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| {{timeline}}Likely the most significant event of '''2003''' was the deaths of millions of people on the planet [[Earth]] caused by [[Agent Yellow]] [[virus]] and the subsequent sterilisation of the Earth's surface to rid the planet of the virus by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'') | | {{YearNavLateral}}{{timeline}} |
| | '''2003''' was a [[year]]. |
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| The new [[United States of America|US]] state of [[Malebolgia]] was granted provisional statehood in 2003, with TV evangelist [[Brigham Elisha Dashwood III]] announcing his candidacy for first state governor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell]]'')
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| | On [[19 January]], [[Caroline Hall]] was taken by the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]]. She was reported missing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'') |
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| On [[23 August]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived at the [[Pinehill Crest Hotel]] in time for a demonstration of spiritual channelling, a demonstration of a [[temporal]] accelerator, a cross stitch convention and an attempt by the [[Scourge]] to manifest in [[Normal Space|the Doctor's reality]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') | | On [[17 June]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] released their documents on the [[Llanfairfach Incident]], which had occurred exactly 30 years earlier. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Global Conspiracy? (home video)|Global Conspiracy?]]'') |
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| The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] arrived at the [[Tower of London]] in an [[alternate timeline]] in which the [[British Empire]] had conquered Earth with the aid of [[Dalek]] technology acquired from their invasion attempt [[1903|one hundred years earlier]]. This timeline was negated by the last surviving Dalek. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee]]'')
| | On [[15 August]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived at the [[Pinehill Crest Hotel]] in time for a demonstration of spiritual channelling, a demonstration of a [[temporal accelerator]], a cross stitch convention and an attempt by the [[Scourge]] to manifest in [[N-Space|the Doctor's reality]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]'') |
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| == Individuals ==
| | [[File:Scanlon in Llanfairfach.jpg|thumb|right|[[Terry Scanlon]] in [[Llanfairfach]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Global Conspiracy? (home video)|Global Conspiracy?]]'')]] |
| * [[January]] - This was the supposed birth of the [[Tenza]] boy [[George (Night Terrors)|George]] to his [[human]] parents [[Alex (Night Terrors)|Alex]] and [[Claire (Night Terrors)|Claire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'')
| | In early [[winter]]<ref>In the story, the documents on the Llanfairfach Incident have recently been released by UNIT and an [[advertisement]] in the ''[[Newport Echo]]'' shows a winter sale. </ref>, [[Gordon Williams]] found toxic waste in the drain of his [[Llanfairfach]] house, touched it, and died shortly afterwards. After [[Sarah Jane Smith]] wrote a front page article in the ''[[Newport Echo]]'' on Williams' death, reporter [[Terry Scanlon]] began an investigation of the [[1973]] [[Global Chemicals]]' operation in Llanfairfach. After numerous interviews with residents of the town and former GC employees, Scanlon managed to track down [[Jocelyn Stevens]], the former Director of GC. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Global Conspiracy? (home video)|Global Conspiracy?]]'') |
| * 2003 saw [[Ruby Duvall]] became a reporter for the ''[[Sunday Seeker]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'')
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| * [[Liz Shaw]] died of the [[Agent Yellow]] virus on [[the Moon]]. By the time of her viral-related death, she had become Chief of Operations at [[Tranquility Base]] on [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| === January === | | [[File:Jess Collins' museum tour.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jess Collins]] gives a tour at the [[National Gallery]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'')]] |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[No Place Like Home]]'' was first released as an exclusive CD with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. The CD also included Episode 1 of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter One]]''.
| | Likely the most significant event was the deaths of millions of people on the planet [[Earth]] caused by [[Agent Yellow]] [[virus]] and the subsequent sterilisation of the Earth's surface to rid the planet of the virus by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee]]'' was first released.
| | [[File:Shalka-1 Earth Shalka asteroid.jpeg|thumb|The [[Shalka]]'s arrival on Earth. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Scream of the Shalka (webcast)}})]] |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter One]]'' was first released, launching [[Big Finish Productions]]' second ''[[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
| | While giving a tour at the [[National Gallery]], [[Jess Collins]] noticed that the [[Twelfth Doctor]] had changed history by getting himself and the TARDIS to be painted in the background of ''[[The Hay Wain]]''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doorway to Hell (comic story)|Doorway to Hell]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rip Tide]]'' was first published.
