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====[[January]]==== | ====[[January]]==== | ||
* [[15th January|15]] - ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' published in paperback. | |||
* [[15th January|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Slipback (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Slipback]]'' is published in paperback. | |||
====[[February]]==== | ====[[February]]==== | ||
* [[19th February|19]] - ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Black Orchid]]'' | |||
* [[19th February|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Black Orchid (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Black Orchid]]''is first published. This was the final [[Fifth Doctor]] story to be novelised; plans were made for a novelisation of ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', but the book was never published, and as such the story remains officially unnovelised. | |||
* [[23rd February|23]] - [[Esmond Knight]] dies. | * [[23rd February|23]] - [[Esmond Knight]] dies. | ||
*[[John Collin]] dies. | *[[John Collin]] dies. | ||
====[[March]]==== | ====[[March]]==== | ||
* [[19th March|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Ark (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ark]]'' is first published. | |||
** [[REF]]: [[Doctor Who: The Illustrated A-Z]] is published in paperback. | |||
* [[28th March|28]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] dies from a heart attack while appearing at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention in Columbus, Georgia, [[USA]]. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier exists and has circulated on YouTube, and shows Troughton in good spirits. | * [[28th March|28]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] dies from a heart attack while appearing at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' convention in Columbus, Georgia, [[USA]]. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier exists and has circulated on YouTube, and shows Troughton in good spirits. | ||
====[[April]]==== | ====[[April]]==== | ||
* [[16th April|16]] - ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' | |||
* [[16th April|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mind Robber]]'' is first published. | |||
====[[May]]==== | ====[[May]]==== | ||
* ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' first published. | |||
* [[21st May|21]] - ''[[The Faceless Ones (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones]]'' | * [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Fun Book]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[21st May|21]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones]]'' is first published. | |||
====[[June]]==== | ====[[June]]==== | ||
* The B-movie action thriller ''Three Kinds of Heat'' released in the United States. Although a US-made film, the picture features a number of UK actors, including a pre-Who [[Sylvester McCoy]] as one of the film's main villains, one-time stage Doctor [[Trevor Martin]], and [[Mary Tamm]], playing a gangster's moll. The film has the dubious distinction of including a scene in which a future Doctor is shown killing off a one-time companion. | * The B-movie action thriller ''Three Kinds of Heat'' released in the United States. Although a US-made film, the picture features a number of UK actors, including a pre-Who [[Sylvester McCoy]] as one of the film's main villains, one-time stage Doctor [[Trevor Martin]], and [[Mary Tamm]], playing a gangster's moll. The film has the dubious distinction of including a scene in which a future Doctor is shown killing off a one-time companion. | ||
* [[6th June|06]] - [[Fulton Mackay]] dies. | * [[6th June|06]] - [[Fulton Mackay]] dies. | ||
* [[15th June|15]] - ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design. | * [[15th June|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' reissued by [[Target Books]] with a modified cover design. | ||
* [[18th June|18]] - ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' | * [[18th June|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Museum (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Museum]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[22nd June|22]] - [[Joe Dempsie]] is born. | * [[22nd June|22]] - [[Joe Dempsie]] is born. | ||
====[[July]]==== | ====[[July]]==== | ||
* [[16th July|16]] - ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' | |||
* [[16th July|16]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Sensorites (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Sensorites]]'' is first published. | |||
====[[August]]==== | ====[[August]]==== | ||
* [[20th August|20]] - ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' | |||
* [[20th August|20]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' is first published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this novel was published posthumously, 10 months after his death. | |||
====[[September]]==== | ====[[September]]==== | ||
* [[5th September|05]] - [[Bill Fraser]] dies. | * [[5th September|05]] - [[Bill Fraser]] dies. | ||
