1974

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Tobias Vaughn is contacted by the Cybermen and agrees to help them in their plan to invade Earth. Using technology provided by his alien allies, Vaughn develops the micromonolithic circuit. An electronics revolution occurs on Earth, and Vaughn's International Electromatics (IE), becomes the world leader in the industry (DW: The Invasion). (Note: This is the dating suggested in the actual story, though it contradicts the dating suggested for other UNIT era stories, and is itself contradicted by NA: Iceberg and MA: Downtime. See UNIT dating controversy and NA: No Future for further explanation.)


 * A film version of "The Four Musketeers" is released. Genetic material from its prirncipal stars, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay, will be used to create Reprises of D'Artaganan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos in Europa in the far future (MA: Managra).


 * Reginald Tyler dies, still working obsessively on revisions to his The True History of Planets (EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen).

January

 * 05 - The Time Warrior Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 12 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 14 - Paul Whitsun-Jones, who played the Squire in "The Smugglers" and the Marshall in "The Mutants," dies from appendicitis.


 * 17 - Target Books follows up its successful 1973 reprintings of novelisations from the 1960s with the publications of its first newly commissioned adaptations, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks, based upon the Third Doctor serial Spearhead from Space, and Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters by Malcolm Hulke, adapting Doctor Who and the Silurians. Auton Invasion would be the first of many Doctor Who novels written by Dicks over the next 30-plus years and Target would continue to novelise Doctor Who adventures for the next 20 years. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion also marks the start of a long and prolific association between Dicks and the world of Doctor Who printed fiction; over the next 35 years he would go on to write not only the lion's share of Target novelisations, but also contribute to most of the later lines of spin-off continuation fiction.


 * 19 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 26 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 3 First Broadcast

February

 * 02 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 09 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 16 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 23 - Death to the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast

March

 * 02 - Death to the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 09 - Death to the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 16 - Death to the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 23 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 30 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 2 First Broadcast

April

 * Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon First Published.


 * Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks First Published.


 * 06 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 13 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 20 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 27 - The Monster of Peladon Episode 6 First Broadcast

May

 * 04 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 11 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 18 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 25 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 4 First Broadcast

June

 * 01 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 08 - Planet of the Spiders Episode 6 First Broadcast, ending in Jon Pertwee's regeneration into Tom Baker

September

 * 9 - Jim Tyson, who played one of the tourists on the Empire State Building in "The Chase," dies from a heart attack.


 * 22 - Stephanie Bidmead, who played Maaga in "Galaxy 4," dies.

October

 * 17 - Doctor Who and the Daemons and Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils First Published.

November

 * 21 - Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen First Published. This is the first novelisation published of a Second Doctor serial.

December

 * 28 - Robot Episode 1 First Broadcast