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=== January ===
=== January ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' was first released on video in the [[UK]].
* [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' was first released on video in the [[UK]].
* [[14 January|14]] - [[John Witty]] (the voice of the Computer in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'') died in [[Bristol]] aged 74.
* [[14 January|14]] - Actor [[John Witty]] died in [[Bristol]].
* [[18 January|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Planet of Giants]]'' was first published. With this release, all serials of the [[First Doctor]] era were now novelised.
* [[18 January|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Planet of Giants (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Planet of Giants]]'' was first published. With this release, all serials of the [[First Doctor]] era were now novelised.
* [[20 January|20]] - [[John Maxim]], who played [[Frankenstein's Monster]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', as well as a [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cyberman]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'' (under the name John Wills), died in [[Brighton]].
* [[20 January|20]] - Actor [[John Maxim]] died in [[Brighton]].


=== February ===
=== February ===
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=== April ===
=== April ===
* [[Brian Vaughan]], who played [[Watts|Lt. Commander Watts]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'', died.
* Actor [[Brian Vaughan]] died.
* [[27 April|27]] - ''[[Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer (graphic novel)|Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer]]'' graphic novel was first published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[27 April|27]] - ''[[Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer (graphic novel)|Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer]]'' graphic novel was first published by [[Marvel Comics]].


=== May ===
=== May ===
* [[Anthony Steven]], who wrote [[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'', died.
* Writer [[Anthony Steven]] died.
* [[15 May|15]] - Writer and director [[Peter Grimwade]] died from leukemia.
* [[15 May|15]] - Writer and director [[Peter Grimwade]] died from leukemia.
* [[16 May|16]] - [[Thomas Sangster]], who played [[Tim Latimer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'', was born in South [[London]].
* [[16 May|16]] - Actor [[Thomas Sangster]] was born in South [[London]].


=== June ===
=== June ===
* [[15 June|15]] - [[Leonard Sachs]], who played Admiral [[Gaspard de Coligny]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' and [[Lord President]] [[Borusa]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'', died in [[London]].
* [[15 June|15]] - Actor [[Leonard Sachs]] died in [[London]].
* [[21 June|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[21 June|21]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[23 June|23]] - [[Frank Gatliff]] ([[Ortron]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon]]'') died.
* [[23 June|23]] - Actor [[Frank Gatliff]] died.


=== July ===
=== July ===
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=== August ===
=== August ===
* With no plans for a twenty-seventh season in sight, the BBC closed the ''Doctor Who'' Production Office.
* With no plans for a twenty-seventh season in sight, the BBC closed the ''Doctor Who'' Production Office.
* [[2 August|2]] - [[Edwin Richfield]], who appeared as Captain [[John Hart (The Sea Devils)|John Hart]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' and [[Mestor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Twin Dilemma]]'', died from [[cancer]] in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK.
* [[2 August|2]] - Actor [[Edwin Richfield]] died from [[cancer]] in [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]].
* [[17 August|17]] - [[Graham Williams]], who produced Seasons 15-17 (1977-79), was killed in a shooting accident in Devon, England.
* [[17 August|17]] - [[Graham Williams]], who produced Seasons 15-17 (1977-79), was killed in a shooting accident in Devon, England.


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=== October ===
=== October ===
* [[Bernard Finch]] (a [[Mentiad]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') died.
* Actor [[Bernard Finch]] died.
* [[18 October|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Survival (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Survival]]'' was first published, adapting the final serial of the original 1963-89 series.
* [[18 October|18]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Survival (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Survival]]'' was first published, adapting the final serial of the original 1963-89 series.
* [[24 October|24]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]] made his TV acting debut in the TV movie ''Blood Rights''.
* [[24 October|24]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]] made his TV acting debut in the TV movie ''Blood Rights''.


=== November ===
=== November ===
* [[10 November|10]] - [[Dudley Jones]], who played [[John Dyson]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'', died.
* [[10 November|10]] - Actor [[Dudley Jones]] died.
* [[15 December|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric]]'' was first published.
* [[15 December|15]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric]]'' was first published.
* [[21 November|21]] - ''[[Search Out Space]]'', an episode of ''Search Out Science'' in which [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] appeared as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] and [[John Leeson]] provided the voice of [[K9 Mark II]], was first broadcast. Not generally considered part of continuity, this was McCoy and Aldred's last official appearances as the Doctor and Ace until [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' in 1993.
* [[21 November|21]] - ''[[Search Out Space]]'', an episode of ''Search Out Science'' in which [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] appeared as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] and [[John Leeson]] provided the voice of [[K9 Mark II]], was first broadcast. Not generally considered part of continuity, this was McCoy and Aldred's last official appearances as the Doctor and Ace until [[NOTDWU]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' in 1993.
* [[23 November|23]] - [[Mostyn Evans]] ([[Dai Evans]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' and the [[High Priest (Death to the Daleks)|High Priest]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'') died.
* [[23 November|23]] - Actor [[Mostyn Evans]] died.


=== December ===
=== December ===
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