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On [[24 December|Christmas Eve]], '''[[1985]]''', the [[Ninth Doctor]] was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's Aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'')
'''1985''' was a [[year]].
 
== Properties ==
It was recorded as 72,693 in the [[TL]] dating system. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Cyber Files (novel)}})


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Unknown dates ===
=== Dated ===
* [[Lytton]] contacted the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]] in the [[London]] [[sewer]]s. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], searching for a distress signal, were ambushed by the Cybermen, apparently aided by Lytton, and the Doctor was forced to pilot [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'')
On [[24 December|Christmas Eve]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] was trapped near a [[Christmas]] party at [[Sally Sparrow's aunt]]'s house in [[Devon]], when [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using [[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays|her Christmas essay]] from [[2005]], the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]] to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS [[reset button]] to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)}})
* [[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] wrote a GCSE textbook called ''Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE for the Associated Exam Board'' with [[Ian Martin]] in which Lady [[Jane Grey]]'s nine day reign from [[10 July|10]] to [[19 July]] [[1553]] was covered. She, the [[First Doctor]] and her future husband [[Ian Chesterton]] had met Lady Jane shortly after she was deposed by [[Mary I|Queen Mary I]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nine-Day Queen (short story)|The Nine-Day Queen]]'')
 
* [[Konstantin Chernenko]], the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], died. He was succeeded by the considerably more moderate [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'')
In [[December]], a [[Zygon (Skywatch-7)|Zygon]] landed in [[Antarctica]], near UNIT [[Arctic base Skywatch-7]]. Several people stationed there were killed, but the survivors were able to drive it into the icy water where it perished. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Skywatch-7 (comic story)}})
 
=== Undated ===
[[File:Foreman3.jpg|left|thumb|The Sixth Doctor, with Peri, returns to Foreman's Yard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'')]]
[[Gustave Lytton]] contacted the [[Cybermen]] in the [[London]] [[sewer]]s after being stranded on Earth for two years already. Lytton had substituted his mercenary profession for bank robbery. The [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], searching for a distress signal, were ambushed by the Cybermen, apparently aided by Lytton, and the Doctor was forced to pilot [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to [[Telos]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)}})
 
While in [[London]], [[Australia]]n actress [[Jody Lockhart]] accidentally stumbled into [[Rollo's TARDIS]], then disguised as an elevator, and caused it to take off before [[Rollo]] could explain the situation. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}})
 
[[Lieutenant]] [[Roderick Mitchell]] of the [[US Army]] was transferred to [[Special Forces]]. A few years later, he would be transferred a second time, this time to [[UNIT]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Legions of Death (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}})
 
[[Barbara Wright|Barbara Chesterton]] wrote a GCSE textbook called ''[[Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE for the Associated Exam Board]]'' with [[Ian Martin]] in which Lady [[Jane Grey]]'s nine day reign from [[10 July]] to [[19 July]] [[1553]] was covered. She, the [[First Doctor]] and her future husband [[Ian Chesterton]] had met Lady Jane shortly after she was deposed by [[Mary I|Queen Mary I]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Nine-Day Queen (short story)}})
 
[[Konstantin Chernenko]], the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], died. He was succeeded by the considerably more moderate [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Protect and Survive (audio story)}})


=== Alternative timeline ===
''[[The Long Coolth of Summer]]'' was released. Seeing that it was going to be a box office failure, [[Michael Brookhaven]] remade the film in [[1953]], turning the 1985 film into a successful "remake". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}})
* In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], [[Konstantin Chernenko]] was succeeded as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Khrushgov]]. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the [[Russia|Soviet Union]] on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
[[Karen Kuykendall]] created the [[Tarot of the Cat-People]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)}})


=== January ===
After the death of the former actress and animal expert [[Sheena Sown]], a conservation charity was established in her name. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes (short story)|Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes}})
* [[4 January|04]] - Actress [[Lenora Crichlow]] was born.
* [[5 January|05]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, launching the ill-fated [[Season 22]]. Beginning with this episode, the series moved to forty-five-minute episodes and returned to once-a-week broadcasts.
* [[12 January|12]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[19 January|19]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[26 January|26]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Vengeance on Varos]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.


