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'''1977''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[25 May]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Frobisher]] attended the premiere of ''[[Star Wars]]'' at [[Mann's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood]]. The Doctor noted that one of its stars, [[Peter Cushing (in-universe)|Peter Cushing]], looked familiar and seemed to remember once meeting his [[Susan (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|granddaughter]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mission: Impractical (novel)}})


=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===
[[File:FiveBrigOverShoulder.jpg|thumb|left|The Brigadier and the Fifth Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')]]
 
On [[1 June]], [[Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]]'s [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Silver Jubilee]] was celebrated in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] found themselves at [[Brendon Public School]], where they met [[retire]]d [[UNIT]] [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]. In the course of events, the Brigadier met a future version of himself from [[1983]], causing a [[paradox]] and leading to him suffering partial [[amnesia]] due to the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mawdryn Undead (TV story)}})
==== Dates unknown ====
* Professor [[Amelia Rumford]] takes a [[policeman]]'s truncheon with her on a lecture tour to [[New York City]] in case she gets mugged. Instead she is arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. ([[DW]]: [[The Stones of Blood]]'')
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] arrives briefly in [[Lewisham]] as he hunts the [[Timewyrm]] ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]'').
 
==== [[June]] ====
* Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s [[silver jubilee]] is celebrated in the [[United Kingdom]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* [[Tegan Jovanka]] and [[Nyssa]] arrive in the [[TARDIS]] near [[Brendon Public School]], where they meet retired [[UNIT]] Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]. During the course of the events that follow, Stewart encounters a future version of himself from [[1983]], causing a paradox that leaves his 1977 self with partial amnesia, most notably no memory of [[the Doctor]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'')
 
==== [[July]] ====
* [[30th July |30th]] - [[31st July]] Dr [[Fendelman]] conducts temporal experiments utilising a [[Time fissure]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'')
 
 
=== History of Doctor Who ===
 
 
==== [[January]] ====
 
 
* [[1st January | 01]] - [[The Face of Evil]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[8th January | 08]] - [[The Face of Evil]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[15th January | 15]] - [[The Face of Evil]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[20th January | 20]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters]]'' First Published.
 
* [[22nd January | 22]] - [[The Face of Evil]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th January | 29]] - [[The Robots of Death]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[February]] ====
 
 
* [[5th February | 05]] - [[The Robots of Death]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[12th February | 12]] - [[The Robots of Death]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[17th February | 17]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]'' First Published.
 
* [[19th February | 19]] - [[The Robots of Death]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[26th February | 26]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[March]] ====
 
 
* [[5th March | 05]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[12th March | 12]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[19th March | 19]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[24th March | 24]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' First Published.
 
* [[26th March | 26]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 5 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[April]] ====
 
* [[2nd April | 02]] - [[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]] Episode 6 First Broadcast
 
* [[21st April | 21]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]'' First Published.
 
 
==== [[May]] ====
 
 
* [[10th May | 10]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]'' First Published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this was the first time an actor involved with the series had composed a novel based upon it; Marter would write several more novelisations before his death less than a decade later.
 
* [[25th May | 25]] - The first ''[[Star Wars]]'' film is released. This movie would revolutionize the presentation of science fiction in movies and television, including ''Doctor Who''. [[Peter Cushing]] plays Grand Moff Tarkin in the film.
 
==== [[June]] ====
 
* [[23rd June | 23]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' First Published.
 
 
==== [[July]] ====
 
* [[22nd July |22]] - [[Erik Chitty]], who played [[Charles Preslin]] in "[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]" and Coordinator [[Engin]] in "[[The Deadly Assassin]]," dies.
 
==== [[August]] ====
 
* [[18th August | 18]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]'' First Published.
 
 
==== [[September]] ====
 
 
* [[3rd September | 03]] - [[Horror of Fang Rock]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[10th September | 10]] - [[Horror of Fang Rock]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[17th September | 17]] - [[Horror of Fang Rock]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[19th September |19]] - [[Michael Godfrey]], who played Captain [[Samuel Pike|Pike]] in "[[The Smugglers]]," dies.
 
* [[24th September | 24]] - [[Horror of Fang Rock]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th September | 29]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Mutants]]'' First Published.
 
 
 
==== [[October]] ====
 
 
* [[1st October | 01]] - [[The Invisible Enemy]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[8th October | 08]] - [[The Invisible Enemy]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[10th October | 10]] - [[Angelo Muscat]], who played one of the [[Chumblie]]s in [[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]], dies.
 
