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On [[22 January]], [[James Stevens]] began writing ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]''. In [[April]], Stevens went missing, having travelled back in time to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on [[22 November]] [[1963]] to [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinate]] [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}})
=== January ===
On [[2 March]], a [[café]] in [[Grantham]] sold the best [[fry-up]] ever made. A guide advised that one arrived early to avoid [[crowd]]s of [[time travel]]lers who flocked to the time and [[place]] of the [[legend]]ary [[breakfast]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
[[File:The Doctor and Amelia in kitchen.jpg|left|thumb|The Eleventh Doctor and Amelia Pond. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}})]]
* [[James Stevens]] went missing, having travelled back in time to [[Kennedy assassination|assassinate Kennedy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'')
At [[Easter]], the [[Regeneration|newly regenerated]] [[Eleventh Doctor]] crashed [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] in [[Amy Pond]]'s back [[garden]] in [[Leadworth]]. He discovered a mysterious [[Crack in time|crack]] in her bedroom wall, but before he was able to discover more the TARDIS engines began to phase, so he had to leave to recalibrate them. The young Amy was left behind for twelve years because the TARDIS was too badly damaged to control for him to return to the exact moment he'd left her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}})
* ([[Easter]]) The [[regenerate|newly-regenerated]] [[Eleventh Doctor]] crashed his TARDIS in [[Amy Pond]]'s back garden in [[Leadworth]]. He discovered a mysterious crack in her bedroom wall. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'') ''Date obtained from [[DWA 161|DWA Issue 161]].''
* At the same time, in a parallel and subsequently negated timeline, the [[Rory Williams (Auton)|Auton Rory Williams]] finished his job guarding the [[Pandorica]]. A version of [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]] rescued her older, nearly-deceased self, who had been inside the Pandorica since [[102|102 A.D.]], with the younger Amy's DNA. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], having taken the shorter route from 102, seemed to be killed by a [[Stone Dalek]]. [[River Song]] killed it shortly afterward. This was a ruse to sneak past and shoot the Pandorica with the Doctor inside into his exploding [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] to [[Big Bang Two|reboot the universe]] being destroyed by the [[Time Field]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
=== Unknown Dates ===
In [[May]], a ''[[Professor X]]'' film premiered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Room With No Doors (novel)}})
* The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] arrived at the [[Festival of Ghana]], pursued by [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
* The [[Eighth Doctor]] was summoned back to [[Earth]] via the [[space-time telegraph]] by the [[United Nations]] to assist them after they were offered [[The Cold (Interference)|the Cold]]. [[Samantha Jones]] met [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (who also met the Doctor in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'', ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')
* [[Rex Matheson]]'s father became an alcoholic due to family and financial troubles. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
On [[6 August]], [[scientist]]s at [[NASA]] announced that they had found [[evidence]] of [[primitive]] [[organism]]s on the [[Martian]] [[asteroid]] [[ALH 84001]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
=== January ===
* [[15 January|15]] - Filming began in [[Vancouver]], B.C. for the [[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who TV movie]]; discounting some post-production dubbing, this was the first major production session for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' since recording for [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'' concluded on [[3 August]] [[1989]].
* [[18 January|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'' was first published.
* 18 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Downtime (novelisation)|Downtime]]'' was first published. Based upon the unofficial fan-made film [[Downtime|of the same title]], and published as part of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line, it was the third and last of [[Virgin Publishing]]'s series of post-[[Target Books]] novelisations. As such, it brought to an end a long line of adaptations dating back to 1973. It was the only Missing Adventures release not to feature [[the Doctor]].
* [[20 January|20]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]]. This was the second BBC Radio play produced featuring [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]].
* [[27 January|27]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
=== February ===
In [[October]], [[Jacob Tyler]] remarried. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}})
* [[3 February|3]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
* [[21 February|21]] - Filming concluded for the [[Doctor Who (1996)|''Doctor Who'' TV movie]]. The next time ''Doctor Who'' went into production was not until [[18 July]] [[2004]].
* [[23 February|23]] - Actor [[Roy Heymann]] died.
* [[24 February|24]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]]. It was the final known performance of [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]].
=== March ===
On [[16 November]], the girl group [[Blood Honeys]] had their "spontaneous" first [[concert]] at the [[Tripod]] [[nightclub]] in [[Dublin]]. Nineteen-year-old [[Donna Noble]], in the city for a [[hen night]], attempted to persuade her friends to go to Tripod, but was unsuccessful. An older Donna, travelling with the [[Tenth Doctor]], asked him to take her to the concert, whereupon they discovered that the [[band]] had come under the influence of three [[psiren]]s who wanted to use them to conquer the [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wannabes (novel)}})
* [[21 March|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sleepy]]'' was first published.
