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* [[8 January]] - Actor [[Tom Bowman]] died.
== January ==
* [[16 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' was first published. It featured return appearances by [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Elizabeth Shaw]].
* [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Burning Heart]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Sixth Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series.
* [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] - The second part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' was first published.
* [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'' was first published.
* [[30 January]] - Director [[Nicholas Mallett]] died.
* 16 January - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Burning Heart (novel)|Burning Heart]]'' was first published.
* [[8 February]] - Actor [[Elroy Josephs]] died.
* 16 January - [[DWM 248]] was released.
* [[16 February]] - Actor [[Arthur Hewlett]] died.
* 16 January - [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' was first published.
* [[20 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' was first published.
* [[18 January (releases)|18 Janaury]] - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death]]'' was first published.
* [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* [[9 March]] - Writer [[Terry Nation]] died.
* [[20 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' was first published. Chronologically, this was the final [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. It featured many characters from the TV series and New Adventures. It was notable for fully expanding the [[Cartmel Masterplan]] regarding the Doctor's origins. It was not the final Seventh Doctor NA novel to be published due to the delay on [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''.
* 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Second Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.
* [[17 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'' was first published. This was the final book commission in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line of original ''Doctor Who'' novels, but not the last published. It was the first and only book in the NA line to feature the [[Eighth Doctor]] and marked the final appearance to date of [[Bernice Summerfield]] with the Doctor, as the book helped to launch her continuation of the New Adventures.
* 17 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Well-Mannered War]]'' was first published. Featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]], it was the last release in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.
* [[1 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' was first published, continuing the Virgin New Adventures line as the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]], featuring companion [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The NA books from here on in were devoid of overt references to ''Doctor Who'', although other non-TV characters from the NA series appeared.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was finally published. Although scheduled for release earlier in the year, manuscript issues resulted in its release this month. It became the final book in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line featuring the Doctor to see print and the last to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It described the circumstances surrounding the departure of [[Roz Forrester]] from the series. The NA series continued for a couple more years featuring the adventures of [[Bernice Summerfield]].
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' was first published. As Virgin no longer had the licence for ''Doctor Who'', the book focused on companion [[Roz Forrester]].


* [[2 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'' was first published, launching the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] line. It was the first multi-Doctor original novel and included references to many TV episodes. It conflicted with elements of the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line. [[Samantha Jones]] became the Doctor's newest companion.
== February ==
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was first published.
* [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'' was first published, a [[Third Doctor]] adventure launching the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line.
* [[8 February (releases)|8 February]] - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* [[3 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' was first published.
* [[13 February (releases)|13 February]] - [[DWM 249]] was released.
* [[7 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'' was first published.
* [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] - The seventh part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* 7 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Second Doctor]].
* [[20 February (releases)|20 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors (novel)|The Room With No Doors]]'' was first published.
* 7 - Actor [[Royston Tickner]] died.
* 20 February - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death (novel)|A Device of Death]]'' was first published.
* [[16 July]] - Actor [[Hugh Martin]] died.
* [[22 February (releases)|22 February]] - The eighth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* [[22 July]] - Actor [[Don Henderson]] died.
* [[27 July]] - Actor [[Brian Glover]] died.
* [[4 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]'' was first published.
* 4 -[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]].
* 4 - [[Film cameraman]] [[Dick Bush]] died.
* [[16 August]] - Actor [[Robin Wentworth]] died.
* [[20 August]] - Actor [[Bill Mitchell]] died.
* [[21 August]]- [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' was first published.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' was first published. This post-BBC licence short story collection featured very little noticeable connection to ''Doctor Who'' save for one story featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]]. It was the last volume of the series.
== March ==
* Actor [[Robert Cawdron]] died.
* [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] - The ninth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''[[Radio Times]]''.
* [[1 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' was first published.
* [[8 March (releases)|8 March]] - The tenth and last part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Perceptions (comic story)|Perceptions]]'' was published in ''Radio Times''.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]'' was first published. This novel was notable for chronicling the adventure in which [[Melanie Bush]] first met the [[Sixth Doctor]]. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the Sixth Doctor.
* [[13 March (releases)|13 March]] - [[DWM 250]] was released.
* [[2 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Down]]'' was first published.
* [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Coda (comic story)|Coda]]'' was published in ''Radio Times''.
* [[7 September]] - News reporter [[Alex MacIntosh]] died.
* [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' was first published
* [[12 September]] - Actor [[Leonard Maguire]] died.
* 20 March - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path (novel)|The Dark Path]]'' was first published.
* [[19 September]] - Actor [[Jack May]] died.
* [[22 March (releases)|22 March]] - The second and last part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Coda (comic story)|Coda]]'' was published in ''Radio Times''.
* [[25 September]] - Director [[Paul Bernard]] died.
 
