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'''1987''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
==== January - August ====
On [[7 February]], [[Kathy Nightingale]] wrote a letter to her friend [[Sally Sparrow]], entrusting her grandson [[Malcolm Wainwright]] to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sally in the [[2000s]].{{note|see [[Aliens of London dating controversy]] for why this cannot be dated more precisely.}} ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})


===History of the Doctor Who Universe===
On [[19 August]], [[Nora Wicker]] discovered a tree she didn't remember planting in her garden. It was also that day she met the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The World Tree (audio story)}})
====[[February]]====
*[[7th February|7]] - [[Kathy Nightingale|Kathy Costello Wainright]] (aka Nightingale) writes a letter to her friend [[Sally Sparrow]], entrusting her grandson to deliver it (along with a package of photographs) to Sparrow in the year [[2007]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
*Sometime after February 7 - Death of [[Kathy Nightingale|Kathy Costello Wainright]] nee Nightingale. ([[DW]]: ''[[Blink]]'')
 
 
 
====[[April]]====
*[[27th April|27]] - Birth of [[Rose Tyler]], companion of the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s. ('''Note''' This date is cited in ''[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]'', but is contradicted by information in [[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and ''[[Aliens of London]]''.)
 
====[[July]]====
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] battle an [[N-Form]] in [[London]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Damaged Goods]]'')
 
====[[November]]====
*[[7th November|7]] - [[Pete Tyler]] is killed when he is struck by a vehicle while crossing the road en route to a friend's wedding. This event is witnessed by [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]]. Initially Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose creates an alternate timelines by preventing him from being killed, which results in a dangerous paradox. Ultimately, after spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learns that in order for time to continue normally, he must die, so he walks in front of another vehicle. This time Rose is with him when he dies, and the fabric of time is altered so that the record shows Pete died as an unidentified woman knelt beside him. ([[DW]]: ''[[Father's Day]]'') ''Technically, since Rose being with Pete becomes part of established time, the alternate timeline is in fact now the one where he dies alone.''
 
====Unknown date====
*[[Ace]] is transported by a [[time storm]] from [[Perivale]] to [[Iceworld]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
*[[Eighth Doctor|The Doctor]] teaches some [[boar]]s how to talk, enabling them to eventually evolve into the [[Boar (race)|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]'')
 
===Real World===
====Unknown date====
* The [[BBC]] announces that [[Colin Baker]] will not be returning as the Doctor. Scottish actor [[Sylvester McCoy]], best known for his comedic work, is chosen to replace him.
 
====[[January]]====
 
* [[15th January|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' is published in paperback.


====[[February]]====
==== October - December ====
In [[October]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]] encountered the [[Dalek]]s in London and [[Bradford]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|We Are The Daleks (audio story)}})


* [[19th February|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Black Orchid]] ''is first published. This was the final [[Fifth Doctor]] story to be novelised; plans were made for a novelisation of ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', but the book was never published, and as such the story remains officially unnovelised.
[[File:800px-Fathersdaywho-1.jpg|left|thumb|[[Reaper]]s attack [[Rose Tyler]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}})]]
* [[23rd February|23]] - [[Esmond Knight]] dies.
On [[7 November]], [[Pete Tyler]], the father of [[Rose Tyler]], was killed when he was struck by a [[car]] while crossing the road to [[Stuart Hoskins]] and [[Sarah Clark]]'s [[wedding]]. This event was witnessed by an older Rose and the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Initially, Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose created an [[alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] by preventing him from being killed, which resulted in a dangerous [[paradox]]. After spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally, he must have died, so he ran in front of the same car. This time Rose was with him when he died. The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died while an unidentified woman knelt beside him and the driver was known to Rose and Jackie instead of being nameless. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}}) This was known to [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] as a [[Temporal Event]]. They kept a file, [[1987 11-Be3a]], on the incident. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose Tyler (short story)}})
*[[25th February|25]] - [[John Collin]] dies.


