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'''1981''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
==Events==
=== [[February]] ===
===Dated===
* [[28 February|28]] - The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]] landed the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbled aboard the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow Airport]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
====January - June====
** The [[Fifth Doctor]] tried to return Tegan to her own time, but instead the TARDIS landed on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'')
[[File:He's watching you.jpg|left|thumb|The Watcher's appearance foreshadows the [[Fourth Doctor's regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}})]]
On [[21 January]], the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Romana II]] and [[K9 Mark II]] visited [[Norway]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Midsummer's Nightmare (short story)}})


=== [[March]] ===
On [[28 February]], the Fourth Doctor and [[Adric]] landed [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbled aboard the TARDIS on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow Airport]]. Shortly after, Tegan's aunt [[Vanessa (Logopolis)|Vanessa]] went looking for Tegan but was killed by {{Ainley}}. Afterwards, the Master's actions on [[Logopolis]] caused [[heat death]] to spread through [[N-Space]] in the form of an [[entropy wave]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}})
* [[1 March|1]] - Following a fall from the [[Pharos Project]]'s dish, the Fourth Doctor [[Regeneration|regenerated]] into his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') The newly regenerated Doctor and his companions [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] escaped in the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')


=== [[April]] ===
On [[1 March]], the Doctor stopped the entropy wave by reopening a [[CVE]] in [[Cassiopeia]]. Soon afterwards, following a fall from the [[Pharos Project]]'s dish, the Fourth Doctor [[Fourth Doctor's regeneration|regenerated]] into his [[Fifth Doctor|fifth incarnation]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Logopolis (TV story)}}) The newly regenerated Doctor and his companions Adric, [[Nyssa]] and Tegan, escaped in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}})
* [[7 April|7]] - [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]], the mother of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Hex]], was born to [[Hilda Schofield]] in [[Royal Bolton Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny]]'')


=== [[June]] ===
On [[30 March]], [[John Hinckley Jr]] tried to [[assassination|assassinate]] [[American]] [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Assassin's Story (short story)}})
* [[Peter Tracey]] was given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


=== [[September]] ===
====July - December====
* A [[hailstorm]] struck [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasted only thirteen seconds, but destroyed Commander [[Bill Pollock]]'s crops. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
[[Peter Tracey]] was given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})


=== [[December]] ===
The [[Fifth Doctor]] attended a [[cricket]] match in [[Leeds]] twice. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)}})
* [[1 December|1]] - [[14 December|14]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


* [[6 December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] departed [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Before leaving, she arranged for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
A [[hailstorm]] struck [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasted only thirteen seconds, but destroyed Commander [[Bill Pollock]]'s crops. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})


* [[10 December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phoned her ward [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him that he would be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waited for Sarah to pick him up at [[Wellington College]] for over a week, unaware that she was out of the country. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
On [[22 October]], [[Welsh]] MP for [[Anglesey]] [[Ieuan Wyn Jones]] spoke at [[Westminster]], stressing that [[Dafydd Wigley]] was standing down for [[health]] reasons — and not because of a supposed [[UFO]] incursion shortly before. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The New World (TV story)}})


* [[18 December|18]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] met [[Brendan Richards]] for the first time. Shortly afterwards, she opened the crate addressed to her in Lavinia's house and activated [[K9 Mark III]], who had been left in her flat in [[Croydon]] by [[the Doctor]] in [[1978]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
[[File:Sarah Jane, Brendan and K9.jpg|thumb|Sarah Jane, Brendan, and K9. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})]]
From [[1 December]] to [[14 December]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})


* [[20 December|20]] - [[21 December|21]] - [[Brendan Richards]] was kidnapped by the [[Hecate Cult]], who intended to use him as a [[human sacrifice]]. However, he was rescued by [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[K9 Mark III]] before this could happen. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
On [[4 December]], the [[Jex]] arrived on [[Earth]], taking shelter in [[California]]'s [[San Joaquin Valley]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Terror (novel)}})


* [[25 December|25]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]], [[Brendan Richards]] and [[K9 Mark III]] spent Christmas Day with [[Howard Baker|Howard]] and [[Juno Baker]] as Sarah Jane's aunt [[Lavinia Smith]] was in the United States. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')
On [[6 December]], [[Lavinia Smith]] departed [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in the [[United States of America|United States]]. Before leaving, she arranged for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, Sarah Jane Smith, to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
* [[29 December|29]] - Members of the Hecate Cult at Moreton Harwood were tried for attempted [[murder]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'')


