1996

History of the Doctor Who Universe

• The Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki arrive at the Festival of Ghana while being pursued by Daleks. (DW: The Chase)
• The novel Bridget Jone's Diary is published. In the 51st century it would be preserved in The Library (DW: Silence in the Library)

History of Doctor Who

January

• Just War First Published

• Downtime First Published. Based upon the unofficial fan-made film of the same title, it is the third and last of Virgin Publishing's series of post-Target Books novelisations. As such, it brings to an end a long line of adaptations dating back to 1973.

February

• Warchild First Published

• The Man in the Velvet Mask First Published

March

• Sleepy First Published

• The English Way of Death First Published

April

• Death and Diplomacy First Published

• The Eye of the Giant First Published

• Who Killed Kennedy First Published

• Fox Television in America begins airing trailers for its upcoming broadcast of Doctor Who: The TV Movie. The trailers incorporate special effects footage from episode 1 of the 1986 serial The Mysterious Planet.

May

• 14 — Doctor Who: The TV Movie First Broadcast on Fox Television in America. Sylvester McCoy regenerates into Paul McGann for McGann's (to date) only on-screen appearance as The Doctor. The film introduces a new theme music arrangement by John Debney (the late Ron Grainer is not credited, however), and reinstates the Jon Pertwee era logo from 1970-1973 which subsequently replaces the 1987 series logo as the franchise branding (it will continue to be used into 2008 to denote "past Doctor"-related products following the 2005 series revival).

• 20 - Jon Pertwee dies from a heart attack in Connecticut.

• 27 - Doctor Who: The TV Movie First Broadcast on BBC1

• Happy Endings First Published

• The Sands of Time First Published

June

• GodEngine First Published

• Killing Ground First Published

July

• Christmas on a Rational Planet First Published

• The Scales of Injustice First Published

August

• Return of the Living Dad First Published

• The Shadow of Weng-Chiang First Published

September

• The Death of Art First Published

• Twilight of the Gods First Published

October

• Damaged Goods First Published

• Speed of Flight First Published

November

• The Plotters First Published

• 1 - David Dodimead, who played Barclay in "The Tenth Planet," dies.

December

• Bad Therapy First Published

• Cold Fusion First Published

Unknown

• Decalog 3: Consequences First Published

• Frederick Hall, who took the role of Andrew Verney in The Awakening, dies.

1995

20th Century 1990s

1997