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+* [[8 January]] - Actor [[Tom Bowman]] died.
+* [[16 January]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps]]'' was first published. It featured return appearances by [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Elizabeth Shaw]].
+* 16 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Burning Heart]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Sixth Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series.
+* 16 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'' was first published.
+* [[30 January]] - Director [[Nicholas Mallett]] died.
+* [[8 February]] - Actor [[Elroy Josephs]] died.
+* [[16 February]] - Actor [[Arthur Hewlett]] died.
+* [[20 February]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Room With No Doors]]'' was first published.
+* 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Device of Death]]'' was first published.
+* [[9 March]] - Writer [[Terry Nation]] died.
+* [[20 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow]]'' was first published. Chronologically, this was the final [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Chris Cwej]]. It featured many characters from the TV series and New Adventures. It was notable for fully expanding the [[Cartmel Masterplan]] regarding the Doctor's origins. It was not the final Seventh Doctor NA novel to be published due to the delay on [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''.
+* 20 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Path]]'' was first published. This was the final [[Second Doctor]] novel in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.
+* [[17 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'' was first published. This was the final book commission in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line of original ''Doctor Who'' novels, but not the last published. It was the first and only book in the NA line to feature the [[Eighth Doctor]] and marked the final appearance to date of [[Bernice Summerfield]] with the Doctor, as the book helped to launch her continuation of the New Adventures.
+* 17 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Well-Mannered War]]'' was first published. Featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]], it was the last release in the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line.
+* [[1 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' was first published, continuing the Virgin New Adventures line as the [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]], featuring companion [[Bernice Summerfield]]. The NA books from here on in were devoid of overt references to ''Doctor Who'', although other non-TV characters from the NA series appeared.
+* [[PROSE]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]'' was finally published. Although scheduled for release earlier in the year, manuscript issues resulted in its release this month. It became the final book in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line featuring the Doctor to see print and the last to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]]. It described the circumstances surrounding the departure of [[Roz Forrester]] from the series. The NA series continued for a couple more years featuring the adventures of [[Bernice Summerfield]].
+* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 4: Re:Generations]]'' was first published. As Virgin no longer had the licence for ''Doctor Who'', the book focused on companion [[Roz Forrester]].
+* [[2 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'' was first published, launching the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] line. It was the first multi-Doctor original novel and included references to many TV episodes. It conflicted with elements of the [[Virgin New Adventures]] line. [[Samantha Jones]] became the Doctor's newest companion.
+* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dragons' Wrath (novel)|Dragons' Wrath]]'' was first published.
+* 2 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Devil Goblins from Neptune]]'' was first published, a [[Third Doctor]] adventure launching the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line.
+* [[3 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beyond the Sun (novel)|Beyond the Sun]]'' was first published.
+* [[7 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]'' was first published.
+* 7 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Second Doctor]].
+* 7 - Actor [[Royston Tickner]] died.
+* [[16 July]] - Actor [[Hugh Martin]] died.
+* [[22 July]] - Actor [[Don Henderson]] died.
+* [[27 July]] - Actor [[Brian Glover]] died.
+* [[4 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Bodysnatchers]]'' was first published.
+* 4 -[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ultimate Treasure]]'' was first published. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]].
+* 4 - [[Film cameraman]] [[Dick Bush]] died.
+* [[16 August]] - Actor [[Robin Wentworth]] died.
+* [[20 August]] - Actor [[Bill Mitchell]] died.
+* [[21 August]]- [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ship of Fools (novel)|Ship of Fools]]'' was first published.
+* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'' was first published. This post-BBC licence short story collection featured very little noticeable connection to ''Doctor Who'' save for one story featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]]. It was the last volume of the series.
+* Actor [[Robert Cawdron]] died.
+* [[1 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'' was first published.
+* 1 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]'' was first published. This novel was notable for chronicling the adventure in which [[Melanie Bush]] first met the [[Sixth Doctor]]. It was the first [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the Sixth Doctor.
+* [[2 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Down]]'' was first published.
+* [[7 September]] - News reporter [[Alex MacIntosh]] died.
+* [[12 September]] - Actor [[Leonard Maguire]] died.
+* [[19 September]] - Actor [[Jack May]] died.
+* [[25 September]] - Director [[Paul Bernard]] died.
+* [[2 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Deadfall]]'' was first published.
+* [[5 October]] - Actor [[Andrew Keir]] died.
+* [[6 October]] - Actor [[Adrienne Hill]] died.
+* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
+* 6 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'' was first published. This was the first solo "Past Doctor/Missing Adventures"-style novel to feature the [[Seventh Doctor]].
+* 6 - [[Tom Baker]] published his autobiography, ''[[Who on Earth was Tom Baker?]]''. An audio book version, read by Baker, was also released on this date.
+* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Book of Monsters]]'' was first published.
+* 6 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Book of Lists]]'' was first published.
+* [[13 October]] - Writer [[Ian Stuart Black]] died.
+* [[16 October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Licence Denied]]'' was first published.
+* [[17 October]] - [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] cable network, launched. It aired classic-era ''Doctor Who'' during its first few years. In the late 2000s it would become the Canadian broadcast home of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and the revived ''Doctor Who''.
+* [[30 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who]]'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] died.
+* [[3 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices]]'' was first published.
+* [[20 November]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Second Doctor]]'' was first published.
+* 20 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'' was published in paperback.
+* [[24 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies]]'' was first published. This book introduced [[Faction Paradox]], later to be featured in a series of spin-off audio dramas and novels.
+* 24 - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads]]'' was first published.
+* [[1 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets]]'' was first published.
+* [[5 December]] - [[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'', a home computer adventure game, was released. The game used newly recorded audio of all surviving Doctor actors except [[Paul McGann]] and featured [[Anthony Ainley]] in newly shot video footage as [[the Master]], his final appearance in this role.
+* This was a down month for both the [[PROSE]] and [[PROSE]] book lines.
+* After trying several "test balloon" services, the [[BBC]] officially launched BBC Online (also known as BBCi) at bbc.co.uk. This became the network's main online portal. In the coming years, a ''Doctor Who'' section of the site was launched which has featured not only promotions and archival features relating to both the 1963-89 and 2005-present series, but also original content such as webcasts and online fiction.
+* [[14 December]] - Actor [[Stubby Kaye]] died.
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