* [[7th September|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast, launching [[Season 24]]. First appearance of [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Doctor; due to [[Colin Baker]] declining to return for a cameo appearance, McCoy plays both the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor]]s for the [[regeneration]] sequence. The series introduces a new theme music arrangement by [[Keff McCulloch]], a new computer generated opening credits sequence, and a new series logo. | |||
* [[7th September|07]] - [[Time and the Rani]] Episode 1 | |||
* [[11th September|11]] - [[Hugh David]] dies. | * [[11th September|11]] - [[Hugh David]] dies. | ||
* [[14th September|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast. | |||
* [[14th September|14]] - [[Time and the Rani]] Episode 2 | |||
* [[16th September|16]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] dies. | * [[16th September|16]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] dies. | ||
* [[17th September|17]] - [[Stephen Jack]] dies. | * [[17th September|17]] - [[Stephen Jack]] dies. | ||
** ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' first published. | ** [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[19th September|19]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' is first published. | |||
* [[19th September|19]] - ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' | * [[21st September|21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 3 is first published. | ||
* [[28th September|28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Time and the Rani]]'' Episode 4 is first published. | |||
* [[21st September|21]] - [[Time and the Rani]] Episode 3 | |||
* [[28th September|28]] - [[Time and the Rani]] Episode 4 | |||
====[[October]]==== | ====[[October]]==== | ||
* [[1st October|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death]]'' is first published. With this book, all stories of the [[Third Doctor]] era were now novelised -- the first era to be completed; two additional Third Doctor novelisations based upon radio plays would be published in the 1990s. | |||
* [[5th October|05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. | |||
* [[12th October|12]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast. | |||
* [[15th October|15]] - [[TC]]: ''[[K-9 and Company (novelisation)|K-9 and Company]]'' is first published. This is the belated third (and final) volume in the Companions of Doctor Who spin-off series. Unlike the previous two books, however, this is not an original work but an adaptation of the ''[[K-9 and Company]]'' pilot episode, [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]''. | |||
**Paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Key to Time|Doctor Who: The Key to Time]]'' is published. | |||
* [[19th October|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast. | |||
** [[REF]] ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' is first published. | |||
* [[26th October|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' Episode 4 is first broadcast. | |||
* The [[Star Trek]] franchise returns to television after an 18-year hiatus (not counting an animated cartoon series) with the debut of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' which successfully reestablished the franchise and led to several spinoff series. Eighteen years after ''this'', the ''Doctor Who'' franchise itself was revived (after a 16-year hiatus); it too was a successful relaunch that led to spinoffs. | * The [[Star Trek]] franchise returns to television after an 18-year hiatus (not counting an animated cartoon series) with the debut of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' which successfully reestablished the franchise and led to several spinoff series. Eighteen years after ''this'', the ''Doctor Who'' franchise itself was revived (after a 16-year hiatus); it too was a successful relaunch that led to spinoffs. | ||
====[[November]]==== | ====[[November]]==== | ||
* [[2nd November|02]] - [[Delta and the Bannermen]] Episode 1 | |||
* [[2nd November|02]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. | |||
** According to the 2009 DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] began to receive media coverage during the time ''Delta and the Bannermen'' was being broadcast. | ** According to the 2009 DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] began to receive media coverage during the time ''Delta and the Bannermen'' was being broadcast. | ||
* [[9th November|09]] - [[Delta and the Bannermen]] Episode 2 | * [[9th November|09]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast. | ||
* [[16th November|16]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast. | |||
* [[16th November|16]] - [[Delta and the Bannermen]] Episode 3 | * [[19th November|01]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' is first published. An adaptation of the serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', this is the first time in more than a decade that a novelisation title differs from the broadcast serial. In addition, the book makes substantial changes to the original story, something not seen since the earliest days of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations. | ||
* [[19th November|01]] - ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' | |||
