Tardis

New to Doctor Who or returning after a break? Check out our guides designed to help you find your way!

READ MORE

Tardis
Register
Advertisement
Tardis
1980 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 1980
20th century | 1980s

1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986
WikipediaInfo

In 1980, both Owen Harper and Samantha Jones were born.

Events

  • The science fiction film Prey for a Miracle, which was inspired by UFO / gods scare caused by the Latter-Day Pantheon in New York City in March and April 1965, was released. It was directed by a newcomer named Anthony Jones. The film's screenplay was based on the book How I Saved the World by Alexander Lullington-Smythe, which was published by Aphrodite Press in 1976 and was "very publicly discredited" in 1978. The veteran science fiction and horror star Peter Cushing played the lead role of "the mysterious government adviser, Doctor Who," a character loosely based on the First Doctor. However, a film critic for the magazine Film in Focus noted that Cushing's "endearingly eccentric professor [was] as fictional as the rest of Prey for a Miracle" as what little was known about the real life "Doctor" suggested that he was "a shadowy, manipulative figure. (PROSE: Salvation)

Unknown dates

Alternative timeline

Unknown dates

Advertisement