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On 5 June 1994, Clyde Langer was born. (TV: Secrets of the Stars, The Mark of the Berserker)

On 23 June, Samuel Lloyd was born. (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic)

In November, Iris Wildthyme and Mike were attacked by an alien bus shelter. (PROSE: Gimme Shelter)

Unknown dates

The Fifth Doctor and Nyssa visited Alaska and destroyed several revived Permians. (AUDIO: The Land of the Dead)

UNISYC was formed. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)

According to the Tenth Doctor, the United States government acknowledged the existence of Area 51 by 1994. (TV: Dreamland)

A number of asylums were closed in England. Hawthorne was originally to be one of them but it remained in operation, which drew the suspicion of Liz Shaw and thus the attention of P.R.O.B.E. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)

The five-year-old Amelia Pond was at a fairground when she dropped an ice cream cone. The Eleventh Doctor and her future self bought her another and told her to cheer up. This was her saddest memory. (TV: Good Night)

The First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright met the astronaut Joseph Rennigan on Mars. (PROSE: Rennigan's Record)

According to one account, Carrol was the President of the United States. (PROSE: Rennigan's Record)

The Second Doctor, Polly Wright and Ben Jackson visited Cumbria, England and Queensland, Australia. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)

The Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts, Nardole and Missy visited San Francisco. (PROSE: Pain Management)

The films Mrs Doubtfire and Groundhog Day were released in this year. (PROSE: Touched by an Angel)

