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'''1975''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
On [[24 December]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] and his companions [[Ace]] and [[Hex]] defeated the [[Kellenian]] invasion of [[Earth]] in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Presence (short story)}})


=== Undated ===
The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] visited [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sands of Time (novel)}})


=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===
When she was fifteen, Tegan broke her toe during track and gym and [[Mike Bretherton]] carried her books home for her. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Hexagora (audio story)}})
 
* "[[The Web of Fear]]" (''Note: This is the dating suggested in the actual story, though it contradicts the dating suggested for other [[UNIT]] era stories, and is itself contradicted by "[[Downtime]]."  See [[UNIT dating controversy]] and "[[No Future]]" for further explanation.'')
* On Earth, the introduction of the Betamax videotape recording system officially launches the home video era, although the VHS tape, released in 1976, would ultimately become the dominant home video format for the next 25 years. Among those interested in the new industry is time-displaced [[Billy Shipton]] who, acting on instructions received from [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] years earlier, enters into the video publishing industry in preparation for his ultimate involvement in [[DVD]] authoring decades later. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
 
=== History of ''Doctor Who'' ===
 
 
 
==== [[January]] ====
 
 
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon]]'' First Published.
 
* [[4th January | 04]] - [[Robot (TV story) |Robot]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[11th January | 11]] - [[Robot (TV story) |Robot]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[18th January | 18]] - [[Robot (TV story) |Robot]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[25th January | 25]] - [[The Ark in Space]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[February]] ====
 
 
* [[1st February | 01]] - [[The Ark in Space]] Episode 2 First Broadcast. Although the episode only ranked as the 5th most watched programme of the week, its estimated 13.60 million viewers sets the record for the largest audience for a single ''Doctor Who'' episode, a record that remains intact into 2008.[http://www.gallifreyone.com/picview.php?ret=news&sub=news&id=season4_final_4.jpg]
 
* [[8th February | 08]] - [[The Ark in Space]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[15th February | 15]] - [[The Ark in Space]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[20th February | 20]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' First Published.
 
* [[22nd February | 22]] - [[The Sontaran Experiment]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
==== [[March]] ====
 
 
* [[1st March | 01]] - [[The Sontaran Experiment]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[8th March | 08]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[10th March | 10]] - [[Yee Jee Tso]], who portrayed [[Chang Lee]] in the [[1996]] [[Doctor Who: The TV Movie |''Doctor Who'' television movie]], is born.
 
* [[13th March | 13]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' First Published. First novelisation of a [[Fourth Doctor]] serial and the first novelisation to be published during the same TV season in which the adapted serial was actually broadcast.
 
* [[15th March | 15]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[22nd March | 22]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th March | 29]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
 
 
==== [[April]] ====
 
 
* [[5th April | 05]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 5 First Broadcast
 
* [[12th April | 12]] - [[Genesis of the Daleks]] Episode 6 First Broadcast
 
* [[19th April | 19]] - [[Revenge of the Cybermen]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
*[[24th April | 23]] - [[William Hartnell]], the first actor to portray [[the Doctor]], dies at Marden, Kent, [[England]].
 
* [[26th April | 26]] - [[Revenge of the Cybermen]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
 
==== [[May]] ====
 
 
* [[3rd May | 03]] - [[Revenge of the Cybermen]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[10th May | 10]] - [[Revenge of the Cybermen]] Episode 4 First Broadcast, bringing Season 12 to a premature end following the BBC's decision to reschedule the originally planned season finale, ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' to the start of Season 13.
 
* [[15th May | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'' First Published.
 
====[[July]] ====
 
 
* [[15th July |15]] - [[Raf De La Torre]], who played the [[Senior Judge (The Keys of Marinus) |Senior Judge]] in "[[The Keys of Marinus]]," dies.
 
 
==== [[August]] ====
 
 
* [[21st August | 21]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Green Death]]'' First Published.
 
* [[23rd August | 23]] - [[Tom Baker]] presents ''[[Disney Time]]'' in character as the [[Fourth Doctor]]
 
* [[30th August | 30]] - [[Terror of the Zygons]] Episode 1 First Broadcast, marking the first autumn start for a ''Doctor Who'' season since 1968-69.
 
