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| | '''1995''' was a [[year]]. |
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| == Events == | | == Events == |
| === April === | | === Dated === |
| [[5 April|5]] - After twenty-four years in a [[coma]], former [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] officer [[Francis Cleary]] died in his mother's arms. ([[MA]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | | On [[6 January]], [[Danu (Have You Seen This Man?)|Danu]] and [[Danu's friend|their friend]] encountered the [[Ninth Doctor]] in ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' in [[Islington]]. He was fascinated by the friend's [[tattoo]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Have You Seen This Man? (short story)}}) |
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| === [[January]] ===
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| * [[11 January|11]] - [[Peter Pratt]], who portrayed [[the Master]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'', died.
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| * [[16 January|16]] - ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' debuts on [[wikipedia:UPN|UPN]]. Along with ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''Voyager'' would be the only other ''[[Star Trek]]'' television series currently in production at the time of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 ''Doctor Who TV movie'']].
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| * [[19 January|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[The Romance of Crime]]'' is first published.
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| === [[February]] ===
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| * [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel]]'' is first published.
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| * [[16 February|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Set Piece]]'' is first published. [[Ace]] leaves the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series a second time with this novel, this time for good, though she would make cameo appearances later.
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| ** [[DWN]]/[[MA]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (novelisation)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'' is first published. This novelisation of the [[BBCR]]: ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|Ghosts of N-Space]]'' audio drama is the first novelisation of any ''Doctor Who'' story to not be released under the now-retired [[Target Books]] banner. Instead, it is published as part of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line, making it the first [[Third Doctor]] book of that line (although not an original story). It is the last novelisation of a BBC-produced ''Doctor Who'' story to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]] and the last until [[BBC Books]] published [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Novel of the Film]]'' in 1996. The radio play itself isn't broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] until close to a year later.
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| * [[22 February|22]] - [[Nicholas Pennell]] ([[David Winton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') dies from [[cancer]] in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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| === [[March]] ===
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| * [[6 March|6]] - [[Alan Haywood]], who played [[Hector]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', dies from a heart attack.
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| * [[16 March|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Infinite Requiem]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Time of Your Life]]'' is first published. This [[Sixth Doctor]] novel introduces new companion [[Grant Markham]]. The Sixth Doctor is the only Doctor to receive a new, literary only companion in the MA series.
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| === [[April]] ===
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| * [[Jon Pertwee]] reprises the role of the [[Third Doctor]] for the final time, filming scenes for the unofficial fan film ''[[Devious]]''.
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| * [[20 April|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Sanctuary]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Dancing the Code]]'' is first published. First original [[Third Doctor]] novel.
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| === [[May]] ===
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| * [[18 May|18]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' is first published. This novel would later be adapted for television by its author ([[Paul Cornell]]) for the third series of the revived ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[2007]] (see [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]''). The renders ''Human Nature'' one of a handful of licensed novels whose canonicity is in question.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[The Menagerie]]'' is first published. First original [[Second Doctor]] novel.
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| ** [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'' is first published.
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| === [[June]] ===
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| * [[15 June|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Original Sin]]'' is first published, introducing new literary companions [[Chris Cwej]] and [[Roz Forrester]]. Cwej is the first gay companion to be depicted in an official piece of ''Doctor Who'' fiction.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[System Shock]]'' is first published.
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| === [[July]] ===
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| * [[20 July|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Sky Pirates!]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[Virgin Publishing]] releases a paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Celebration]]'' by [[Peter Haining]], 12 years after the hardcover was first issued.
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| * [[27 July|27]] - The 1996 edition of the [[Doctor Who Yearbook (1996)|Doctor Who Yearbook]] is published by [[Marvel Comics]] (unlike previous editions, the title bears no date). This is the fifth and final Yearbook to be published by Marvel. The [[Doctor Who Annual|Annual]] concept would be revived again a decade later.
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| === [[August]] ===
| | On [[11 June]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Roz Forrester]] and [[Chris Cwej]] visited [[Paris]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Death of Art (novel)}}) |
| * [[7 August|7]] - [[Dursley McLinden]], who played [[Mike Smith]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', dies.
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| * [[10 August|10]] - [[Donald Bisset]], who played [[Colin McLaren]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'', dies in [[London]].
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| * [[17 August|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Zamper (novel)|Zamper]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[Virgin Publishing]] issues a new paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]''.
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| ** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]'' is published in paperback.
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| === [[September]] ===
| | On [[20 December]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Ace]] visited [[Westmouth]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Memorial (comic story)}}) |
| * [[Alan Bromly]] (director of [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'') dies.
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| * [[21 September|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Toy Soldiers]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Managra]]'' is first published.