=== Unknown dates ===
On [[10 December]], Lavinia Smith phoned her ward [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him that he would be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waited for Sarah to pick him up at [[Wellington College]] for over a week, unaware that she was out of the country. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
* [[Anne Travers]] became the British Cabinet's chief [[scientific advisor]], succeeding her [[University of Cambridge]] lecturer and mentor [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]]. She served in that position until her death on [[31 December]] [[1999]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
On [[18 December]], Sarah Jane met Brendan for the first time. Shortly afterwards, she opened the crate addressed to her in Lavinia's house and activated [[K9 Mark III]], who had been left in her flat in [[Croydon]] by [[the Doctor]] in [[1978]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
=== [[January]] ===


* [[2 January|2]] - [[Victor Carin]] ([[Virgil Earp]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'') died from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].
From [[20 December]] to [[21 December]], Brendan was kidnapped by the [[Hecate Cult]], who intended to use him as a [[human sacrifice]]. However, he was rescued by Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark III before this could happen. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
* [[3 January|3]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[5 January|5]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuted on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series included a cameo appearance by future Doctor [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day".
* [[10 January|10]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[15 January|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] commissioned the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts whenever possible.
* [[17 January|17]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[24 January|24]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Lalla Ward]] departed the series with the episode. This was also the final appearance of [[K9 Mark II]]. Part 4 concluded the "[[E-Space]] Trilogy".
* [[28 January|28]] - Production of [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' concluded, bringing an end to the [[Tom Baker]] era.
* [[31 January|31]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[Sarah Sutton]] debuted as new companion [[Nyssa]], although she did not officially become a companion until the next story, and [[Anthony Ainley]] made his first appearance on the series, though not yet as [[the Master]].


=== [[February]] ===
On [[25 December]], Sarah Jane, Brendan and K9 Mark III spent Christmas Day with [[Howard Baker|Howard]] and [[Juno Baker]] as Sarah Jane's aunt Lavinia Smith was in the United States. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
* The pop band The Human League released the instrumental "Tom Baker" (in honour of [[Tom Baker|the actor]]) on the flipside of their single "Boys and Girls". This piece of music was later reused for the ''[[Project Who]]'' radio series in 2005.
* [[7 February|7]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14 February|14]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[21 February|21]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Anthony Ainley]] became the newest and longest-serving incarnation of [[the Master]].
* 21 - [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] composer [[Ron Grainer]] died.
* [[26 February|26]] - [[Gerald Cross]], who voiced a [[Megara]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'', died.
* [[28 February|28]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[Janet Fielding]] debuted as new companion [[Tegan Jovanka]].


=== [[March]] ===
On [[29 December]], members of the Hecate Cult at Moreton Harwood were charged with attempted [[murder]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)}})
* [[7 March|7]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14 March|14]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. [[Sarah Sutton]] returned as [[Nyssa]] and officially became a companion.
* [[21 March|21]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast, concluding Season 18 and ending with [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series was credited on screen as "Doctor Who". Beginning with the next season, the credit became "The Doctor".
* [[28 March|28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who played [[Ianto Jones]] in ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', was born in Newport, [[Wales]].


=== [[April]] ===
In December, the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Adric]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] encountered the [[I (Iterations of I)|I]] and the I Predator on [[Fleming's Island]] off the coast of [[Ireland]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iterations of I (audio story)}})
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] wrote a story outline for the proposed ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off pilot story.
* [[13 April|13]] - Studio taping began on [[TV]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'', the first story of the [[Peter Davison]] era to be made, though not the first to be broadcast.
* [[17 April|17]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' was first published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book was controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the [[Target Books]] line to use [[Doctor Who logo#logo four|the "diamond logo"]].
* [[28 April|28]] - [[Ben Loyd-Holmes]] (the [[Operative]] in [[TV]]:''[[Children of Earth]]'') was born.


=== [[May]] ===
===Undated===
* [[John Nathan-Turner]] and [[Anthony Root]] composed a "format document" for a planned spin-off series to be entitled ''[[K9 and Company]]''.
[[File:The Doctor hides behind Beano (TROA).jpg|thumb|The Eleventh Doctor hides behind ''[[the Beano]]'' while learning about the childhood of Clara Oswald. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})]]
* [[8 May|8]] - [[Ayesha Antoine]] ([[Dee Dee Blasco]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]'') was born.
[[Anne Travers]] became the British Cabinet's chief [[scientific advisor]], succeeding her [[University of Cambridge]] lecturer and mentor [[Rachel Jensen|Professor Rachel Jensen]]. She served in that position until her death on [[31 December]] [[1999]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Millennial Rites (novel)}})
* [[12 May|12]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was officially invited to reprise the role of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] for the planned ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off.
* [[21 May|21]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
* [[27 May|27]] - [[Kit Pedler]] (''Doctor Who'' writer and co-creator of the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]) died.
* [[29 May|29]] - [[Ramsay Williams]] ([[Brook (Frontier in Space)|Brook]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'') died.


