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History of the Doctor Who Universe

• Unknown date - between 6th May and 23rd November the events in The Dying Days occur.

April

• 30 - Bernice Summerfield is dropped off at the Doctor's house. ("The Dying Days")

May

• Tuesday 6 - Bernice first meets the Doctor in his eighth body. Britain sends the Mars 97 Orbiter onto the surface of Mars and the three astronauts on the surface stumble across the Ice Warrior tomb of the Great Marshall Kyruul of the Argyre Clan under the sands of the Mare Sirenum and are killed. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is assassinated in Washington. Lord Xznaal arrives over London and orders the country to submit to his rule. ("The Dying Days")

• 7 - Alexander Christian escapes from his military captors and manages to contact Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submits to Martian rule and sets up a Provisional Government. ("The Dying Days")

• Unknown date - Queen Elizabeth II is deposed and the Ice Warrior Xznaal is crowned King.

November

• 23 - The Recoronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, at which the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K-9 are present. ("The Dying Days")

• Unknown date - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is promoted to General Lethbridge-Stewart.

History of Doctor Who

January

• Eternity Weeps First Published

• Burning Heart First Published

• 30 - Nicholas Mallett, who directed The Mysterious Planet, Paradise Towers and The Curse of Fenric dies.

February

• The Room With No Doors First Published

• A Device of Death First Published

• 8 - Elroy Josephs, who played Jamaica in "The Smugglers," dies.

March

• Lungbarrow First Published

• The Dark Path First Published

• Arthur Hewlett (Kalmar in State of Decay and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids) dies in England.

April

• So Vile a Sin First Published

• The Well-Mannered War First Published

May

• The Dying Days First Published

• Decalog 4: Re-Generations First Published

June

• The Eight Doctors First Published

• The Devil Goblins from Neptune First Published

July

• Vampire Science First Published

• The Murder Game First Published

• 7 - Royston Tickner, who played Steinberger P. Green in "The Daleks' Master Plan" and Robbins in "The Sea Devils," dies.

• 16 - Hugh Martin, who appeared as Munro in Terror of the Zygons and the Priest in Vengeance on Varos dies from a heart operation.

August

• The Bodysnatchers First Published

• The Ultimate Treasure First Published

September

• Genocide First Published

• Business Unusual First Published

• Decalog 5: Wonders First Published

• News reporter turned actor Alex MacIntosh who made a cameo as himself in Day of the Daleks dies.

October

• War of the Daleks First Published

• Illegal Alien First Published

• 6 - Adrienne Hill, who played companion Katarina, dies from cancer.

• 30 - Sydney Newman, the creator of Doctor Who, dies from a heart attack in Toronto, Canada.

November

• Alien Bodies First Published

• The Roundheads First Published

December

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