* 21 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The English Way of Death]]'' was first published.
* 21 - [[REF]]: ''[[Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era]]'' was first published. Co-written by [[Sophie Aldred]], it was a memoir of her time on the series.
=== April ===
On [[17 November]], the Doctor and Donna went to the [[Gresham Hotel]], the site of the Blood Honeys' second concert, to stop the psirens and free the band. [[Celeda Morathine]], who had been doubting the [[Daughters of Khizerax]]'s warring ways, turned on her sisters and helped the Doctor and Donna stop the invasion plan. Donna persuaded the members of the Blood Honeys to continue with their music career. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wannabes (novel)}})
* Fox Television in America began airing trailers for its upcoming broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. The trailers incorporated special effects footage from episode 1 of the 1986 serial [[TV]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]''.
* [[18 April|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Death and Diplomacy]]'' was first published. It was the first appearance of recurring character [[Jason Kane]].
* 18 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eye of the Giant]]'' was first published.
* 18 - ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'' was first published. This was the only original ''Doctor Who'' novel published by [[Virgin Publishing]] after 1991 not to be considered part of either the [[Virgin New Adventures]] or [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] lines (although it's often lumped in with the MA line as it featured past incarnations of [[the Doctor]]).
* [[24 April|24]] - Actor [[Preston Lockwood]] died.
=== May ===
On [[17 December]], [[the Toymaker]] came to [[Stockbridge]] to get revenge on the Doctor. The villagers were transformed into the Toymaker's puppets. [[Maxwell Edison]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] were in [[Wells Wood]] at the time and managed to evade the Toymaker's powers.
* [[12 May|12]] - CITV in Edmonton, [[Canada]], was the first broadcaster to air the [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie, two days before its "official" premiere in the US.
* [[14 May|14]] — [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' was first broadcast on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] in America, marking the return of ''Doctor Who'' to the screen. [[Sylvester McCoy]] regenerated into [[Paul McGann]] for McGann's (to date) only on-screen appearance as the [[Eighth Doctor]]. The film introduced a new theme music arrangement by [[John Debney]] (the late [[Ron Grainer]] was not credited, however), and reinstated the [[Jon Pertwee]] era logo from [[1970]]-[[1973]]. This logo replaced the [[1987]] series logo as the franchise branding, and continued to be used into [[2009]] to denote "past Doctor"-related products following the [[2005]] series revival. The ratings proved to be a disappointment, and Fox declined to commission a TV series or further movies. Subsequently, issues over rights and licensing prevented the telefilm from being released to home video in North America until 2011, although UK home video release occurred not long after its broadcast there.
* [[16 May|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'' was first published. Promoted as the fiftieth book in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line, it featured cameo appearances by many characters from both the TV series and the NA books, and was notable for "outing" [[Mike Yates]]. [[Benny Summerfield]] ceased to be a regular companion with this novel, though she returned in later volumes and ultimately took over the New Adventures line after Virgin lost the ''Doctor Who'' licence.
* 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sands of Time]]'' was first published.
* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[A History of the Universe|Doctor Who: A History of the Universe]]'' was first published.
* [[17 May|17]] - ''[[Doctor Who - The Script of the Film]]'' was first published.
* [[20 May|20]] - Actor [[Jon Pertwee]] died from a heart attack in his sleep whilst in Connecticut.
* [[25 May|25]] - The [[Doctor Who (1996)|TV movie]] was promoted on the cover of the ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* [[27 May|27]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]]. The UK broadcast included some minor edits related to violence, and also included an on-screen dedication to the memory of Jon Pertwee. Unlike the US showing, the UK broadcast was considered a ratings winner, but without US support, the telefilm did not result in a series revival.
* ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' was first published. This was the first novelisation of a televised story to not be published by [[Target Books]] or an affiliate. It was the first ''Doctor Who'' novel to be published by [[BBC Books]], and led to the imprint taking over the ''Doctor Who'' fiction licence from [[Virgin Books]] (it was not, however, considered part of the later [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] line). It was the last novelisation of a televised ''Doctor Who'' story to date, and the last novelisation of any kind until [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' was adapted in 2004.
