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== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[January]] ===
=== [[January]] ===
* [[12 January|12]] - [[Agatha Christie]] died. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')
* [[12 January|12]] - [[Agatha Christie]] died. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Unicorn and the Wasp]]'')


=== Summer ===
=== Summer ===
* The [[Vardan]]s attempted an invasion of [[Earth]] with [[the Monk]]'s assistance. ([[NA]]: ''[[No Future]]'')
* The [[Vardan]]s attempted an invasion of [[Earth]] with [[the Monk]]'s assistance. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[No Future]]'')
* A [[meteorite]] landed in [[New York City]]'s [[Central Park]], temporarily giving [[Alice Trefusis]] super-powers. ([[AG]]: ''[[Starfall]]'')
* A [[meteorite]] landed in [[New York City]]'s [[Central Park]], temporarily giving [[Alice Trefusis]] super-powers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starfall]]'')


=== Late summer or early autumn ===
=== Late summer or early autumn ===
* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] retired from [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and became a maths teacher at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')
* Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] retired from [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and became a maths teacher at [[Brendon Public School]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'')


=== Unknown Dates ===
=== Unknown Dates ===
* In [[San Francisco]], [[Carolyn McConnell]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]], who were hunting [[vampire]]s. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')
* In [[San Francisco]], [[Carolyn McConnell]] met the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Sam Jones]], who were hunting [[vampire]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')
* [[James Callaghan]] of the [[Labour Party]] became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. He served in that position until [[1979]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') He was succeeded by [[Margaret Thatcher]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* [[James Callaghan]] of the [[Labour Party]] became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. He served in that position until [[1979]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)|The Oseidon Adventure]]'') He was succeeded by [[Margaret Thatcher]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')
* ''How I Saved the World'' by [[Alexander Lullington-Smythe]] was published by Aphrodite Press. Although the book was "very publicly discredited" in [[1978]], a film adaptation entitled ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'' was released in [[November]] [[1980]]. It was directed by a newcomer named [[Anthony Jones]] and starred veteran and horror star [[Peter Cushing]] in the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Doctor Who]]," a character loosely based on the [[First Doctor]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'')
* ''How I Saved the World'' by [[Alexander Lullington-Smythe]] was published by Aphrodite Press. Although the book was "very publicly discredited" in [[1978]], a film adaptation entitled ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]'' was released in [[November]] [[1980]]. It was directed by a newcomer named [[Anthony Jones]] and starred veteran and horror star [[Peter Cushing]] in the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Doctor Who]]," a character loosely based on the [[First Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
=== [[January]] ===
=== [[January]] ===
* [[3 January|3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[3 January|3]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[10 January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[10 January|10]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[15 January|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' was first published.
* [[15 January|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' was first published.
* [[17 January|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[17 January|17]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[24 January|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
* [[24 January|24]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
* [[28 January|28]] - [[James Mellor]] ([[Sean Flannigan]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' and [[Varan]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') died.
* [[28 January|28]] - [[James Mellor]] ([[Sean Flannigan]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Wheel in Space]]'' and [[Varan]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') died.
* [[31 January|31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the last serial to feature [[UNIT]] in a major way until [[1989]]'s [[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''.
* [[31 January|31]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the last serial to feature [[UNIT]] in a major way until [[1989]]'s [[TV]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''.


=== [[February]] ===
=== [[February]] ===
* [[7 February|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[7 February|7]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[14 February|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[14 February|14]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[19 February|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' were first published, the latter being the first [[Target Books]]-commissioned novelisation of a solo [[First Doctor]] story (the initial three published in [[1973]] were in fact reprints of novels first published in the mid-[[1960s]]).
* [[19 February|19]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' were first published, the latter being the first [[Target Books]]-commissioned novelisation of a solo [[First Doctor]] story (the initial three published in [[1973]] were in fact reprints of novels first published in the mid-[[1960s]]).
* [[21 February|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
* [[21 February|21]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
* [[28 February|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 5 was first broadcast.
* [[28 February|28]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 5 was first broadcast.


=== [[March]] ===
=== [[March]] ===
* [[Campbell Singer]], who played the [[King of Hearts]], [[Rugg|Sergeant Rugg]] and [[Joey the Clown]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', died.
* [[Campbell Singer]], who played the [[King of Hearts]], [[Rugg|Sergeant Rugg]] and [[Joey the Clown]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', died.
* [[6 March|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 6 was first broadcast, ending [[Season 13]].
* [[6 March|6]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 6 was first broadcast, ending [[Season 13]].
* [[17 March|17]] - [[Stephen Gately]] ([[Tommy Tomorrow]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'') was born.
* [[17 March|17]] - [[Stephen Gately]] ([[Tommy Tomorrow]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'') was born.
* [[18 March|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' was first published.
* [[18 March|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' was first published.


=== [[April]] ===
=== [[April]] ===
* [[4 April|4]] - [[George Pastell]] ([[Eric Klieg]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') died.
* [[4 April|4]] - [[George Pastell]] ([[Eric Klieg]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'') died.


=== [[May]] ===
=== [[May]] ===
* [[6 May|6]] - [[Alethea Charlton]] ([[Hur]] in [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Edith (The Time Meddler)|Edith]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'') died.
* [[6 May|6]] - [[Alethea Charlton]] ([[Hur]] in [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Edith (The Time Meddler)|Edith]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Meddler]]'') died.
* [[20 May|20]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[20 May|20]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.