* [[22nd November|22]] - The [[wikipedia:Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident]] occurs when unidentified individuals briefly hijack the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a [[wikipedia:Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom]] mask appears on screen an carries on for a brief time. The first interruption takes place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurs during a local [[PBS]] station's broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The culprits are never caught. In the days following, ''Doctor Who'' gets a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene is rebroadcast on many American TV stations. | * [[22nd November|22]] - The [[wikipedia:Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident]] occurs when unidentified individuals briefly hijack the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a [[wikipedia:Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom]] mask appears on screen an carries on for a brief time. The first interruption takes place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurs during a local [[PBS]] station's broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The culprits are never caught. In the days following, ''Doctor Who'' gets a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene is rebroadcast on many American TV stations. | ||
* [[23rd November|23]] - [[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]] Episode 1 | * [[23rd November|23]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 1 is first broadcast. Debut of [[Sophie Aldred]] as the final original-series companion, [[Ace]]. | ||
** [[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]] first published. | ** [[REF]]: [[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]] is first published. | ||
* [[30th November|30]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 2 is first broadcast. | |||
* [[30th November|30]] - [[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]] Episode 2 | |||
====[[December]]==== | ====[[December]]==== | ||
* [[10th December|10]] - ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' | * [[7th December|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'' Episode 3 is first broadcast. [[Bonnie Langford]] leaves the series with this episode. | ||
* [[10th December|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' is first published. | |||
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Revision as of 23:27, 5 September 2009
Events
History of the Doctor Who Universe
February
- 7 - Kathy Costello Wainright (aka Nightingale) writes a letter to her friend Sally Sparrow, entrusting her grandson to deliver it (along with a package of photographs) to Sparrow in the year 2007. (DW: Blink)
- Sometime after February 7 - Death of Kathy Costello Wainright nee Nightingale. (DW: Blink)
April
- 27 - Birth of Rose Tyler, companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. (Note This date is cited in Doctor Who Annual 2006, but is contradicted by information in DW: Rose and Aliens of London.)
July
- The Doctor, Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej battle an N-Form in London. (NA: Damaged Goods)
November
- 7 - Pete Tyler is killed when he is struck by a vehicle while crossing the road en route to a friend's wedding. This event is witnessed by Rose Tyler and the Doctor. Initially Pete died alone before help could arrive. Rose creates an alternate timelines by preventing him from being killed, which results in a dangerous paradox. Ultimately, after spending some time with his now-grown daughter, Pete learns that in order for time to continue normally, he must die, so he walks in front of another vehicle. This time Rose is with him when he dies, and the fabric of time is altered so that the record shows Pete died as an unidentified woman knelt beside him. (DW: Father's Day) Technically, since Rose being with Pete becomes part of established time, the alternate timeline is in fact now the one where he dies alone.
Unknown date
- Ace is transported by a time storm from Perivale to Iceworld. (DW: Dragonfire)
- The Doctor teaches some boars how to talk, enabling them to eventually evolve into the intelligent Boar race. (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
Real World
Unknown date
- The BBC announces that Colin Baker will not be returning as the Doctor. Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy, best known for his comedic work, is chosen to replace him.
January
- 15 - DWN: Doctor Who - Slipback is published in paperback.
February
- 19 - DWN: Doctor Who - Black Orchidis first published. This was the final Fifth Doctor story to be novelised; plans were made for a novelisation of Resurrection of the Daleks, but the book was never published, and as such the story remains officially unnovelised.
- 23 - Esmond Knight dies.
- John Collin dies.
March
- 19 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Ark is first published.
- REF: Doctor Who: The Illustrated A-Z is published in paperback.
- 28 - Patrick Troughton dies from a heart attack while appearing at a Doctor Who convention in Columbus, Georgia, USA. Footage of him talking to fans only a few hours earlier exists and has circulated on YouTube, and shows Troughton in good spirits.
April
- 16 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Mind Robber is first published.
May
- REF: The Doctor Who Fun Book is first published.
- 21 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Faceless Ones is first published.