=== Spring 1996 ===
On [[19 December]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] came to Stockbridge. He met up with Maxwell and Izzy. The Toymaker brought them to his newly created castle and used the [[Imagineum]] to create a copy of the Doctor. The Doctor was forced to fight the copy to the death, but he talked the copy out of fighting. The Doctor then used the Imagineum on the Toymaker. The Toymaker became caught in a stalemate with his copy and was banished back to where he came from. Afterwards, Izzy began travelling with the Doctor. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Endgame (DWM comic story)}})
* Around the time the novelisation of the telefilm was published, a major shake-up occurred in the ''Doctor Who'' publishing world when it was announced that [[BBC Books]] had taken on the licence to publish fiction featuring the Doctor and other BBC-owned characters and concepts from the franchise. [[Virgin Books]], which had been publishing original novels since 1991 and also owned the [[Target Books]] line which dated back to 1973, announced its [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] lines would conclude in 1997, after several remaining commissioned novels were published. Virgin, however, also announced it would continue the New Adventures line after that point, focusing on the character of [[Benny Summerfield]].
=== June ===
=== Undated ===
* ''Doctor Who'' novel writer [[Jonathan Blum]] wrote and played the [[Seventh Doctor]] in an unofficial video production, ''[[Time Rift (film)|Time Rift]]''. Blum later recycled elements of the story for his later novel [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drwhoguide.com/timerift.htm|title=Time Rift|date of source=|website name=Doctor Who Reference Guide|accessdate=11th December 2011}}</ref>{{facts}}
The [[Eighth Doctor]] was summoned back to [[Earth]] via the [[space-time telegraph]] by the [[United Nations]] to assist them after they were offered [[The Cold (Interference)|the Cold]]. [[Sam Jones]] met [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (who also met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation). ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}}, {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)}})
* [[20 June|20]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[GodEngine (novel)|GodEngine]]'' was first published. A new cover design format for the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line was launched with this book.
* 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Killing Ground]]'' was first published.
=== July ===
[[Operation Endeavour]] was in force in [[Bosnia]]. [[Josie Williams]] signed an agreement with a [[Bosnian diplomat]] who was then assassinated. Josie was taken as a hostage but was saved by [[Paul Reynish]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|When to Die (home video)}})
* [[1 July|01]] - The [[BBC]] applied for trademark status for the traditional police box design associated with the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm//legal/decisions/2002/o33602.pdf|title=IN THE MATTER OF Application No. 2104259 by The British Broadcasting Corporation to register a series of three marks in Classes 9, 16, 25 and 41 AND IN THE MATTER OF Opposition thereto under No. 48452 by The Metropolitan Police Authority|author=M KNIGHT For the Registrar the Comptroller-General|date of source=14th day of August 2002|website name= Intellectual Property Office (UK)|format=PDF|accessdate=11th December 2011}}</ref>
* [[18 July|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'' was first published. This book contained the earliest reference to characters from the later [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]] spin-off works.
* 18 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scales of Injustice]]'' was first published.
* 18 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 3: Consequences]]'' was first published. This book was notable for including a short story by future head writer [[Steven Moffat]]. This was the last ''Decalog'' volume to feature the Doctor.
* [[21 July|21]] - Actor [[Wolfe Morris]] died.
=== August ===
The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki Pallister]] arrived at the [[Festival of Ghana]], pursued by [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}})
* [[10 August|10]] - Director [[Rex Tucker]] died.
* [[15 August|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'' was first published. [[Benny Summerfield]] returned for this novel.
* 15 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]]'', the twenty-fifth Missing Adventures novel, was first published.
=== September ===
[[Rex Matheson]]'s father became an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] due to family and financial troubles. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead of Night (TV story)}})
* [[19 September|19]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Death of Art]]'' was first published.
* 19 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (MA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' was first published.
* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Companions]]'' was published in paperback.
=== October ===
A [[NASA]] shuttle was struck by a [[meteorite]]. [[Millicent Ferril|Millicent Drake]] was the only survivor of the crew but she lost her limbs, which were replaced by metal [[prosthetics]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Ferril's Folly (audio story)}})
* [[Frazer Hines]] published his autobiography ''Films, Farms and Fillies''.
* [[3 October|03]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'' was first published.
* [[7 October|07]] - [[REF]]: ''[[TX file: Doctor Who]]'', a "filofax"-style reference book, was published by [[BBC Books]] as one of a series of ''TX File'' releases.
* [[17 October|17]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'' was first published. This book was notable as it was written by [[Russell T Davies]] before he achieved national fame as the creator of ''Queer as Folk'' and, ultimately, became executive producer and lead writer of the revival of ''Doctor Who'' from 2004 to 2009.
* 17 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Speed of Flight]]'' was first published. It was the final [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel to feature the [[Third Doctor]].
=== November ===
The [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] visited [[Egypt]] and [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Sands of Time (novel)}})
* [[1 November|1]] - Actor [[David Dodimead]] died.
* [[21 November|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters]]'' was first published. It was the final [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] novel to feature the [[First Doctor]].
* 21 - [[REF]]: ''[[I Am the Doctor!]]'', [[Jon Pertwee]]'s second volume of memoirs, was published posthumously.
