* [[31 July|31]] - [[Lucie Miller]], a future travelling companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]], was born in [[Blackpool]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brave New Town (audio story)|Brave New Town]]'')
On [[8 April]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] landed in [[Stockbridge]], [[England]] to buy the 56th issue of ''[[Aggrotron!]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Izzy's Story (audio story)}})
=== [[November]] ===
On [[4 May]], [[Captain]] [[Therése Gavalle]] first encountered [[Tko-Ma]] on the [[island]] of [[Réunion]]. He erased her [[memory]] of their encounter, but implanted a trigger word in her [[mind]]. When she heard that word, Njah-Ma, she would become his [[mind control]]led servant. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Instruments of Darkness (novel)}})
* [[23 November|23]] - The [[Nemesis]] statue returned to [[Earth]] [[1638|after three hundred fifty years]]. Lady [[Peinforte]] arrived to regain it. The [[Seventh Doctor]] used it to destroy the [[Cyber-Fleet]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'')
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At 11:39am on [[22 May]], [[Alice (Swan Song)|Alice]] was paralysed from the waist down when a [[Range Rover]] crashed into her parents' car. Her parents were killed in the accident. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Swan Song (audio story)}})
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] discovered the secret of the [[Embodiment of Gris]] in [[Hong Kong]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'')
* [[Rory Williams]] passed away aged 82 years old, after being transported back in time by the [[Weeping Angels]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan]]''
On [[2 November]] the [[Morris worm]], one of the the first [[computer virus]]es, was released on to the [[internet]], causing roughly [[£]][[5000000 (number)|5 million]] in damage. [[Descendant]]s from its [[code]] formed their own [[civilisation]] on [[Digital Sphere H4922]] in the [[24th century]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
== Behind the scenes ==
On [[23 November]], the [[Nemesis]] statue returned to [[Earth]] [[1638|after three hundred fifty years]]. Lady [[Peinforte]] arrived to regain it. A group of Neo [[Nazi]]s led by Herr [[De Flores]] also came in search of the statue, as did the [[Cybermen]]. The [[Seventh Doctor]] used it to destroy the [[Cyber-Fleet]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}})
=== [[January]] ===
* [[Titan Books]] launched a new line of books entitled [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]], with the publication of the script for [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', which was published under the working title ''The Tribe of Gum''. This series of books continued until [[1994]], although the second volume was not published for some eighteen months.
* [[16 January|16]] - [[Robert Keegan]] ([[Sholakh]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'') died.
* [[21 January|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Rescue]]'' was first published. This was the second and last novelisation by the late [[Ian Marter]] to be published posthumously. The book included a tribute to the actor/writer, who died soon after writing the book.
=== [[February]] ===
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* [[15 February|15]] - BBC Broadcasting Research issued its Television Audience Reaction Report for [[Season 24]] of ''Doctor Who'', which had introduced a new [[Seventh Doctor|Doctor]], [[Sylvester McCoy]]. The show's Appreciation Index was 60, down from 69 for [[Season 23]]. Troubling numbers in the report indicated that the new Doctor and his companion, [[Mel]], were not popular with viewers. Fewer than half were interested in seeing further seasons of the series. Despite this, viewer count actually rose over the previous year.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/changingwho/10324.shtml]
The Seventh Doctor told Ace that his [[The Doctor and Susan's escape from Gallifrey|first visit to Earth]] had been [[25 (number)|25]] years prior to her present. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Untitled (1988 TV story)}})
* 15 - {{wi|Red Dwarf (TV series)|Red Dwarf}} debuted on the BBC. This science fiction comedy series became the BBC's longest-running SF program after ''Doctor Who'', producing nine seasons over the next twenty-one years.
* [[18 February|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Terror of the Vervoids]]'' was first published. It was the first of four novelisations based upon [[TV]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'', even though it was the third chapter of the arc.
* 18 - [[REF]] ''[[Doctor Who: The Early Years]]'' was published in paperback.
=== [[March]] ===
The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] discovered the secret of the [[Embodiment of Gris]] in [[Hong Kong]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Meddler (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Time Meddler]]'' was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was first published.
* [[23 March|23]] - [[Reg Lye]] ([[Griffin (The Enemy of the World)|Griffin]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'') died.
=== [[April]] ===
The [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] visited [[Arizona]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Faithful Rocket Pack (comic story)}})
* [[4 April|04]] - Production of [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' caused a brief panic when a large explosion set off on a London side street during filming of a [[Dalek]] battle scene was mistaken as a possible {{w|Irish Republican Army|IRA}} bombing. (''Remembrance of the Daleks'' DVD production notes)
* [[21 April|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mysterious Planet]]'' was first published.
=== [[May]] ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[3 May|03]] - [[David Garth]], who played [[Grey (The Highlanders)|Grey]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'' and the [[Time Lord Messenger (Terror of the Autons)|Time Lord]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'', died.
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* [[5 May|05]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]]'' was first published. It was the first [[Seventh Doctor]] novelisation and the first to use the new [[Sylvester McCoy]]-era series logo (though it did not immediately replace the neon-tube logo on all [[Target Books]] releases). It was the first photographic cover since [[PROSE]]: ''[[Enlightenment (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Enlightenment]]'' four years earlier. Canadian fans noticed a substantial (but ultimately temporary) jump in the cover price of ''Doctor Who'' books (on the order of $2-$3) beginning with this release.
