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== Events ==
== Events ==
===[[August]]===
*[[20th August|20]] - [[Ace|Dorothy Gale McShane]] who, would later be a companion of the [[Seventh Doctor]] (and known as "Ace"), was born in [[England]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')


===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
===Unknown dates===
====[[August]]====
*"[[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Mary]]" killed [[Myra Bennett]] in order to consume her [[heart]]. [[Human]] authorities did not manage to catch her. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
*[[20th August|20]] - [[Ace]], companion of the [[Seventh Doctor]], is born in [[England]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')


====Unknown date====
== Behind the scenes==
*"[[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Mary]]" kills [[Myra Bennett]] in order to consume her [[heart]]. [[Human]] authorities do not manage to catch her. ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'')
=== [[January]] ===
* [[3rd 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 launches the "[[UNIT]] era" of the series. Beginning in 1970, the number of episodes produced in each season was reduced considerably, and the show moves from a Fall to Spring broadcast schedule to a January-June schedule. [[Caroline John]] debuts as companion [[Liz Shaw]], while [[Nicholas Courtney]], as Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], becomes a series regular with this episode.
* [[10th January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[17th January|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[24th January |24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[29th January |29]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] discusses [[Third Doctor|the 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>
* [[31st January |31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. The Doctor's car, [[Bessie]], appears for the first time. This was the only televised story to use the ''Doctor Who and the ...'' title format, as a result of a clerical error.


====See also====
=== [[February]] ===
*[[:Category:Stories set in 1970|Stories set in 1970]]
* [[7th February |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14th February |14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[21st February |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[27th February |27]] - The BBC's Audience Research Dept. files an Audience Research Report on [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 1. The episode rates 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>
* [[28th February |28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.


=== Real World ===
=== [[March]] ===
==== [[January]] ====
* [[7th March |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[14th March |14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast.
* [[21st March |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[28th March |28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.


* [[3rd 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]] is first broadcast. It launches the "[[UNIT]] era" of the series. Beginning in 1970, the number of episodes produced in each season is reduced considerably, and the show moves from a Fall to Spring broadcast schedule to a January-June schedule. [[Caroline John]] debuts as companion [[Liz Shaw]], while [[Nicholas Courtney]], as Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], becomes a series regular with this episode.
=== [[April]] ===
* [[10th January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[4th April |4]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[17th January|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[11th April |11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.
* [[24th January |24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[18th April |18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[29th January |29]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] discusses the [[Third Doctor|Doctor]]’s new car, [[Bessie]], in the pages of ''[[Radio Times]]''.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10311.shtml]
* [[25th April |25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. First [[UNIT]]-era appearance of [[John Levene]] as [[John Benton|Sgt. Benton]], who becomes a semi-regular for the next 6 years.
* [[31st January |31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. The Doctor's car, [[Bessie]], appears for the first time. This is the only televised story to use the ''Doctor Who and the ...'' title format, as a result of a clerical error.


==== [[February]] ====
=== [[May]] ===
* [[7th February |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[2nd May|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast.
* [[14th February |14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[9th May|9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast.
* [[21st February |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[16th May|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast.
* [[27th February |27]] - The BBC's Audience Research Dept. files an Audience Research Report on [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'' Episode 1. The episode rates a Reaction Index of 54, with [[Third Doctor|new Doctor]] [[Jon Pertwee]] having been "accepted without question".[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10312.shtml]
* [[23rd May|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast.
* [[28th February |28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 5 is first broadcast.
* [[30th May|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast.


==== [[March]] ====
=== [[June]] ===
* [[7th March |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 6 is first broadcast.
* [[6th June|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast.
* [[14th March |14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' Episode 7 is first broadcast.
* [[13th June|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast.
* [[21st March |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
* [[20th June|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 7 was first broadcast, concluding Season 7, which 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]] leaves the series after this episode.
* [[28th March |28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.


==== [[April]] ====
===[[July]]===
* [[4th April |4]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
*[[10th July|10]] - [[John Simm]] was born.
* [[11th April |11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* [[18th April |18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 5 is first broadcast.
* [[25th April |25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 6 is first broadcast. First [[UNIT]]-era appearance of [[John Levene]] as [[John Benton|Sgt. Benton]], who becomes a semi-regular for the next 6 years.


==== [[May]] ====
=== August===
* [[2nd May|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death]]'' Episode 7 is first broadcast.
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* [[9th May|9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
* [[16th May|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[23rd May|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[30th May|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.


==== [[June]] ====
=== [[September]] ===
* [[6th June|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 5 is first broadcast.
* Publication of the sixth [[Doctor Who Annual 1971|Doctor Who Annual]].
* [[13th June|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 6 is first broadcast.
* [[20th June|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'' Episode 7 is first broadcast, concluding Season 7, which is 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]] leaves the series after this episode.
====[[July]]====
*[[10th July|10]] - [[John Simm]] is born.


==== ====
=== [[October]] ===
* [[5th 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, and became the primary broadcast home of the 1963-89 version of ''Doctor Who'' beginning in the late 1970s.


==== [[September]] ====
=== [[November]] ===
* Publication of the sixth [[Doctor Who Annual 1971|Doctor Who Annual]].
* [[6th November|06]] - [[Colin Baker]] made his TV acting debut in an episode of ''The Adventures of Don Quick''.


==== [[October]] ====
===See also===
* [[5th October|05]] - In the US, the National Educational Television network is rebranded and relaunched as the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS). This loose affiliation of broadcasters will introduce countless UK-produced television programs to North American audiences over the next four decades, and become the primary broadcast home of the 1963-89 version of ''Doctor Who'' beginning in the late 1970s.
*[[:Category:Stories set in 1970|Stories set in 1970]]
 
==== [[November]] ====
* [[6th November|06]] - [[Colin Baker]] makes his TV acting debut in an episode of ''The Adventures of Don Quick''.

Revision as of 16:02, 11 May 2011

Timeline for 1970
20th century | 1970s
1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976
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Events

August

Unknown dates

Behind the scenes

January

February

March

April

May

June

  • 6 - DW: Inferno Episode 5 was first broadcast.
  • 13 - DW: Inferno Episode 6 was first broadcast.
  • 20 - DW: Inferno Episode 7 was first broadcast, concluding Season 7, which 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 leaves the series after this episode.

July

August

no events

September

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, and became the primary broadcast home of the 1963-89 version of Doctor Who beginning in the late 1970s.

November

  • 06 - Colin Baker made his TV acting debut in an episode of The Adventures of Don Quick.

See also

  1. ↑ BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - 'Radio Times' on 'Two Edwardian Chassis'
  2. ↑ BBC - Archive - The Changing Face of Doctor Who - Audience Research Report: 'Spearhead from Space'
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