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==== [[February]] ==== | ==== [[February]] ==== | ||
* ''[[The Taint]]'' is published. | |||
* ''[[The Wages of Sin]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[The Taint]]'' is first published. [[Fitz Kreiner]] becomes a companion. | ||
* ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' | * [[PDA]]: ''[[The Wages of Sin]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[9th February |9]] - [[Buddy Windrush]], aka Bryan Mosley, who played the [[prop man (The Daleks' Master Plan) |prop man]] in ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' and a [[pirate]] in ''[[The Smugglers]]'', dies in [[Wikipedia:Shipley|Shipley]], [[England]]. | * [[BNA]]: ''[[The Mary-Sue Extrusion]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[9th February |9]] - [[Buddy Windrush]], aka Bryan Mosley, who played the [[prop man (The Daleks' Master Plan) |prop man]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' and a [[pirate]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Smugglers]]'', dies in [[Wikipedia:Shipley|Shipley]], [[England]]. | |||
==== [[March]] ==== | ==== [[March]] ==== | ||
* ''[[Demontage]]'' is published. | |||
*''[[Deep Blue]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Demontage]]'' is first published. | ||
* | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Deep Blue]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[6th March|6]] - [[Graham Armitage]], who played [[Barney (The Macra Terror) |Barney]] in ''[[The Macra Terror]]'', dies in [[South Africa]]. | * [[ST]]: ''[[More Short Trips]]'' anthology is first published. | ||
* [[6th March|6]] - [[Graham Armitage]], who played [[Barney (The Macra Terror) |Barney]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'', dies in [[South Africa]]. | |||
* [[12th March|12]] - ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a serialized spoof based upon ''Doctor Who'', is broadcast as part of the BBC's [[Comic Relief]] appeal. The special stars [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the "Ninth" Doctor, [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[The Master]] and is written by [[Steven Moffat]] -- his first televised work with the franchise. The special is also webcast - the first original ''Doctor Who''-related production to be distributed this way. | * [[12th March|12]] - ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', a serialized spoof based upon ''Doctor Who'', is broadcast as part of the BBC's [[Comic Relief]] appeal. The special stars [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the "Ninth" Doctor, [[Jonathan Pryce]] as [[The Master]] and is written by [[Steven Moffat]] -- his first televised work with the franchise. The special is also webcast - the first original ''Doctor Who''-related production to be distributed this way. | ||
==== [[April]] ==== | ==== [[April]] ==== | ||
*''[[Revolution Man]]'' | |||
*''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'' | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Revolution Man]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[Dead Romance]]'' | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Players (novel)|Players]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Dead Romance]]'' is first published. | |||
==== [[May]] ==== | ==== [[May]] ==== | ||
*''[[Dominion]]'' is published. | |||
*''[[Millennium Shock]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Dominion]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[27th May |27]] - [[Donald Morley]], who played [[Jules Renan]] in ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', dies. | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Millennium Shock]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[27th May |27]] - [[Donald Morley]], who played [[Jules Renan]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', dies. | |||
==== [[June]] ==== | ==== [[June]] ==== | ||
*''[[Unnatural History]]'' | |||
*''[[Storm Harvest]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Unnatural History]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' is published. | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Storm Harvest]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[BNA]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle]]'' is first published. | |||
==== [[July]] ==== | ==== [[July]] ==== | ||
* ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' is published. | |||
*''[[The Final Sanction]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Autumn Mist]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', a multi-Doctor story co-starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], is released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama is 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 would prosper over the next decade and help fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to [[2005]], and would continue even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish will score a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Paul McGann]]. | * [[PDA]]: ''[[The Final Sanction]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'', a multi-Doctor story co-starring [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], is released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama is 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 would prosper over the next decade and help fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to [[2005]], and would continue even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish will score a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current [[Eighth Doctor]], [[Paul McGann]]. | |||
==== [[August]] ==== | ==== [[August]] ==== | ||
* | |||
*''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' is published. | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One'' and ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'' are first published, the first two-part [[BBC Books]] story. Introduction of new companion [[Compassion]]. The [[Third Doctor]] also appears. Likely due to both EDA books coming out at once, there is no Past Doctors Adventure this month. | ||
*''[[The Doctor's Affect]]'', a memoir by onetime [[K-9]] assistant operator [[Stephen Cambden]], first published. | * [[BNA]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor's Affect]]'', a memoir by onetime [[K-9]] assistant operator [[Stephen Cambden]], first published. | |||
==== [[September]] ==== | ==== [[September]] ==== | ||
*''[[The Blue Angel]]'' | |||
*''[[City at World's End]]'' is published | * [[EDA]]: ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[PDA]]: ''[[City at World's End]]'' is first published. | |||
==== [[October]] ==== | ==== [[October]] ==== | ||
*''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' is first published. | |||
*''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' | * [[EDA]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'' is first published. | ||