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| * First issue of ''[[Miranda (comic)|Miranda]]'', a comic book series featuring [[Miranda Dawkins]], a character introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'', was published.
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| * [[1 January|01]] - Actor [[Cyril Shaps]] died.
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| === February ===
| | [[Ruby Duvall]] became a reporter for the ''[[Sunday Seeker]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Iceberg (novel)|Iceberg]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nekromanteia]]'' was first released.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter Two]]'' was first released.
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| * [[3 February|03]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| * [[7 February|07]] - Actor [[Stephen Whittaker]] died.
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| * [[9 February|09]] - The BBC's third UK network, naturally named [[BBC Three]], was launched.
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| * [[14 February|14]] - Actor [[Neil Seiler]] died.
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| * [[17 February|17]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| === March ===
| | [[Bruce Springsteen]] was the [[President of the United States]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Box]]'' was first published.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Companions]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dark Flame (audio story)|The Dark Flame]]'' was first released.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: '' [[Taren Capel (audio story)|Taren Capel]]'' was first released.
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| * [[4 March|04]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' and ''[[The Aztecs]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
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| * [[18 March|18]] - Writer [[Lewis Greifer]] died.
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| === April ===
| | [[Zolfian]] killed [[Drenz]] and became ruler of the [[Humanoid Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'', ''[[The Dalek Tapes (comic story)|The Dalek Tapes]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Reckless Engineering]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]'' was first released.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wonderland]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter Three]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek War: Chapter Four]]'' were first released, concluding [[Big Finish Productions]]' second ''[[Dalek Empire II: Dalek War|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
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| * [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', 2nd edition, was published.
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| * [[28 April|28]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| === May ===
| | The [[Ninth Doctor]] and a group of [[fanatic]]s unsuccessfully attempted to save [[Cinema (Have You Seen This Man?)|an old cinema]] in [[Salford]] from being [[Demolition|pulled down]]. The Doctor also [[apologised]] to [[Xandra Lenea-Ashford]] and gave her a [[flowerpot]] and small [[spade]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Creatures of Beauty]]'' was first released.
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| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Auld Mortality]]'' was first released. This was the first of a new series of audio dramas entitled ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'', featuring "alternate reality" or "What if?" versions of the Doctor. [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] played [[The Doctor (Auld Mortality)|the Doctor]], with [[Carole Ann Ford]] as [[Susan (Auld Mortality)|Susan]].
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Shell Shock]]'' was first published.
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| * The second issue of the comic book series ''[[Miranda (comic)|Miranda]]'' was published. At least four more issues were published in 2003.
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| * Actor [[Jack Pitt]] died from bronchial pneumonia.
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| * [[2 May|2]] - The BBC's website launched a six-part webcast production of [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'', remounting the [[Shada (TV story)|TV story of the same title]] that was abandoned in 1979. In this version, [[Paul McGann]] appeared as the [[Eighth Doctor]], with [[Lalla Ward]] and [[John Leeson]] reprising their original roles.
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| * [[5 May|5]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| * [[9 May|9]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' webcast Episode 2 was released.
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| * 9 - Actor [[Bernard Spear]] died.
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| * [[16 May|16]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' webcast Episode 3 was released.
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| * [[23 May|23]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' webcast Episode 4 was released.
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| * [[30 May|30]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' webcast Episode 5 was released.
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| === June ===
| | The new [[United States of America|US]] state of [[Malebolgia]] was granted provisional statehood in 2003, with TV evangelist [[Brigham Elisha Dashwood III]] announcing his candidacy for first state governor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Resort]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Lazarus (audio story)|Project: Lazarus]]'' was first released.
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| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Sympathy for the Devil]]'' was first released. This ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' story featured [[David Warner]] as [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|the Doctor]]. Future Doctor [[David Tennant]] also appeared in this drama.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors]]'' was first published.
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| * [[6 June|06]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' webcast Episode 6 was released. It was the final episode.
