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* [[1 February | * [[1 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[6 February | * [[6 February]] - Actor [[Nabil Elouahabi]] was born. | ||
* [[8 February | * [[8 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[15 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | * [[15 February]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[20 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' was first published. | * [[20 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Cybermen]]'' was first published. | ||
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* 22 - Writer [[Peter R. Newman]] died. | * 22 - Writer [[Peter R. Newman]] died. | ||
* [[1 March | * [[1 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Experiment]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[8 March | * [[8 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of [[Davros]]. | ||
* [[10 March]] - Actor [[Yee Jee Tso]] was born. | * [[10 March]] - Actor [[Yee Jee Tso]] was born. | ||
* [[13 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' was first published. It was the first novelisation of a [[Fourth Doctor]] serial and the first novelisation to be published during the same TV season in which the adapted serial ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') was actually broadcast. | * [[13 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Giant Robot]]'' was first published. It was the first novelisation of a [[Fourth Doctor]] serial and the first novelisation to be published during the same TV season in which the adapted serial ([[TV]]: ''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]'') was actually broadcast. | ||
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* [[29 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | * [[29 March]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[5 April | * [[5 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 5 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[12 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. | * [[12 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' Episode 6 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[19 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | * [[19 April]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | ||
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* 26 - Actor [[Kevin Lindsay]] died. | * 26 - Actor [[Kevin Lindsay]] died. | ||
* [[3 May | * [[3 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[10 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast, bringing [[Season 12]] to a premature end following the BBC's decision to reschedule the originally planned season finale, [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', to the start of [[Season 13]]. | * [[10 May]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast, bringing [[Season 12]] to a premature end following the BBC's decision to reschedule the originally planned season finale, [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'', to the start of [[Season 13]]. | ||
* [[15 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'' was first published. | * [[15 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons]]'' was first published. | ||
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* ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1976]]'' was published. | * ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1976]]'' was published. | ||
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'' was published | * ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976]]'' was published | ||
* [[6 September | * [[6 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[13 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | * [[13 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[20 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. [[Ian Marter]] left the series as a regular with this episode, although he returned a few weeks later for a guest appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]''. This was also [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s final regular appearance as Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]; he next played the character in the 1983 serial [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]''. Although [[UNIT]] returned in ''The Android Invasion'' and the Doctor was on a UNIT mission in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'', this was the last appearance of the Brigadier and marked as the official end of the UNIT era. | * [[20 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. [[Ian Marter]] left the series as a regular with this episode, although he returned a few weeks later for a guest appearance in [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]''. This was also [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s final regular appearance as Brigadier [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]; he next played the character in the 1983 serial [[TV]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]''. Although [[UNIT]] returned in ''The Android Invasion'' and the Doctor was on a UNIT mission in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'', this was the last appearance of the Brigadier and marked as the official end of the UNIT era. | ||
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* [[27 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | * [[27 September]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[4 October | * [[4 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[11 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | * [[11 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[16 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]'' was first published. | * [[16 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders]]'' was first published. | ||
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* [[25 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | * [[25 October]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 1 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[1 November | * [[1 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[8 November | * [[8 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[15 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | * [[15 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[20 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]'' was first published. It was the first novelisation not to use the title form ''Doctor Who and the ...''. This was also the first Target Books-commissioned novelisation to feature the [[First Doctor]]. | * [[20 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Three Doctors]]'' was first published. It was the first novelisation not to use the title form ''Doctor Who and the ...''. This was also the first Target Books-commissioned novelisation to feature the [[First Doctor]]. | ||
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* [[29 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | * [[29 November]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' Episode 2 was first broadcast. | ||
* [[6 December | * [[6 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' Episode 3 was first broadcast. | ||
* 06 - Actor [[Noel Clarke]] was born. | * 06 - Actor [[Noel Clarke]] was born. | ||
* [[13 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. It was the final appearances of [[Ian Marter]] as [[Harry Sullivan]], [[John Levene]] as [[John Benton]] and, as a regular part of the series, [[UNIT]]. After this episode the series went on a brief hiatus for Christmas. | * [[13 December]] - [[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion]]'' Episode 4 was first broadcast. It was the final appearances of [[Ian Marter]] as [[Harry Sullivan]], [[John Levene]] as [[John Benton]] and, as a regular part of the series, [[UNIT]]. After this episode the series went on a brief hiatus for Christmas. | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 5 July 2013
| Timeline for 1975 |
1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 |
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According to Mary, 1975 was the year Toshiko Sato was born. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
On 24 December, the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex defeated the Kellenian invasion of Earth in New York City. (PROSE: Presence)
January to April
- The stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in The Seven Keys to Doomsday toured the UK.
