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*[[Lytton]] contacts [[Cybermen]] in the [[London]] sewers. ([[DW]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
'''1985''' was a [[year]].


*The [[Second Doctor|second]] and [[Sixth Doctor|sixth Doctors]] prevent the [[Sontaran]]s from gaining [[time travel]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'')
== Properties ==
It was recorded as 72,693 in the [[TL]] dating system. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cyber Files (novel)}})


*[[10th October]] - [[Orson Welles]] dies
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[24 December|Christmas Eve]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)}})


== History of Doctor Who ==
In [[December]], a [[Zygon (Skywatch-7)|Zygon]] landed in [[Antarctica]], near UNIT [[Arctic base Skywatch-7]]. Several people stationed there were killed, but the survivors were able to drive it into the icy water where it perished. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Skywatch-7 (comic story)}})


=== Undated ===
[[File:Foreman3.jpg|left|thumb|The Sixth Doctor, with Peri, returns to Foreman's Yard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]]
[[Gustave Lytton]] contacted the [[Cybermen]] in the [[London]] [[sewer]]s after being stranded on Earth for two years already. Lytton had substituted his mercenary profession for bank robbery. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], searching for a distress signal, were ambushed by the Cybermen, apparently aided by Lytton, and the Doctor was forced to pilot [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}})


=== [[January]] ===
While in [[London]], [[Australia]]n actress [[Jody Lockhart]] accidentally stumbled into [[Rollo's TARDIS]], then disguised as an elevator, and caused it to take off before [[Rollo]] could explain the situation. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}})


[[Lieutenant]] [[Roderick Mitchell]] of the [[US Army]] was transferred to [[Special Forces]]. A few years later, he would be transferred a second time, this time to [[UNIT]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Legions of Death (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}})


* [[5th January | 05]] - [[Attack of the Cybermen]] Episode 1 First Broadcast. Beginning with this episode, the series moves to 45-minute episodes.
[[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] wrote a GCSE textbook called ''[[Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE for the Associated Exam Board]]'' with [[Ian Martin]] in which Lady [[Jane Grey]]'s nine day reign from [[10 July]] to [[19 July]] [[1553]] was covered. She, the [[First Doctor]] and her future husband [[Ian Chesterton]] had met Lady Jane shortly after she was deposed by [[Mary I|Queen Mary I]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nine-Day Queen (short story)}})


* [[12th January | 12]] - [[Attack of the Cybermen]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
[[Konstantin Chernenko]], the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], died. He was succeeded by the considerably more moderate [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Protect and Survive (audio story)}})


* [[19th January | 19]] - [[Vengeance on Varos]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
''[[The Long Coolth of Summer]]'' was released. Seeing that it was going to be a box office failure, [[Michael Brookhaven]] remade the film in [[1953]], turning the 1985 film into a successful "remake". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})


* [[26th January | 26]] - [[Vengeance on Varos]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
[[Karen Kuykendall]] created the [[Tarot of the Cat-People]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)}})


=== [[February]] ===
After the death of the former actress and animal expert [[Sheena Sown]], a conservation charity was established in her name. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes (short story)|Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes}})


* [[2nd February | 02]] - [[The Mark of the Rani]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
The [[plumber]] [[Pietro Rossi]] was transported across dimensions when he entered a house on the outskirts of [[Rome]] and tried to fix a blockage in the pipes. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Dungeon of the Lost (comic story)}})


* [[6th February | 06]] - [[Neil McCarthy]] ([[George Patrick Barnham]] in [[The Mind of Evil]] and [[Thawn]] in [[The Power of Kroll]]) dies from motor neurone disease.
[[Gideon Barrow]] began writing ''[[Apex]]'' for [[Spitfire Comics]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy (short story)}})


* [[9th February | 09]] - [[The Mark of the Rani]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] came to [[New York City]] to retrieve a [[psychic sales voucher]] that had fallen into hands of [[Oppenheimer-Mason|Mrs Oppenheimer-Mason]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Time Lady of Means (comic story)}})


* [[14th February | 14]] - ''[[Planet of Fire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Planet of Fire]]'' First Published.
[[Bernie Wilson]] wrote a letter to [[Erica Forsyth]], which he hid in his [[bedroom]] drawer instead of sending. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})


* [[16th February | 16]] - [[The Two Doctors]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
''[[The Iytean Menace (in-universe)|The Iytean Menace]]'' by [[J. Andrew Keith (in-universe)|J. A. Keith]] was published by [[FASA (in-universe)|FASA]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}})


* [[23rd February | 23]] - [[The Two Doctors]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
=== Other realities ===
In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], [[Konstantin Chernenko]] was succeeded as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Kryuchkov]]. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the [[Soviet Union]] on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. As [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Protect and Survive (audio story)}})