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| === [[October]] ===
| | On [[25 December]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Melanie Bush]] visited [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|24 Crawford Street (short story)}}) |
| * [[16 October|16]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Companions]]'' first published.
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| * [[19 October|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]'' is first published, featuring the return of [[Mel]].
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Millennial Rites]]'' is first published.
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| === Late 1995 === | | === Undated === |
| * Who fandom is taken by surprise with the announcement that the American network, Fox, is to co-produce with the BBC a made-for-television film reviving ''Doctor Who'', as a possible "pilot" for a new series. The producers announce that [[Paul McGann]] has been cast as the [[Eighth Doctor|new Doctor]], but [[Sylvester McCoy]] will also appear as the [[Seventh Doctor]], making the film a continuation of the original series rather than a remake or reboot. [[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' is scheduled to air in the spring of 1996. Filming is to take place in Vancouver, Canada, marking not only the first time a ''Doctor Who'' story has been filmed in [[North America]], but also the first time a story had been completely mounted outside the United Kingdom (previously foreign location filming had been done, with studio filming still in Britain).
| | [[File:Web above New World University.jpg|left|thumb|The Great Intelligence's web ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Downtime (home video)}})]] |
| | The [[Great Intelligence]] attempted to take control of the [[Earth]] via [[New World University]] and their computer systems. Its attempt ultimately failed when the computer systems holding its intelligence failed and its vessel; the reanimated body of [[Edward Travers]] was shot by [[Kate Stewart|Kate Lethbridge-Stewart]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Downtime (home video)}}) |
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| === [[November]] ===
| | The film ''[[Nixon (film)|Nixon]]'', starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] as [[Richard Nixon]], was released. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Tricky Dicky (short story)}}) |
| * [[16 November|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[The Empire of Glass]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[REF]]: ''[[Blacklight]]'' is first published.
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| * [[26 November|26]] - "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", an episode of the American animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' broadcast in the United States. This episode features an animated caricature of [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] and is the first of several on-screen references to ''Doctor Who'' the series would make over the next decade.
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| === [[December]] ===
| | A [[Dalek]] [[Dalek time machine|time ship]] landed at the [[Earth Fair]] in [[Ghana]]. They departed before [[Tobias Vaughn]] could steal the ship for himself. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Original Sin (novel)}}) |
| * [[7 December|07]] - [[DWN]]/[[NA]]: ''[[Shakedown]]'' is first published. Published under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line, this book is a novelisation of the unofficial fan film [[RP]]: ''[[Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans]]'' and is the second of three post-[[Target Books]] novelisations to be published by [[Virgin Publishing]]. It is also the first time such a production has been adapted in this way. The middle of the novel adapts the film, with a framing story involving the [[Seventh Doctor]] and companions added.
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| ** [[MA]]: ''[[Lords of the Storm]]'' is first published.
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| ** [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor]]'' is first published.
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| * [[11 December|11]] - The [[wikipedia:Outpost Gallifrey|Outpost Gallifrey]] website and [[wikipedia:Doctor Who Forum|Doctor Who Forum]] are launched by [[Shaun Lyon]]. With modifications and name changes along the way, they run until [[2009]].
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| * [[16 December|16]] - [[Tony Then]] ([[Lee]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') dies in [[Singapore]].
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| * [[27 December|27]] - [[Laurence Belcher]], who played the young [[Kazran Sardick]] in [[DW]]: ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', was born.
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| * [[Panini Comics]] takes over the publishing rights to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' from [[Marvel Comics UK]].
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| * A "Special Edition" of [[DW]]: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' is released by [[BBC Video]], featuring updated special effects, reordered scenes, new musical scoring, and other new footage. The Special Edition is heavily criticised by some fans, as well as by [[John Nathan-Turner]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
| | On [[5 April]], after spending most of the previous 24 years in a [[coma]] with only occasional moments of lucidity, former [[UNIT]] soldier [[Francis Cleary]] died in his mother [[Siobhan Cleary]]'s arms at the age of 46. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}) |
| * The novel ''[[wikipedia:The Bloody Red Baron|The Bloody Red Baron]]'' by [[wikipedia:Kim Newman|Kim Newman]] is first published. Part of the ''Anno Dracula'' series, which included as a gimmick the cameo appearances of many varied characters from other novels as well as TV shows and movies. Making an appearance in this book: [[Jennifer Buckingham|Lady Jennifer Buckingham]] from [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]''.
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| === [[November]] === | | [[Reuben Shaw]], the father of [[Liz Shaw]], died at the age of 76. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Ghosts of Winterborne (home video)}}) |
| * Pixar's ''Toy Story'' is released. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Man Who Never Was]]'')
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