* ''[[The Joy Device]]'' | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Divided Loyalties]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[Phantasmagoria]]'' is released. | * [[BNA]]: ''[[The Joy Device]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[The Nine Lives of Doctor Who]]'' first published. | * [[BFA]]: ''[[Phantasmagoria]]'' is released. First solo [[Fifth Doctor]] audio adventure. | ||
*The first edition of ''[[I, Who]]'', a long-running guide to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, is published. | * [[REF]]: ''[[The Nine Lives of Doctor Who]]'' is first published. | ||
* [[1st October |1]] - [[Noel Johnson]], who played King [[Thous]] in ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' and [[Charles Grover]] in ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', dies. | * The first edition of [[REF]]: ''[[I, Who]]'', a long-running guide to ''Doctor Who'' fiction, is published. | ||
* [[1st October |1]] - [[Noel Johnson]], who played King [[Thous]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'' and [[Charles Grover]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'', dies. | |||
* [[17th October | 17]] - 20th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | * [[17th October | 17]] - 20th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. | ||
* [[30th October |30]] - [[Cavan Kendall]], who played [[Achilles]] in | * [[30th October |30]] - [[Cavan Kendall]], who played [[Achilles]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', dies. | ||
* [[31st October |31]] - "[[Wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror X|Treehouse of Horror X]]", an episode of the American series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is broadcast. The episode includes a cameo appearance by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who is kidnapped along with other TV icons such as Xena, by the [[Wikipedia:Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy]]. | * [[31st October |31]] - "[[Wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror X|Treehouse of Horror X]]", an episode of the American series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is broadcast. The episode includes a cameo appearance by the [[Fourth Doctor]], who is kidnapped along with other TV icons such as Xena, by the [[Wikipedia:Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy]]. | ||
==== [[November]] ==== | ==== [[November]] ==== | ||
*''[[Frontier Worlds]]'' | |||
*''[[Corpse Marker]]'' | * [[EDA]]: ''[[Frontier Worlds]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[Whispers of Terror]]'' | * [[PDA]]: ''[[Corpse Marker]]'' is first published. | ||
*''[[A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television]]'' by noted literary critic [[wikipedia:John Kenneth Muir|John Kenneth Muir]], first published. | * [[BFA]]: ''[[Whispers of Terror]]'' is released. First solo [[Sixth Doctor]] audio adventure. [[Nicola Bryant]] begins 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]], is first published. | |||
==== [[December]] ==== | ==== [[December]] ==== | ||
*''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' is 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 ends an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship between''Doctor Who'' franchise and [[Virgin Books]]/[[W.H. Allen]]/[[Target Books|Target]] that had begun in [[1973]]. | |||
* [[Perfect Timing 2]], a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, first published. | * [[BNA]]: ''[[Twilight of the Gods (BNA)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' is 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 ends an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship between''Doctor Who'' franchise and [[Virgin Books]]/[[W.H. Allen]]/[[Target Books|Target]] that had begun in [[1973]]. | ||
* [[6th December|06]] - 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of ''[[Survival]]'', which ended ''Doctor Who's'' original 26-season run on the BBC. | * [[CP]]: ''[[Perfect Timing 2]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' short story collection for charity, first published. | ||
* [[21st December|21]] - [[Jack Le White]], who went uncredited in ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies. | * [[6th December|06]] - 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'', which ended ''Doctor Who's'' original 26-season run on the BBC. | ||
* [[25th December|25]] - [[Peter Jeffrey]], who played the [[pilot (The Macra Terror) |pilot]] in ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' and Count [[Grendel]] in ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' dies at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] from prostate cancer. | * [[21st December|21]] - [[Jack Le White]], who went uncredited in [[DW]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies. | ||
* [[25th December|25]] - [[Peter Jeffrey]], who played the [[pilot (The Macra Terror) |pilot]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Macra Terror]]'' and Count [[Grendel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Androids of Tara]]'' dies at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] from prostate cancer. | |||
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* [[Leonard Grahame]], who played [[Darcy Tranton]] in ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies. | |||
* [[Leonard Grahame]], who played [[Darcy Tranton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', dies. | |||
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Events
Doctor Who Universe
December
- 30/31 December - The Doctor lands in San Francisco and is caught in a gangland shooting. As the result of exploratory heart surgery meant to save him, he regenerates into his eighth incarnation, and prevents the Master from using the Eye of Harmony to destroy Earth. (DW: Doctor Who)
- During the above period, natural phenomenon are reported in the San Francisco Bay area, including unusual tides, flood warnings. Meanwhile, snow is reported in Hawaii. Scientists link this to fluctuations in Earth's gravitational pull that occur only once every 1,000 years (though the real reason involves The Master opening the Eye of Harmony). (DW: Doctor Who)
- 31 - The Doctor and Mel crash a party hosted by the Auton Alisha Hammerson, and defeat another invasion by the Nestene Consciousness. (DWM: Plastic Millennium)
- 31 - To ring in the new year, the Institute for Technological Advancement and Research in San Francisco establishes San Francisco Mean Time by unveiling the world's most accurate atomic clock. The Eighth Doctor and Grace Holloway crash (and disrupt) the party in order to obtain components needed to defeat the Master. The Master causes the death of Grace Holloway and Chang Lee, but they are soon brought back to life by the Doctor. Later, just before the clock strikes midnight, Grace declines an invitation to travel with the Doctor. (DW: Doctor Who)
- 31 - The Doctor also comes and stops the millennium bug (probably with a little help from his sixth incarnation) just as the New Year arrives. (PDA: Millennium Shock)
- 31 - While Jack Harkness fights a "Millennium Bug", Alex Hopkins kills the rest of his Torchwood Three team, then kills himself after Jack returns, just as the New Year arrives. (TW: Fragments)
- As a result, Jack took over Torchwood Three.
