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== Events == | == Events == | ||
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* [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | * [[Anne Travers]] becomes the cabinet's [[scientific advisor]]. ([[MA]]: ''[[Downtime]]'') | ||
=== [[February]] === | |||
*[[28th February|28]] - The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard the TARDIS on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow Airport]]. (Events of (parts of) [[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | *[[28th February|28]] - The [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Adric]] land the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] by the side of a motorway to gain measurements of a [[police box]]. Air hostess [[Tegan Jovanka]] stumbles aboard the TARDIS on her way to work at [[London]]'s [[Heathrow Airport]]. (Events of (parts of) [[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') | ||
*[[28th February|28]] - The [[Fifth Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') | *[[28th February|28]] - The [[Fifth Doctor]] tries to return [[Tegan Jovanka]] to her own time, but instead the TARDIS lands on [[Monarch]]'s ship. ([[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') | ||
=== [[March]] === | |||
*[[1st March|1]] - Following a lethal fall from the Pharos Project's dish, the [[Fourth Doctor]] [[Regeneration|regenerate]]s. ([[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor|regenerated Doctor]] and his companions manage to escape. | *[[1st March|1]] - Following a lethal fall from the Pharos Project's dish, the [[Fourth Doctor]] [[Regeneration|regenerate]]s. ([[DW]]:''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor|regenerated Doctor]] and his companions manage to escape. ([[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') | ||
=== [[June]] === | |||
*[[Peter Tracey]] | *[[Peter Tracey]] was given a suspended sentence for breaking and entering. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
=== [[September]] === | |||
* A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys Commander [[Bill Pollock]]'s crops. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | * A [[hailstorm]] strikes [[Moreton Harwood]]. It lasts only thirteen seconds, but destroys Commander [[Bill Pollock]]'s crops. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
=== [[December]] === | |||
* [[1st December|1]] - [[14th December |14]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[1st December|1]] - [[14th December |14]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] was out of the country working for [[Reuters]]. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] | * [[6th December|6]] - [[Lavinia Smith]] departed [[Moreton Harwood]] for a lecture tour in [[America]]. Before departing, she arranges for a mysterious crate addressed to her niece, [[Sarah Jane Smith]], to be left at Moreton Harwood. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she | * [[10th December|10]] - Lavinia Smith phones [[Brendan Richards]] to tell him he will be spending [[Christmas]] with Sarah Jane. Brendan waits for Sarah to pick him up at school, unaware that she was out of the country. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] | * [[18th December|18]] - [[22nd December|22]] - [[Sarah Jane Smith]] opened the crate left by Lavinia and activated [[K9 Mark III]], who had been waiting for her since [[1978]]. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
* [[29th December|29]] - Members of the [[Hecate Cult]] at Moreton Harwood | * [[29th December|29]] - Members of the [[Hecate Cult]] at Moreton Harwood were tried for attempted murder. ([[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'') | ||
==Behind the Scenes== | ==Behind the Scenes== | ||
=== | === [[January]] === | ||
* [[2nd January|2]] - [[Victor Carin]] ([[Virgil Earp]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'') died from cancer in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. | |||
* [[3rd January|3]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[5th January|5]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuts on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series would include a cameo appearance by future Doctor [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day". | |||
* [[10th January|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[15th January|15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] will begin commissioning the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts, whenever possible. | |||
* [[17th January|17]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[24th January|24]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Lalla Ward]] departed the series with part 4 of this story. Also final appearance of [[K9 Mark II]]. Part 4 concludes the "[[E-Space]] Trilogy". | |||
* [[28th January|28]] - Production of [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' concludes, bringing an end to the [[Tom Baker]] era. | |||
* [[31st January|31]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[Sarah Sutton]] debuted as new companion [[Nyssa]] (although she officially does not become a companion until the next story), and [[Anthony Ainley]] makes his first appearance on the series, though not yet as [[the Master]]. | |||
=== [[February]] === | |||
* The pop band The Human League releases the instrumental "Tom Baker" (in honour of [[Tom Baker|the actor]]) on the flipside of their single "Boys and Girls". This piece of music was later reused for the ''[[Project Who]]'' radio series in 2005. | |||
* [[7th February|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[14th February|14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[ | * [[21st February |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast. [[Anthony Ainley]] became the newest, and longest-serving, incarnation of [[The Master]]. | ||
