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== History of the Doctor Who Universe ==
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*[[First Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], [[Barbara Wright]] and [[Vicki]] arrive at the [[Festival of Ghana]] while being pursued by [[Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')
'''1996''' was a [[year]].
*The novel ''[[Bridget Jones|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' is published. In the [[51st century]] it would be preserved in [[The Library]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]'')
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] is summoned back to [[Earth]] via the [[space-time telegraph]] by the [[United Nations]] to assist them after they were offered [[The Cold]]. [[Sam Jones]] meets [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (who also meets the Doctor in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth incarnation]]). ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'', ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'')


== History of Doctor Who ==
==Events==
===Dated===
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)}})


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)}})]]
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)}})


=== [[January]] ===
In [[May]], a ''[[Professor X]]'' film premiered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Room With No Doors (novel)}})


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)}})


* [[Just War]] First Published
In [[October]], [[Jacob Tyler]] remarried. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}})


* [[Downtime (novel)|Downtime]] First Published. Based upon the unofficial fan-made film [[Downtime|of the same title]], it is the third and last of [[Virgin Publishing]]'s series of post-[[Target Books]] novelisations. As such, it brings to an end a long line of adaptations dating back to 1973.
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)}})


=== [[February]] ===
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)}})


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.


* [[Warchild]] First Published
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)}})


* [[The Man in the Velvet Mask]] First Published
===Undated===
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)}})


=== [[March]] ===
[[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)}})


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)}})


* [[Sleepy]] First Published
[[Rex Matheson]]'s father became an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] due to family and financial troubles. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead of Night (TV story)}})


* [[The English Way of Death]] First Published
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)}})


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


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)}})


* [[Death and Diplomacy]] First Published
[[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)}})


* [[The Eye of the Giant]] First Published
''[[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)}})


* [[Who Killed Kennedy]] First Published
===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)}})


* Fox Television in America begins airing trailers for its upcoming broadcast of ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]''. The trailers incorporate special effects footage from episode 1 of the 1986 serial ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]''.
==Births and deaths==
[[Nathan Goss]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy}})


=== [[May]] ===
[[Chang Ho]] was stabbed to death by a member of rival [[gang]] in [[San Francisco]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Novel of the Film (novelisation)}})
* [[12th May|12]] - CITV in Edmonton, Canada, is the first broadcaster to air the ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' TV movie, two days before its "official" premiere in the US.


* [[14th May|14]] — [[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]] First Broadcast on [[Fox Television]] in America. [[Sylvester McCoy]] regenerates into [[Paul McGann]] for McGann's (to date) only on-screen appearance as [[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]]. The film introduces a new theme music arrangement by [[John Debney]] (the late [[Ron Grainer]] is not credited, however), and reinstates the [[Jon Pertwee]] era logo from [[1970]]-[[1973]] which subsequently replaces the [[1987]] series logo as the franchise branding (it will continue to be used into [[2009]] to denote "past Doctor"-related products following the [[2005]] series revival). The ratings prove to be a disappointment and Fox declines to commission a TV series or further movies. Subsequently, issues over rights and licensing prevent the telefilm from being released to home video in North America (a situation that persists into 2008), although a UK home video release occurs not long after its broadcast there.
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*[[20th May | 20]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] dies from a heart attack in [[Connecticut]].
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* [[27th May | 27]] - [[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]] First Broadcast on [[BBC1]]. The UK broadcast includes some minor edits related to violence, and also includes an on-screen dedication in memory of Jon Pertwee. Unlike the US showing, the UK broadcast is considered a ratings winner, but without US support, the telefilm does not result in a series revival.
 
* [[Happy Endings]] First Published
 
* [[The Sands of Time]] First Published
 
* [[Doctor Who - The Script of the Film]] First Published
 
* [[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]] First Published. This is the first novelisation of a televised story to not be published by [[Target Books]] or an affiliate. This is the first ''Doctor Who'' novel to be published by [[BBC Books]], and would lead to the imprint taking over the ''Doctor Who'' fiction licence from [[Virgin Books]]. It is the last novelisation of a televised ''Doctor Who'' story to date, and the last novelisation of any kind until ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]'' was adapted in 2004.
 
