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* [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding the twenty-fifth anniversary season.
* [[4 January (releases)|4 January]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]]'' was first published.
* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]]'' was first published.
* 19 January - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who File]]'' was published in paperback.
* 19 January - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who File]]'' was published in paperback.
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* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Attack of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[20 April (releases)|20 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Attack of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Nightmare Fair]]'' was first published. This was the first of a new spin-off line by [[Target Books]] dubbed "The Missing Episodes". These were novels based upon the cancelled [[Season 23]], which was delayed a year due to the BBC-ordered hiatus and then replaced by what became ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. Although based upon a teleplay, the fact it was never produced makes this, in effect, the first original-to-print ''Doctor Who'' novel in which the Doctor himself was the lead character.
* [[18 May (releases)|18 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nightmare Fair (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Nightmare Fair]]'' was first published.  
* 18 May - [[Target Books]] published two final ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes before abandoning the venture: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil|The Face of Evil]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers|The Sunmakers]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom|The Seeds of Doom]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin|The Deadly Assassin]]''.
* 18 May - [[Target Books]] published two final ''Doctor Who Classics'' reprint volumes before abandoning the venture: [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Face of Evil|The Face of Evil]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Sunmakers|The Sunmakers]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom|The Seeds of Doom]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin|The Deadly Assassin]]''.
* [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] - ''[[Voyager (1989 graphic novel)|Doctor Who: Voyager]]'' was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] - ''[[Voyager (1989 graphic novel)|Doctor Who: Voyager]]'' was published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mindwarp]]'' was first published.
* [[15 June (releases)|15 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mindwarp]]'' was first published.
* [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]'' was first published.
* [[20 July (releases)|20 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]'' was first published.
* [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Evil|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Evil]]'' was first published. It was the second release in the "Missing Episodes" line.
* [[17 August (releases)|17 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Evil|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Evil]]'' was first published.  
* [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] - The second volume of [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] was published: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
* [[29 August (releases)|29 August]] - The second volume of [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] was published: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''.
* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], launching [[Season 26]].
* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] appeared as the [[Seventh Doctor]] in [[Noel Edmond's Saturday Roadshow special (TV story)|a skit]] on ''The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow''. [[David Banks]] also appeared as the [[Cyber-Leader (Mondas)|Cyber-Leader]] in what was his final television appearance to date as a Cyberman.
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. It was the first appearance of [[Bessie]] since ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' and since ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'' in a regular episode.
* [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]'' was first published.  
* [[21 September (releases)|21 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]'' was first published. It was part one of a two-volume adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', the only two-part novelisation ever issued by Target.
* [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] - ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* ''[[The Ultimate Interview: Colin Baker talks with David Banks]]'' was first released on cassette by Silver Fist Productions.
* ''[[The Ultimate Interview: Colin Baker talks with David Banks]]'' was first released on cassette by Silver Fist Productions.
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* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]'' was first published, concluding the adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]'' was first published.
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[London]] [[World of Doctor Who Exhibition]] closed.
* [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[London]] [[World of Doctor Who Exhibition]] closed.
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* [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
* [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. The twenty-sixth season finale ultimately proved to be the final episode of the original series, and the last weekly episode to be broadcast until 2005.
* [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] - ''[[Survival]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' was first published. The title of this release ended up being ironic, as it became the first [[Target Books]] novelisation to be published after the de facto end of the original 1963-89 series.
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' was first published.  
* [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Nineveh! (comic story)|Nineveh!]]'' was released.
* [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] - [[COMIC]]: ''[[Nineveh! (comic story)|Nineveh!]]'' was released.
* 23 December - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', first published in two volumes in 1981, was reissued in a single-volume, expanded and revised edition. Author [[Jean-Marc Lofficier]] followed this release with several more reference volumes over the next decade.
* 23 December - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', first published in two volumes in 1981, was reissued in a single-volume, expanded and revised edition.  
* Late [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' was first published. The next release in this series did not occur until 1992.
* Late [[December (releases)|December]] - The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' was first published.
* Unknown - The first edition of the four-track EP, ''[[Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme (soundtrack)|Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme]]'', was released in twelve-inch vinyl, standard CD, and as an unusual square-shaped CD. This release featured unique rearrangements of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] by [[Mark Ayres]], [[Dominic Glynn]], and [[Keff McCulloch]] that had been created for various [[Doctor Who Appreciation Society]] conventions in the 1980s. One of these, the "Latin Version", was later adopted by [[BBC Video]] as the theme for its "Years" series of video retrospectives.
* Unknown - The first edition of the four-track EP, ''[[Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme (soundtrack)|Doctor Who - Variations on a Theme]]'', was released in twelve-inch vinyl, standard CD, and as an unusual square-shaped CD.
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1989 in

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In 1989, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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