- PROSE: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon was first published.
- 1 January - Actress Andrea Lowe was born.
- 4 January - TV: Robot Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 11 January - TV: Robot Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 16 January - The BBC's Audience Research Dept. filed an Audience Research Report on TV: Robot Episode 1. The episode received a Reaction Index of 53. Reaction to new Doctor Tom Baker was mixed, with some respondents saying he would take some getting used to.[1]
- 18 January - TV: Robot Episode 4 was first broadcast. Although there were two more UNIT stories over the next year, this episode marked the end of the Doctor's continuous involvement with UNIT.
- 24 January - Actor Neil Wilson died.
- 25 January - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 1 February - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 6 February - Actor Nabil Elouahabi was born.
- 8 February - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 15 February - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 20 February - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen was first published.
- 22 February - TV: The Sontaran Experiment Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 22 - Writer Peter R. Newman died.
- 1 March - TV: The Sontaran Experiment Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 8 March - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 1 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of Davros.
- 10 March - Actor Yee Jee Tso was born.
- 13 March - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Giant Robot was first published. It was the first novelisation of a Fourth Doctor serial and the first novelisation to be published during the same TV season in which the adapted serial (TV: Robot) was actually broadcast.
- 15 March - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 22 March - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 29 March - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 5 April - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 5 was first broadcast.
- 12 April - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 6 was first broadcast.
- 19 April - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 23 April - Actor William Hartnell died in Marden, Kent, England. Hartnell has the sad distinction of being the first major, ongoing cast member of Doctor Who to pass away.
- 26 April - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 26 - Actor Kevin Lindsay died.
- 3 May - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 10 May - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 4 was first broadcast, bringing Season 12 to a premature end following the BBC's decision to reschedule the originally planned season finale, TV: Terror of the Zygons, to the start of Season 13.
- 15 May - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons was first published.
- 24 May - Actor William Sasso was born.
- 16 June - Actor Fred Koehler was born.
- 15 July - Actor Raf De La Torre died.
- 21 August - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Green Death was first published.
- 23 August - Tom Baker presented Disney Time in character as the Fourth Doctor
- 30 August - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 1 was first broadcast, opening Season 13 and marking the first autumn start for a Doctor Who season since 1968-69. The serial was originally intended to end Season 12, but was pushed back to make a fall season start feasible.
- Doctor Who Annual 1976 was published.
- Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976 was published
- 6 September - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 13 September - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 20 September - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 4 was first broadcast. Ian Marter left the series as a regular with this episode, although he returned a few weeks later for a guest appearance in TV: The Android Invasion. This was also Nicholas Courtney's final regular appearance as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart; he next played the character in the 1983 serial TV: Mawdryn Undead. Although UNIT returned in The Android Invasion and the Doctor was on a UNIT mission in TV: The Seeds of Doom, this was the last appearance of the Brigadier and marked as the official end of the UNIT era.
- 24 September - Actor Clive Morton died.
- 27 September - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 4 October - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 11 October - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 16 October - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders was first published.
- 18 October - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 24 October - Actor Martin Boddey died.
- 25 October - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 1 November - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 8 November - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 15 November - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 20 November - PROSE: Doctor Who - The Three Doctors was first published. It was the first novelisation not to use the title form Doctor Who and the .... This was also the first Target Books-commissioned novelisation to feature the First Doctor.
- 20 - The Doctor Who Monster Book was first published.
- 22 November - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 29 November - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 6 December - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 06 - Actor Noel Clarke was born.
- 13 December - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 4 was first broadcast. It was the final appearances of Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan, John Levene as John Benton and, as a regular part of the series, UNIT. After this episode the series went on a brief hiatus for Christmas.
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- Actor Dean Lennox Kelly was born.
