1974

Events

History of the Doctor Who Universe

• Tobias Vaughn is contacted by the Cybermen and agrees to help them in their plan to invade Earth. Using technology provided by his alien allies, Vaughn develops the micromonolithic circuit. An electronics revolution occurs on Earth, and Vaughn's International Electronics (IE), becomes the world leader in the industry (DW: The Invasion). (Note: This is the dating suggested in the actual story, though it contradicts the dating suggested for other UNIT era stories, and is itself contradicted by NA: Iceberg and MA: Downtime. See UNIT dating controversy and NA: No Future for further explanation.)

• A film version of "The Four Musketeers" is released. Genetic material from its prirncipal stars, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay, will be used to create Reprises of D'Artaganan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos in Europa in the far future (MA: Managra).

• Reginald Tyler dies, still working obsessively on revisions to his The True History of Planets (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen).

History of Doctor Who

January

• 05 - The Time Warrior Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 12 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 14 - Paul Whitsun-Jones, who played the Squire in "The Smugglers" and the Marshall in "The Mutants," dies from appendicitis.

• 19 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 26 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 3 First Broadcast

• Target Books follows up its successful reprinting of novelisations from the 1960s with its first newly commissioned book, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks, based upon the Third Doctor serial Spearhead from Space. This would be the first of many Doctor Who novels written by Dicks over the next 30-plus years.

February

• 02 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 09 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 5 First Broadcast

• 16 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 6 First Broadcast

• 23 - Death to the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast

March

• 02 - Death to the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 09 - Death to the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 16 - Death to the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 23 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 30 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 2 First Broadcast

April

• 06 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 13 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 4 First Broadcast

• 20 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 5 First Broadcast

• 27 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 6 First Broadcast

May

• 04 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 11 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 18 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 25 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 4 First Broadcast

June

• 01 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 5 First Broadcast

• 08 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 6 First Broadcast, ending in Jon Pertwee's regeneration into Tom Baker

September

• 9 - Jim Tyson, who played one of the tourists on the Empire State Building in "The Chase," dies from a heart attack.

• 22 - Stephanie Bidmead, who played Maaga in "Galaxy 4," dies.

December

• 28 - Robot Episode 1 First Broadcast

1973

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