1987 (releases): Difference between revisions

* [[20 August]] - ''[[The Reign of Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror]]'' was first published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this novel was published posthumously, ten months after his death.

* [[5 September]] - Actor [[Bill Fraser]] died.

* [[11 September]] - Director [[Hugh David]] died.

* [[16 September]] - [[Simon Gipps-Kent]] died.

* [[17 September]] - Actor [[Stephen Jack]] died.

* 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[The Time-Travellers' Guide|Doctor Who: The Time-Travellers' Guide]]'' was first published.

* [[19 September]] - ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Romans]]'' was first published.

* 28 - {{wi|Star Trek: The Next Generation}} debuted on US television. Over the next two decades it spawned multiple spin-off series and in many ways eclipsed the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' in commercial success. The revival of ''Doctor Who'' in 2005, which also spawned spinoffs with considerable commercial success, is often compared to ''TNG''.

* [[1 October]] - ''[[The Ambassadors of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death]]'' was first published. With this book, all stories of the [[Third Doctor]] era were now novelised -- the first era to be completed; two additional Third Doctor novelisations based upon radio plays were published in the 1990s.

* [[4 October]] - Actor [[Daniel Anthony]] was born.

* [[15 October]] - ''[[K9 and Company (novelisation)|K9 and Company]]'' was first published. This was the belated third (and final) volume in the Companions of ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series. Unlike the previous two books, however, this was not an original work but an adaptation of the ''[[K9 and Company]]'' pilot episode, ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]''.

* 15 - The paperback edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Key to Time|Doctor Who: The Key to Time]]'' was published.

* 19 - [[REF]]: ''[[Build the TARDIS]]'' was first published.

** According to the [[2009]] DVD release of this story (production notes), a fan campaign against producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] began to receive media coverage during the time ''Delta and the Bannermen'' was being broadcast.

* [[14 November]] - Actor [[Dimitri Leonidas]] was born.

* [[19 November]] - ''[[The Massacre (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Massacre]]'' was first published. An adaptation of the serial ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', this was the first time in more than a decade that a novelisation title differed from the broadcast serial. In addition, the book made substantial changes to the original story, something not seen since the earliest days of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations.

* [[22 November]] - The {{w|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion|Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident}} occurred when unidentified individuals briefly hijacked the broadcast signals of two television stations in Chicago. During the illegal interruptions a man dressed in a {{w|Max Headroom (character)|Max Headroom}} mask appeared on screen and carried on for a brief time. The first interruption took place during a sports broadcast. The second, lasting a minute and a half, occurred during a local [[PBS]] station's broadcast of ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]''. The culprits were never caught. In the days following, ''Doctor Who'' got a bit of extra (albeit unwanted) publicity as the interrupted scene was rebroadcast on many American TV stations.

* 23 - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was first published.

* [[28 November]] - Actor [[Karen Gillan]] was born.

* [[10 December]] - ''[[The Macra Terror (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Macra Terror]]'' was first published.

* [[20 December]] - Actor [[Neville Simons]] died.