- Late December - The Doctor saves Earth from Saraquazel, a being from after the universe, and his servant, Ashley Chapel. (MA: Millennial Rites)
Behind the Scenes
References in the Doctor Who Universe tend to indicate the year 2000 of the start of the millennium, rather than 2001, the technical start of that millennium.
Real World
January
- EDA: The Face-Eater is first published.
- PDA: Salvation is first published.
February
- EDA: The Taint is first published. Fitz Kreiner becomes a companion.
- PDA: The Wages of Sin is first published.
- BNA: The Mary-Sue Extrusion is first published.
- 9 - Buddy Windrush, aka Bryan Mosley, who played the prop man in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan and a pirate in DW: The Smugglers, dies in Shipley, England.
March
- EDA: Demontage is first published.
- PDA: Deep Blue is first published.
- ST: More Short Trips anthology is first published.
- 6 - Graham Armitage, who played Barney in DW: The Macra Terror, dies in South Africa.
- 12 - The Curse of Fatal Death, a serialized spoof based upon Doctor Who, is broadcast as part of the BBC's Comic Relief appeal. The special stars Rowan Atkinson as the "Ninth" Doctor, Jonathan Pryce as The Master and is written by Steven Moffat -- his first televised work with the franchise. The special is also webcast - the first original Doctor Who-related production to be distributed this way.
April
- EDA: Revolution Man is first published.
- PDA: Players is first published.
- BNA: Dead Romance is first published.
May
- EDA: Dominion is first published.
- PDA: Millennium Shock is first published.
- 27 - Donald Morley, who played Jules Renan in DW: The Reign of Terror, dies.
June
- EDA: Unnatural History is first published.
- PDA: Storm Harvest is first published.
- BNA: Tears of the Oracle is first published.
July
- EDA: Autumn Mist is first published.
- PDA: The Final Sanction is first published.
- BFA: The Sirens of Time, a multi-Doctor story co-starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, is released on cassette tape and CD. This audio drama is 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 would prosper over the next decade and help fill the void left by the lack of a television series prior to 2005, and would continue even after the series returned. In 2001, Big Finish will score a coup by launching a long-running series of productions featuring then-current Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann.
August
- EDA: [[Interference - Book One and Interference - Book Two are first published, the first two-part BBC Books story. Introduction of new companion Compassion. The Third Doctor also appears. Likely due to both EDA books coming out at once, there is no Past Doctors Adventure this month.
- BNA: Return to the Fractured Planet is first published.
- REF: The Doctor's Affect, a memoir by onetime K-9 assistant operator Stephen Cambden, first published.
September
- EDA: The Blue Angel is first published.
- PDA: City at World's End is first published.
October
- EDA: The Taking of Planet 5 is first published.
- PDA: Divided Loyalties is first published.
- BNA: The Joy Device is first published.
- BFA: Phantasmagoria is released. First solo Fifth Doctor audio adventure.
- REF: The Nine Lives of Doctor Who is first published.
- The first edition of REF: I, Who, a long-running guide to Doctor Who fiction, is published.
- 1 - Noel Johnson, who played King Thous in DW: The Underwater Menace and Charles Grover in DW: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, dies.
- 17 - 20th anniversary of Doctor Who Magazine.
- 30 - Cavan Kendall, who played Achilles in DW: The Myth Makers, dies.
- 31 - "Treehouse of Horror X", an episode of the American series The Simpsons is broadcast. The episode includes a cameo appearance by the Fourth Doctor, who is kidnapped along with other TV icons such as Xena, by the Comic Book Guy.
November
- EDA: Frontier Worlds is first published.
- PDA: Corpse Marker is first published.
- BFA: Whispers of Terror is released. First solo Sixth Doctor audio adventure. Nicola Bryant begins 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 John Kenneth Muir, is first published.
December
- BNA: Twilight of the Gods is 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 ends an era, concluding the book-publishing relationship betweenDoctor Who franchise and Virgin Books/W.H. Allen/Target that had begun in 1973.
- CP: Perfect Timing 2, a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, first published.
- 06 - 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the final episode of DW: Survival, which ended Doctor Who's original 26-season run on the BBC.
- 21 - Jack Le White, who went uncredited in DW: The Reign of Terror and DW: The Daleks' Master Plan, dies.
- 25 - Peter Jeffrey, who played the pilot in DW: The Macra Terror and Count Grendel in DW: The Androids of Tara dies at Stratford-upon-Avon from prostate cancer.
Unknown date
- Leonard Grahame, who played Darcy Tranton in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan, dies.
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