1985

Timeline

• Lytton contacts Cybermen in the London sewers. (DW: Attack of the Cybermen)

• The second and sixth Doctors prevent the Sontarans from gaining time travel. (DW: The Two Doctors)

History of Doctor Who

January

• 05 - Attack of the Cybermen Episode 1 First Broadcast. Beginning with this episode, the series moves to 45-minute episodes.

• 12 - Attack of the Cybermen Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 19 - Vengeance on Varos Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 26 - Vengeance on Varos Episode 2 First Broadcast

February

• 02 - The Mark of the Rani Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 06 - Neil McCarthy (Barnham in The Mind of Evil and Thawn in The Power of Kroll) dies from motor neurone disease.

• 09 - The Mark of the Rani Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 16 - The Two Doctors Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 23 - The Two Doctors Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 23 - A Fix with Sontarans First Broadcast

March

• 02 - The Two Doctors Episode 3 First Broadcast

• 09 - Timelash Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 16 - Timelash Episode 2 First Broadcast

• 23 - Revelation of the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast

• 24 - Arthur Blake, who played Hrhoonda in "The Web Planet," dies from a heart attack in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

• 30 - Revelation of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast. Final 45-minute episode until 2005. Also final use of the Peter Howell arrangement of the theme music.

• Following the end of the 1985 season, the BBC announces that Doctor Who is to be "rested" for the next 18 months, sparking protests from the fanbase.

April

• 30 - George Pravda, who appeared as Alexander Denes in The Enemy of the World, Jaeger in The Mutants and Castellan Spandrell in The Deadly Assassin dies.

May

• 17 - Hugh Burden dies.

June

• 11 - Norman Claridge, who played the priest in "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve," dies in London.

• 24 - Valentine Dyall dies.

July

• 7 - Ewen Solon, who played Chal in "The Savages" and Vishinsky in "Planet of Evil," dies in Addleston, England.

• 25 - Slipback Episode 1 and 2 First Broadcast. The first radio play based upon Doctor Who and the first original audio drama since Doctor Who and the Pescatons a decade earlier, this serial was produced as a stopgap during the enforced hiatus for the televised series.

August

• 8 - Slipback Episode 3 and 4 First Broadcast

• 22 - Slipback Episode 5 and 6 First Broadcast

• 29 - Patrick Barr, who played Jack Hobson in "The Moonbase," dies in London.

1984

20th century 1980s

1986