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| * [[9 June|09]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| * [[30 June|30]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| === July === | | === Other realities === |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Colony of Lies]]'' was first published.
| | {{Section stub|Missing info from ''[[Reckless Engineering (novel)|Reckless Engineering]]'', ''[[The Last Resort (novel)|The Last Resort]]'' & ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''.}} |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flip-Flop]]'' was first released.
| | [[File:Jubilee Stained Glass.jpg|thumb|right|A stained glass window in the [[Tower of London]] depicting the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s visit a hundred years earlier. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'')]] |
| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Full Fathom Five]]'' was first released. This ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' story featured [[David Collings]] as [[The Doctor (Full Fathom Five)|the Doctor]].
| | In [[Parallel universe (Deadline)|an alternate universe]], [[Martin Bannister]] lamented that ''Doctor Who'' never became a success. He was interviewed for his work on ''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', but nobody was interested in ''Doctor Who''. Martin had demented visions of characters and settings from ''Doctor Who'' which culminated in his suicide. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deadline (audio story)|Deadline]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cabinet of Light]]'' was first published. This novella featured an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor, and resulted in a spin-off series of books, ''[[Time Hunter]]'', featuring characters introduced here.
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| * [[2 July|2]] - Actor [[James Saxon]] died after suffering a heart attack in Chichester, England.
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| * 2 - [[TV]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'' and ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
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| * [[25 July|25]] - Actor [[Michael Mundell]] died.
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| * [[28 July|28]] - Actor [[Peter Russell]] died.
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| === August ===
| | In another timeline, an alternate [[Sabbath]] had murdered several key figures on [[Earth]], preventing the creation of the [[computer]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Domino Effect (novel)|The Domino Effect]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Timeless]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'' was first released.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Fallen Gods]]'' was first published.
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| * The first issue of a comic book based upon ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' was published by US-based Image Comics.
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| * [[12 August|12]] - Actress [[Anne Tirard]] died.
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| * [[13 August|13]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| * [[14 August|14]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| * [[18 August|18]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| === September === | | ==== Alternate timelines ==== |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wolfsbane (novel)|Wolfsbane]]'' was first published.
| | The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Evelyn Smythe]] arrived at the [[Tower of London]] in an [[alternate timeline]] in which the [[British Empire]] had conquered Earth with the aid of [[Dalek]] technology acquired from their invasion attempt [[1903|one hundred years earlier]]. This timeline was negated by the last surviving Dalek. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'') |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'' was first released.
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| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[He Jests at Scars...]]'' was first released. This ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' release featured [[Michael Jayston]] as [[The Valeyard (He Jests at Scars...)|the Valeyard]].
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: The Muses]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: '' [[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]'' was first released.
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| * [[1 September|01]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC]]'' was first released by [[BBC Audio]], the first in an ongoing series of compilations released under the ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC (audio series)|Doctor Who at the BBC]]'' banner over at least the next six years.
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| * [[3 September|03]] - [[BFBS]]: ''[[Life During Wartime]]'' was first published. This was the only book release in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]] this year.
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| * [[4 September|04]] - Actor [[Ben Aris]] died.
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| * [[8 September|08]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Emotional Chemistry]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Master (audio story)|Master]]'' was first released.
| | Around [[11 January]] was the supposed birthdate of the [[Tenza]] boy [[George Thompson|George]] to his [[human]] parents [[Alex Thompson|Alex]] and [[Claire Thompson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'') However, another account claimed that George was born on [[11 February]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Terrors (short story)|Night Terrors]]'') |
| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Deadline]]'' was first released. In this ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' story, [[Derek Jacobi]] (later to portray two different versions of [[the Master]]) played the Doctor.
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| * [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Exile]]'' was first released. Also a ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' story, this featured [[Arabella Weir]] as a female incarnation of [[The Doctor (Exile)|the Doctor]]. [[David Tennant]] played a [[Time Lord]] in this story.
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| * The second and final issue of the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' comic book series was published by Image Comics. The series was cancelled after this issue, mid-story.
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| * [[1 October|01]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
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| * [[6 October|06]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| * [[7 October|07]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' and ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
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| === November ===
| | On [[10 April]], [[Rebecca Whitaker]]'s car crashed in a field after avoiding an oncoming lorry, killing her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'') |
| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadly Reunion]]'' was first published.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'' was first released. Considered a milestone for ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas, this story was the first to feature not only the [[Fifth Doctor|Fifth]], [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]], [[Seventh Doctor|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s, but thanks to the availability of some recorded dialogue from an unreleased fan film, ''[[Devious]]'', the late [[Jon Pertwee]] was also featured. This was [[Big Finish Productions]]' fiftieth ''Doctor Who'' audio drama, and was also marketed as a fortieth anniversary story.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Wormery]]'' was first released. It was the first regular-series ''Doctor Who'' Big Finish story to feature [[Iris Wildthyme]].
