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== [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] ==
'''1994''' was a [[year]].
=== [[June]] ===
== Events ==
* [[5 June|5]] - [[Clyde Langer]] was born. ([[SJA]]: [[Secrets of the Stars|''Secrets of the Stars'']][[The Mark of the Berserker|, ''The Mark of the Berserker'']])
=== Dated ===
* [[23 June|23]] - [[Samuel Lloyd]] was born. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
In [[November]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Mike (Gimme Shelter)|Mike]] were attacked by an alien bus shelter. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Gimme Shelter (short story)}})
=== Unknown Dates ===
* The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] visited [[Alaska]] and destroyed some revived [[Permian]]s. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead]]'')
* [[UNISYC]] was formed. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'')
* According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[United States]] government acknowledged the existence of [[Area 51]] by 1994. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Undated ===
The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] visited [[Alaska (state)|Alaska]] and destroyed several revived [[Permian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Land of the Dead (audio story)}})
=== [[January]] ===
[[UNISYC]] was formed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}})
* The John Menzies newsagent chain publishes [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Books#Promotional releases|Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'', by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' editor [[John Freeman]], as a promotional giveaway item.
According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[United States]] government acknowledged the existence of [[Area 51]] by 1994. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dreamland (TV story)}})
* [[20 January|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Conundrum]]'' is first published.
=== [[February]] ===
A number of [[Asylum (hospital)|asylums]] were closed in [[England]]. [[Hawthorne (The Zero Imperative)|Hawthorne]] was originally to be one of them but it remained in operation, which drew the suspicion of [[Liz Shaw]] and thus the attention of [[P.R.O.B.E.]] ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|The Zero Imperative (home video)}})
* [[17 February|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[No Future]]'' is first published. This novel concludes the five-part Alternate Universe arc.
The five-year-old [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]] was at a fairground when she dropped an [[ice cream]] cone. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and her future self bought her another and told her to cheer up. This was her saddest memory. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Good Night (home video)}})
=== [[March]] ===
The [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] met the [[astronaut]] [[Joseph Rennigan]] on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rennigan's Record (short story)}})
* [[Target Books]] republishes [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' with new cover art and a slightly revised title (now ''Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chiang''). This was the last reissue of this nature by Target, ending a program it began in [[1990]].
According to one account, [[Carrol]] was the [[President of the United States]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rennigan's Record (short story)}})
* [[17 March|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' is first published.
** [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog]]'' is first published by [[Virgin Publishing]]. Discounting the Annuals, this is the first professionally published and licenced ''Doctor Who'' short story collection. It will be followed by four more volumes (of decreasing relevance to ''Doctor Who'') over the next three years and later be succeeded by the [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series of books.
=== [[April]] ===
The [[Second Doctor]], [[Polly Wright]] and [[Ben Jackson]] visited [[Cumbria]], [[England]] and [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)}})
The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts]], [[Nardole]] and [[Missy]] visited [[San Francisco]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Pain Management (short story)}})
* [[21 April|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'' is first published.
** [[DWN]]: ''[[The Paradise of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death]]'' is first published. This was the 156th and final release of a novelisation under the [[Target Books]] banner and the last of three "deluxe format" novelisations. This brings to a close a series of books dating back nearly twenty-one years. Target's owner, Virgin, will publish two more novelisations based upon a radio play and an independent film production under the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] banner, and an additional novelisation of an independent film under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] banner.
=== [[May]] ===
The films ''[[Mrs Doubtfire]]'' and ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' were released in this year. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Touched by an Angel (novel)}})
* [[19 May|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'' is first published.
[[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] lived in a tiny, freezing [[Paul Magrs' flat|flat]] in the centre of [[Edinburgh]]. It was here Paul was working on his [[Marked for Life (in-universe)|first novel]], and Paul was also searching for someone to [[love]], but [[Flatmate (The Story of Fester Cat)|his flatmate]] doubted that he would find that somebody in Edinburgh. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Story of Fester Cat (novel)}})
* [[23 May|23]] - The [[wikipedia:All Good Things...|final episode]] of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' is broadcast in America.
=== [[June]] ===
The [[National Lottery]] was established. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
* [[16 June|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' is first published.