====[[March]]====
On [[20 November]], an event called "[[Energize]]" took place in London. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}})


* [[19th March|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ark]]'' is first published.  
On [[24 December]], [[David Gilligan]] burgled several houses in the suburbs of [[Illinois]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)}})
** [[REF]]: [[Doctor Who: The Illustrated A-Z]] is published in paperback.
* [[28th March|28]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] dies from a heart attack while appearing at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention in Columbus, Georgia, [[USA]]. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier exists and has circulated on YouTube, and shows Troughton in good spirits.


====[[April]]====
The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] battled an [[N-Form (Damaged Goods)|N-Form]] in [[London]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Damaged Goods (novel)}})


* [[16th April|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' is first published.
=== Undated ===
The [[Eightfold Truth]] was founded in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Clark Goodman]]. By [[2015]], it had 244 million members worldwide, its membership having increased fivefold since [[2010]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eight Truths (audio story)}})


====[[May]]====
The [[Eighth Doctor]] taught some [[boar]]s how to talk, enabling them to evolve into the [[Tusken|intelligent Boar race]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)}})


* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' is first published.
The [[St Oswald South Bank]] was demolished. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)}})
* [[21st May|21]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones]]'' is first published.


====[[June]]====
[[Sarah Jane Smith]] conducted an interview with Dr [[Francis Augur]] for the ''[[Metropolitan]]''. Francis Augur experimented with medical applications of [[gold]] and was a promising young specialist. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Glittering Storm (audio story)}})


* The B-movie action thriller ''Three Kinds of Heat'' released in the United States. Although a US-made film, the picture features a number of UK actors, including a pre-Who [[Sylvester McCoy]] as one of the film's main villains, one-time stage Doctor [[Trevor Martin]], and [[Mary Tamm]], playing a gangster's moll. The film has the dubious distinction of including a scene in which a future Doctor is shown killing off a one-time companion.
[[Johnny Chess]] released the LP record ''[[Things to do on a Wet Tuesday Night]]'', which included his songs "[[God Knows All About It]]" and "[[Preaching to the Converted]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Also People (novel)}})
* [[6th June|06]] - [[Fulton Mackay]] dies.
* [[15th June|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design.
* [[18th June|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' is first published.
* [[22nd June|22]] - [[Joe Dempsie]] is born.


====[[July]]====
The [[Ninth Doctor]] pulled [[Child (Have You Seen This Man?)|a child]] out of the path of [[Volkswagen Beetle (Have You Seen This Man?)|a VW Beetle]] in [[Southport]], but told [[David Gee]] and [[David Gee's wife|his wife]] that he'd later [[regret]] it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}})


* [[16th July|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' is first published.
==== Ace in 1987 ====
[[Ace]] and several of her friends went to see ''[[Withnail and I]]'' in the cinema. Ace thought that it was funny, but her friends did not get it. She fancied [[Richard E Grant|the actor who played Withnail]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Independence Day (novel)}})


====[[August]]====
Ace and a friend named [[Julian Milton]] planned to run away together so she packed supplies and clothes. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Love and War (novel)}})


* [[20th August|20]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' is first published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this novel was published posthumously, 10 months after his death.
Ace was transported by a [[time storm]] created by [[Fenric]] from [[Perivale]] to [[Iceworld]] on [[Svartos]] in the [[far future]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Curse of Fenric (TV story)}}) Fenric later took her back in time to the day that she was transported to Iceworld in an attempt to convince her to prevent her younger self from leaving. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Gods and Monsters (audio story)}})


====[[September]]====
== Births and deaths ==
=== Dated ===
On [[27 April]], [[Rose Tyler]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet Rose (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Father's Day (TV story)}}, {{cs|Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)}}) However other accounts indicated Rose was born in early [[1986]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})


* [[5th September|05]] - [[Bill Fraser]] dies.
On [[8 September]], [[Craig Dalloway]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}})
* [[7th September|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast, launching [[Season 24]]. First appearance of [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Doctor; due to [[Colin Baker]] declining to return for a cameo appearance, McCoy plays both the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s for the [[regeneration]] sequence. The series introduces a new theme music arrangement by [[Keff McCulloch]], a new computer generated opening credits sequence, and a new series logo.
* [[11th September|11]] - [[Hugh David]] dies.
* [[14th September|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[16th September|16]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] dies.
* [[17th September|17]] - [[Stephen Jack]] dies.
** [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' is first published.
* [[19th September|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' is first published.
* [[21st September|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 3 is first published.
* [[28th September|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 4 is first published.


