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===[[Doctor Who Universe]]=== | ===[[Doctor Who Universe]]=== | ||
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* [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | * [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | ||
==== [[February]] ==== | ==== [[February]] ==== | ||
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard [[the TARDIS]] on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow]] Airport. | *[[28th February|28]] - [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard [[the TARDIS]] on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow]] Airport. Events of (parts of) [[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''. | ||
*[[28th February|28]] - [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]''). | *[[28th February|28]] - [[Fifth Doctor|The Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]''). | ||
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==== [[June]] ==== | ==== [[June]] ==== | ||
*[[Peter Tracey]] is given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[ | *[[Peter Tracey]] is given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
==== [[September]] ==== | ==== [[September]] ==== | ||
* A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys [[Commander Pollock]]'s crops. ([[ | * A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys [[Commander Pollock]]'s crops. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
==== [[December]] ==== | ==== [[December]] ==== | ||
* | * [[1st December|1]] - [[14th December |14]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] is out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] leaves [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in [[America]]. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[ | * [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] leaves [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in [[America]]. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she is out of the country. ([[ | * [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she is out of the country. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]]) - . ([[ | * [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]]) - . ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] opens the crate left by Lavinia and activates [[K-9 Mark III]], who has been waiting for her since [[1978]]. | ||
* [[29th December|29]] - Members of the cult of [[Hecate]] at Moreton Harwood are tried for attempted murder. ([[ | * [[29th December|29]] - Members of the cult of [[Hecate]] at Moreton Harwood are tried for attempted murder. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
===Real World=== | ===Real World=== | ||
==== [[January]] ==== | ==== [[January]] ==== | ||
* [[2nd January | | * [[2nd January |2]] - [[Victor Carin]] ([[Virgil Earp]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'') dies from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. | ||
* [[3rd January | | * [[3rd January |3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 1 First Broadcast | ||
* [[5th January | | * [[5th January |5]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuts on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series would include a cameo appearance by [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day". | ||
* [[10th January | 10]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast | * [[10th January | 10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast | ||
* [[15th January | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible. | * [[15th January | 15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible. | ||
* [[17th January | 17]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | * [[17th January | 17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 3 first broadcast. | ||
* [[24th January | 24]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | * [[24th January | 24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Episode 4 first broadcast. | ||
* [[31st January | 31]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | * [[31st January | 31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | ||
==== [[February]] ==== | ==== [[February]] ==== | ||
* [[7th February | | * [[7th February | 7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 2 first broadcast. | ||
* [[14th February | 14]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 3 first Broadcast | * [[14th February | 14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 3 first Broadcast | ||
* [[21st February | 21]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 4 first Broadcast | * [[21st February | 21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Episode 4 first Broadcast | ||
* [[21st February | 21]] - Death of [[Doctor Who theme]] composer [[Ron Grainer]]. | * [[21st February | 21]] - Death of [[Doctor Who theme]] composer [[Ron Grainer]]. | ||
* [[28th February | 28]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | * [[28th February | 28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 1 first broadcast. | ||
==== [[March]] ==== | ==== [[March]] ==== | ||
* [[7th March | | * [[7th March | 7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 2 First Broadcast | ||
* [[14th March | 14]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 3 First Broadcast | * [[14th March | 14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 3 First Broadcast | ||
* [[21st March | 21]] - [[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]] Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series is credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor"). | * [[21st March | 21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series is credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor"). | ||
* [[28th March |28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who plays [[Ianto Jones]] is born in Newport, [[Wales]]. | * [[28th March |28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who plays [[Ianto Jones]], is born in Newport, [[Wales]]. | ||
==== [[April]] ==== | ==== [[April]] ==== | ||
* [[17th April | 17]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' First Published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book is controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the [[Target Books]] line to use [[Doctor Who logo#logo four|the "diamond logo"]] for a while. | * [[17th April | 17]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' First Published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book is controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the [[Target Books]] line to use [[Doctor Who logo#logo four|the "diamond logo"]] for a while. | ||
==== [[October]] ==== | ==== [[October]] ==== | ||
* [[15th October | 15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], is first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]] as part of their "Five Faces of Doctor Who" special series re-broadcasts. The [[Target Books]] line switches to the then-current [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|"neon tubing" series logo]] with this release. | |||
* [[15th October | 15]] - ''[[Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], is first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]] as part of | |||
==== [[November]] ==== | ==== [[November]] ==== | ||
* [[2nd November | | * [[2nd November |2]] - "The Five Faces of Doctor Who" special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first episode of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It airs in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]. | ||
* [[3rd November | | * [[3rd November |3]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]] | ||
* [[4th November | | * [[4th November |4]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]. | ||
* [[5th November | | * [[5th November |5]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last episode of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]] | ||
==== [[December]] ==== | ==== [[December]] ==== | ||
* [[28th December | 28]] - ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K-9 & Company]]'' is first | * [[28th December | 28]] - [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K-9 & Company]]'', is first broadcast. The pilot features [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and introduces [[K-9 Mark III]]. | ||
==== Unknown date ==== | ==== Unknown date ==== | ||
* [[Steven Scott]] | * [[Steven Scott]] ([[Kebble]] in [[DW]]: "[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') dies. | ||
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Revision as of 08:27, 28 September 2008
Events
Doctor Who Universe
Dates Unknown
- Anne Travers becomes the cabinet's scientific advisor. (MA: Downtime)
February
- 28 - The Doctor and Adric land the TARDIS by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a police box. Air hostess Tegan Jovanka stumbles aboard the TARDIS on her way to work at London's Heathrow Airport. Events of (parts of) DW:Logopolis.
