1992

1992 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

1992 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 9 January, Earth scientists announced the discovery of planets outside the solar system, whilst planets outside the solar system had already discovered Earth. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary ^[+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Undated

The Timewyrm transported St Christopher's Church to the Moon. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation ^[+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)"])

After years of silence, Chad Boyle posted Christmas cards to all of his old friends from Perivale. Shreela Govindia subsequently called him and got a job on his newspaper. (PROSE: Love and War ^[+]Loading...["Love and War (novel)"])

Eugene Jones' team lost an inter-school maths competition. He received a Dogon sixth eye as a consolation prize. That same night, his father Shaun Jones left the family. (TV: Random Shoes ^[+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"])

In this year, Margery Phipps became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She negotiated a "deep and lasting" peace treaty between nations. Her book Love is All You Need was still a bestseller 500 years later. (AUDIO: Council of War ^[+]Loading...["Council of War (audio story)"])

The Seventh Doctor fought the Gantacs and Yaga in London. (COMIC: Invaders from Gantac! ^[+]Loading...["Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)"])

On another occasion in 1992, he fought the Benanki in the city. (PROSE: Testament ^[+]Loading...["Testament (short story)"])

Alan Jackson won the King of the Concrete skateboarding competition. (TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? ^[+]Loading...["Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)"])

Tom Wake moved into sheltered accommodation. (PROSE: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years ^[+]Loading...["The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)"])

Daniel Hinton was expelled from Brendon Public School for dabbling in black magic. (HOMEVID: Downtime ^[+]Loading...["Downtime (home video)"])

Charlie Pocket married his wife in Las Vegas, but as they needed a witness and best man, they grabbed the first couple they could find, the Doctor and a blonde girl of about 19 years of age. Charlie later wrote about this on whoisdoctorwho.co.uk in 2005. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

Births and deaths

According to one account, Heather McCrimmon, a future companion of the Tenth Doctor and a descendant of the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon and his wife Kirsty McLaren, was born. (COMIC: We Will Rock You ^[+]Loading...["We Will Rock You (comic story)"]) Another account stated Heather was born in 1990. (COMIC: The Chromosome Connection ^[+]Loading...["The Chromosome Connection (comic story)"])

References

Igrix intended to end famine in 1992. (COMIC: The Love Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Love Invasion (comic story)"])