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=== March /April ===
=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===




* '''Late March''' - The [[TARDIS]] materializes in the junkyard at [[76 Totter's Lane]], owned by [[I.M. Foreman]], in the [[Shoreditch]] area of [[London]], it's navigational systems and [[chameleon circuit]] damaged by radiation from the [[Hand of Omega]]. While [[the Doctor]] attempts repairs and works out a plan for safely disposing of the Hand on [[Earth]], [[Susan Foreman | Susan]], against his wishes, registers at the nearby [[Coal Hill School]]. [[Britain]], meanwhile, is in the grip of an unusual cold wave.
==== [[March]] ====
 
*Late March - The [[TARDIS]] materializes in the junkyard at [[76 Totter's Lane]], owned by [[I.M. Foreman]], in the [[Shoreditch]] area of [[London]], it's navigational systems and [[chameleon circuit]] damaged by radiation from the [[Hand of Omega]]. While [[the Doctor]] attempts repairs and works out a plan for safely disposing of the Hand on [[Earth]], [[Susan Foreman | Susan]], against his wishes, registers at the nearby [[Coal Hill School]]. [[Britain]], meanwhile, is in the grip of an unusual cold wave.
''(Note: Dating and other information is suggested by the [[Telos novellas | Telos]] novella, "[[Time and Relative]]," although it seems to contradict material in "[[An Unearthly Child]]" and "[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]" suggesting that the TARDIS  arrives in [[May]]. See [[Dating disputes]].)''
''(Note: Dating and other information is suggested by the [[Telos novellas | Telos]] novella, "[[Time and Relative]]," although it seems to contradict material in "[[An Unearthly Child]]" and "[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]" suggesting that the TARDIS  arrives in [[May]]. See [[Dating disputes]].)''


* '''1st April''' - [[Susan Foreman |Susan]] and her new friends discover that the cold wave gripping [[London]] is the work of [[the Cold (disambiguation) |the Cold]], an entity which has slumbered since the end of [[Earth]]'s last [[Ice Age]] and which now seeks to conquer the planet and exterminate [[human | humanity]] with its "[[Cold Knights]]." At first indifferent to the plight facing the planet, [[the Doctor]] is finally convinced by Susan and her friends to intervene, trapping the Cold in a piece of ice which he then takes to [[Pluto]] in the distant future before returning back to the [[76 Totter's Lane | junkyard]] in 1963. ("[[Time and Relative]]")
==== [[April]] ====


*[[1st April | 1]]- "[[Time and Relative]]"


=== October ===


==== [[October]]====
* [[The Doctor]] has made arrangements with a local funeral parlor to bury the [[Hand of Omega]] in a nearby churchyard. ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]")


* '''circa late October/early November''' - [[Coal Hill School]] teachers [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]], curious about their student [[Susan Foreman]], follow her to [[76 Totter's Lane]], where she apparently lives with her grandfather in a [[police box]] in the middle of a junkyard. Forcing their way into the police box, they find themselves inside the Doctor's [[TARDIS]]. Fearing they may alert the authorities, the Doctor kidnaps the schoolteachers, taking them on a journey through [[space]] and [[time]]. ("[[An Unearthly Child]]")
===== Late October =====
*[[The Doctor]] has made arrangements with a local funeral parlor to bury the [[Hand of Omega]] in a nearby churchyard. ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]")


* "[[An Unearthly Child]]"


=== November ===
==== [[November]] ====


*The [[Nemesis]] passes by [[Earth]], heralding the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]] (see below). ("[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]")
*The [[Nemesis]] passes by [[Earth]], heralding the assassination of President [[John F. Kennedy]] (see below). ("[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]")


*A new science-fiction serial, ''Doctor ___'', begins broadcasting on the [[BBC]]. ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]")
* [[23rd November |23]] - A new science-fiction serial, ''Doctor ___'', begins broadcasting on the [[BBC]]. ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]")


*[[The Doctor]] and [[Dorothy (Ace) McShane | Ace]] arrive in [[Shoreditch]], shortly after two [[Dalek]] factions from the future arrive, both seeking the [[Hand of Omega]]. The Doctor plays the two factions off against each other, before allowing the winning side, Imperial Daleks led by [[Davros]], to gain the Hand. Unknown to Davros, the Doctor has preprogrammed the Hand to explode [[Skaro]]'s sun and destroy the Daleks's homewrold once it enters Davros's native time zone, then destroy Davros's ship upon returning to 1963, before finally returning home to [[Gallifrey]].  ("[[Remembrance of the Daleks]];" see also "[[War of the Daleks]]")
* "[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]"  