* 23 - [[A Fix with Sontarans]] First Broadcast
In another alternative timeline in which [[the Beatles]] did not break up in [[1970]], the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Fitz Kreiner]] saw the band perform at [[Live Aid]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})


* [[27th February | 27]] - The [[BBC]] announces that it is suspending ''Doctor Who'' after the conclusion of the current season, effectively cancelling the series. Fan protest would ultimately result in the series returning in [[1986]] after an 18-month hiatus.
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
[[Claire Brown]] was born on [[13 May]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Village of the Angels (TV story)}})


=== [[March]] ===
=== Undated ===
[[Steven Ballard]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|In the Shadows (audio story)}})


* [[2nd March | 02]] - [[The Two Doctors]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
[[Mickey Smith]] once indicated he was around a year older than [[Rose Tyler]], placing his birth year around 1985. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)}}) According to other accounts, he was born in [[1983]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) or on [[22 May]] [[1984]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mickey (reference book)|namedpart=Mickey Data|page=6|name="data"}})


* [[9th March | 09]] - [[Timelash (TV story) |Timelash]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
== Other ==
[[The Doctor]] didn't consider 1985 to be a "classic" year, but nonetheless one where they were needed. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)}}, {{cs|Time Lady of Means (comic story)}})


* [[14th March | 14]] - ''[[The Caves of Androzani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani]]'' First Published.
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* [[23rd March | 23]] - [[Revelation of the Daleks]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[30th March | 30]] - [[Revelation of the Daleks]] Episode 2 First Broadcast. Final 45-minute episode until 2005. Also final use of the [[Peter Howell]] arrangement of the theme music.
 
=== [[April]] ===
 
* Severn House publishes ''Doctor Who Book of Space'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space]]'' aimed at libraries.
 
* [[11th April | 11]] - ''[[Marco Polo (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Marco Polo]]'' First Published.
 
* [[30th April | 30]] - [[George Pravda]], who appeared as [[Alexander Denes]] in [[The Enemy of the World]], [[Jaeger]] in [[The Mutants]] and [[Castellan]] [[Spandrell]] in [[The Deadly Assassin]] dies.
 
=== [[May]] ===
 
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' publishes its 100th issue.
 
* [[16th May | 16]] - ''[[The Doctor Who Cookbook]]'' first published.
** [[The Doctor Who Monster Book]] is republished nearly 10 years after its first issue. A poster included in the first release is omitted in the reprint.
 
* [[17th May | 17]] - [[Hugh Burden]] dies.
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
* [[11th June | 11]] - [[Norman Claridge]], who played the Priest in "[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]," dies in [[London]].
 
* [[13th June | 13]] - ''[[The Awakening (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Awakening]]'' First Published.
 
* [[24th June | 24]] - [[Valentine Dyall]] dies after recording a role for the upcoming radio play ''[[Slipback]]''.
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
* Severn House publishes ''Doctor Who Book of Science'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science]]'' aimed at libraries.
 
* [[7th July |7]] - [[Ewen Solon]], who played [[Chal]] in "[[The Savages]]" and [[Vishinsky]] in "[[Planet of Evil]]," dies in [[Wikipedia:Addleston |Addleston]], [[England]].
 
* [[11th July | 11]] - ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind of Evil]]'' First Published.
 
* [[25th July | 25]] - [[Slipback]] Episode 1 and 2 First Broadcast. The first radio play based upon ''Doctor Who'' and the first original audio drama since ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' a decade earlier, this serial was produced as a stopgap during the enforced hiatus for the televised series.
 
=== [[August]] ===
 
* [[Doctor Who Annual 1986]] published. This is the final annual to be published by World Distributors, ending a series that began in [[1965]]. The annual format would be revived by [[Marvel Comics]] in the 1990s.
 
* [[8th August | 8]] - [[Slipback]] Episode 3 and 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[22nd August | 22]] - [[Slipback]] Episode 5 and 6 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th August |29]] - [[Patrick Barr]], who played [[Jack Hobson]] in "[[The Moonbase]]," dies in [[London]].
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
* [[12th September | 12]] - ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Myth Makers]]'' First Published.
 
=== [[October]] ===
 
* [[10th October | 10]] - ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Invasion]]'' First Published.
* [[14th October | 14]] - ''[[The Third Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] published. Final book in the series.
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
* [[14th November | 14]] - ''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Krotons]]'' First Published.
 
