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== History of the Doctor Who Universe ==
 
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In '''1989''', [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] were born. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
   
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The [[Communism|Communist]] regimes in [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]] were overthrown. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
   
 
The [[Ninth Doctor]] suggested that he and [[Rose Tyler]] go to [[Marbella]] in this year to avoid the [[Dalek]]s at the [[Battle of the Game Station]] in [[200100|200,100]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
=== [[July]] ===
 
   
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== Dated events ==
*[[24th July|24]] - [[26th July|26]] - [[Sixth Doctor|The Doctor]] meets [[Melanie Bush]] for the first time. ([[DW]]: ''[[Business Unusual]]'')
 
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In [[June]], the Seventh Doctor and [[Ace]] visited [[Perivale]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Survival (novelisation)|Survival]]'')
   
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On [[24 June]], [[Stockbridge]]'s local [[school]] burned down. [[Philip Withers]], son of [[Harold Withers|Harold]] and [[Alice Withers]], died in the [[fire]] at age seven. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eternal Summer (audio story)|The Eternal Summer]]'', ''[[Plague of the Daleks (audio story)|Plague of the Daleks]]'')
=== ''Unknown dates'' ===
 
   
*[[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Ace]] return to [[Perivale]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Survival]]'')
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Between [[24 July]] and [[26 July]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] met [[Melanie Bush]] for the first time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]]'')
   
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On [[13 October]], [[Raine Creevy]] met the [[Seventh Doctor]] for the first time. However, this was the not the Doctor's first encounter with Raine, as he had delivered her in [[Moscow]] on [[7 November]] [[1967]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crime of the Century (audio story)|Crime of the Century]]'', ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'')
*[[Bobby Prescott]] and a number of other people try and fail to stop a mob from destroying a library during riots in [[New York City|New York]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
 
   
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On [[9 November]], the numerous revolutions against the rule of the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Eastern Bloc]] countries led to the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] in [[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]''; [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') Prior to or during his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnation]], the Doctor had witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on two occasions. The actor [[David Hasselhoff]] was also present and sang a song. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Autonomy (novel)|Autonomy]]'')
* The Doctor suggests that Rose Tyler and he go to Marbella in this year to avoid the [[Dalek]]s at the [[Battle of the Game Station]].
 
   
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On [[28 November]], the country of [[Czechoslovakia]] overthrew its [[Communism|Communist]] government in what was known as the [[Velvet Revolution]]. The [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] were present for that event, and stopped an alien invasion by the [[Mavora]], with the help of the [[Golem of Prague]]. Rory commented that his younger self was "in a cot in [[Leadworth]]" at the time. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
== History of ''Doctor Who'' ==
 
   
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On [[3 December]], [[Ed Morgan]] was admitted to a mental [[Asylum (hospital)|asylum]]. He was diagnosed with severe [[depression]] and [[agoraphobia]] and was released on [[17 January]] [[1990]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'')
   
=== [[January]] ===
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== Unknown dates ==
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[[File:Car of the century.jpg|thumb|The Second Doctor on Velon. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Car of the Century (comic story)|Car of the Century]]'')]]
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The [[Second Doctor]], [[John Who|John]] and [[Gillian Who|Gillian]] visited [[Velon]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Car of the Century (comic story)|Car of the Century]]'')
   
 
[[Bobby Prescott]] and a number of other people tried and failed to stop a mob from destroying a library during riots in [[New York City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')
* [[4th January | 04]] - [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
   
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In [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], the [[The Ritz|Ritz]] [[nightclub]] closed down after [[1932|57 years]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
* [[18th January | 19]] - ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen]]'' First Published.
 
   
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The Soviet Union withdrew its forces from [[Afghanistan]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'')
=== [[February]] ===
 
   
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There was an [[ebola]] outbreak in [[Tanganyika]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sentinels of the New Dawn (audio story)|The Sentinels of the New Dawn]]'')
* [[16th February | 16]] - ''[[The War Machines (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The War Machines]]'' First Published.
 