On [[13 July]], [[Nina Rogers]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Consequences (short story)}})
* [[23 May|23]] - The musical group called {{w|The KLF|The Timelords}} released "[[Doctorin' the Tardis]]". It was a dance single built around the [[Doctor Who Theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] and recordings by Gary Glitter and with a [[Dalek]] voice featured, and was released in the UK. It became a substantial hit. (The group later rebranded itself The KLF and enjoyed further hits in the 1990s.)
=== [[June]] ===
On [[31 July]], [[Lucie Miller]], a future travelling companion of the [[Eighth Doctor]], was born in [[Blackpool]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Brave New Town (audio story)}})
* [[5 June|05]] - [[Michael Barrington]] (Sir [[Colin Thackeray]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'') died.
* [[6 June|06]] - The Timelords musical group released "[[Gary in the TARDIS]]", a follow-up to their earlier single, "[[Doctorin' the TARDIS]]", featuring Gary Glitter.
* [[16 June|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos]]'' was first published.
=== [[July]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[21 July|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace]]'' was first published.
[[Lily Henwick]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Monster in the Cupboard (novel)}})
* [[8 August|08]] - [[David Tennant]] made his TV acting debut in "The Secret of Croftmore", an episode of ''Dramarama''.
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* [[18 August|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Wheel in Space]]'' was first published. It was the final [[Target Books]] release to use the neon-tube series logo established in 1980. All further releases used the McCoy era logo introduced in 1987. This book had an extremely low print run which resulted in it becoming a collector's item.
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* 18 - In an effort to boost sales of older novelisations, [[Target Books]] launched the ''Doctor Who Classics'' line of releases. These were omnibus reissues of novelisations, two per volume. Two books were released this date (with the original book titles shortened to their original TV titles in the case of those with ''Doctor Who and...'' in the original release): [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth|Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders|The Crusaders]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|The Myth Makers]]''/''[[The Gunfighters (novelisation)|The Gunfighters]]''.
* [[1 September|01]] - [[YTV]], a Canadian youth-oriented cable network, was launched. During its first few years, ''Doctor Who'' was a regular part of the schedule, with YTV being one of the first North American broadcasters to show episodes from the [[Sylvester McCoy]] era.
* [[15 September|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Foe]]'' was first published.
* 15 - ''Doctor Who Classics'' - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dominators (novelisation)|The Dominators]]''/''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|The Krotons]]'' was published.
* [[20 September|20]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was published in paperback.
=== [[October]] ===
* [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[5 October|05]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part One was first broadcast, launching ''Doctor Who's'' history-making [[Season 25|25th season]].
* [[8 October|08]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] appeared as himself in the "Clown Court" segment of ''The Noel Edmunds Saturday Roadshow'', which presented outtakes from [[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' and a bonus blooper from [[TV]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' with [[Peter Davison]].
* [[11 October|11]] - [[Roy Herrick]], who performed in three ''Doctor Who'' serials, died.
* [[12 October|12]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Two was first broadcast.
* [[14 October|14]] - [[Mary Morris]], who played [[Panna]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', died.
* [[19 October|19]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Three was first broadcast.
* [[20 October|20]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction]]'' was first published.
* [[26 October|26]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Four was first broadcast. It was the final appearance of [[Davros]] until [[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' and the final on-screen appearance of the [[Dalek]]s until [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
=== [[November]] ===
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* ''[[It's Bigger on the Inside!]]'', a collection of ''Doctor Who''-related humour, was first published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[2 November|02]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part One was first broadcast.
* [[7 November|07]] - [[BBC Audio]] issued the 1986 radio play [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' and the 1979 audio version of [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' on cassette.
* [[9 November|09]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Two was first broadcast.
* [[16 November|16]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Three was first broadcast.
* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[17 November|17]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Smugglers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Smugglers]]'' was first published.
* 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was first published.
* [[23 November|23]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part One was first broadcast on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first broadcast of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[30 November|30]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Two was first broadcast.
=== [[December]] ===
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book]]'', a retrospective by [[John Peel]] and [[Terry Nation]], was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who Magazine Master Index]]'' was published.
* [[1 December|01]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Paradise Towers]]'' was first published. The cover art featuring an image of [[Sylvester McCoy]] marked the first time in four and a half years that an image of the current Doctor was included on a [[Target Books]] release.
* [[7 December|07]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Three was first broadcast. It was the final on-screen appearance of the original Cybermen (save for brief references) to date.
* [[14 December|14]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part One was first broadcast.
* [[21 December|21]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Two was first broadcast.
* [[25 December|25]] - [[Terence Dudley]], writer and director, died.
* [[28 December|28]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Three was first broadcast.
At 11:39am on 22 May, Alice was paralysed from the waist down when a Range Rover crashed into her parents' car. Her parents were killed in the accident. (AUDIO: Swan Song[+]Loading...["Swan Song (audio story)"])
The Seventh Doctor told Ace that his first visit to Earth had been 25 years prior to her present. (TV: Untitled[+]Loading...["Untitled (1988 TV story)"])