=== February ===
The [[plumber]] [[Pietro Rossi]] was transported across dimensions when he entered a house on the outskirts of [[Rome]] and tried to fix a blockage in the pipes. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Dungeon of the Lost (comic story)}})
* [[2 February|02]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of [[Kate O'Mara]] as [[the Rani]].
* [[4 February|04]] - Studio production concluded on [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', concluding ''Doctor Who'' production for the season just prior to the announcement of 27 February, which appeared to make this the final production session ever. Production resumed more than a year later.
* [[6 February|06]] - Actor [[Neil McCarthy]] died from motor neurone disease.
* [[9 February|09]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Mark of the Rani]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14 February|14]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Fire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Planet of Fire]]'' was first published.
* [[16 February|16]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, marking the return of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]] and [[Frazer Hines]] as [[Jamie McCrimmon]]. Certain elements in this episode later gave rise to the [[Season 6B]] theory among fans and writers of spin-off media.
* [[23 February|23]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* 23 - ''[[A Fix with Sontarans]]'' was first broadcast as a segment of ''Jim'll Fix It'', and featured a young viewer who got to participate in a short scene with [[Colin Baker]]. [[Janet Fielding]] returned as [[Tegan Jovanka]].
* [[25 February|25]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] gave birth to [[Sadie Miller]].
* [[27 February|27]] - The [[BBC]] announced it was suspending ''Doctor Who'' after the conclusion of the current season, effectively cancelling the series. Fan protest ultimately resulted in the series returning in [[1986]] after an eighteen-month hiatus.


=== March ===
[[Gideon Barrow]] began writing ''[[Apex]]'' for [[Spitfire Comics]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy (short story)}})
* [[2 March|02]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. This was the final appearance of [[Patrick Troughton]] as the [[Second Doctor]]. This was also the final episode of the 1963-89 series to be filmed abroad. Discounting the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]], the next story to involve major filming outside the UK was [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]'' in [[2008]].
* [[9 March|09]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[14 March|14]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Caves of Androzani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani]]'' was first published.
* [[15 March|15]] - "[[Doctor in Distress]]", a single recorded by cast members of ''Doctor Who'' to raise money for charity and to call upon the BBC not to cancel the series, was released in the UK.
* [[16 March|16]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[23 March|23]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[30 March|30]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast, concluding Season 22, believed by some to be the show's last. It was the final forty-fve-minute episode until 2005. This was also the final use of the [[Peter Howell]] arrangement of the theme music.


=== April ===
The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Romana II]] came to [[New York City]] to retrieve a [[psychic sales voucher]] that had fallen into hands of [[Oppenheimer-Mason|Mrs Oppenheimer-Mason]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Time Lady of Means (comic story)}})
* Severn House published ''Doctor Who Book of Space'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space]]'' aimed at libraries.
* [[11 April|11]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Marco Polo (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Marco Polo]]'' was first published.


=== May ===
[[Bernie Wilson]] wrote a letter to [[Erica Forsyth]], which he hid in his [[bedroom]] drawer instead of sending. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' published its hundredth issue.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TARDIS Inside Out]]'' was first published.
* [[1 May|1]] - Actor [[George Pravda]] died.
* [[16 May|16]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Cookbook]]'' was first published.
* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Monster Book]]'' was republished nearly ten years after its first issue. A poster included in the first release was omitted in the reprint.
* [[17 May|17]] - Actor [[Hugh Burden]] died.
* [[21 May|21]] - Actor [[Calvin Dean]] was born.
* [[28 May|28]] - Actress [[Carey Mulligan]] was born.


=== June ===
''[[The Iytean Menace (in-universe)|The Iytean Menace]]'' by [[J. Andrew Keith (in-universe)|J. A. Keith]] was published by [[FASA (in-universe)|FASA]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love & War (short story)}})
* ''[[Doctor Who 1985 Summer Special Classic]]'', a reprinting of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' comic strips, was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[11 June|11]] - Actor [[Norman Claridge]] died in [[London]].
* [[13 June|13]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Awakening (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Awakening]]'' was first published.
* [[14 June|14]] - Actor [[Graham Leaman]] died.
* Mid-June - An original ''Doctor Who'' radio play, [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'', was recorded for [[BBC Radio]], with [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] reprising their roles.
* [[24 June|24]] - Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] died after recording a role for the upcoming radio play [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]''.


