1993

Timeline for 1993

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Events

June

Between 25 and 27 - The Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, and Ace visited the Glastonbury Festival and met an older and wiser Danny Pain. (NA: No Future)

July

14 - A thirty-seven-year-old Ace and the Seventh Doctor met at a cafe in Sydney, Australia. (NA: Set Piece)

Unknown dates

The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield visited Oxford. (NA: The Dimension Riders)
Joel Mintz was somehow transported to 1983. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)
The Seventh Doctor and Ace arrived in Albert Square, London where a ploy by the Rani resulted in various incarnations of the Doctor and assorted companions experiencing time slipping between this year, 1973 and 2013. (DW: Dimensions in Time)

The Seventh Doctor claimed that he only imagined these events in a dream. (NA: First Frontier)

The Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan Jovanka went on holiday in Tasmania. They then left for Manchester. (MA: Goth Opera)
Joseph Serf graduates from Harvard University. (SJA: The Man Who Never Was)

Behind the scenes

January

3 - Dennis Tate, who played a Technix in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan died in Los Angeles, California.
21 - David Blake Kelly, who played Captain Benjamin Briggs in DW: The Chase and Jacob Kewper in DW: The Smugglers, died.
22 - Tommy Knight, who plays Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and the Doctor Who episodes DW: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End, was born in Chatham, Kent.

February

5 - Stuntman Tip Tipping, who appeared in several of the Sylvester McCoy stories, was killed in a parachuting accident while filming a segment of the BBC series 999.
15 - Dallas Cavell, who played various guest roles on Doctor Who, died.
18 - NA: The Highest Science was first published.
- Jacqueline Hill, who portrayed companion Barbara Wright and Tigellan high priestess Lexa in DW: Meglos, died from cancer.

March

18 - NA: The Pit was first published.
- Titan Books, under its Doctor Who: The Scripts line, published the script book for DW: The Power of the Daleks, predating the release of the novelisation later in the year.

April

15 - NA: Deceit was first published. Ace returned to the series with this novel.
- The Mark of Mandragora, a Virgin Publishing graphic novel collecting several story arcs from Doctor Who Magazine, was first published.

May

William Emms, who wrote DW: Galaxy Four, died in Sussex, England.
02 - The Target Books line of Doctor Who novelisations marked its 20th anniversary, with three final books left to be published over the next year.
20 - NA: Lucifer Rising was first published.

June

07 - BBC Audio released an audio recording of DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen. Initially intended to be part of a "Missing Stories" series of releases, the packaging was modified when the story was recovered prior to the release of the cassette.
09 - Doctor Who Magazine published its 200th issue.
11 - Bernard Bresslaw, known for his appearance as Varga in DW: The Ice Warriors, died from a heart attack.
17 - NA: White Darkness was first published.
22 - Victor Maddern died.

July

DWN: Doctor Who - The Power of the Daleks was first published. After a one-year hiatus, Virgin Publishing briefly revived the Target Books novelisation line with the first of what would be three "deluxe" novelisations. Unlike past Target Books releases, these would be longer works with higher word count and more complex than the novelisations of the past.
15 - DW: Shadowmind was first published.
29 - Doctor Who: The Scripts release of DW: Ghost Light was first published. It was the last release in this series for a year.

August

DWN: Doctor Who - The Evil of the Daleks was first published, completing the adaptations of the Second Doctor era. This was the last novelisation of a televised story to be released under the Target Books banner (the final Target release would be based upon a radio play).
02 - BBC Audio released an audio recording of DW: Fury from the Deep. It was the final release of this nature until 1999.
19 - NA: Birthright was published. In an experimental move, Birthright and the following novel, NA: Iceberg, were said to occur at the same time. Birthright was one of the earliest examples of a "Doctor lite" story (a format used for occasional episodes of the TV series beginning in 2006), with the Seventh Doctor absent for much of the book; Iceberg revealed his activities during this story.
20 - Sydney Arnold, who played Perkins in DW: The Highlanders, died.
27 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 1 was first broadcast on BBC Radio. This was the first made-for-radio Doctor Who adventure since BBCR: Slipback in 1985. Jon Pertwee returned as the Third Doctor, along with Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, all playing their roles for the first time since DW: The Five Doctors a decade earlier.

September

Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 was published.
Drabble Who was published. This was a charity publication featuring short pieces written by Doctor Who writers, cast, and fans.
Evening's Empire, a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip arc that was abandoned in 1991 before it could be concluded, was published in graphic novel format as a special issue of Doctor Who Classic Comics.
03 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 2 was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
10 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 3 was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
12 - Harold Innocent died.
16 - NA: Iceberg was first published, concluding the "duology" launched the previous month. David Banks became the second former Doctor Who actor (after Ian Marter) to write a Doctor Who novel.
- REF: Doctor Who: The Sixties was published in paperback.
17 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 4 was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
20 - Salvin Stewart, who was a Morok Guard and Messenger in DW The Space Museum, died.
24 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 5 was first broadcast on BBC Radio.

October

REF: Doctor Who: Timeframe was first published.
21 - NA: Blood Heat was first published. This was the first of a five-part Alternate Universe arc.
25 - Bernard Martin, who played a technician in DW: The Ambassadors of Death, died.

November

Jocelyn Birdsall died.
5 - Michael Bilton, who played Charles de Teligny in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Collins in DW: Pyramids of Mars, and a Time Lord in DW: The Deadly Assassin, died in Berkhamsted, England.
18 - DW: The Dimension Riders was first published.
- REF: Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Sixth Doctor was first published.
20 - Doctor Who's 30th anniversary was marked with a cover appearance on the Radio Times. This was the show's first appearance on the cover in 10 years and one of the few occasions in which a series not currently being broadcast received the cover treatment (although the cover promoted the upcoming Dimensions in Time).
23 - This date marked the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who.
26 and 27 - A two-part special episode, DW: Dimensions in Time, was broadcast to mark the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who. Presented as part of the Children in Need campaign, the episodes were produced in 3-D and featured all surviving Doctor actors (plus representations of the two deceased Doctors) and many surviving companions, as well. The special marked the final on-screen appearance of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, was the only Doctor Who story written by John Nathan-Turner, and it was also Turner's final involvement with the franchise. Rejected as canon by Who fandom, the special was produced in lieu of an abandoned movie project, The Dark Dimension. The special episodes featured a new, sped-up arrangement of the Doctor Who theme, and used a variation of the opening credits sequence introduced in 1987, along with the series logo also from '87; it was the final on-screen use of both.