1990

January

 * UK Release of An Unearthly Child Video


 * 14 - John Witty (the voice of the Computer in The Seeds of Death) dies in Bristol.


 * 20 - John Maxim, who played Frankenstein's Monster in The Chase, as well as a Cyberman in The Moonbase (under the name John Wills) dies in Brighton.

February

 * An Unearthly Child reprinted by Virgin Publishing

May

 * 1 - Brian Vaughan, who portrayed Lt. Commander Watts in The Sea Devils dies.


 * 15 - Writer and director Peter Grimwade dies from leukemia.

June

 * 26 - Leonard Sachs, who played Admiral Gaspard de Coligny in "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve" and Lord President Borusa in "Arc of Infinity," dies in London.

August

 * 2 - Edwin Richfield, who appeared as Captain John Hart in The Sea Devils and Mestor in The Twin Dilemma dies from cancer in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK.


 * 17 - Graham Williams, who produced Seasons 15-17 (1977-79) is killed in a shooting accident in Devon, England.

November

 * 10 - Dudley Jones, who played John Dyson in "The Tenth Planet," dies.


 * 23 - Mostyn Evans (Dai Evans in The Green Death and the High Priest in Death to the Daleks) dies.

December

 * 28 - Edward Brayshaw, who played Léon Colbert in "The Reign of Terror" and the War Chief in "The War Games," dies.

Unknown date

 * An Unearthly Child published in Germany under the title Doctor Who Und Das Kind Van Der Sternen
 * After months of speculation, the BBC announces that it will not air a 27th season of Doctor Who in 1990, and at some point during the year the Doctor Who Production Office closes down. Although Sophie Aldred, in the later documentary More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS would say she was told the series had been cancelled, no actual public announcement of this is made by the BBC. Over the next few years the show's fate remains a matter of debate.
 * Around the time of the BBC's announcement, Virgin Books, which has purchased Target Books, announces plans to launch a series of original novels continuing Doctor Who from the events of Survival; the line is scheduled to launch in 1991.