* [[15th October | 15]] - [[The Invisible Enemy]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[20th October | 20]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin]]'' First Published.
 
* [[22nd October | 22]] - [[The Invisible Enemy]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th October | 29]] - [[Image of the Fendahl]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 


On [[5 September]], [[Earth]] launched the [[Voyager 1]] [[space probe]]. Onboard the craft was a [[Voyager Golden Record|gold-plated disc]] that contained [[image]]s and recordings of Earth [[culture]]s, [[music]], [[lifeform]]s and even [[human]] brain waves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})


==== [[November]] ====
On [[3 October]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Panda]] visited the [[Samhain]] [[Fancy Dress Costume Hire Shop]] and met up with [[The Shopkeeper (Death of the Author)|the Shopkeeper]]. The Shopkeeper allowed them to use one of his [[mirror]]s to travel to [[1906]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wildthyme and the Wolf (short story)}})


On [[Christmas Day]], [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] and [[Mam (Fanboys)|his Mam]] awoke early, rushing [[Mam's council house|downstairs]] so Paul could open his presents. Paul put on the ''[[Pinky and Perky's Christmas Album]]'', and unwrapped his presents. He got a [[Doctor Who jigsaw|''Doctor Who'' jigsaw]], that year's ''[[The Disney Annual|Disney Annual]]'', several [[book]]s, and a [[sled]] from [[Harding's]]. [[Alfie (Fanboys)|His father]] arrived at 7:30[[AM|am]], although he had told Paul's Mam he would arrive at lunchtime. He then asked Paul's Mam if she had got him any presents, causing Paul's Mam to have a go at him in the [[kitchen]]. Paul's father then took Paul to see his [[Little Nanna|his Nanna]] and the rest of their family. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})


* [[5th November | 05]] - [[Image of the Fendahl]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
=== Undated ===
[[Professor]] [[Amelia Rumford]] took a [[policeman]]'s truncheon with her on a lecture tour to [[New York City]] in case she got mugged. Instead, she was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stones of Blood (TV story)}})


* [[12th November | 12]] - [[Image of the Fendahl]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
[[File:Fourth Doctor imae of....jpg|thumb|right|The [[Fourth Doctor]] comes into contact with [[Eustace (Image of the Fendahl)|the Fendahl fragment]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'')]]
Dr [[Fendelman]] accidentally awakened a fragment of the [[Fendahl]] while conducting temporal experiments with a [[time fissure]] created by a broken [[War TARDIS]]. The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] arrived at Fendelman's experiment and stopped the Fendahl from fully manifesting. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Image of the Fendahl (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)}})


* [[15th November | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' First Published.
The [[Seventh Doctor]] arrived briefly in [[Lewisham]] as he hunted the [[Timewyrm]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)}})


* [[19th November | 19]] - [[Image of the Fendahl]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
The [[Eighth Doctor]] arrived in [[Delchester]] and discovered the reason for [[Delchester United]]'s recent bad run. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)}})


* [[26th November | 26]] - [[The Sun Makers]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
The Fourth Doctor encountered the [[Monosaron]] [[Acolyte]]s in [[London|North London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Suburban Hell (audio story)}})


Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart investigated an [[Inca]] [[pyramid]] in [[South America]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})


By this time, [[Liz Shaw]] was working for the [[British Rocket Group]], which was considering building a [[moonbase]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})


==== [[December]] ====
The Fourth Doctor encountered the [[Sisters of St Matilda]] in [[St Matilda's College]] in the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})


[[JR]]'s [[JR's mother|mum]] met the [[Ninth Doctor]] in 1977. [[Huw Evans]] also saw the Doctor and a [[very tall woman (Have You Seen This Man?)|very tall woman]] queueing to see ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' at the [[Commodore Cinema, Aberystwyth|Commodore cinema]] in [[Aberystwyth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})


* [[3rd December | 03]] - [[The Sun Makers]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
[[David Frost]] interviewed [[Richard Nixon]], accusing him of various crimes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}})


* [[8th December | 08]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]'' First Published.
=== Other realities ===
In a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]], [[Bob Baker (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Bob Baker]] and [[Dave Martin (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Dave Martin]] created [[K9|K-9]] for the TV show ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]''. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)}})


* [[10th December | 10]] - [[The Sun Makers]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
== Births and deaths ==
[[Donna Noble]] was born<ref name="Wannabes">{{cs|Wannabes (novel)}} is set in [[1996]], and [[Donna Noble]] mentions she was nineteen in that year.</ref> in [[Southampton]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wannabes (novel)}}; [[TV]]: {{cs|Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)}})