* 21 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Third Doctor]]'' was first published.
* 21 - Due to production issues, there was no [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel published this month; the book scheduled for release date, [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'', was pushed back to 24th April 1997.
* [[22 November|22]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Classic Who: The Harper Classics]]'' was first published.
=== December ===
A [[Graske]] was responsible for the disappearance of three students in [[Carlisle]]. The Graske was killed in a [[nightclub]], and its corpse was taken to the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Security Bot (video game)}})
* [[5 December|5]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bad Therapy]]'' was first published. [[Roz Forrester]] was no longer a companion, but readers had to wait until [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was finally published to find out why. [[Peri Brown]] made a return appearance.
* 5 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Cold Fusion]]'' was first published. It was the first and only Missing Adventures novel to feature more than one incarnation of the Doctor, and the first to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. At one point Virgin planned for Seventh Doctor adventures to continue in the Missing Adventures line after novels began to appear featuring the [[Eighth Doctor]], but this did not happen. This was also the final Missing Adventures novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]].
* 5 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Completely Useless Encyclopedia]]'' was first published.
=== Unknown ===
[[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Jenny Winterleaf]] came to North East [[England]] and had an adventure involving [[jellyfish]]-like aliens, a moonbase, and the cast of a soap opera. After this, Jenny decided to stop travelling with Iris and stayed on Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dreadful Flap (short story)}})
* Actor [[Frederick Hall]] died.
== Footnotes ==
''[[Never Give A Sucker An Even Break: History's Dodgiest Deals]]'' by [[J. Writhing-Crayfish]] was first published. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}})
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=== Alternate timelines ===
[[File:National Museum.jpg|thumb|left|The [[National Museum]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')]]
At Easter, [[Rory Williams (Auton)|Auton Rory Williams]] finished his job guarding the [[Pandorica]] at the [[National Museum]]. A version of [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]] rescued her older, nearly deceased self, who had been inside the Pandorica since [[102]], with the younger Amy's DNA. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], having taken a [[River Song's vortex manipulator|vortex manipulator]] from 102, seemed to be killed by a [[Stone Dalek]]. [[River Song]] killed it shortly afterward. This was a ruse to sneak past and fly the Pandorica with the Doctor inside into his exploding [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] to [[Big Bang Two|reboot the universe]], which was being destroyed by the [[Time Field]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}})
== Births and deaths ==
[[Nathan Goss]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy}})
[[Chang Ho]] was stabbed to death by a member of rival [[gang]] in [[San Francisco]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Novel of the Film (novelisation)}})
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At Easter, the newly regeneratedEleventh Doctor crashed his TARDIS in Amy Pond's back garden in Leadworth. He discovered a mysterious crack in her bedroom wall, but before he was able to discover more the TARDIS engines began to phase, so he had to leave to recalibrate them. The young Amy was left behind for twelve years because the TARDIS was too badly damaged to control for him to return to the exact moment he'd left her. (TV: The Eleventh Hour[+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
On 16 November, the girl group Blood Honeys had their "spontaneous" first concert at the Tripodnightclub in Dublin. Nineteen-year-old Donna Noble, in the city for a hen night, attempted to persuade her friends to go to Tripod, but was unsuccessful. An older Donna, travelling with the Tenth Doctor, asked him to take her to the concert, whereupon they discovered that the band had come under the influence of three psirens who wanted to use them to conquer the Earth. (PROSE: Wannabes[+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"])
On 17 November, the Doctor and Donna went to the Gresham Hotel, the site of the Blood Honeys' second concert, to stop the psirens and free the band. Celeda Morathine, who had been doubting the Daughters of Khizerax's warring ways, turned on her sisters and helped the Doctor and Donna stop the invasion plan. Donna persuaded the members of the Blood Honeys to continue with their music career. (PROSE: Wannabes[+]Loading...["Wannabes (novel)"])
On 19 December, the Eighth Doctor came to Stockbridge. He met up with Maxwell and Izzy. The Toymaker brought them to his newly created castle and used the Imagineum to create a copy of the Doctor. The Doctor was forced to fight the copy to the death, but he talked the copy out of fighting. The Doctor then used the Imagineum on the Toymaker. The Toymaker became caught in a stalemate with his copy and was banished back to where he came from. Afterwards, Izzy began travelling with the Doctor. (COMIC: Endgame[+]Loading...["Endgame (DWM comic story)"])
Iris Wildthyme and Jenny Winterleaf came to North East England and had an adventure involving jellyfish-like aliens, a moonbase, and the cast of a soap opera. After this, Jenny decided to stop travelling with Iris and stayed on Earth. (PROSE: The Dreadful Flap[+]Loading...["The Dreadful Flap (short story)"])
