1987

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Sometime after February 7 - Death of Kathy Nightingale. (DW: Blink)

February

 * 7 - Kathy Costello Wainright (aka Nightingale) writes a letter to her friend Sally Sparrow, entrusting her grandson to deliver it (along with a package of photographs) to Sparrow in the year 2007. (DW: Blink)

April

 * 27 - Birth of Rose Tyler, companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors. (Note:This date is cited in Doctor Who Annual 2006, but is contradicted by information in DW: Rose and Aliens of London.)

November

 * 7 - Death of Pete Tyler. Events of (DW: Father's Day).

Unknown date

 * The BBC announces that Colin Baker will not be returning as the Doctor; Sylvester McCoy is chosen to replace him.

March

 * 28 - Patrick Troughton dies from a heart attack while appearing at a Doctor Who convention in Columbus, Georgia, USA.

September

 * 07 - Time and the Rani Episode 1 First Broadcast. First appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor; due to Colin Baker declining to return for a cameo appearance, McCoy plays both the Sixth and Seventh Doctors for the regeneration sequence. The series introduces a new theme music arrangement by Keff McCulloch, a new computer generated opening credits sequence, and a new series logo.


 * 14 - Time and the Rani Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 21 - Time and the Rani Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 28 - Time and the Rani Episode 4 First Broadcast

October

 * 05 - Paradise Towers Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 12 - Paradise Towers Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 19 - Paradise Towers Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 26 - Paradise Towers Episode 4 First Broadcast

November

 * 02 - Delta and the Bannermen Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 09 - Delta and the Bannermen Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 16 - Delta and the Bannermen Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 23 - Dragonfire Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 30 - Dragonfire Episode 2 First Broadcast

December

 * 07 - Dragonfire Episode 3 First Broadcast