====[[October]]====
On [[13 November]], [[Carys Fletcher]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day One (TV story)}})


* [[1st October|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death]]'' is first published. With this book, all stories of the [[Third Doctor]] era were now novelised -- the first era to be completed; two additional Third Doctor novelisations based upon radio plays would be published in the 1990s. 
=== Undated ===
* [[5th October|05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
[[David Gosthorpe]] died of a [[stroke]] while in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Past Reckoning (short story)}})
* [[12th October|12]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[15th October|15]] - [[TC]]: ''[[K-9 and Company (novelisation)|K-9 and Company]]'' is first published. This is the belated third (and final) volume in the Companions of Doctor Who spin-off series. Unlike the previous two books, however, this is not an original work but an adaptation of the ''[[K-9 and Company]]'' pilot episode, [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]''.
**Paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Key to Time|Doctor Who: The Key to Time]]'' is published.
* [[19th October|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
** [[REF]] ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' is first published.
* [[26th October|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast.
* The [[Star Trek]] franchise returns to television after an 18-year hiatus (not counting an animated cartoon series) with the debut of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' which successfully reestablished the franchise and led to several spinoff series. Eighteen years after ''this'', the ''Doctor Who'' franchise itself was revived (after a 16-year hiatus); it too was a successful relaunch that led to spinoffs.


====[[November]]====
[[Julia Hardwick]], a future victim of the [[Weeping Angel]]s, was born. It is possible that she became her own ancestor in her personal future after being sent back in time to [[1887]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)}})


* [[2nd November|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast.
Some time after [[7 February]], Kathy Nightingale died. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Blink (TV story)}})
** According to the 2009 DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] began to receive media coverage during the time ''Delta and the Bannermen'' was being broadcast.
* [[9th November|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.
* [[16th November|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast.
* [[19th November|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' is first published. An adaptation of the serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', this is the first time in more than a decade that a novelisation title differs from the broadcast serial. In addition, the book makes substantial changes to the original story, something not seen since the earliest days of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations.
* [[22nd November|22]] - The [[wikipedia:Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident]] occurs when unidentified individuals briefly hijack the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a [[wikipedia:Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom]] mask appears on screen an carries on for a brief time. The first interruption takes place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurs during a local [[PBS]] station's broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The culprits are never caught. In the days following, ''Doctor Who'' gets a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene is rebroadcast on many American TV stations.
* [[23rd November|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. Debut of [[Sophie Aldred]] as the final original-series companion, [[Ace]].
** [[REF]]: [[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]] is first published.
* [[30th November|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast.


====[[December]]====
[[George Smithers]]' son died of [[leukemia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)}})


* [[7th December|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast. [[Bonnie Langford]] leaves the series with this episode.
== Other ==
* [[10th December|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' is first published.
There were [[3000000 (number)|three million]] people unemployed in the United Kingdom. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|We Are The Daleks (audio story)}})


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1987 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - August

On 7 February, Kathy Nightingale wrote a letter to her friend Sally Sparrow, entrusting her grandson Malcolm Wainwright to deliver it and a package of photographs to Sally in the 2000s.[nb 1] (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])

On 19 August, Nora Wicker discovered a tree she didn't remember planting in her garden. It was also that day she met the Eleventh Doctor. (AUDIO: The World Tree [+]Loading...["The World Tree (audio story)"])

October - December

In October, the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush encountered the Daleks in London and Bradford. (AUDIO: We Are The Daleks [+]Loading...["We Are The Daleks (audio story)"])

Reapers attack Rose Tyler. (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"])