==== [[September]] ====
 
 
* [[6th September | 06]] - [[Terror of the Zygons]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[13th September | 13]] - [[Terror of the Zygons]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[20th September | 20]] - [[Terror of the Zygons]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[27th September | 27]] - [[Planet of Evil]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[October]] ====
 
 
* [[4th October | 04]] - [[Planet of Evil]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[11th October | 11]] - [[Planet of Evil]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[16th October | 16]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]'' First Published.
 
* [[18th October | 18]] - [[Planet of Evil]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[25th October | 25]] - [[Pyramids of Mars]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
==== [[November]] ====
 
 
* [[1st November | 01]] - [[Pyramids of Mars]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
* [[8th November | 08]] - [[Pyramids of Mars]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
* [[15th November | 15]] - [[Pyramids of Mars]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
* [[20th November | 20]] - ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]'' First Published. First novelisation not to use the title form ''Doctor Who and the ...''
 
* [[22nd November | 22]] - [[The Android Invasion]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
* [[29th November | 29]] - [[The Android Invasion]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 


==== [[December]] ====
The heads of two [[Cybermen]] left over from the [[International Electromatics]] invasion were found beneath London in this year. One was found in the sewers and eventually ended up in [[Henry van Statten]]'s [[The Vault (Dalek)|Vault]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) The other was found at [[Deffry Vale station]] and was stored at the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Security Bot (video game)}})


The conspiracy theory magazine ''[[Plexus]]'' was established in [[Patchogue]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Conspiracy (audio story)}})


* [[6th December | 06]] - [[The Android Invasion]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
A young woman was abducted by the [[Sisters of St Matilda]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)}})


* [[13th December | 13]] - [[The Android Invasion]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
[[Highgate Cemetery]] was "reclaimed" by the [[Friends of Highgate Cemetery]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Highgate Horror (comic story)}})


====Unknown====
[[Andrew Wooding]] and [[school (Have You Seen This Man?)|his class]] were visited by the [[Ninth Doctor]], who got them to [[paint]] pictures of their [[dream]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})
*[[Anna-Louise Plowman]], the actor who played [[Diana Goddard]] is born


== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
[[Toshiko Sato]] was born in [[July]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}) Her official [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] records once stated her [[Birthdate|date of birth]] was [[19 September]] [[1981]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) due to an incident Toshiko had whilst trying to stop a torrent file from corrupting the world. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor}})


=== Undated ===
[[Francisco Franco]] died. He had ruled [[Spain]] since [[1939]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)}})


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[[Jonah Summerfield I]] died in an industrial accident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}})
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1975 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 24 December, the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex defeated the Kellenian invasion of Earth in New York City. (PROSE: Presence [+]Loading...["Presence (short story)"])

Undated

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka visited London. (PROSE: The Sands of Time [+]Loading...["The Sands of Time (novel)"])

When she was fifteen, Tegan broke her toe during track and gym and Mike Bretherton carried her books home for her. (AUDIO: Hexagora [+]Loading...["Hexagora (audio story)"])

The heads of two Cybermen left over from the International Electromatics invasion were found beneath London in this year. One was found in the sewers and eventually ended up in Henry van Statten's Vault. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"]) The other was found at Deffry Vale station and was stored at the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME: Security Bot [+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"])

The conspiracy theory magazine Plexus was established in Patchogue, New York. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Conspiracy (audio story)"])

A young woman was abducted by the Sisters of St Matilda. (AUDIO: The Cloisters of Terror [+]Loading...["The Cloisters of Terror (audio story)"])

Highgate Cemetery was "reclaimed" by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery. (COMIC: The Highgate Horror [+]Loading...["The Highgate Horror (comic story)"])

Andrew Wooding and his class were visited by the Ninth Doctor, who got them to paint pictures of their dreams. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

Toshiko Sato was born in July. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"]) Her official Torchwood records once stated her date of birth was 19 September 1981 (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) due to an incident Toshiko had whilst trying to stop a torrent file from corrupting the world. (AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor [+]Loading...["Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)","torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor"])

Undated

Francisco Franco died. He had ruled Spain since 1939. (AUDIO: Fiesta of the Damned [+]Loading...["Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)"])

Jonah Summerfield I died in an industrial accident. (PROSE: Dead Romance [+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"])

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