1977

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 History of the Doctor Who Universe 1.1.1 Dates unknown 1.1.2 June 1.1.3 July 1.2 History of Doctor Who 1.2.1 January 1.2.2 February 1.2.3 March 1.2.4 April 1.2.5 May 1.2.6 June 1.2.7 July 1.2.8 August 1.2.9 September 1.2.10 October 1.2.11 November 1.2.12 December 1.2.13 Unknown Dates

[edit] Events

[edit] History of the Doctor Who Universe

[edit] Dates unknown

• Professor Amelia Rumford takes a policeman's truncheon with her on a lecture tour to New York City in case she gets mugged. Instead she is arrested for carrying an offensive weapon. (DW: The Stones of Blood)
• The Doctor arrives briefly in Lewisham as he hunts the Timewyrm. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
• The Doctor and Frobisher attend the openning of Star Wars in Los Angeles. (PDA: Mission: Impractical)

[edit] June

• 1 Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee is celebrated in the United Kingdom. (DW: Mawdryn Undead)
• 1 - The Doctor, Tegan, and Nyssa arrive at Brendon Public School, where they meet retired UNIT Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. (DW: Mawdryn Undead)

[edit] July

• 30 - 31 - Dr Fendelman conducts temporal experiments utilising a Time fissure. (DW: Image of the Fendahl)

[edit] History of Doctor Who

[edit] January

• 1 - DW:The Face of Evil Episode 1 first broadcast. Louise Jameson debuts as new companion, Leela.
• 8 - DW:The Face of Evil Episode 2 first broadcast
• 15 - DW:The Face of Evil Episode 3 first broadcast
• 20 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters
• 22 - DW:The Face of Evil Episode 4 first broadcast
• 29 - DW:The Robots of Death Episode 1 first broadcast

[edit] February

• 5 - DW:The Robots of Death Episode 2 first broadcast
• 12 - DW:The Robots of Death Episode 3 first broadcast
• 17 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom
• 19 - DW:The Robots of Death Episode 4 first broadcast
• 26 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 1 first broadcast

[edit] March

• 5 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 2 first broadcast
• 12 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 3 first broadcast
• 19 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 4 first broadcast
• 24 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth
• 26 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 5 first broadcast

[edit] April

• 2 - DW:The Talons of Weng-Chiang Episode 6 first broadcast
• 21 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos

[edit] May

• 10 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Ark in Space. Written by Ian Marter, this was the first time an actor involved with the series had composed a novel based upon it; Marter would write several more novelisations before his death less than a decade later.
• 25 - The first Star Wars film is released. This movie would revolutionize the presentation of science fiction in movies and television, including Doctor Who. Peter Cushing plays Grand Moff Tarkin in the film.

[edit] June

• 23 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius

[edit] July

• 22 - Erik Chitty (Charles Preslin in DW:"The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve"; Coordinator Engin in DW:"The Deadly Assassin") dies.

[edit] August

• 18 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil

[edit] September

• 3 - DW:Horror of Fang Rock Episode 1 first broadcast
• 10 - DW:Horror of Fang Rock Episode 2 first broadcast
• 17 - DW:Horror of Fang Rock Episode 3 first broadcast
• 19 - Michael Godfrey, who played Captain Pike in "The Smugglers," dies.
• 24 - DW:Horror of Fang Rock Episode 4 first broadcast
• 29 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Mutants

[edit] October

• 1 - DW:The Invisible Enemy Episode 1 first broadcast. Debut of K-9, as voiced by John Leeson.
• 8 - DW:The Invisible Enemy Episode 2 first broadcast
• 10 - Angelo Muscat, who played one of the Chumblies in Galaxy 4, dies.
• 15 - DW:The Invisible Enemy Episode 3 first broadcast
• 20 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin
• 22 - DW:The Invisible Enemy Episode 4 first broadcast
• 29 - DW:Image of the Fendahl Episode 1 first broadcast

[edit] November

• 5 - DW:Image of the Fendahl Episode 2 first broadcast
• 12 - DW:Image of the Fendahl Episode 3 first broadcast
• 15 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang
• 19 - DW:Image of the Fendahl Episode 4 first broadcast
• 26 - DW:The Sun Makers Episode 1 first broadcast

[edit] December

• 3 - DW:The Sun Makers Episode 2 first broadcast
• 8 - Publication of DWN:Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora
• 10 - DW:The Sun Makers Episode 3 first broadcast
• 17 - DW:The Sun Makers Episode 4 first broadcast

[edit] Unknown Dates

• Writer and designer Clayton Hickman, who has designed numerous Big Finish audio and Doctor Who DVD covers and is a former editor of Doctor Who Magazine, is born in Bristol.

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