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* [[4 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Anachrophobia (novel)|Anachrophobia]]'' was first published.
* [[4 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Anachrophobia (novel)|Anachrophobia]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Palace of the Red Sun]]'' was first published.
* 4 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Palace of the Red Sun]]'' was first published.
* 4 - Actress [[Claire Davenport]] died from renal failure.
* 4 - Actress [[Claire Davenport]] died.
* 4 - Actor [[Eric Flynn]] died.
* 4 - Actor [[Eric Flynn]] died.
* [[6 March]] - [[Head of Serials]] [[Donald Wilson]] died.
* [[6 March]] - [[Head of Serials]] [[Donald Wilson]] died.
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* [[19 April]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 11, "Death Comes to Time, Part 1" was released.
* [[19 April]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 11, "Death Comes to Time, Part 1" was released.
* [[20 April]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' was first released.
* [[20 April]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' was first released.
* [[21 April]] - [[Fight arranger]] and [[stunt performer]] [[Terry Walsh]] died from cancer in [[London]].
* [[21 April]] - [[Fight arranger]] and [[stunt performer]] [[Terry Walsh]] died.
* [[26 April]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 12, "Death Comes to Time, Part 2" was released.
* [[26 April]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 12, "Death Comes to Time, Part 2" was released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'' was first released.
* ''The Killing Stone'' was first released. This was a non-[[Big Finish Productions]] direct-to-audio story featuring [[Mike Yates]] of [[UNIT]], written and read by [[Richard Franklin]].
* ''The Killing Stone'' was first released. This was a non-[[Big Finish Productions]] direct-to-audio story featuring [[Mike Yates]] of [[UNIT]], written and read by [[Richard Franklin]].
* [[1 May]] - [[Producer]] [[John Nathan-Turner]] died from liver failure in [[Brighton]].
* [[1 May]] - [[Producer]] [[John Nathan-Turner]] died.
* [[3 May]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 13, "Death Comes to Time, Part 3" was released. This concluded the thirteen-part webcast experiment. It was followed by three more over the next two years. The controversial ending of this episode sparked debate among some fans as to whether the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]] or the 2005 revived series was actually canon.
* [[3 May]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' Episode 13, "Death Comes to Time, Part 3" was released. This concluded the thirteen-part webcast experiment. It was followed by three more over the next two years. The controversial ending of this episode sparked debate among some fans as to whether the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]] or the 2005 revived series was actually canon.
* 3 - [[Visual effects designer]] [[Bernard Wilkie]] died.
* 3 - [[Visual effects designer]] [[Bernard Wilkie]] died.
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* 3 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ten Little Aliens]]'' was first published.
* 3 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ten Little Aliens]]'' was first published.
* 3 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* 3 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[6 June]] - Actor [[Desmond Cullum-Jones]] died in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]].
* [[6 June]] - Actor [[Desmond Cullum-Jones]] died.
* [[26 June]] - Actress [[Dolores Gray]] died in [[Manhattan]].
* [[26 June]] - Actress [[Dolores Gray]] died.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spare Parts]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Comeback]]'' was first released, launching the [[Big Finish Productions]] spin-off audio drama series ''[[Sarah Jane Smith (audio series)|Sarah Jane Smith]]''. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] returned as [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (her first performance in the role since [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'').
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Comeback]]'' was first released, launching the [[Big Finish Productions]] spin-off audio drama series ''[[Sarah Jane Smith (audio series)|Sarah Jane Smith]]''. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] returned as [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (her first performance in the role since [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Downtime]]'').
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* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Audio Scripts Volume II]]'' was first published by [[Big Finish Productions]].
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Audio Scripts Volume II]]'' was first published by [[Big Finish Productions]].
* [[2 August]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' episode 1, an original six-episode story featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]], was released on the BBC website; the remainder was webcast over the next month. The partially animated story features [[Evelyn Smythe]] - the first appearance of a [[Big Finish Productions]] character in a BBC venue; the story also introduced a new, less-garish costume for the Sixth Doctor.
* [[2 August]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' episode 1, an original six-episode story featuring the [[Sixth Doctor]], was released on the BBC website; the remainder was webcast over the next month. The partially animated story features [[Evelyn Smythe]] - the first appearance of a [[Big Finish Productions]] character in a BBC venue; the story also introduced a new, less-garish costume for the Sixth Doctor.
* [[3 August]] - Actress [[Carmen Silvera]] died from lung cancer in {{w|Northwood}}, [[London]].
* [[3 August]] - Actress [[Carmen Silvera]] died.
* [[5 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Obscura]]'' was first published.
* [[5 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Obscura]]'' was first published.
* 5 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Suns of Caresh]]'' was first published. It was the last monthly release in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line, which reduced in frequency hereafter.
* 5 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Suns of Caresh]]'' was first published. It was the last monthly release in the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line, which reduced in frequency hereafter.
* 5 - [[BBC Audio]] released an audio recording of ''[[The Enemy of the World]]''.
* 5 - [[BBC Audio]] released an audio recording of ''[[The Enemy of the World]]''.
* [[6 August]] - Actress [[Katherine Schofield]] died from cancer.
* [[6 August]] - Actress [[Katherine Schofield]] died.
* 6 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
* 6 - [[TV]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[9 August]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' Episode 2 was released.
* [[9 August]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' Episode 2 was released.
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* [[5 September]] - [[Big Finish Productions]], as part of its [[Big Finish Talks Back]] line, released ''[[A Soldier in Time: The Nicholas Courtney Memoirs]]'' and ''[[The Eighth Doctor Writers]]''.
* [[5 September]] - [[Big Finish Productions]], as part of its [[Big Finish Talks Back]] line, released ''[[A Soldier in Time: The Nicholas Courtney Memoirs]]'' and ''[[The Eighth Doctor Writers]]''.
* [[6 September]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' Episode 6 was released; it was the final episode.
* [[6 September]] - [[WC]]: ''[[Real Time (webcast)|Real Time]]'' Episode 6 was released; it was the final episode.
* [[15 September]] - Actor [[Dwight Whylie]] died in [[Barbados]].
* [[15 September]] - Actor [[Dwight Whylie]] died.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Church and the Crown]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost Town]]'' was first released.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost Town]]'' was first released.

Revision as of 00:33, 7 July 2013

2002 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 2002
21st century | 2000s
1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008
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The most public event of 2002 was likely a political one. As the United Kingdom headed for a general election, Sherilyn Harper's far right New Britannia Party (NBP) threatened to hold the balance of power in a volatile political climate. Several assassination attempts were made against Harper, first by unknown gunmen and then by a terrorist organisation called United Front — which also firebombed some district NBP offices in the southeast. These assassination attempts were later discovered to have been staged by the NBP itself. As the crisis deepened, riots broke out in London just before polling day.

This descent into chaos was partly caused by a creature from a distant world, the Fearmonger, which fed off fear. Still, it was helped by Harper's party's attempts to create fear in the British populace. The Seventh Doctor intervened and destroyed the creature — and exposed Harper and her party — by using the skills of "shock jock" Mick Thompson. (AUDIO: The Fearmonger)

Events

Undated events

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