=== [[December]] ===
 
* [[5th December | 05]] - ''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Two Doctors]]'' First Published. First [[Sixth Doctor]] novelisation. Promoted as the 100th Doctor Who novelisation by [[Target Books]]. Although the TV series logo has been modified slightly for the new Doctor, the Target line leaves the logo unchanged.
 
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1985 was a year.

Properties

It was recorded as 72,693 in the TL dating system. (PROSE: The Cyber Files [+]Loading...["The Cyber Files (novel)"])

Events

Dated

On Christmas Eve, the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a Christmas party at Sally Sparrow's aunt's house in Devon, when the TARDIS "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using her Christmas essay from 2005, the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for Sally Sparrow to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS reset button to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow [+]Loading...["What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)"])

In December, a Zygon landed in Antarctica, near UNIT Arctic base Skywatch-7. Several people stationed there were killed, but the survivors were able to drive it into the icy water where it perished. (COMIC: Skywatch-7 [+]Loading...["Skywatch-7 (comic story)"])

Undated

The Sixth Doctor, with Peri, returns to Foreman's Yard. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)

Gustave Lytton contacted the Cybermen in the London sewers after being stranded on Earth for two years already. Lytton had substituted his mercenary profession for bank robbery. The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown, searching for a distress signal, were ambushed by the Cybermen, apparently aided by Lytton, and the Doctor was forced to pilot his TARDIS to Telos. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)"])

While in London, Australian actress Jody Lockhart accidentally stumbled into Rollo's TARDIS, then disguised as an elevator, and caused it to take off before Rollo could explain the situation. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Iytean Menace, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Iytean Menace (game)"})

Lieutenant Roderick Mitchell of the US Army was transferred to Special Forces. A few years later, he would be transferred a second time, this time to UNIT. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})

Barbara Chesterton wrote a GCSE textbook called Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE for the Associated Exam Board with Ian Martin in which Lady Jane Grey's nine day reign from 10 July to 19 July 1553 was covered. She, the First Doctor and her future husband Ian Chesterton had met Lady Jane shortly after she was deposed by Queen Mary I. (PROSE: The Nine-Day Queen [+]Loading...["The Nine-Day Queen (short story)"])

Konstantin Chernenko, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, died. He was succeeded by the considerably more moderate Mikhail Gorbachev. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])

The Long Coolth of Summer was released. Seeing that it was going to be a box office failure, Michael Brookhaven remade the film in 1953, turning the 1985 film into a successful "remake". (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

Karen Kuykendall created the Tarot of the Cat-People. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

After the death of the former actress and animal expert Sheena Sown, a conservation charity was established in her name. (PROSE: Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes [+]Loading...["Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes (short story)","Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes"])

The plumber Pietro Rossi was transported across dimensions when he entered a house on the outskirts of Rome and tried to fix a blockage in the pipes. (COMIC: Dungeon of the Lost [+]Loading...["Dungeon of the Lost (comic story)"])

Gideon Barrow began writing Apex for Spitfire Comics. (PROSE: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy [+]Loading...["The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy (short story)"])

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II came to New York City to retrieve a psychic sales voucher that had fallen into hands of Mrs Oppenheimer-Mason. (COMIC: Time Lady of Means [+]Loading...["Time Lady of Means (comic story)"])

Bernie Wilson wrote a letter to Erica Forsyth, which he hid in his bedroom drawer instead of sending. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

The Iytean Menace by J. A. Keith was published by FASA. (PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"])

Other realities

In an alternative timeline created by the Elder Gods in the hope of destroying Earth, Konstantin Chernenko was succeeded as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union by the militant hardliner Vladimir Kryuchkov. This ultimately led to the outbreak of World War III on 9 November 1989 between the Soviet Union on the one hand and the United States and its allies including the United Kingdom on the other hand. As nuclear weapons were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the Seventh Doctor. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])

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

Births and deaths

Dated

Claire Brown was born on 13 May. (TV: Village of the Angels [+]Loading...["Village of the Angels (TV story)"])

Undated

Steven Ballard was born. (AUDIO: In the Shadows [+]Loading...["In the Shadows (audio story)"])

Mickey Smith once indicated he was around a year older than Rose Tyler, placing his birth year around 1985. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...["The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"]) According to other accounts, he was born in 1983 (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) or on 22 May 1984. (PROSE: "Mickey Data" [+]Part of Mickey, Loading...{"name":"\"data\"","page":"6","namedpart":"Mickey Data","1":"Mickey (reference book)"})

Other

The Doctor didn't consider 1985 to be a "classic" year, but nonetheless one where they were needed. (COMIC: The Many Lives of Doctor Who [+]Loading...["The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)"], Time Lady of Means [+]Loading...["Time Lady of Means (comic story)"])

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