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* [[Terry Brooks]] was serving as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] during this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennium Shock (novel)|Millennium Shock]]'')
* [[Terry Brooks]] was serving as the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] during this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennium Shock (novel)|Millennium Shock]]'')


* [[4 January|4]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' was first published.
* [[4 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face-Eater]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Salvation (novel)|Salvation]]'' was first published.
* [[21 January|21]] - Actor [[Leslie French]] died.
* [[21 January|21]] - Actor [[Leslie French]] died.


* [[1 February|1]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'' was first published. [[Fitz Kreiner]] became a companion.
* [[1 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taint]]'' was first published. [[Fitz Kreiner]] became a companion.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin]]'' was first published.
* [[9 February|9]] - Actor [[Buddy Windrush]] died in {{w|Shipley}}, [[England]].
* [[9 February]] - Actor [[Buddy Windrush]] died in {{w|Shipley}}, [[England]].


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[More Short Trips]]'' anthology was first published.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[More Short Trips]]'' anthology was first published.
* [[1 March|1]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'' was first published.
* [[1 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Demontage (novel)|Demontage]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]'' was first published.
* [[6 March|6]] - Actor [[Graham Armitage]] died in [[South Africa]].
* [[6 March]] - Actor [[Graham Armitage]] died in [[South Africa]].
* [[12 March|12]] - ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a spoof of ''Doctor Who'', was broadcast as part of the BBC's [[Comic Relief]] appeal. The special starred [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|"Ninth" Doctor]] and [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[the Master]], and was written by [[Steven Moffat]] -- his first televised work in the franchise. Also featured was [[Joanna Lumley]] as the first female incarnation of the Doctor featured in a BBC-sanctioned production (and the only one until [[Arabella Weir]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Exile]]''). The special was also webcast, making it the first original ''Doctor Who''-related production to be distributed this way.
* [[12 March|12]] - ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a spoof of ''Doctor Who'', was broadcast as part of the BBC's [[Comic Relief]] appeal. The special starred [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|"Ninth" Doctor]] and [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[the Master]], and was written by [[Steven Moffat]] -- his first televised work in the franchise. Also featured was [[Joanna Lumley]] as the first female incarnation of the Doctor featured in a BBC-sanctioned production (and the only one until [[Arabella Weir]] in [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Exile]]''). The special was also webcast, making it the first original ''Doctor Who''-related production to be distributed this way.


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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]'' was first released, the first of two audio dramas in the [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]] series starring [[Lalla Ward]] as "the Mistress" (though implied to be [[Romana II]]) and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II|K9]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]'' was first released, the first of two audio dramas in the [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]] series starring [[Lalla Ward]] as "the Mistress" (though implied to be [[Romana II]]) and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 Mark II|K9]].
* [[2 June|2]] - The [[wikipedia:What You Leave Behind|final episode]] of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' was broadcast in America.
* [[2 June]] - The [[wikipedia:What You Leave Behind|final episode]] of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' was broadcast in America.
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' was first published.
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' was first published.
* [[7 June|7]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'' was first published.
* [[7 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'' was first published.
* 7 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]'' was first published.
* 7 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]'' was first published.
* [[18 June|18]] - Actress [[Aimée Delamain]] died.
* [[18 June|18]] - Actress [[Aimée Delamain]] died.
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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', a multi-Doctor story co-starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], was released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama was the first release by [[Big Finish Productions]] under its new licence with the [[BBC]], allowing them to produce officially sanctioned audio productions featuring concepts and cast members from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (Big Finish had already released audio dramas featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]].) The Big Finish line prospered over the next decade and helped fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to [[2005]]. It continued even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish scored a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Paul McGann]].
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', a multi-Doctor story co-starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], was released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama was the first release by [[Big Finish Productions]] under its new licence with the [[BBC]], allowing them to produce officially sanctioned audio productions featuring concepts and cast members from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (Big Finish had already released audio dramas featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]].) The Big Finish line prospered over the next decade and helped fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to [[2005]]. It continued even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish scored a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Paul McGann]].
* [[5 July|5]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' was first published.
* [[5 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' was first published.
* 5 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'' was first published.
* 5 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'' was first published.


* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Affect]]'', a memoir by onetime [[K9]] assistant operator [[Stephen Cambden]], was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Affect]]'', a memoir by onetime [[K9]] assistant operator [[Stephen Cambden]], was first published.
* [[BBC Audio]], after a six-year hiatus, resumed reissuing audio recordings of ''Doctor Who'' stories that no longer existed in complete visual form in the BBC Archives. Previously, these recordings had been issued exclusively on twin cassette, but were now also released on CD. Released this month was [[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve]]'', which was released under the shorter title, ''The Massacre''.
* [[BBC Audio]], after a six-year hiatus, resumed reissuing audio recordings of ''Doctor Who'' stories that no longer existed in complete visual form in the BBC Archives. Previously, these recordings had been issued exclusively on twin cassette, but were now also released on CD. Released this month was [[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve]]'', which was released under the shorter title, ''The Massacre''.
* [[2 August|2]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'' and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'' were both first published, the first and only two-volume [[BBC Books]] story. This was the introduction of new companion [[Compassion]]. The [[Third Doctor]] also appeared. Due to both EDA books coming out at once, there was no Past Doctors Adventure this month.
* [[2 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'' and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'' were both first published, the first and only two-volume [[BBC Books]] story. This was the introduction of new companion [[Compassion]]. The [[Third Doctor]] also appeared. Due to both EDA books coming out at once, there was no Past Doctors Adventure this month.
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' was first published.
* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' was first published.
* [[7 August|7]] - Actor [[Ric Felgate]] died.
* [[7 August]] - Actor [[Ric Felgate]] died.


* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Search (audio story)|The Search]]'', the second and last episode of [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]], was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Search (audio story)|The Search]]'', the second and last episode of [[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]], was first released.
* [[5 September|5]] - Actor [[Ivor Roberts]] died.
* [[5 September]] - Actor [[Ivor Roberts]] died.
* [[6 September|6]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' was first published.
* [[6 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[City at World's End]]'' was first published.
* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[City at World's End]]'' was first published.
* [[7 September|7]] - ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was recorded.
* [[7 September]] - ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was recorded.
* [[13 September|13]] - [[Doctor Who Night (1999)|Doctor Who Night]] was broadcast on [[BBC Two]].
* [[13 September|13]] - [[Doctor Who Night (1999)|Doctor Who Night]] was broadcast on [[BBC Two]].
* Dance instrumentalists Flytronix + Shere Khan released the 12-inch single "Tardis", which incorporated sound effects from the TV series, on Moving Shadow Records.
* Dance instrumentalists Flytronix + Shere Khan released the 12-inch single "Tardis", which incorporated sound effects from the TV series, on Moving Shadow Records.
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* [[REF]]: ''[[The Nine Lives of Doctor Who]]'' was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Nine Lives of Doctor Who]]'' was first published.
* The first edition of [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who]]'', a long running guide to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, was published.
* The first edition of [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who]]'', a long running guide to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, was published.
* [[1 October|1]] - Actor [[Noel Johnson]] died.
* [[1 October]] - Actor [[Noel Johnson]] died.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Joy Device]]'' was first published.
* [[4 October|4]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' was first published.
* [[4 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' was first published.
* [[17 October|17]] - This was the twentieth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[17 October|17]] - This was the twentieth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
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* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Whispers of Terror]]'' was released. This was the first solo [[Sixth Doctor]] audio adventure. [[Nicola Bryant]] began a prolific stint with [[Big Finish Productions]], voicing many audios as [[Peri Brown]] for both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Whispers of Terror]]'' was released. This was the first solo [[Sixth Doctor]] audio adventure. [[Nicola Bryant]] began a prolific stint with [[Big Finish Productions]], voicing many audios as [[Peri Brown]] for both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors.
* [[REF]]: ''[[A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television]]'', by noted literary critic [[wikipedia:John Kenneth Muir|John Kenneth Muir]], was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television]]'', by noted literary critic [[wikipedia:John Kenneth Muir|John Kenneth Muir]], was first published.
* [[1 November|1]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'' was first published.
* [[1 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'' was first published.
* 1 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' became the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to be released to DVD by [[BBC Video]] when it was released in the digital format in the UK. This started an extensive and long-running series of archival DVD releases chronicling the series that continued for more than a decade.
* 1 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' became the first episode of ''Doctor Who'' to be released to DVD by [[BBC Video]] when it was released in the digital format in the UK. This started an extensive and long-running series of archival DVD releases chronicling the series that continued for more than a decade.
* [[13 November|13]] - [[BBC2]] broadcast ''[[Doctor Who Night (1999)|Doctor Who Night]]'', an evening of episodes, documentaries and comedy sketches.
* [[13 November|13]] - [[BBC2]] broadcast ''[[Doctor Who Night (1999)|Doctor Who Night]]'', an evening of episodes, documentaries and comedy sketches.
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* [[28 November|28]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds]]'' was first published.
* [[28 November|28]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds]]'' was first published.


* [[2 December|2]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' was first published, bringing to a close the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] series of books, which began as the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series in 1991. The publication of this book ended an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship between the ''Doctor Who'' franchise and [[Virgin Books]]/[[W.H. Allen]]/[[Target Books|Target]] that had begun in [[1973]].
* [[2 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' was first published, bringing to a close the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] series of books, which began as the [[Virgin New Adventures]] series in 1991. The publication of this book ended an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship between the ''Doctor Who'' franchise and [[Virgin Books]]/[[W.H. Allen]]/[[Target Books|Target]] that had begun in [[1973]].
* Actor [[Tommy Wright]] died.
* Actor [[Tommy Wright]] died.
* [[6 December|06]] - This was the tenth anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of [[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'', which ended ''Doctor Who's'' original twenty-six-season run on the BBC.
* [[6 December|06]] - This was the tenth anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of [[TV]]: ''[[Survival]]'', which ended ''Doctor Who's'' original twenty-six-season run on the BBC.

Revision as of 22:52, 5 July 2013

Timeline for 1999
20th century | 1990s

1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005
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Throughout 1999, much concern was raised on Earth over a feared computer glitch known as Y2K or the Millennium Bug. This had the potential to cause technological havoc as clocks changed from 1999 to 2000 (the "00" in the date being expected to cause problems for many computer systems). The concern ended up being unfounded, though not without some help from one, or possibly two incarnations of the Doctor. (PROSE: Millennium Shock)

Events

Due to time zone differences, the above events technically occurred hours prior to the incident in San Francisco.

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