programs. (PROSE: Nuclear Time [+]Loading...["Nuclear Time (novel)"])

On 8 June, UNIT began observing the Time Fracture at coordinates 51°30'47.7"N 0°08'51.9"W. (WC: 14682 UNIT Field Log [+]Loading...["14682 UNIT Field Log (webcast)"])

The science fiction film Prey for a Miracle, which was inspired by a UFO / gods scare caused by the Latter-Day Pantheon in New York City in March and April 1965, was released. It was directed by a newcomer named Anthony Jones. The film's screenplay was based on the book How I Saved the World by Alexander Lullington-Smythe, which was published by Aphrodite Press in 1976 and was "very publicly discredited" in 1978. The veteran science fiction and horror star Peter Cushing played the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who", a character loosely based on the First Doctor. However, a film critic for the magazine Film in Focus noted that Cushing's "endearingly eccentric professor [was] as fictional as the rest of Prey for a Miracle" as what little was known about the real life "Doctor" suggested that he was "a shadowy, manipulative figure". (PROSE: Salvation [+]Loading...["Salvation (novel)"])

In December, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith visited New Zealand. (PROSE: Autaia Pipipi Pia [+]Loading...["Autaia Pipipi Pia (short story)"])

On 8 December, knowing of the impending assassination of former Beatle John Lennon, the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield travelled to New York City. Mark David Chapman, influenced by the Blue, shot and killed him anyway. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])

Undated

Victoria Waterfield visited Det-Sen Monastery in Tibet, believing that she was obeying a summons from her father Edward Waterfield. (PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])

An earthquake damaged Pompeii and uncovered the buried TARDIS. Captain Muriel Frost called in the Fifth Doctor to inform him of the discovery. (AUDIO: The Fires of Vulcan [+]Loading...["The Fires of Vulcan (audio story)"])

Jodie's Law was released. (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

A cult, which believed that God was an impossibly long number, took up residence on Fleming's Island off the coast of Ireland. (AUDIO: Iterations of I [+]Loading...["Iterations of I (audio story)"])

Iris Wildthyme acquired a ficus while starring in a porn film. (PROSE: Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme [+]Loading...["Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Wildthyme (short story)"])

The Fisher King caught in the flood of Краснодар. (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])

In Scotland, the town of Краснодар in Caithness was flooded. The Twelfth Doctor visited the town before the flood, and encountered Albar Prentis, who was killed by the alien warlord known as the Fisher King. The Doctor succeeded in stopping the Fisher King and advancing the flood so the underwater mining base the Drum could be built in the future. (TV: Before the Flood [+]Loading...["Before the Flood (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II encountered the vampire Zoltán Frid in Budapest. (AUDIO: The Labyrinth of Buda Castle [+]Loading...["The Labyrinth of Buda Castle (audio story)"])

Umpty-nine was rediscovered in a black market auction. (PROSE: The Painting on the Stair [+]Loading...["The Painting on the Stair (short story)"])

Tensions between Iran and the western world were ratcheting up, with the menace of atomic warfare looming large. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales 32 [+]Loading...["Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 32 comic story)"])

Alternate timelines

The Fourth Doctor took Sarah Jane and Laurence Scarman from 1911 and showed them what 1980 (which Sarah Jane told Scarman was the time she came from) would look like if Sutekh freed himself when Sarah told him they knew the evil Osirian hadn't managed to escape, though the Doctor was dubious: a lifeless Earth orbiting a dead sun. This alternate timeline convinced Sarah that they had to return to 1911 and stop Sutekh and prevented the timeline they'd seen coming to pass. (TV: Pyramids of Mars [+]Loading...["Pyramids of Mars (TV story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 14 February, Dr Owen Harper, Torchwood Three operative, was born. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

On 15 April, Sam Jones, future companion of the Eighth Doctor, was born. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"], Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"], The Taint [+]Loading...["The Taint (novel)"])

On 25 December, Professor Edward Travers, CBE, died in Tibet. (PROSE: Downtime [+]Loading...["Downtime (novelisation)"])

Undated

Alice was born. (AUDIO: Swan Song [+]Loading...["Swan Song (audio story)"])

Ted O'Brien's son died of a drug overdose. (PROSE: Head of State [+]Loading...["Head of State (novel)"])

Other

New York City's total population was 7,071,639, 1,670,199 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

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