June
- The B-movie action thriller Three Kinds of Heat released in the United States. Although a US-made film, the picture features a number of UK actors, including a pre-Who Sylvester McCoy as one of the film's main villains, one-time stage Doctor Trevor Martin, and Mary Tamm, playing a gangster's moll. The film has the dubious distinction of including a scene in which a future Doctor is shown killing off a one-time companion.
- 06 - Fulton Mackay dies.
- 15 - DWN: Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius reissued by Target Books with a modified cover design.
- 18 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Space Museum is first published.
- 22 - Joe Dempsie is born.
July
- 16 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Sensorites is first published.
August
- 20 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror is first published. Written by Ian Marter, this novel was published posthumously, 10 months after his death.
September
- 05 - Bill Fraser dies.
- 07 - DW: Time and the Rani Episode 1 is first broadcast, launching Season 24. First appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor; due to Colin Baker declining to return for a cameo appearance, McCoy plays both the Sixth and Seventh Doctors for the regeneration sequence. The series introduces a new theme music arrangement by Keff McCulloch, a new computer generated opening credits sequence, and a new series logo.
- 11 - Hugh David dies.
- 14 - DW: Time and the Rani Episode 2 is first broadcast.
- 16 - Simon Gipps-Kent dies.
- 17 - Stephen Jack dies.
- REF: Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide is first published.
- 19 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Romans is first published.
- 21 - DW: Time and the Rani Episode 3 is first published.
- 28 - DW: Time and the Rani Episode 4 is first published.
October
- 01 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death is first published. With this book, all stories of the Third Doctor era were now novelised -- the first era to be completed; two additional Third Doctor novelisations based upon radio plays would be published in the 1990s.
- 05 - DW: Paradise Towers Episode 1 is first broadcast.
- 12 - DW: Paradise Towers Episode 2 is first broadcast.
- 15 - TC: K-9 and Company is first published. This is the belated third (and final) volume in the Companions of Doctor Who spin-off series. Unlike the previous two books, however, this is not an original work but an adaptation of the K-9 and Company pilot episode, KAC: A Girl's Best Friend.
- Paperback edition of REF: Doctor Who: The Key to Time is published.
- 19 - DW: Paradise Towers Episode 3 is first broadcast.
- REF Build the TARDIS is first published.
- 26 - DW: Paradise Towers Episode 4 is first broadcast.
- The Star Trek franchise returns to television after an 18-year hiatus (not counting an animated cartoon series) with the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation which successfully reestablished the franchise and led to several spinoff series. Eighteen years after this, the Doctor Who franchise itself was revived (after a 16-year hiatus); it too was a successful relaunch that led to spinoffs.
November
- 02 - DW: Delta and the Bannermen Episode 1 is first broadcast.
- According to the 2009 DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer John Nathan-Turner began to receive media coverage during the time Delta and the Bannermen was being broadcast.
- 09 - DW: Delta and the Bannermen Episode 2 is first broadcast.
- 16 - DW: Delta and the Bannermen Episode 3 is first broadcast.
- 01 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Massacre is first published. An adaptation of the serial DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, this is the first time in more than a decade that a novelisation title differs from the broadcast serial. In addition, the book makes substantial changes to the original story, something not seen since the earliest days of Doctor Who novelisations.
- 22 - The Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident occurs when unidentified individuals briefly hijack the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a Max Headroom mask appears on screen an carries on for a brief time. The first interruption takes place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurs during a local PBS station's broadcast of DW: Horror of Fang Rock. The culprits are never caught. In the days following, Doctor Who gets a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene is rebroadcast on many American TV stations.
- 23 - DW: Dragonfire Episode 1 is first broadcast. Debut of Sophie Aldred as the final original-series companion, Ace.
- REF: Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D is first published.
- 30 - DW: Dragonfire Episode 2 is first broadcast.
December
- 07 - DW: Dragonfire Episode 3 is first broadcast. Bonnie Langford leaves the series with this episode.
- 10 - DW: Doctor Who - The Macra Terror is first published.
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