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=== [[August]] ===
=== [[August]] ===
* [[15 August|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' was first published. This was [[Terrance Dicks]]' first original (non-novelisation) ''Doctor Who'' novel, and his first since [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Pirates]]''.
* [[15 August|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'' was first published. This was [[Terrance Dicks]]' first original (non-novelisation) ''Doctor Who'' novel, and his first since [[DWN]]: ''[[The Space Pirates (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Space Pirates]]''.
* [[18 August|18]] - [[Barbara Leake]] ([[Farrel|Mrs. Farrel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') dies.
* [[18 August|18]] - [[Barbara Leake]] ([[Farrel|Mrs. Farrel]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Autons]]'') died.
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Betty Bowden]] ([[Meg Seeley]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') dies aged eighty-six.
* [[20 August|20]] - [[Betty Bowden]] ([[Meg Seeley]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Spearhead from Space]]'') died at age eighty-six.
* [[23 August|23]] - Producer [[Innes Lloyd]] (from [[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' to [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'') dies.
* [[23 August|23]] - Producer [[Innes Lloyd]] (from [[DW]]: ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' to [[DW]]: ''[[The Enemy of the World]]'') died.
* [[26 August|26]] - The original [[The Pilot Episode|Pilot Episode]] of ''Doctor Who'' was first broadcast on UK television. This was a version of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the first episode of the series, which had been rejected for broadcast.
* [[26 August|26]] - The original [[The Pilot Episode|Pilot Episode]] of ''Doctor Who'' was first broadcast on UK television. This was a version of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the first episode of the series, which had been rejected for broadcast.
* [[30 August|30]] - [[Alan Wheatley]], who portrayed the [[Thal]] leader [[Temmosus]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', dies from a heart attack in [[London]].
* [[30 August|30]] - [[Alan Wheatley]], who portrayed the [[Thal]] leader [[Temmosus]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', died from a heart attack in [[London]].
* [[31 August|31]] - [[Gerry Davis]], co-creator of the [[Cybermen]] dies
* [[31 August|31]] - [[Gerry Davis]], co-creator of the [[Cybermen|Cybermen,]] died.


=== [[September]] ===
=== [[September]] ===

Revision as of 06:40, 29 January 2012

Timeline for 1991
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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.