   
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In this year, the [[Usurian]]s teamed up with [[the Master]] to undermine [[Earth]]'s stock markets, but were defeated by the [[Sixth Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Millennial Rites (novel)|Millennial Rites]]'', ''[[Business Unusual (novel)|Business Unusual]])''
* [[18th February |18]] - [[John Bailey]], who played the [[Commander (The Sensorites)|Commander]] in "[[The Sensorites]]," [[Edward Waterfield]] in "[[The Evil of the Daleks]]," and [[Sezom]] in "[[The Horns of Nimon]]," dies in [[London]].
 
   
=== [[March]] ===
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== Alternative timeline ==
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In an [[Alternate timeline|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Great Old One|Elder Gods]] in the hope of destroying [[Earth]], the militant hardliner [[Vladimir Kryuchkov]] became the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] following the death of [[Konstantin Chernenko]] in [[1985]] rather than the considerably more moderate [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Significant international tensions began following the democratic uprisings in the Eastern Bloc countries. Kryuchkov instructed the protestors to disperse and, when they refused to do so, he sent in the tanks.
   
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The [[Red Army]] fired on the protesters, even the children, resulting in a massacre. Following the massacre, there were protests on the Berlin Wall, which resulted in the Soviet Union entering [[West Berlin]] on the pretext of restoring order. This meant that the American airbases fell into the possession of the Soviet Union. In response, the [[United States of America|United States]] issued an ultimatum to the Soviets. The Western powers' satellites detected a Soviet army amassing in [[Helmstedt]] on the border of [[West Germany]], which was destroyed by an American tactical [[nuclear weapon]] on [[6 November]] of this year.
* [[16th March | 16]] - ''[[Dragonfire (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Dragonfire]]'' First Published.
 
   
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Consequently, a [[nuclear war]] which came to be known as [[World War III]] broke out between the [[United States of America|United States]] and its allies including the [[United Kingdom]] on the one hand and the [[Soviet Union]] on the other hand on [[9 November]] of this year. Given that [[nuclear weapon]]s were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'')
=== [[April]] ===
 
   
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== Behind the scenes ==
* [[12th April |12]] - [[Gerald Flood]], who portrayed [[King John]] in "[[The King's Demons]]" and provided the voice of [[Kamelion]], dies from a heart attack.
 
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According to a sighting report sent to ''[[Whoisdoctorwho.co.uk]]'' by someone under the username of "rewboss", the [[Ninth Doctor]] was present for the fall of the Berlin Wall. <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/whoisdoctorwho/sightings.shtml Who Is Doctor Who? - Sightings]</ref>
   
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== Footnotes ==
* [[20th April | 20]] - ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Attack of the Cybermen]]'' First Published.
 
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* [[18th May | 18]] - ''[[The Nightmare Fair|Doctor Who - The Nightmare Fair]]'' First Published. This is the first of a new spin-off line by [[Target Books]] dubbed "The Missing Episodes". These are novels based upon the cancelled Season 23, which was delayed a year due to the BBC-ordered hiatus and which ultimately was replaced by what became ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. Although based upon a teleplay, the fact it was never produced makes this, in effect, the first original-to-print ''Doctor Who'' novel in which the Doctor himself is the lead character.
 
 
=== [[June]] ===
 
 
* [[15th June | 15]] - ''[[Mindwarp (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Mindwarp]]'' First Published. This is the fourth and final novelisation based upon segments of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]''.
 
 
=== [[July]] ===
 
 
* [[20th July | 20]] - ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Chase]]'' First Published. Written by [[John Peel]], ''The Chase'' was the first of a series of [[Dalek]] story novelisations by Peel that were commissioned after [[Target Books]] reached an agreement with [[Terry Nation]] that would allow his remaining Dalek stories to be adapted as novels. (Prior to this, ''[[The Chase]]'', and other Nation-penned Dalek episodes, were expected to remain in limbo, novelisation-wise). Around the time of this book's release, it's announced that a similar agreement had been reached with [[Eric Saward]] regarding his two Daleks serials, but ultimately these two stories were never adapted.
 
