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=== [[July]] ===
=== [[July]] ===
* [[2 July|2]] - [[Don Houghton]], who wrote [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil]]'' dies.
* [[2 July|2]] - [[Don Houghton]], who wrote [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil|The Mind of Evil,]]'' died.
* [[18 July|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Battlefield]]'' was first published. This was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation of a televised serial to be published in the short-page count paperback form in place since [[1973]]. Later serial adaptations will be published with a higher page count. This book completes the adaptations of the [[Seventh Doctor]] era, not counting the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]], which will be novelised by [[BBC Books]].
* [[18 July|18]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Battlefield (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Battlefield]]'' was first published. This was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation of a televised serial to be published in the short-page count paperback form in place since [[1973]]. Later serial adaptations were published with a higher page count. This book completed the adaptations of the [[Seventh Doctor]] era, not counting the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 telefilm]], which was novelised by [[BBC Books]].
* [[25 July|25]] - [[Marvel Comics]] publishes the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1992|Doctor Who Yearbook]]'', an attempt at reviving the [[Doctor Who Annual|Annual]] concept that had been abandoned by World Distributors after [[1985]]. The experiment was a success and several more Yearbooks will be published over the next few years.
* [[25 July|25]] - [[Marvel Comics]] published the ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1992|Doctor Who Yearbook]]'', an attempt at reviving the [[Doctor Who Annual|Annual]] concept that had been abandoned by World Distributors after [[1985]]. The experiment was a success and several more Yearbooks were published over the next few years.


=== [[August]] ===
=== [[August]] ===

Revision as of 06:39, 29 January 2012

Timeline for 1991
20th century | 1990s

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Events

July

23 - Melanie Bush returned to Brighton after travelling with the Doctor. (ST: Missing, Part One: Business as Usual)

Unknown date

Behind the scenes

April

June

  • 7 - Eric Francis, who played the First Elder in DW: The Sensorites, died.
  • 18 - Ronald Allen died.
  • 20 - NA: Timewyrm: Genesys was first published, launching the Virgin New Adventures line of original Doctor Who fiction, the first ongoing series of original novels based upon the series. The book was initially controversial with readers unaccustomed to adult themes, sexuality and language in Doctor Who. It was also the first volume of a planned four-book story arc, the first time such an extensive story had been attempted in Doctor Who literature.
  • 21 - Ivor Salter, who appeared numerous times on Doctor Who, died.

July

August

September

  • 15 - DWN: Doctor Who - The Pescatons was first published. This novelisation of the 1976 audio story Doctor Who and the Pescatons was the first and only Target Books novelisation based upon a story that was not produced by the BBC. It was the final release by Target in the "short paperback" format that had been used since the line was launched in 1973. The last remaining Target novelisations would appear in longer-format (higher word count) works of the same format as the Virgin Missing Adventures line.

October

November

December

Unknown date

  • The Museum of the Moving Image in London hosts a major exhibit dedicated to Doctor Who, featuring audio-visual presentations and props from the series.
  • Silva Screen Records releases a soundtrack CD for DW: The Curse of Fenric. This was the first of several full-serial soundtrack albums Silva Screen would release over the next few years.
  • Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme reissued on CD by Silva Screen Records.