== Births and deaths ==
** A third edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' is published by [[Virgin Publishing]].
On [[5 June]], [[Clyde Langer]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Secrets of the Stars (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)}})
** [[Eileen Way]], who portrayed the [[Old Mother]] in [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Karela]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'', dies in [[Canterbury]], [[England]].
=== [[July]] ===
On [[23 June]], [[Samuel Lloyd]] was born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)}})
* [[9 July|09]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?]]'' is broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
== Behind the scenes ==
* [[15 July|15]] - After a year's hiatus, [[Titan Books]] revives its [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] series by publishing the teleplay for [[DW]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]''.
The publisher's summary of the [[1996]]-set novel {{cs|Wannabes (novel)}} erroneously states it to be set in 1994.
* [[21 July|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' is first published. This book ties in with the first instalment of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line; see below.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'' is first published, launching the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] book line, a spin-off of the New Adventures line focusing on the first six Doctors. On several occasions MA and NA books would be linked, as was the case with [[NA]]: ''Blood Harvest'' (featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]]) and ''Goth Opera'' (featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]]; this is the first original novel for the Fifth Doctor).
* [[28 July|28]] - [[Doctor Who Yearbook 1995]] is published.
=== [[August]] ===
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Timeframe]]'' is published in paperback
* [[11 August|11]] - [[Peter Cushing]], who played [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Dr. Who]] in the two 1960s motion pictures, dies from prostate cancer in [[Canterbury]], [[England]].
* [[18 August|18]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Strange England]]'' is first published.
* [[26 August|26]] - [[Tariq Yunus]], who played [[Cass]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'', dies in Bombay, India.
=== [[September]] ===
* [[2 September|02]] - [[Roy Castle]], who played the film version of [[Ian (Dalek movies)|Ian Chesterton]], dies.
* [[15 September|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'' is first published. First original novel featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
=== [[October]] ===
* [[6 October|06]] - ''[[The Age of Chaos|Doctor Who: The Age of Chaos]]'' first published by [[Marvel Comics]] UK. This was the first wholly original ''Doctor Who'' graphic novel ever published, and the first (and as of 2009, only) comic story written by one of the lead actors, [[Colin Baker]]. It is primarily available in the UK, with very limited distribution in North America.
* [[20 October|20]] - [[NA]]: [[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]] is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby]]'' is first published. First full-length original [[First Doctor]] novel.
=== [[November]] ===
* [[3 November|03]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]'' is first published.
* [[17 November|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'' is first published.
** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The First Doctor]]'' is first published.
** The final release by [[Titan Books]] under its [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] line, the script for ''[[The Crusade]]'', is published. Although Titan plans to publish at least two more script books, the line, which started in 1988, is discontinued after this release. The next publication of TV scripts would not occur until a decade later when [[BBC Books]] would publish a collection of scripts from [[Season 12]].
* [[20 November|20]] - [[John Lucarotti]], who wrote [[DW]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', dies.
=== [[December]] ===
* [[1 December|01]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' is first published.
** [[MA]]: ''[[State of Change]]'' is first published. First original [[Sixth Doctor]] novel if one doesn't count the Target Missing Adventures novelisations.
* [[6 December|06]] - This date marks the Fifth anniversary of the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, the final episode of the 1963-89 series. Fan hopes remain high that a new series or a movie will eventually be commissioned.
=== Unknown dates ===
* [[Stephen Dartnell]], who played [[Yartek]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' and [[John (The Sensorites)|John]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'', dies.
* [[Silva Screen Records]] releases the soundtrack compilation ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who]]'', which includes a newly recorded performance of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] performed by [[Sylvester McCoy]] on the spoons!
A number of asylums were closed in England. Hawthorne was originally to be one of them but it remained in operation, which drew the suspicion of Liz Shaw and thus the attention of P.R.O.B.E. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative[+]Loading...["The Zero Imperative (home video)"])
The five-year-old Amelia Pond was at a fairground when she dropped an ice cream cone. The Eleventh Doctor and her future self bought her another and told her to cheer up. This was her saddest memory. (TV: Good Night[+]Loading...["Good Night (home video)"])
Paul Magrs lived in a tiny, freezing flat in the centre of Edinburgh. It was here Paul was working on his first novel, and Paul was also searching for someone to love, but his flatmate doubted that he would find that somebody in Edinburgh. (PROSE: The Story of Fester Cat[+]Loading...["The Story of Fester Cat (novel)"])