*[[22nd November | 22]] - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by [[James Stevens]], a journalist who has travelled from the future using a [[time ring]]. Stevens is the long-rumored "man on the grassy knoll," who has murdered the President to thwart [[the Master]]'s plan to sabotage [[Earth]]'s history and create a timeline in which [[UNIT]] and very possibly the [[Third Doctor]] never existed. ("[[Who Killed Kennedy]]")
*[[22nd November | 22]] - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by [[James Stevens]], a journalist who has travelled from the future using a [[time ring]]. Stevens is the long-rumored "man on the grassy knoll," who has murdered the President to thwart [[the Master]]'s plan to sabotage [[Earth]]'s history and create a timeline in which [[UNIT]] and very possibly the [[Third Doctor]] never existed. ("[[Who Killed Kennedy]]")
:*[[The Ninth Doctor]] is in the crowd watching President Kennedy's motorcade drive by in [[Dallas, Texas |Dallas]] just before the President is assassinated. A photograph which shows the Doctor among the spectators later finds its way into [[Clive (Rose)|Clive]]'s collection of files about the Doctor ("[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]").


== Unknown date ==
==== Unknown date ====


[[The Doctor]]'s companion [[Nyssa]] is born on [[Traken]].
[[The Doctor]]'s companion [[Nyssa]] is born on [[Traken]].
=== History of ''Doctor Who'' ===
==== [[September]] ====
* [[19th September | 19]] - First filming session for the show. A one day shoot at [[Ealing]]
==== [[October]] ====
* [[9th October | 09]] -  Filming resumes at [[Ealing]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]
* [[11th October | 11]] - Filming ends at [[Ealing]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]
* [[18th October | 11]] - One day studio filming at [[Lime Grove Studio D]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]
* [[25th October | 25]] - One day studio filming at [[Lime Grove Studio D]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]. [[Margot Maxine]], an extra hired as a member of the tribe, walks out at 3:00 after refusing to have her teeth blackened
==== [[November]] ====
* [[1st Novemeber | 01]] - One day studio filming at [[Lime Grove Studio D]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]
* [[8th November | 08]] - One day studio filming at [[Lime Grove Studio D]] for [[An Unearthly Child]]
* [[23rd November | 23]] - [[An Unearthly Child]] First Broadcast ([[An Unearthly Child]] Episode 1)
* [[30th November |30]] - [[An Unearthly Child]] Broadcast for second time as many viewers missed the original screening as a result of a power cut
* [[30th November |30]] - [[The Cave of Skulls]] First Broadcast ([[An Unearthly Child]] Episode 2)
==== [[December]] ====
* [[7th December | 06]] - [[The Forest of Fear]] First Broadcast ([[An Unearthly Child]] Episode 3)
* [[14th December | 13]] - [[The Firemaker]] First Broadcast ([[An Unearthly Child]] Episode 4)
* [[21st December | 21]] - [[The Dead Planet]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 1)
* [[28th December | 28]] - [[The Survivors]] First Broadcast ([[The Daleks (TV story) | The Daleks]] Episode 2)




Revision as of 10:11, 17 August 2005

Events

History of the Doctor Who Universe

March

(Note: Dating and other information is suggested by the Telos novella, "Time and Relative," although it seems to contradict material in "An Unearthly Child" and "Remembrance of the Daleks" suggesting that the TARDIS arrives in May. See Dating disputes.)

April


October

Late October

November

  • 22 - President John F. Kennedy is assassinated by James Stevens, a journalist who has travelled from the future using a time ring. Stevens is the long-rumored "man on the grassy knoll," who has murdered the President to thwart the Master's plan to sabotage Earth's history and create a timeline in which UNIT and very possibly the Third Doctor never existed. ("Who Killed Kennedy")
  • The Ninth Doctor is in the crowd watching President Kennedy's motorcade drive by in Dallas just before the President is assassinated. A photograph which shows the Doctor among the spectators later finds its way into Clive's collection of files about the Doctor ("Rose").


Unknown date

The Doctor's companion Nyssa is born on Traken.


History of Doctor Who

September

  • 19 - First filming session for the show. A one day shoot at Ealing


October


November

  • 30 - An Unearthly Child Broadcast for second time as many viewers missed the original screening as a result of a power cut


December



Reference

  • Doctor Who: A History of the Universe, by Lance Parkin. Virgin Publishing, Ltd., 1996. ISBN 0-426-20471-9


External Links

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