1997

Doctor Who Universe

April

• 30 - Bernice Summerfield is dropped off at the Doctor's house. (NA: The Dying Days)

May

• Tuesday 6 - Bernice first meets the Doctor in his eighth body. Britain sends the Mars 97 Orbiter onto the surface of Mars and the three astronauts on the surface stumble across the Ice Warrior tomb of the Great Marshall Kyruul of the Argyre Clan under the sands of the Mare Sirenum and are killed. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is assassinated in Washington. Lord Xznaal arrives over London and orders the country to submit to his rule. (NA: The Dying Days)

• 7 - Alexander Christian escapes from his military captors and manages to contact Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submits to Martian rule and sets up a Provisional Government. (NA: The Dying Days)

• Unknown date - Queen Elizabeth II is deposed and the Ice Warrior Xznaal is crowned King.

November

• 23 - The Re-coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, at which the Fourth Doctor, Romana II and K-9 are present. (NA: The Dying Days)

Dates unknown

• After 7th May but before 23rd November - The Doctor and Ace encounter Arthurian knights in Carbury. (DW: Battlefield)
• After 7th May but before 23rd November; after the events of (DW: Battlefield) - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is promoted to General Lethbridge-Stewart.
• The Torchwood Institute shoots down a Jathaa sunglider over the Shetland Islands. They begin to reverse-engineer its technology. (DW: Army of Ghosts)
• Sam Jones joins the Doctor on his travels. (EDA: The Eight Doctors)
• A Friday - Carolyn McConnell summons the Doctor and Sam Jones to San Francisco to assist her with vampires. (EDA: Vampire Science)

History of Doctor Who

January

• Eternity Weeps First Published

• Burning Heart First Published

• 8 - Tom Bowman, who portrayed the part of a sentry in The Highlanders, dies.

• 30 - Nicholas Mallett, who directed The Mysterious Planet, Paradise Towers and The Curse of Fenric dies.

February

• The Room With No Doors First Published

• A Device of Death First Published

• 8 - Elroy Josephs, who played Jamaica in "The Smugglers," dies.

March

• Lungbarrow First Published

• The Dark Path First Published

• Arthur Hewlett (Kalmar in State of Decay and Kimber in Terror of the Vervoids) dies in England.

April

• The Dying Days First Published. This was the final book commission in the Virgin New Adventures line, 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.

• The Well-Mannered War First Published, the last release in the Virgin Missing Adventures line.

May

• So Vile a Sin First Published. Although scheduled for release earlier in the year, manuscript issues resulted in its release this month. As such 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. The series would continue featuring Bernice Summerfield.

• Oh No It Isn't! is 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 are devoid of overt references to Doctor Who.

• Decalog 4: Re-Generations First Published

June

• The Eight Doctors First Published, launching the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures line.

• The Devil Goblins from Neptune First Published, launching the BBC Past Doctor Adventures line

• Dragons' Wrath First Published

July

• Vampire Science First Published

• The Murder Game First Published

• Beyond the Sun First Published

• 7 - Royston Tickner, who played Steinberger P. Green in "The Daleks' Master Plan" and Robbins in "The Sea Devils," dies.

• 16 - Hugh Martin, who appeared as Munro in Terror of the Zygons and a Priest in Vengeance on Varos, dies from a heart operation.

August

• The Bodysnatchers First Published

• The Ultimate Treasure First Published

• Ship of Fools First Published

September

• Genocide First Published

• Business Unusual First Published

• Decalog 5: Wonders First Published - this short story collection features very little connection to Doctor Who save for one story featuring Bernice Summerfield

• Down First Published

• 7 - News reporter turned actor Alex MacIntosh, who made a cameo as himself in Day of the Daleks, dies.

October

• War of the Daleks First Published

• Illegal Alien First Published

• Deadfall First Published

• 6 - Adrienne Hill, who played companion Katarina, dies from cancer.

• 30 - Sydney Newman, the creator of Doctor Who, dies from a heart attack in Toronto, Canada aged 80.

November

• Alien Bodies First Published

• The Roundheads First Published

• Ghost Devices First Published

December

• Mean Streets First Published

Unknown dates

• Destiny of the Doctors, a home computer adventure game, is released. The game uses newly recorded audio of all surviving Doctor actors (except Paul McGann), and features Anthony Ainley in newly shot video footage as The Master, his final appearance in this role.

1996

20th Century 1990s

1998