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Living Legend]]'' was first published; this was a single-episode story released exclusively with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. The disc also included a documentary featurette on the making of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Tyger]]'' was first published.
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| * [[BBC Wales]] announced that it would produce a new series of ''Doctor Who'' for broadcast in 2005, returning the series to weekly television after a sixteen-year hiatus. Named executive producer was [[Russell T Davies]], best known as the creator of the controversial ''Queer as Folk'' series, but who also was a longtime fan of the franchise; he wrote a novel for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] book series, [[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]''. [[Julie Gardner]] was also named an executive producer on the series. Little was revealed about the proposed series at this point except that it would be a continuation of the 1963-89 series and not a remake. The immediate impact on Richard Grant's status as the recently unveiled "Ninth Doctor" was not known.
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| * [[5 November|05]] - Actor [[Brian McDermott]] died.
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| * [[12 November|12]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4. This was the first time a ''Doctor Who'' story was released to DVD in Region 4 before being issued in the UK.
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| * [[13 November|13]] - The BBC website launched a new webcast serial, [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', introducing [[Richard E. Grant]] as what would come to be known as the [[Shalka Doctor]]. At the time of its production and promotion, publicity held that Grant was the official Ninth Doctor, with future ''Doctor Who'' adventures expected in the webcast format. By the time the first episode was uploaded, however, the BBC had already announced the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television, with another actor in the lead role of the Ninth Doctor. Episode 1 featured the first appearance of [[Derek Jacobi]] as [[The Master (Scream of the Shalka)|the Master]] (although a different incarnation than he would later play in [[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''). [[Sophie Okonedo]] was introduced as [[Alison Cheney]], who was intended to be an ongoing companion for Grant's Doctor. [[David Tennant]], more than a year before his appointment as the [[Tenth Doctor]], voiced a supporting character.
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| * [[20 November|20]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' episode 2 was released.
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| * 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winning Side]]'' was first published. This was the first in a series of novellas published by [[Telos Publishing]] in the [[Time Hunter]] series, a spin-off from from the ''Doctor Who'' novella, [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cabinet of Light]]''.
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| * [[22 November|22]] - ''Doctor Who's'' fortieth anniversary was marked by a cover feature in the ''[[Radio Times]]''. This was the last ''Radio Times'' cover produced before the series returned in 2005.
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| * [[23 November|23]] - This was the fortieth anniversary of the first broadcast of ''Doctor Who''.
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| * Writer [[Bill Strutton]] died.
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| * [[24 November|24]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
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| * [[26 November|26]] - Actor [[Gordon Reid]] died.
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| * [[27 November|27]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' episode 3 was released.
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| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Scherzo]]'' was first released.
| | [[Dave Cooke]] died and was replaced with a shapeshifter. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Locker 15 (audio story)|Locker 15]]'') |
| * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shada (audio story)|Shada]]'' was first released. This was an audio version of the webcast [[WC]]: ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]''.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Steel Skies]]'' was first published.
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| * [[PROSE]]: ''[[Companion Piece]]'' was first published. A new companion, [[Catherine Broome]], was introduced.
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| * [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox]]'', 2nd edition, was first published.
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| * [[4 December|04]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' episode 4 was released.
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| * [[11 December|11]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' episode 5 was released.
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| * [[11 December|11]] - [[Incidental music]] composer [[Malcolm Clarke]] died.
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| * [[16 December|16]] - Actor [[Alfred Lynch]] died from cancer.
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| * [[17 December|17]] - Actor [[Alan Tilvern]] died in [[London]].
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| * [[18 December|18]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' episode 6 was released; it was the final episode. This was the final appearance of [[Richard E. Grant]] as the "[[Shalka Doctor]]", and as of 2010 the final production of its kind by the BBC (although it later produced a series of made-for-Internet live-action video shorts entitled [[WC]]: ''[[Captain Jack's Monster Files]]'').
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| * [[25 December|25]] - Comic penciller [[Art Wetherell]] died.
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| * [[29 December|29]] - Actor [[Dinsdale Landen]] died from mouth cancer.
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| | [[Esther Drummond's mother]] died. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') |
| * An unofficial audio adaptation of [[Graham Williams]]' [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|The Nightmare Fair]]'' was produced for CD by Argolis. The release was a fund-raiser for the charity Sense, and included liner notes by [[Anthony Read]].