* [[ | ** [[Doctor Who theme]] composer [[Ron Grainer]] died. | ||
* [[ | * [[28th February |28]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Part 1 was first broadcast. [[Janet Fielding]] debuts as new companion [[Tegan Jovanka]]. | ||
* [[28th | |||
=== [[March]] === | |||
* [[7th March |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Part 2 was first broadcast. | |||
* [[14th March |14]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Part 3 was first broadcast. [[Sarah Sutton]] returned as [[Nyssa]] and officially becomes a companion. | |||
* [[21st March |21]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story) |Logopolis]]'' Part 4 was first broadcast, concluding Season 18 and ending with [[Tom Baker]]'s [[regeneration]] into [[Peter Davison]]. For the last time until [[2005]], the lead actor of the series was credited on screen as "Doctor Who" (beginning with the next season, the credit becomes "The Doctor"). | |||
* [[28th March |28]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]], who played [[Ianto Jones]] in ''[[Torchwood]]'', was born in Newport, [[Wales]]. | |||
* | === [[April]] === | ||
* [[ | * [[John Nathan-Turner]] wrote a story outline for the proposed ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off pilot story. | ||
* [[13th April |13]] - Studio taping begins on [[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'', the first story of the [[Peter Davison]] era to be made, though it was not the first to be broadcast. | |||
* [[ | * [[17th April |17]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' was first published. Written by series actor [[Ian Marter]], the book was controversial at the time of release for its use of adult language in a line of books officially considered children's literature. This was the last novelisation in the [[Target Books]] line to use [[Doctor Who logo#logo four|the "diamond logo"]]. | ||
=== [[May]] === | |||
* [[ | *[[John Nathan-Turner]] and [[Anthony Root]] composed a "format document" for a planned spin-off series to be entitled ''[[K9 and Company]]''. | ||
* [[ | *[[12th May|12]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was officially invited to reprise the role of [[Sarah Jane Smith]] for the planned ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off. | ||
* [[21st | *[[21st May|21]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover. | ||
=== [[August]] === | |||
* | * [[Doctor Who Annual 1982]] was published. | ||
=== [[October]] === | |||
* [[15th October |15]] - [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], was first published. Its publication promotes the upcoming rebroadcast of the serial by [[BBC Two]] as part of their "Five Faces of Doctor Who" special series re-broadcasts. The [[Target Books]] line switches to the then-current [[Doctor_Who_logo#Logo_Five|"neon tubing" series logo]] with this release. | |||
** Paperback editions of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' Volumes 1 and 2 was published. The books had been revised from the hardback versions. | |||
=== [[November]] === | |||
* Production of the pilot Part of the planned ''[[K9 and Company]]'' spin-off series, [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', takes place this month. | |||
* [[2nd November |2]] - "The Five Faces of Doctor Who" special re-broadcast series commences with the third television broadcast of the first Part of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first Part of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It airs in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]. | |||
* [[3rd November |3]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Cave of Skulls" (the second Part of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'') in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]] | |||
* [[4th November |4]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Forest of Fear" (the third Part of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]. | |||
* [[5th November |5]] - Second television Broadcast of "The Firemaker", the fourth and last Part of [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]]. | |||
=== [[December]] === | |||
* Publication of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]]. | * Publication of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]]. | ||
* [[21st December |21]] - The final new episode of [[Terry Nation]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Blake's 7|Blake's 7]]'' | * [[21st December |21]] - The final new episode of [[Terry Nation]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Blake's 7|Blake's 7]]'' aired on the BBC. | ||
* [[28th December |28]] - [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot | * [[28th December |28]] - [[KAC]]: ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot Part for the proposed spin-off ''[[K9 and Company]]'', was first broadcast. The pilot reintroduces [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and introduces [[K9 Mark III]]. | ||
* [[Steven Scott]] ([[Kebble]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') | === Unknown dates === | ||
* [[Marvel Comics]] | * [[Steven Scott]] ([[Kebble]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'') died. | ||
* [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' issue 60, bringing to a close the first set of American [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip reprints from ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''. Another series, ''[[Doctor Who (Marvel Comics)|Doctor Who]]'', followed in 1984. | |||
[[Category:1980s]] | [[Category:1980s]] | ||
[[Category:20th century years]] | [[Category:20th century years]] | ||