=== July ===
=== Other realities ===
* Severn House published ''Doctor Who Book of Science'', a hardcover version of ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science]]'' aimed at libraries.
In an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], [[Konstantin Chernenko]] was succeeded as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] by the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Kryuchkov]]. This ultimately led to the outbreak of [[World War III]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] between the [[Soviet Union]] on the one hand and the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the other hand. As [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Protect and Survive (audio story)}})
* [[7 July|7]] - Actor [[Ewen Solon]] died in {{w|Addleston}}, [[England]].
* [[11 July|11]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind of Evil]]'' was first published.
* [[25 July|25]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 1 and 2 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]]. The first radio play based upon ''Doctor Who'' and the first original audio drama since ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' a decade earlier, this serial was produced as a stopgap during the enforced hiatus for the televised series.


=== August ===
In another alternative timeline in which [[the Beatles]] did not break up in [[1970]], the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s companion [[Fitz Kreiner]] saw the band perform at [[Live Aid]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)}})
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1986]]'' was published. This was the final annual to be published by World Distributors, ending a series that had begun in [[1965]]. The annual format was revived by [[Marvel Comics]] in the 1990s.
* [[8 August|8]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 3 and 4 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
* [[18 August|18]] - Actor [[Reg Lever]] died.
* [[22 August|22]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' Parts 5 and 6 were first broadcast on [[BBC Radio]].
* [[29 August|29]] - Actor [[Patrick Barr]] died in [[London]].


=== September ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[9 September|09]] - The [[BBC]] launched "Children's BBC", a dedicated block of programming aimed at children. Later rebranded [[CBBC]], beginning in [[2007]] the block became the broadcast home for the spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.
=== Dated ===
* [[12 September|12]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Myth Makers]]'' was first published.
[[Claire Brown]] was born on [[13 May]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Village of the Angels (TV story)}})
* 12 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Illustrated A to Z]]'' was first published.


=== October ===
=== Undated ===
* The US edition of [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TARDIS Inside Out]]'' was published.
[[Steven Ballard]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|In the Shadows (audio story)}})
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Timeview]]'' was first published.
* [[10 October|10]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Invasion]]'' was first published.
* [[14 October|14]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Third Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] was first published. It was the final book in the series.


=== November ===
[[Mickey Smith]] once indicated he was around a year older than [[Rose Tyler]], placing his birth year around 1985. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)}}) According to other accounts, he was born in [[1983]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}}) or on [[22 May]] [[1984]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mickey (reference book)|namedpart=Mickey Data|page=6|name="data"}})
* [[14 November|14]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Krotons]]'' was first published.
* [[22 November|22]] - Numerous ''Doctor Who'' actors reunited for a special appearance during the annual ''Children in Need'' appeal, including [[Colin Baker]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Peter Davison]], [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Nicola Bryant]], [[Nicholas Courtney]], [[Janet Fielding]], [[Carole Ann Ford]], [[Richard Franklin]], [[Adrienne Hill]], [[Louise Jameson]], [[Caroline John]], [[John Levene]], [[Ian Marter]], [[Maureen O'Brien]], [[Peter Purves]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Mark Strickson]] and [[Matthew Waterhouse]].
* [[28 November|28]] - Actor [[Ryan Sampson]] was born.


=== December ===
== Other ==
* [[5 December|05]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Two Doctors]]'' was first published. It was the first [[Sixth Doctor]] novelisation. It was promoted as the hundredth ''Doctor Who'' novelisation by [[Target Books]]. Although the TV series logo had been modified slightly for the new Doctor, the Target line left the logo unchanged.
[[The Doctor]] didn't consider 1985 to be a "classic" year, but nonetheless one where they were needed. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)}}, {{cs|Time Lady of Means (comic story)}})
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1985 was a year.

Properties

It was recorded as 72,693 in the TL dating system. (PROSE: The Cyber Files [+]Loading...["The Cyber Files (novel)"])

Events

Dated

On Christmas Eve, the Ninth Doctor was trapped near a Christmas party at Sally Sparrow's aunt's house in Devon, when the TARDIS "burped" and jumped ahead in time 20 years. Using her Christmas essay from 2005, the Doctor wrote messages on the walls and in photographs during the party for Sally Sparrow to read and recorded a video instructing her to pilot the TARDIS back to him in 2005. Sally's future self arrived in the TARDIS, telling her to hit the TARDIS reset button to bring her to the Doctor. The Doctor told the Sally in 2005 to write the essay that she would later (from her point of view) give to him first. (PROSE: What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow [+]Loading...["What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)"])

In December, a Zygon landed in Antarctica, near UNIT Arctic base Skywatch-7. Several people stationed there were killed, but the survivors were able to drive it into the icy water where it perished. (COMIC: Skywatch-7 [+]Loading...["Skywatch-7 (comic story)"])