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| * Actor [[John Bleasdale]] died.
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| * The [[Britney Spears]] song "[[Toxic]]" was recorded. It was later featured in ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'', though without specific date attribution.
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| [[Category:Years]] | | [[John Hartman]] suffered a [[heart attack]] at his [[desk]] and died. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Rockery (audio story)|The Rockery]]'') |
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| | According to one account, [[Liz Shaw]] died of the [[Agent Yellow]] virus on [[the Moon]]. By the time of her viral-related death, she had become Chief of Operations at [[Tranquility Base]] on [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'') |
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2003 was a year.
Events
Dated
On 19 January, Caroline Hall was taken by the Cardiff Rift. She was reported missing. (TV: Adrift)
On 17 June, UNIT released their documents on the Llanfairfach Incident, which had occurred exactly 30 years earlier. (HOMEVID: Global Conspiracy?)
On 15 August, the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield arrived at the Pinehill Crest Hotel in time for a demonstration of spiritual channelling, a demonstration of a temporal accelerator, a cross stitch convention and an attempt by the Scourge to manifest in the Doctor's reality. (AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge)
In early winter[1], Gordon Williams found toxic waste in the drain of his Llanfairfach house, touched it, and died shortly afterwards. After Sarah Jane Smith wrote a front page article in the Newport Echo on Williams' death, reporter Terry Scanlon began an investigation of the 1973 Global Chemicals' operation in Llanfairfach. After numerous interviews with residents of the town and former GC employees, Scanlon managed to track down Jocelyn Stevens, the former Director of GC. (HOMEVID: Global Conspiracy?)
Undated
Likely the most significant event was the deaths of millions of people on the planet Earth caused by Agent Yellow virus and the subsequent sterilisation of the Earth's surface to rid the planet of the virus by the Seventh Doctor. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)
While giving a tour at the National Gallery, Jess Collins noticed that the Twelfth Doctor had changed history by getting himself and the TARDIS to be painted in the background of The Hay Wain. (COMIC: Doorway to Hell)
Ruby Duvall became a reporter for the Sunday Seeker. (PROSE: Iceberg)
Bruce Springsteen was the President of the United States. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)
Zolfian killed Drenz and became ruler of the Humanoid Daleks. (COMIC: Genesis of Evil, The Dalek Tapes)
The Ninth Doctor and a group of fanatics unsuccessfully attempted to save an old cinema in Salford from being pulled down. The Doctor also apologised to Xandra Lenea-Ashford and gave her a flowerpot and small spade. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)
The new US state of Malebolgia was granted provisional statehood in 2003, with TV evangelist Brigham Elisha Dashwood III announcing his candidacy for first state governor. (AUDIO: Minuet in Hell)
Other realities
In an alternate universe, Martin Bannister lamented that Doctor Who never became a success. He was interviewed for his work on Juliet Bravo, but nobody was interested in Doctor Who. Martin had demented visions of characters and settings from Doctor Who which culminated in his suicide. (AUDIO: Deadline)
In another timeline, an alternate Sabbath had murdered several key figures on Earth, preventing the creation of the computer. (PROSE: The Domino Effect)
Alternate timelines
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe arrived at the Tower of London in an alternate timeline in which the British Empire had conquered Earth with the aid of Dalek technology acquired from their invasion attempt one hundred years earlier. This timeline was negated by the last surviving Dalek. (AUDIO: Jubilee)
Births and deaths
Dated
Around 11 January was the supposed birthdate of the Tenza boy George to his human parents Alex and Claire Thompson. (TV: Night Terrors) However, another account claimed that George was born on 11 February. (PROSE: Night Terrors)
On 10 April, Rebecca Whitaker's car crashed in a field after avoiding an oncoming lorry, killing her. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)
Undated
Dave Cooke died and was replaced with a shapeshifter. (AUDIO: Locker 15)
Esther Drummond's mother died. (TV: The Categories of Life)
John Hartman suffered a heart attack at his desk and died. (AUDIO: The Rockery)
According to one account, Liz Shaw died of the Agent Yellow virus on the Moon. By the time of her viral-related death, she had become Chief of Operations at Tranquility Base on the Moon. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)
- ↑ In the story, the documents on the Llanfairfach Incident have recently been released by UNIT and an advertisement in the Newport Echo shows a winter sale.
