1975
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According to Mary, 1975 was the year Toshiko Sato was born. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
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Events 
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December Edit
- 24 - The Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex defeated the Kellenian invasion of Earth in New York City. (PROSE: Presence)
Behind the scenes Edit
January to April Edit
- The stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in The Seven Keys to Doomsday toured the UK.
January Edit
- PROSE: Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon was first published.
- 1 - Actress Andrea Lowe was born.
- 4 - TV: Robot Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 11 - TV: Robot Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 16 - The BBC's Audience Research Dept. filed an Audience Research Report on TV: Robot Episode 1. The episode received a Reaction Index of 53. Reaction to new Doctor Tom Baker was mixed, with some respondents saying he would take some getting used to.[1]
- 18 - TV: Robot Episode 4 was first broadcast. Although there were two more UNIT stories over the next year, this episode marked the end of the Doctor's continuous involvement with UNIT.
- 24 - Actor Neil Wilson died.
- 25 - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 1 was first broadcast.
February Edit
- 01 - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 06 - Actor Nabil Elouahabi was born.
- 08 - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 15 - TV: The Ark in Space Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 20 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cybermen was first published.
- 22 - TV: The Sontaran Experiment Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 22 - Writer Peter R. Newman died.
March Edit
- 01 - TV: The Sontaran Experiment Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 08 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 1 was first broadcast. This was the first appearance of Davros.
- 10 - Actor Yee Jee Tso was born.
- 13 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Giant Robot was first published. It was the first novelisation of a Fourth Doctor serial and the first novelisation to be published during the same TV season in which the adapted serial (TV: Robot) was actually broadcast.
- 15 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 22 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 29 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 4 was first broadcast.
April Edit
- 05 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 5 was first broadcast.
- 12 - TV: Genesis of the Daleks Episode 6 was first broadcast.
- 19 - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 23 - Actor William Hartnell died in Marden, Kent, England. Hartnell has the sad distinction of being the first major, ongoing cast member of Doctor Who to pass away.
- 26 - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 26 - Actor Kevin Lindsay died.
May Edit
- 03 - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 10 - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Episode 4 was first broadcast, bringing Season 12 to a premature end following the BBC's decision to reschedule the originally planned season finale, TV: Terror of the Zygons, to the start of Season 13.
- 15 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons was first published.
- 24 - Actor William Sasso was born.
June Edit
- 16 - Actor Fred Koehler was born.
July Edit
- 15 - Actor Raf De La Torre died.
August Edit
- 21 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Green Death was first published.
- 23 - Tom Baker presented Disney Time in character as the Fourth Doctor
- 30 - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 1 was first broadcast, opening Season 13 and marking the first autumn start for a Doctor Who season since 1968-69. The serial was originally intended to end Season 12, but was pushed back to make a fall season start feasible.
September Edit
- Doctor Who Annual 1976 was published.
- Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976 was published
- 06 - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 13 - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 20 - TV: Terror of the Zygons Episode 4 was first broadcast. Ian Marter left the series as a regular with this episode, although he returned a few weeks later in TV: The Android Invasion in a guest appearance. This was also Nicholas Courtney's final regular appearance as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart; he next played the character in the 1983 serial TV: Mawdryn Undead. Although UNIT returned in The Android Invasion and the Doctor was on a UNIT mission in TV: The Seeds of Doom, this, the last appearance of the Brigadier, marked this as the official end of the UNIT era.
- 24 - Actor Clive Morton died.
- 27 - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 1 was first broadcast.
October Edit
- 04 - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 11 - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 16 - PROSE: Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders was first published.
- 18 - TV: Planet of Evil Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 24 - Actor Martin Boddey died.
- 25 - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 1 was first broadcast.
November Edit
- 01 - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 2 was first broadcast.
- 08 - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 15 - TV: Pyramids of Mars Episode 4 was first broadcast.
- 20 - PROSE: Doctor Who - The Three Doctors was first published. It was the first novelisation not to use the title form Doctor Who and the .... This was also the first Target Books-commissioned novelisation to feature the First Doctor.
- 20 - The Doctor Who Monster Book was first published.
- 22 - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 1 was first broadcast.
- 29 - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 2 was first broadcast.
December Edit
- 06 - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 3 was first broadcast.
- 06 - Actor Noel Clarke was born.
- 13 - TV: The Android Invasion Episode 4 was first broadcast. It was the final appearances of Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan, John Levene as John Benton and, as a regular part of the series, UNIT. After this episode the series went on a brief hiatus for Christmas.
Unknown Edit
- Actor Dean Lennox Kelly was born.
Footnotes Edit
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