 
=== [[August]] ===
 
 
* [[17th August | 17]] - ''[[The Ultimate Evil|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Evil]]'' First Published. Second release in the "Missing Episodes" line.
 
 
* The second volume of [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] is released: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''
 
 
=== [[September]] ===
 
 
 
* [[6th September | 06]] - [[Battlefield]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[13th September | 13]] - [[Battlefield]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[20th September | 20]] - [[Battlefield]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[21st September | 21]] - ''[[Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan Part 1: Mission to the Unknown|Doctor Who - Mission to the Unknown]]'' First Published. Part one of a two-volume adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
 
 
* [[27th September | 27]] - [[Battlefield]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
 
=== [[October]] ===
 
 
* [[4th October | 04]] - [[Ghost Light]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[11th October | 11]] - [[Ghost Light]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[18th October | 18]] - [[Ghost Light]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[19th October |19]] - ''[[Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan Part 2: The Mutation of Time|Doctor Who - The Mutation of Time]]'' First Published, concluding the adaptation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''.
 
 
* [[25th October | 25]] - [[The Curse of Fenric]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
=== [[November]] ===
 
 
 
* [[1st November | 01]] - [[The Curse of Fenric]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[8th November | 08]] - [[The Curse of Fenric]] Episode 3 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[15th November | 15]] - [[The Curse of Fenric]] Episode 4 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[16th November | 16]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Silver Nemesis]]'' First Published.
 
 
* [[22nd November | 22]] - [[Survival]] Episode 1 First Broadcast
 
 
* [[23rd November | 23]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] records the monologue that ends episode 3 of ''[[Survival]]'' and, ultimately, the original 1963-89 ''Doctor Who'' series. This is a late addition to the serial by [[John Nathan-Turner]], who expects it to be the final episode. Ironically this is also the anniversary of the debut of ''Doctor Who'' in 1963.
 
 
* [[29th November | 29]] - [[Survival]] Episode 2 First Broadcast
 
 
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' first published.
 
 
=== [[December]] ===
 
 
* [[6th December | 06]] - [[Survival]] Episode 3 First Broadcast. This ultimately proves to be the final episode of the original series, and the last weekly episode to be broadcast until 2005. Although the last use of the [[Keff McCulloch]] theme music arrangement, although the series logo would continue to be used for merchandise until [[1996]] and it and a version of the [[1987]] opening credits sequence would be used again in the [[1993]] special ''[[Dimensions in Time]]''. At some point shortly before broadcast, [[John Nathan Turner]] is informed of the BBC's decision not to continue the series and has [[Sylvester McCoy]] record a series-ending monologue that plays at the end of the episode. Final 25-minute episode produced. Despite this, it is still widely assumed by fans and cast after the episode airs that a new season would air in 1990.
 
 
* [[12th December |12]] - [[Howard Lang]], who portrayed [[Horg]] in "[[An Unearthly Child]]," dies.
 
 
* [[21st December | 21]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' First Published. The title of this release ends up being ironic, as it becomes the first [[Target Books]] novelisation to be published after the de facto end of the original 1963-89 series.
 
 
* The [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] release of ''[[The Daleks]]'' first published. The next release in this series would not occur until 1992.
 
 
=== Unknown dates ===
 
 
* Pioneer Books publishes the second edition of ''[[The Doctor and the Enterprise]]'' by [[Jean Airey]]. An unauthorized crossover between Doctor Who, [[Star Trek]] and The Wizard of Oz, the book had previously been published in a small-press edition in [[1982]]; this new version edits out most overt references to Star Trek character names.
 