On 7 November, Pete Tyler, the father of Rose Tyler, was killed when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding. This event was witnessed by an older Rose and the Ninth Doctor. Initially, Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose created an alternative timeline by preventing him from being killed, which resulted in a dangerous paradox. After spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learnt that for time to have continued normally, he must have died, so he ran in front of the same car. This time Rose was with him when he died. The fabric of time was altered so that the record showed Pete died while an unidentified woman knelt beside him and the driver was known to Rose and Jackie instead of being nameless. (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"]) This was known to UNIT as a Temporal Event. They kept a file, 1987 11-Be3a, on the incident. (PROSE: Rose Tyler [+]Loading...["Rose Tyler (short story)"])

On 20 November, an event called "Energize" took place in London. (TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"])

On 24 December, David Gilligan burgled several houses in the suburbs of Illinois. (PROSE: Be Good for Goodness's Sake [+]Loading...["Be Good for Goodness's Sake (short story)"])

The Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej battled an N-Form in London. (PROSE: Damaged Goods [+]Loading...["Damaged Goods (novel)"])

Undated

The Eightfold Truth was founded in the United Kingdom by Clark Goodman. By 2015, it had 244 million members worldwide, its membership having increased fivefold since 2010. (AUDIO: The Eight Truths [+]Loading...["The Eight Truths (audio story)"])

The Eighth Doctor taught some boars how to talk, enabling them to evolve into the intelligent Boar race. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen [+]Loading...["Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)"])

The St Oswald South Bank was demolished. (PROSE: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast [+]Loading...["Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (short story)"])

Sarah Jane Smith conducted an interview with Dr Francis Augur for the Metropolitan. Francis Augur experimented with medical applications of gold and was a promising young specialist. (AUDIO: The Glittering Storm [+]Loading...["The Glittering Storm (audio story)"])

Johnny Chess released the LP record Things to do on a Wet Tuesday Night, which included his songs "God Knows All About It" and "Preaching to the Converted". (PROSE: The Also People [+]Loading...["The Also People (novel)"])

The Ninth Doctor pulled a child out of the path of a VW Beetle in Southport, but told David Gee and his wife that he'd later regret it. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Ace in 1987

Ace and several of her friends went to see Withnail and I in the cinema. Ace thought that it was funny, but her friends did not get it. She fancied the actor who played Withnail. (PROSE: Independence Day [+]Loading...["Independence Day (novel)"])

Ace and a friend named Julian Milton planned to run away together so she packed supplies and clothes. (PROSE: Love and War [+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])

Ace was transported by a time storm created by Fenric from Perivale to Iceworld on Svartos in the far future. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"], The Curse of Fenric [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (TV story)"]) Fenric later took her back in time to the day that she was transported to Iceworld in an attempt to convince her to prevent her younger self from leaving. (AUDIO: Gods and Monsters [+]Loading...["Gods and Monsters (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Dated

On 27 April, Rose Tyler was born. (PROSE: Meet Rose [+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"], TV: Father's Day [+]Loading...["Father's Day (TV story)"], Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) However other accounts indicated Rose was born in early 1986. (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], Aliens of London [+]Loading...["Aliens of London (TV story)"], PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])

On 8 September, Craig Dalloway was born. (TV: Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"])

On 13 November, Carys Fletcher was born. (TV: Day One [+]Loading...["Day One (TV story)"])

Undated

David Gosthorpe died of a stroke while in Naples, Italy. (PROSE: Past Reckoning [+]Loading...["Past Reckoning (short story)"])

Julia Hardwick, a future victim of the Weeping Angels, was born. It is possible that she became her own ancestor in her personal future after being sent back in time to 1887. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas [+]Loading...["A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)"])

Some time after 7 February, Kathy Nightingale died. (TV: Blink [+]Loading...["Blink (TV story)"])

George Smithers' son died of leukemia. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

Other

There were three million people unemployed in the United Kingdom. (AUDIO: We Are The Daleks [+]Loading...["We Are The Daleks (audio story)"])

Footnotes

  1. ↑ see Aliens of London dating controversy for why this cannot be dated more precisely.
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