=== [[July]] ===
=== [[July]] ===
* [[19 July|19]] - [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] ([[Howard Carter]] in [[BFA]]: ''[[Forty-Five]].'') was born.
* [[19 July|19]] - [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] ([[Howard Carter]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Forty-Five]].'') was born.
* [[22 July|22]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[22 July|22]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[24 July|24]] - [[Jack Tarlton]] ([[Tom Hitchinson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') was born.
* [[24 July|24]] - [[Jack Tarlton]] ([[Tom Hitchinson]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]'') was born.


=== [[August]] ===
=== [[August]] ===
* [[6 August|6]] - [[William Mervyn]] (Sir [[Charles Summer]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'') died in [[London]].
* [[6 August|6]] - [[William Mervyn]] (Sir [[Charles Summer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'') died in [[London]].
* [[9 August|9]] - [[Eva Alexander]] (the [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)|nurse]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'') was born.
* [[9 August|9]] - [[Eva Alexander]] (the [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)|nurse]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'') was born.
* [[19 August|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' was first published.
* [[19 August|19]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' was first published.


=== [[September]] ===
=== [[September]] ===
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* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was published.
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was published.
* [[4 September|4]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, starting [[Season 14]].
* [[4 September|4]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast, starting [[Season 14]].
* [[11 September|11]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[11 September|11]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[18 September|18]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[18 September|18]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[23 September|23]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'' was first published. This adaptation of [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation to use a title significantly different from that of the source material (other than the practice of adding ''Doctor Who and...'' to the titles, which remained in place for several more years, and the occasional spelling deviation).
* [[23 September|23]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'' was first published. This adaptation of [[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation to use a title significantly different from that of the source material (other than the practice of adding ''Doctor Who and...'' to the titles, which remained in place for several more years, and the occasional spelling deviation).
* [[25 September|25]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.
* [[25 September|25]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast.


=== [[October]] ===
=== [[October]] ===
* [[2 October|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[2 October|2]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast.
* [[4 October|4]] - [[BBCR]]: A special radio story featuring [[Tom Baker]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] as part of its ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' series. This was the first made-for-radio ''Doctor Who'' adventure and the last of its kind until [[BBCR]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' in 1986.
* [[4 October|4]] - [[AUDIO]]: A special radio story featuring [[Tom Baker]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] as part of its ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' series. This was the first made-for-radio ''Doctor Who'' adventure and the last of its kind until [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' in 1986.
* [[9 October|9]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[9 October|9]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[16 October|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[16 October|16]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[21 October|21]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' was first published. Although not widely recognised, the original serials [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' formed one story arc. By [[Target Books]]' publishing the adaptation of ''Frontier'' (as [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') in September, followed by part 2 this month, these two books predated the two-volume novelisation of [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (widely considered the first occurrence of this).
* [[21 October|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' was first published. Although not widely recognised, the original serials [[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' formed one story arc. By [[Target Books]]' publishing the adaptation of ''Frontier'' (as [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') in September, followed by part 2 this month, these two books predated the two-volume novelisation of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (widely considered the first occurrence of this).
* [[22 October|22]] - ''The New Avengers'' debuted on UK television. This was a revival of the series ''The Avengers'' created by [[Sydney Newman]], and predated both ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Doctor Who'' as one of the first revivals of a "genre" TV series.
* [[22 October|22]] - ''The New Avengers'' debuted on UK television. This was a revival of the series ''The Avengers'' created by [[Sydney Newman]], and predated both ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Doctor Who'' as one of the first revivals of a "genre" TV series.
* [[23 October|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] left the series. She returned to the series thirty years later in [[2006]]'s ''[[School Reunion]]''.
* [[23 October|23]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] left the series. She returned to the series thirty years later in [[2006]]'s ''[[School Reunion]]''.
* [[30 October|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[The Master]] returned; this story was also the first (and to date, only) televised serial in which the Doctor did not share an adventure with a companion or even a companion figure.
* [[30 October|30]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[The Master]] returned; this story was also the first (and to date, only) televised serial in which the Doctor did not share an adventure with a companion or even a companion figure.


=== [[November]] ===
=== [[November]] ===
* [[6 November|6]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[6 November|6]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast.
* [[10 November|10]] - [[Jeremy Radick]], who played [[Gareth (Doctor Who)|Gareth]] in [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]], was born.
* [[10 November|10]] - [[Jeremy Radick]], who played [[Gareth (Doctor Who)|Gareth]] in [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]], was born.
* [[13 November|13]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* [[13 November|13]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast.
* 13 - [[Camilla Power]], [[Pearl]] in [[TW]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain]]'', was born.
* 13 - [[Camilla Power]], [[Pearl]] in [[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain]]'', was born.
* [[20 November|20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. Following this episode, ''Doctor Who'' took a mid-season break that lasted six weeks (returning on 1st January 1977). This was the first time a season of ''Doctor Who'' was divided in such a fashion. The next time a mid-season break like this occurred was in [[2011]] with [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] of the [[BBC Wales]] produced series.
* [[20 November|20]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. Following this episode, ''Doctor Who'' took a mid-season break that lasted six weeks (returning on 1st January 1977). This was the first time a season of ''Doctor Who'' was divided in such a fashion. The next time a mid-season break like this occurred was in [[2011]] with [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] of the [[BBC Wales]] produced series.


=== [[December]] ===
=== [[December]] ===
* [[16 December|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]'' was first published.
* [[16 December|16]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]'' was first published.
* 16 - The second edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was published by [[Target Books]]; this was a revised version of an earlier book first released by another company, Piccolo Books, in [[1972]], but updated to include the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* 16 - The second edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was published by [[Target Books]]; this was a revised version of an earlier book first released by another company, Piccolo Books, in [[1972]], but updated to include the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* 16 - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published.
* 16 - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published.

Revision as of 07:09, 16 September 2012

Timeline for 1976
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