* [[17th December | 17]] - [[The Sun Makers]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
[[Luke Tillyard]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Salva Mea (short story)}})


[[Dominique van Gysegham]]'s first husband died. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reaping (audio story)}})


[[Nora Wicker]]'s husband [[Ernie Wicker|Ernie]] died. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}})


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1977 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 25 May, the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher attended the premiere of Star Wars at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Doctor noted that one of its stars, Peter Cushing, looked familiar and seemed to remember once meeting his granddaughter. (PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"])

The Brigadier and the Fifth Doctor. (TV: Mawdryn Undead)

On 1 June, Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee was celebrated in the United Kingdom. Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka found themselves at Brendon Public School, where they met retired UNIT Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. In the course of events, the Brigadier met a future version of himself from 1983, causing a paradox and leading to him suffering partial amnesia due to the Blinovitch Limitation Effect. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"])

On 5 September, Earth launched the Voyager 1 space probe. Onboard the craft was a gold-plated disc that contained images and recordings of Earth cultures, music, lifeforms and even human brain waves. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

On 3 October, Iris Wildthyme and Panda visited the Samhain Fancy Dress Costume Hire Shop and met up with the Shopkeeper. The Shopkeeper allowed them to use one of his mirrors to travel to 1906. (PROSE: Wildthyme and the Wolf [+]Loading...["Wildthyme and the Wolf (short story)"])

On Christmas Day, Paul Magrs and his Mam awoke early, rushing downstairs so Paul could open his presents. Paul put on the Pinky and Perky's Christmas Album, and unwrapped his presents. He got a Doctor Who jigsaw, that year's Disney Annual, several books, and a sled from Harding's. His father arrived at 7:30am, although he had told Paul's Mam he would arrive at lunchtime. He then asked Paul's Mam if she had got him any presents, causing Paul's Mam to have a go at him in the kitchen. Paul's father then took Paul to see his his Nanna and the rest of their family. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat [+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])

Undated

Professor Amelia Rumford took a policeman's truncheon with her on a lecture tour to New York City in case she got mugged. Instead, she was arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. (TV: The Stones of Blood [+]Loading...["The Stones of Blood (TV story)"])

The Fourth Doctor comes into contact with the Fendahl fragment. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)

Dr Fendelman accidentally awakened a fragment of the Fendahl while conducting temporal experiments with a time fissure created by a broken War TARDIS. The Fourth Doctor and Leela arrived at Fendelman's experiment and stopped the Fendahl from fully manifesting. (TV: Image of the Fendahl [+]Loading...["Image of the Fendahl (TV story)"], PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5 [+]Loading...["The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)"])

The Seventh Doctor arrived briefly in Lewisham as he hunted the Timewyrm. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])

The Eighth Doctor arrived in Delchester and discovered the reason for Delchester United's recent bad run. (COMIC: Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game (comic story)"])

The Fourth Doctor encountered the Monosaron Acolytes in North London. (AUDIO: Suburban Hell [+]Loading...["Suburban Hell (audio story)"])

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart investigated an Inca pyramid in South America. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror [+]Loading...["The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)"])

By this time, Liz Shaw was working for the British Rocket Group, which was considering building a moonbase. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror [+]Loading...["The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)"])

The Fourth Doctor encountered the Sisters of St Matilda in St Matilda's College in the University of Oxford. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror [+]Loading...["The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)"])

JR's mum met the Ninth Doctor in 1977. Huw Evans also saw the Doctor and a very tall woman queueing to see Star Wars at the Commodore cinema in Aberystwyth. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

David Frost interviewed Richard Nixon, accusing him of various crimes. (PROSE: Tricky Dicky [+]Loading...["Tricky Dicky (short story)"])

Other realities

In a parallel universe, Bob Baker and Dave Martin created K-9 for the TV show Doctor Who. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)"])

Births and deaths

Donna Noble was born[1] in Southampton. (PROSE: Wannabes [+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"]; TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])

Luke Tillyard was born. (PROSE: Salva Mea [+]Loading...["Salva Mea (short story)"])

Dominique van Gysegham's first husband died. (AUDIO: The Reaping [+]Loading...["The Reaping (audio story)"])

Nora Wicker's husband Ernie died. (AUDIO: The World Tree [+]Loading...["The World Tree (audio story)"])

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wannabes [+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"] is set in 1996, and Donna Noble mentions she was nineteen in that year.
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