=== Spring 1996 ===
* Around the time the novelisation of the telefilm is published, a major shake-up occurs in the ''Doctor Who'' publishing world when it's announced that [[BBC Books]] has taken on the licence to publish fiction featuring The Doctor and other BBC-owned characters and concepts from the franchise. [[Virgin Books]], which has been publishing original novels since 1991 and also owns the [[Target Books]] line which dates back to 1973, announces its [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] lines will conclude in 1997, after several remaining commissioned novels are published. Virgin, however, also announces it will continue the New Adventures line after that point, focusing on the character of [[Benny Summerfield]].
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
 
* [[GodEngine]] First Published
 
* [[Killing Ground]] First Published
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
 
* [[Christmas on a Rational Planet]] First Published
 
* [[The Scales of Injustice]] First Published
 
=== [[August]] ===
 
 
* [[Return of the Living Dad]] First Published
 
* [[The Shadow of Weng-Chiang]] First Published
 
* [[10th August|10]] - [[Rex Tucker]] dies.
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
 
* [[The Death of Art]] First Published
 
* [[Twilight of the Gods (MA)|Twilight of the Gods]] First Published
 
=== [[October]] ===
 
 
* [[Damaged Goods]] First Published. This book is 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 director of the revival of ''Doctor Who''.
 
* [[Speed of Flight]] First Published
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
 
* [[The Plotters]] First Published
 
* [[1st November |1]] - [[David Dodimead]], who played [[Barclay]] in "[[The Tenth Planet]]," dies.
 
=== [[December]] ===
 
 
* [[Bad Therapy]] First Published
 
* [[Cold Fusion]] First Published
 
 
=== Unknown ===
 
 
* [[Decalog 3: Consequences]] First Published. Notable for including a short story by future head writer [[Steven Moffat]].
 
* [[Frederick Hall]], who played [[Andrew Verney]] in [[The Awakening]], dies.
 
 
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1996 was a year.

Events

Dated

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 assassinate U.S. President John F. Kennedy. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])

On 2 March, a café in Grantham sold the best fry-up ever made. A guide advised that one arrived early to avoid crowds of time travellers who flocked to the time and place of the legendary breakfast. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and Amelia Pond. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])

At Easter, the newly regenerated Eleventh 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)"])

In May, a Professor X film premiered. (PROSE: The Room With No Doors [+]Loading...["The Room With No Doors (novel)"])

On 6 August, scientists at NASA announced that they had found evidence of primitive organisms on the Martian asteroid ALH 84001. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

In October, Jacob Tyler remarried. (PROSE: Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])

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 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 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.

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)"])

Undated

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. Sam Jones met Sarah Jane Smith (who also met the Doctor in his eighth incarnation). (PROSE: Interference - Book One [+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"], Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])

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: When to Die [+]Loading...["When to Die (home video)"])

The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister arrived at the Festival of Ghana, pursued by Daleks. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"])

Rex Matheson's father became an alcoholic due to family and financial troubles. (TV: Dead of Night [+]Loading...["Dead of Night (TV story)"])

A NASA shuttle was struck by a meteorite. Millicent Drake was the only survivor of the crew but she lost her limbs, which were replaced by metal prosthetics. (AUDIO: Ferril's Folly [+]Loading...["Ferril's Folly (audio story)"])

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

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: Security Bot [+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"])

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)"])

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break: History's Dodgiest Deals by J. Writhing-Crayfish was first published. (PROSE: Weapons Grade Snake Oil [+]Loading...["Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)"])

Alternate timelines

The National Museum. (TV: The Big Bang)

At Easter, Auton Rory Williams finished his job guarding the Pandorica at the National Museum. A version of 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 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 TARDIS to reboot the universe, which was being destroyed by the Time Field. (TV: The Big Bang [+]Loading...["The Big Bang (TV story)"])

Births and deaths

Nathan Goss was born. (TV: The Lost Boy [+]Loading...["The Lost Boy (TV story)","The Lost Boy"])

Chang Ho was stabbed to death by a member of rival gang in San Francisco. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Loading...["The Novel of the Film (novelisation)"])

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