Undated

The Sixth Doctor, with Peri, returns to Foreman's Yard. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen)

Gustave Lytton contacted the Cybermen in the London sewers after being stranded on Earth for two years already. Lytton had substituted his mercenary profession for bank robbery. The Sixth Doctor and Peri Brown, searching for a distress signal, were ambushed by the Cybermen, apparently aided by Lytton, and the Doctor was forced to pilot his TARDIS to Telos. (TV: Attack of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)"])

While in London, Australian actress Jody Lockhart accidentally stumbled into Rollo's TARDIS, then disguised as an elevator, and caused it to take off before Rollo could explain the situation. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Iytean Menace, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Iytean Menace (game)"})

Lieutenant Roderick Mitchell of the US Army was transferred to Special Forces. A few years later, he would be transferred a second time, this time to UNIT. (GAME: "Player Characters" [+]Part of The Legions of Death, Loading...{"namedpart":"Player Characters","1":"The Legions of Death (game)"})

Barbara Chesterton wrote a GCSE textbook called Journeys Through History: A Sourcebook for GCSE for the Associated Exam Board with Ian Martin in which Lady Jane Grey's nine day reign from 10 July to 19 July 1553 was covered. She, the First Doctor and her future husband Ian Chesterton had met Lady Jane shortly after she was deposed by Queen Mary I. (PROSE: The Nine-Day Queen [+]Loading...["The Nine-Day Queen (short story)"])

Konstantin Chernenko, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, died. He was succeeded by the considerably more moderate Mikhail Gorbachev. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])

The Long Coolth of Summer was released. Seeing that it was going to be a box office failure, Michael Brookhaven remade the film in 1953, turning the 1985 film into a successful "remake". (PROSE: The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

Karen Kuykendall created the Tarot of the Cat-People. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

After the death of the former actress and animal expert Sheena Sown, a conservation charity was established in her name. (PROSE: Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes [+]Loading...["Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes (short story)","Swamp of Horrors (1957) - Viewing Notes"])

The plumber Pietro Rossi was transported across dimensions when he entered a house on the outskirts of Rome and tried to fix a blockage in the pipes. (COMIC: Dungeon of the Lost [+]Loading...["Dungeon of the Lost (comic story)"])

Gideon Barrow began writing Apex for Spitfire Comics. (PROSE: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy [+]Loading...["The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy (short story)"])

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II came to New York City to retrieve a psychic sales voucher that had fallen into hands of Mrs Oppenheimer-Mason. (COMIC: Time Lady of Means [+]Loading...["Time Lady of Means (comic story)"])

Bernie Wilson wrote a letter to Erica Forsyth, which he hid in his bedroom drawer instead of sending. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

The Iytean Menace by J. A. Keith was published by FASA. (PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"])

Other realities

In an alternative timeline created by the Elder Gods in the hope of destroying Earth, Konstantin Chernenko was succeeded as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union by the militant hardliner Vladimir Kryuchkov. This ultimately led to the outbreak of World War III on 9 November 1989 between the Soviet Union on the one hand and the United States and its allies including the United Kingdom on the other hand. As nuclear weapons were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the Seventh Doctor. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive [+]Loading...["Protect and Survive (audio story)"])

In another alternative timeline in which the Beatles did not break up in 1970, the Eighth Doctor's companion Fitz Kreiner saw the band perform at Live Aid. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles [+]Loading...["The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

Claire Brown was born on 13 May. (TV: Village of the Angels [+]Loading...["Village of the Angels (TV story)"])

Undated

Steven Ballard was born. (AUDIO: In the Shadows [+]Loading...["In the Shadows (audio story)"])

Mickey Smith once indicated he was around a year older than Rose Tyler, placing his birth year around 1985. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]Loading...["The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)"]) According to other accounts, he was born in 1983 (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"]) or on 22 May 1984. (PROSE: "Mickey Data" [+]Part of Mickey, Loading...{"name":"\"data\"","page":"6","namedpart":"Mickey Data","1":"Mickey (reference book)"})

Other

The Doctor didn't consider 1985 to be a "classic" year, but nonetheless one where they were needed. (COMIC: The Many Lives of Doctor Who [+]Loading...["The Many Lives of Doctor Who (comic story)"], Time Lady of Means [+]Loading...["Time Lady of Means (comic story)"])

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