=== [[August]] ===
[[Ellie Oswald|Ellie Ravenwood]] met her future husband, [[Dave Oswald]], after saving him from being hit by a car. Unbeknownst to them, they were watched by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], who was trying to figure out the history of [[Clara Oswald]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}})
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]'' was published.


=== [[September]] ===
In some timelines, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] retired from [[UNIT]] and began teaching at [[Brendon Public School]]. Just after telling the UN he was retiring, Lethbridge-Stewart was taken from time by [[the Accord]] and copied to help stabilise the temporal instability concerning the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]] being melded together. He was returned to his present time and retained no memory of the incident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enfolded Time (short story)}})
* [[11 September|11]] - [[Lachlan Nieboer]], who played [[Gray]] in ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', was born.
* [[25 September|25]] - [[Eric Elliot]], who played the [[Commander of the Ark]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'', died.


=== [[October]] ===
[[Joel (The Blood Furnace)|Joel]]'s father lost his job. He was still out of work in [[1991]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Blood Furnace (audio story)}})
* [[15 October|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], was first published. Its publication promoted the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]] as part of their "Five Faces of Doctor Who" special series re-broadcasts. The [[Target Books]] line switched to the then-current [[Doctor Who logo#Logo Five|"neon tubing" series logo]] with this release.
** Paperback editions of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' Volumes 1 and 2 was published. The bookswere revised from the hardback versions.
* [[24 October|24]] -- [[Jemima Rooper]], who voiced [[Izzy Sinclair]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Company of Friends]]'', was born.


=== [[November]] ===
An [[assassination]] attempt was made against the [[Pope]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Assassin's Story (short story)}})
* Production of the pilot episode of the planned ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off series, [[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', took place this month.
* [[2 November|2]] - "[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It aired in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[3 November|3]] - The second television broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') took place in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]
* [[4 November|4]] - The second television broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third episode of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') took place in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[5 November|5]] - The second television broadcast of "The Firemaker" (the fourth and last episode of [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') took place in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].


=== [[December]] ===
[[Torchwood House]] was opened to the public. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Welcome to Torchwood House (feature)}})
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] was published.
* [[18 December|18]] - [[Joshua Dallas]] (the [[Mark Chambers]] [[Node]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'') was born.
* [[21 December|21]] - The final new episode of [[Terry Nation]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Blake's 7|Blake's 7]]'' aired on the BBC.
* [[28 December|28]] - [[TV]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K9 and Company]]'', was first broadcast. The pilot reintroduced [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and introduced [[K9 Mark III]].


=== Unknown dates ===
==Births and deaths==
* [[Steven Scott]] ([[Kebble]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') died.
On [[7 April]], [[Cassandra Schofield|Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield]], the mother of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Hex]], was born to [[Hilda Schofield]] in [[Royal Bolton Hospital]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Destiny (audio story)|Project: Destiny}})
* [[Bart Allison]] ([[Maximus Pettulian]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Romans (TV story)|The Romans]]'') died.
* [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' issue 60, bringing to a close the first set of American [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip reprints from ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''. Another series, ''[[Doctor Who (1984)|Doctor Who]]'', followed in 1984.


[[Category:Years]]
In [[August]], [[Martin Tuck]] was killed by the [[I Predator]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Iterations of I (audio story)}})
 
==Other==
[[Toshiko Sato]] was born in [[July]] [[1975]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}) but her [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] records later gave her birth as [[19 September]] 1981 ([[TV]]: {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}) due to Toshiko changing the data while combatting a torrent file that threatened to corrupt the world. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor}})
 
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
 
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1981 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - June

The Watcher's appearance foreshadows the Fourth Doctor's regeneration. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"])

On 21 January, the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K9 Mark II visited Norway. (COMIC: A Midsummer's Nightmare [+]Loading...["A Midsummer's Nightmare (short story)"])

On 28 February, the Fourth Doctor and Adric landed the TARDIS by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a police box. Air hostess Tegan Jovanka stumbled aboard the TARDIS on her way to work at London's Heathrow Airport. Shortly after, Tegan's aunt Vanessa went looking for Tegan but was killed by the Tremas Master. Afterwards, the Master's actions on Logopolis caused heat death to spread through N-Space in the form of an entropy wave. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"])