 
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In 1989, Amy Pond and Rory Williams were born. (TV: The Beast Below; COMIC: The Broken Man)

The Communist regimes in Poland and Hungary were overthrown. (COMIC: The Broken Man)

The Ninth Doctor suggested that he and Rose Tyler go to Marbella in this year to avoid the Daleks at the Battle of the Game Station in 200,100. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Dated events

In June, the Seventh Doctor and Ace visited Perivale. (TV: Survival, PROSE: Survival)

On 24 June, Stockbridge's local school burned down. Philip Withers, son of Harold and Alice Withers, died in the fire at age seven. (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer, Plague of the Daleks)

Between 24 July and 26 July, the Sixth Doctor met Melanie Bush for the first time. (PROSE: Business Unusual)

On 13 October, Raine Creevy met the Seventh Doctor for the first time. However, this was the not the Doctor's first encounter with Raine, as he had delivered her in Moscow on 7 November 1967. (AUDIO: Crime of the Century, Thin Ice)

On 9 November, the numerous revolutions against the rule of the Soviet Union in the Eastern Bloc countries led to the fall of the Berlin Wall in East Berlin, East Germany. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive; COMIC: The Broken Man) Prior to or during his tenth incarnation, the Doctor had witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on two occasions. The actor David Hasselhoff was also present and sang a song. (PROSE: Autonomy)

On 28 November, the country of Czechoslovakia overthrew its Communist government in what was known as the Velvet Revolution. The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond and Rory Williams were present for that event, and stopped an alien invasion by the Mavora, with the help of the Golem of Prague. Rory commented that his younger self was "in a cot in Leadworth" at the time. (COMIC: The Broken Man)

On 3 December, Ed Morgan was admitted to a mental asylum. He was diagnosed with severe depression and agoraphobia and was released on 17 January 1990. (TV: Ghost Machine)

Unknown dates

Car of the century

The Second Doctor on Velon. (COMIC: Car of the Century)

The Second Doctor, John and Gillian visited Velon. (COMIC: Car of the Century)

Bobby Prescott and a number of other people tried and failed to stop a mob from destroying a library during riots in New York City. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)

In Cardiff, Wales, the Ritz nightclub closed down after 57 years. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)

The Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan. (COMIC: The Broken Man)

There was an ebola outbreak in Tanganyika. (AUDIO: The Sentinels of the New Dawn)

In this year, the Usurians teamed up with the Master to undermine Earth's stock markets, but were defeated by the Sixth Doctor. (PROSEMillennial RitesBusiness Unusual)

Alternative timeline

In an alternative timeline created by the Elder Gods in the hope of destroying Earth, the militant hardliner Vladimir Kryuchkov became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko in 1985 rather than the considerably more moderate Mikhail Gorbachev. Significant international tensions began following the democratic uprisings in the Eastern Bloc countries. Kryuchkov instructed the protestors to disperse and, when they refused to do so, he sent in the tanks.

The Red Army fired on the protesters, even the children, resulting in a massacre. Following the massacre, there were protests on the Berlin Wall, which resulted in the Soviet Union entering West Berlin on the pretext of restoring order. This meant that the American airbases fell into the possession of the Soviet Union. In response, the United States issued an ultimatum to the Soviets. The Western powers' satellites detected a Soviet army amassing in Helmstedt on the border of West Germany, which was destroyed by an American tactical nuclear weapon on 6 November of this year.

Consequently, a nuclear war which came to be known as World War III broke out between the United States and its allies including the United Kingdom on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other hand on 9 November of this year. Given that nuclear weapons were used by both sides, hundreds of millions of people were killed in the conflict. This timeline was ultimately negated by the Seventh Doctor. (AUDIO: Protect and Survive)

Behind the scenes

According to a sighting report sent to Whoisdoctorwho.co.uk by someone under the username of "rewboss", the Ninth Doctor was present for the fall of the Berlin Wall. [1]

Footnotes