- 28 - The Doctor tries to return Tegan Jovanka to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on Monarch's ship. (DW: Four to Doomsday).
March
- 1 - Following a lethal fall from the Pharos Project's dish, the Doctor regenerates. (DW:Logopolis) The regenerated Doctor and his companions, except for Adric, manage to escape.
June
- Peter Tracey is given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
September
- A hailstorm strikes Moreton Harwood. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys Commander Pollock's crops. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
December
- 1 - 14 - Sarah Jane Smith is out of the country working for Reuters. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
- 6 - Lavinia Smith leaves Moreton Harwood for a lecture tour in America. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, Sarah Jane Smith, to be left at Moreton Harwood. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
- 10 - Lavinia Smith phones Brendan Richards to tell him he will be spending Christmas with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she is out of the country. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
- 18 - 22) - . (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend) - Sarah Jane Smith opens the crate left by Lavinia and activates K-9 Mark III, who has been waiting for her since 1978.
- 29 - Members of the cult of Hecate at Moreton Harwood are tried for attempted murder. (KAC: A Girl's Best Friend)
Real World
January
- 2 - Victor Carin (Virgil Earp in DW: The Gunfighters) dies from cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 3 - DW: Warriors' Gate Episode 1 First Broadcast
- 5 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy debuts on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of Douglas Adams' radio play and novelisation, the series would include a cameo appearance by Peter Davison as "The Dish of the Day".
- 10 - DW: Warriors' Gate Episode 2 First Broadcast
- 15 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit published. Beginning with this release and continuing through 1991, Target Books will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible.
- 17 - DW: Warriors' Gate Episode 3 first broadcast.
- 24 - DW: Warriors' Gate Episode 4 first broadcast.
- 31 - DW: The Keeper of Traken Episode 1 first broadcast.
February
- 7 - DW: The Keeper of Traken Episode 2 first broadcast.
- 14 - DW: The Keeper of Traken Episode 3 first Broadcast
- 21 - DW: The Keeper of Traken Episode 4 first Broadcast
- 21 - Death of Doctor Who theme composer Ron Grainer.
- 28 - DW: Logopolis Episode 1 first broadcast.
March
- 7 - DW: Logopolis Episode 2 First Broadcast
- 14 - DW: Logopolis Episode 3 First Broadcast
- 21 - DW: Logopolis Episode 4 First Broadcast, ending in Tom Baker's regeneration into Peter Davison. For the last time until 2005, the lead actor of the series is credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor").
- 28 - Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones, is born in Newport, Wales.
April
- 17 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World First Published. Written by series actor Ian Marter, the book is controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the Target Books line to use the "diamond logo" for a while.
October
- 15 - DWN: Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child, an adaptation of the very first Doctor Who serial, is first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by BBC Two as part of their "Five Faces of Doctor Who" special series re-broadcasts. The Target Books line switches to the then-current "neon tubing" series logo with this release.
November
- 2 - "The Five Faces of Doctor Who" special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first episode of DW: An Unearthly Child, the very first episode of Doctor Who. It airs in the UK on BBC Two.
- 3 - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second episode of An Unearthly Child) in the UK on BBC Two
- 4 - Second television Broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third episode of An Unearthly Child in the UK on BBC Two.
- 5 - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last episode of An Unearthly Child in the UK on BBC Two
December
- 28 - KAC: A Girl's Best Friend, a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off K-9 & Company, is first broadcast. The pilot features Sarah Jane Smith and introduces K-9 Mark III.
Unknown date
- Steven Scott (Kebble in DW: "The Power of the Daleks) dies.
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