On 1 March, the Doctor stopped the entropy wave by reopening a CVE in Cassiopeia. Soon afterwards, following a fall from the Pharos Project's dish, the Fourth Doctor regenerated into his fifth incarnation. (TV: Logopolis [+]Loading...["Logopolis (TV story)"]) The newly regenerated Doctor and his companions Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, escaped in the TARDIS. (TV: Castrovalva [+]Loading...["Castrovalva (TV story)"])

On 30 March, John Hinckley Jr tried to assassinate American President Ronald Reagan. (PROSE: The Assassin's Story [+]Loading...["The Assassin's Story (short story)"])

July - December

Peter Tracey was given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

The Fifth Doctor attended a cricket match in Leeds twice. (PROSE: Graham Dilley Saves the World [+]Loading...["Graham Dilley Saves the World (short story)"])

A hailstorm struck Moreton Harwood. It lasted only thirteen seconds, but destroyed Commander Bill Pollock's crops. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 22 October, Welsh MP for Anglesey Ieuan Wyn Jones spoke at Westminster, stressing that Dafydd Wigley was standing down for health reasons — and not because of a supposed UFO incursion shortly before. (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"])

Sarah Jane, Brendan, and K9. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

From 1 December to 14 December, Sarah Jane Smith was out of the country working for Reuters. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 4 December, the Jex arrived on Earth, taking shelter in California's San Joaquin Valley. (PROSE: The King of Terror [+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"])

On 6 December, Lavinia Smith departed Moreton Harwood for a lecture tour in the United States. Before leaving, she arranged for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, Sarah Jane Smith, to be left at Moreton Harwood. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 10 December, Lavinia Smith phoned her ward Brendan Richards to tell him that he would be spending Christmas with Sarah Jane. Brendan waited for Sarah to pick him up at Wellington College for over a week, unaware that she was out of the country. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 18 December, Sarah Jane met Brendan for the first time. Shortly afterwards, she opened the crate addressed to her in Lavinia's house and activated K9 Mark III, who had been left in her flat in Croydon by the Doctor in 1978. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

From 20 December to 21 December, Brendan was kidnapped by the Hecate Cult, who intended to use him as a human sacrifice. However, he was rescued by Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark III before this could happen. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 25 December, Sarah Jane, Brendan and K9 Mark III spent Christmas Day with Howard and Juno Baker as Sarah Jane's aunt Lavinia Smith was in the United States. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

On 29 December, members of the Hecate Cult at Moreton Harwood were charged with attempted murder. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend [+]Loading...["A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)"])

In December, the Fifth Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka encountered the I and the I Predator on Fleming's Island off the coast of Ireland. (AUDIO: Iterations of I [+]Loading...["Iterations of I (audio story)"])

Undated

The Eleventh Doctor hides behind the Beano while learning about the childhood of Clara Oswald. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

Anne Travers became the British Cabinet's chief scientific advisor, succeeding her University of Cambridge lecturer and mentor Professor Rachel Jensen. She served in that position until her death on 31 December 1999. (PROSE: Millennial Rites [+]Loading...["Millennial Rites (novel)"])

Ellie Ravenwood met her future husband, Dave Oswald, after saving him from being hit by a car. Unbeknownst to them, they were watched by the Eleventh Doctor, who was trying to figure out the history of Clara Oswald. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"])

In some timelines, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart retired from UNIT and began teaching at Brendon Public School. Just after telling the UN he was retiring, Lethbridge-Stewart was taken from time by the Accord and copied to help stabilise the temporal instability concerning the 1970s and 1980s being melded together. He was returned to his present time and retained no memory of the incident. (PROSE: The Enfolded Time [+]Loading...["The Enfolded Time (short story)"])

Joel's father lost his job. He was still out of work in 1991. (AUDIO: The Blood Furnace [+]Loading...["The Blood Furnace (audio story)"])

An assassination attempt was made against the Pope. (PROSE: The Assassin's Story [+]Loading...["The Assassin's Story (short story)"])

Torchwood House was opened to the public. (PROSE: Welcome to Torchwood House [+]Loading...["Welcome to Torchwood House (feature)"])

Births and deaths

On 7 April, Cassandra Elizabeth Schofield, the mother of the Seventh Doctor's companion Hex, was born to Hilda Schofield in Royal Bolton Hospital. (AUDIO: Project: Destiny [+]Loading...["Project Destiny (audio story)","Project: Destiny"])

In August, Martin Tuck was killed by the I Predator. (AUDIO: Iterations of I [+]Loading...["Iterations of I (audio story)"])

Other

Toshiko Sato was born in July 1975, (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"]) but her Torchwood records later gave her birth as 19 September 1981 (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"]) due to Toshiko changing the data while combatting a torrent file that threatened to corrupt the world. (AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor [+]Loading...["Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)","torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor"])

Footnotes

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