* [[2 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'' was first published.
== April ==
* [[5 October]] - Actor [[Andrew Keir]] died.
* [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] - [[DWM 251]] was released.
* [[6 October]] - Actor [[Adrienne Hill]] died.
* [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Well-Mannered War (novel)|The Well-Mannered War]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'' was first published. This was the first solo "Past Doctor/Missing Adventures"-style novel to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]].
 
* 6 - [[Tom Baker]] published his autobiography, ''[[Who on Earth was Tom Baker?]]''. An audio book version, read by Baker, was also released on this date.
== May ==
* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Book of Monsters]]'' was first published.
* [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Book of Lists]]'' was first published.
* [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] - [[DWM 252]] was released.
* [[13 October]] - Writer [[Ian Stuart Black]] died.
 
* [[16 October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Licence Denied]]'' was first published.
== June ==
* [[17 October]] - [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] cable network, launched. It aired classic-era ''Doctor Who'' during its first few years. In the late 2000s it would become the Canadian broadcast home of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and the revived ''Doctor Who''.
* [[June (releases)|June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin (novel)|So Vile a Sin]]'' was finally published.
* [[30 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who]]'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] died.
* June - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' was first published.
* [[3 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'' was first published.
* [[2 June (releases)|2 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'' was first published.
* [[20 November]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Second Doctor]]'' was first published.
* 2 June - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was first published.
* 20 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'' was published in paperback.
* 2 June - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune (novel)|The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'' was first published.
* [[24 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' was first published. This book introduced [[Faction Paradox]], later to be featured in a series of spin-off audio dramas and novels.
* [[5 June (releases)|5 June]] - [[DWM 253]] was released.
* 24 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads]]'' was first published.
 
* [[1 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'' was first published.
== July ==
* [[5 December]] - [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'', a home computer adventure game, was released. The game used newly recorded audio of all surviving Doctor actors except [[Paul McGann]] and featured [[Anthony Ainley]] in newly shot video footage as [[the Master]], his final appearance in this role.
* [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' was first published.
* This was a down month for both the [[PROSE]] and [[PROSE]] book lines.
* 3 July - [[DWM 254]] was released.
* After trying several "test balloon" services, the [[BBC]] officially launched BBC Online (also known as BBCi) at bbc.co.uk. This became the network's main online portal. In the coming years, a ''Doctor Who'' section of the site was launched which has featured not only promotions and archival features relating to both the 1963-89 and 2005-present series, but also original content such as webcasts and online fiction.
* [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'' was first published.
* [[14 December]] - Actor [[Stubby Kaye]] died.
* 7 July - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'' was first published.
* [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] - [[DWM 255]] was released.
 
== August ==
* [[4 August (releases)|4 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers (novel)|The Bodysnatchers]]'' was first published.
* 4 August -[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure (novel)|The Ultimate Treasure]]'' was first published.
* [[21 August (releases)|21 August]]- [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' was first published.
* [[28 August (releases)|28 August]] - [[DWM 256]] was released.
 
== September ==
* [[September (releases)|September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' was first published.
* [[1 September (releases)|1 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' was first published.
* 1 September - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'' was first published.
* [[2 September (releases)|2 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'' was first published.
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - [[DWM 257]] was released.
 
== October ==
* [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' was first published.
* [[6 October (releases)|6 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* 6 October - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien (novel)|Illegal Alien]]'' was first published.
* 6 October - [[Tom Baker]] published his autobiography, ''[[Who on Earth was Tom Baker?]]''. An audio book version, read by Baker, was also released on this date.
* 6 October - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Book of Monsters]]'' was first published.
* 6 October - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Book of Lists]]'' was first published.
* [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Licence Denied]]'' was first published.
* [[23 October (releases)|23 October]] - [[DWM 258]] was released.
 
== November ==
* [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'' was first published.
* [[20 November (releases)|20 November]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Second Doctor]]'' was first published.
* 20 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'' was published in paperback.
* 20 November - [[DWM 259]] was released.
* [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'' was first published.
* 24 November - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'' was first published.
 
== December ==
* [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'' was first published.
* [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] - [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors (video game)|Destiny of the Doctors]]'', a home computer adventure game, was released.
* [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] - [[DWM 260]] was released.
 
== Unknown dates ==
* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Auton (home video)|Auton]]'' was released by [[BBV Productions]]
* [[Superannuation advertisement]] was first released.
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