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+On [[5 June]] '''1994''', [[Clyde Langer]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[Secrets of the Stars (TV story)|Secrets of the Stars]]'', ''[[The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)|The Mark of the Berserker]]'')
-== Events ==
-=== [[June]] ===
-* [[5 June|5]] - [[Clyde Langer]] was born. ([[SJA]]: [[Secrets of the Stars|''Secrets of the Stars'']][[The Mark of the Berserker|, ''The Mark of the Berserker'']])
-* [[23 June|23]] - [[Samuel Lloyd]] was born. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
+On [[23 June]], [[Samuel Lloyd]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')
-=== Unknown Dates ===
-* The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] visited [[Alaska]] and destroyed some revived [[Permian]]s. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead]]'')
-* [[UNISYC]] was formed. ([[EDA]]: ''[[Interference - Book One]]'')
-* According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[United States]] government acknowledged the existence of [[Area 51]] by 1994. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
-* Young [[Amelia Pond]] was at a fairground where she dropped an ice cream cone. The [[The Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] came from the future to buy her another and tell her to cheer up. ([[DW]]: ''[[Good Night]]'')
+In [[November]], [[Iris Wildthyme]] and [[Mike (Gimme Shelter)|Mike]] were attacked by an alien bus shelter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Gimme Shelter (short story)|Gimme Shelter]]'')
-== Behind the scenes ==
-=== [[January]] ===
+== Unknown dates ==
+The [[Fifth Doctor]] and [[Nyssa]] visited [[Alaska (state)|Alaska]] and destroyed several revived [[Permian]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Land of the Dead (audio story)|The Land of the Dead]]'')
+[[UNISYC]] was formed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]]'')
-* The John Menzies newsagent chain published [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who quiz books#Promotional releases|Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' editor [[John Freeman]] as a promotional giveaway item.
-* [[7 January|7]] - [[Llewellyn Rees]] ([[Pandak III]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'') died.
-* [[20 January|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'' was first published.
+According to the [[Tenth Doctor]], the [[United States]] government acknowledged the existence of [[Area 51]] by 1994. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'')
-=== [[February]] ===
+A number of [[asylum (hospital)|asylums]] were closed in [[England]]. [[Hawthorne (The Zero Imperative)|Hawthorne]] was originally to be one of them but it remained in operation, which drew the suspicion of [[Liz Shaw]] and thus the attention of [[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.O.B.E.]] ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]'')
-* [[17 February|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[No Future]]'' was first published. This novel concluded the five-part Alternate Universe arc.
+The five-year-old [[Amy Pond|Amelia Pond]] was at a fairground when she dropped an [[ice cream]] cone. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and her future self bought her another and told her to cheer up. This was her saddest memory. ([[TV]]: ''[[Good Night (home video)|Good Night]]'')
-=== [[March]] ===
+The [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] met the [[astronaut]] [[Joseph Rennigan]] on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rennigan's Record (short story)|Rennigan's Record]]'')
-* [[Target Books]] republished [[DWN]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' with new cover art and a slightly revised title (now ''Doctor Who - The Talons of Weng-Chiang''). This was the last reissue of this nature by Target, ending a program it had begun in [[1990]].
-* [[17 March|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'' was first published.
-* 17 - [[VD]]: ''[[Decalog]]'' was first published by [[Virgin Publishing]]. Discounting the Annuals, this was the first professionally published and licenced ''Doctor Who'' short story collection. It was followed by four more volumes (of decreasing relevance to ''Doctor Who'') over the next three years and succeeded by the [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' series of books.
+According to one account, [[Carrol]] was the [[President of the United States]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rennigan's Record (short story)|Rennigan's Record]]'')
-=== [[April]] ===
+The [[Second Doctor]], [[Polly Wright]] and [[Ben Jackson]] visited [[Cumbria]], [[England]] and [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)|Invasion of the Cat-People]]'')
-* [[16 April|16]] - [[Frank Wylie]] ([[Ruther]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'') died.
-* [[21 April|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Legacy]]'' was first published.
-* 21 - [[DWN]]: ''[[The Paradise of Death (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death]]'' was first published. This was the 156th and final release of a novelisation under the [[Target Books]] banner and the last of three "deluxe format" novelisations. This brought to a close a series of books dating back nearly twenty-one years. Target's owner, Virgin, published two more novelisations based upon a radio play and an independent film production under the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] banner and an additional novelisation of an independent film under the [[Virgin New Adventures]] banner.
+The [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Bill Potts]], [[Nardole]] and [[Missy]] visited [[San Francisco]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pain Management (short story)|Pain Management]]'')
-=== [[May]] ===
+The films ''[[Mrs Doubtfire]]'' and ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' were released in this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]'')
-* Some time this month, [[George Selway]] ([[George Meadows]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'') died.
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-* [[19 May|19]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Theatre of War]]'' was first published.
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-* [[23 May|23]] - The [[wikipedia:All Good Things...|final episode]] of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' was broadcast in America.
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-=== [[June]] ===
-* [[16 June|16]] - [[NA]]: ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'' was first published.
-* 16 - A third edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' was published by [[Virgin Publishing]].
-* 16 - [[Eileen Way]], who portrayed the [[Old Mother]] in [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'' and [[Karela]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit]]'', died in [[Canterbury]], [[England]].
-=== [[July]] ===
-* [[9 July|09]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?]]'' was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
-* [[15 July|15]] - After a year's hiatus, [[Titan Books]] revived its [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] series by publishing the teleplay for [[DW]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]''.
-* [[21 July|21]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Blood Harvest]]'' was first published. This book tied in with the first instalment of the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] line; see below.
-* 21 - [[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]'' was first published, launching the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] book line, a spin-off of the New Adventures line focusing on the first six [[Doctor]]s. On several occasions MA and NA books were linked, as was the case with [[NA]]: ''Blood Harvest'' (featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]]) and ''Goth Opera'' (featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]]; this was the first original novel for the Fifth Doctor).
-* [[28 July|28]] - ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1995]]'' was published.
-=== [[August]] ===
-* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Timeframe]]'' was published in paperback
-* [[11 August|11]] - [[Peter Cushing]], who played [[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Dr. Who]] in the two 1960s motion pictures, died from prostate cancer in [[Canterbury]], [[England]].
-* [[18 August|18]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Strange England]]'' was first published.
-* [[26 August|26]] - [[Tariq Yunus]], who played [[Cass]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'', died in Bombay, India.
-=== [[September]] ===
-* [[Richard Kerley]] died.
-* [[2 September|02]] - [[Roy Castle]], who played the film version of [[Ian (Dalek movies)|Ian Chesterton]], died from cancer.
-* [[7 September|7]] - [[Godfrey Quigley]] ([[Dortmun]] in ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'') died.
-* [[15 September|15]] - [[NA]]: ''[[First Frontier]]'' was first published.
-* 15 - [[MA]]: ''[[Evolution (novel)|Evolution]]'' was first published. It was the first original novel featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
-=== [[October]] ===
-* [[6 October|06]] - ''[[The Age of Chaos|Doctor Who: The Age of Chaos]]'' was first published by [[Marvel Comics]] UK. This was the first wholly original ''Doctor Who'' graphic novel ever published, and the first (and as of 2009, only) comic story written by one of the lead actors, [[Colin Baker]]. It was primarily available in the UK, with very limited distribution in North America.
-* [[20 October|20]] - [[NA]]: ''[[St Anthony's Fire (novel)|St Anthony's Fire]]'' was first published.
-* 20 - [[MA]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'' was first published. It was the first full-length original [[First Doctor]] novel.
-=== [[November]] ===
-* [[3 November|03]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Seventies]]'' was first published.
-* [[9 November|9]] - [[Ralph Michael]] ([[Balaton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]'') died.
-* [[17 November|17]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'' was first published.
-* 17 - [[MA]]: ''[[The Crystal Bucephalus (novel)|The Crystal Bucephalus]]'' was first published.
-* 17 - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who - The Handbook: The First Doctor]]'' was first published.
-* 17 - The final release by [[Titan Books]] under its [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]] line, the script for ''[[The Crusade]]'', was published. Although Titan planned to publish at least two more script books, the line, which had started in 1988, was discontinued after this release. The next publication of TV scripts did not occur until a decade later when [[BBC Books]] published a collection of scripts from [[Season 12]].
-* [[20 November|20]] - [[John Lucarotti]], who wrote [[DW]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Aztecs]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', died.
-* [[26 November|26]] - [[Vi Delmar]] (the old [[Xanxia|Queen Xanxia]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Pirate Planet]]'') died.
-=== [[December]] ===
-* [[1 December|1]] - [[NA]]: ''[[Parasite (novel)|Parasite]]'' was first published.
-* 1 - [[MA]]: ''[[State of Change]]'' was first published. It was the first original [[Sixth Doctor]] novel if one doesn't count the Target Missing Adventures novelisations.
-* [[6 December|6]] - This date marked the fifth anniversary of the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, the final episode of the 1963-89 series. Fan hopes remained high that a new series or a movie would eventually be commissioned.
-=== Unknown dates ===
-* [[Stephen Dartnell]], who played [[Yartek]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Keys of Marinus]]'' and [[John (The Sensorites)|John]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sensorites]]'', died.
-* [[Silva Screen Records]] released the soundtrack compilation ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who]]'', which included a newly recorded performance of the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]] performed by [[Sylvester McCoy]] on the spoons.
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