1990

January

 * UK Release of An Unearthly Child Video


 * 20 - John Maxim, who played Frankenstein's Monster in "The Chase," dies in Brighton.

February

 * An Unearthly Child reprinted by Virgin Publishing

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.

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