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Applause publishes Steve Kozak’s non-fiction book A Disturbance In The Force: How And Why The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the cultural, legal, and technical hurdles that led to the infamous 1978 variety special often considered one of the Star Wars franchise’s lowest moments. The book is a companion to the documentary film of the same name, with which the author was also involved. 
American Laundromat Records releases the Juliana Hatfield single I’m Alive / When I Was A Boy, an pair of covers accompanying the album Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO.
American Laundromat Records releases Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, an album of covers spanning the entire career of Electric Light Orchestra.
Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1975 Doctor Who story Revenge Of The Cybermen, composed by Carey Blyton.
Silva Screen Records releases the soundtrack from the 1987 Doctor Who story Time And The Rani, composed by Carey Blyton.
Composer Dominic Glynn releases, via his No Bones Records label, Doctor Who: The Survival Remixes, an EP of remixes of Glynn’s score from the 1989 Doctor Who episode Survival.
The 874th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 175th episode since the series’ revival), starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Russell T. Davies, Doctor Who’s showrunner from 2005 through 2009, also returns to oversee the series. The BBC and Disney form a partnership which contributes significantly to the show’s budget, but also locks Doctor Who in as a series on the Disney+ streaming service outside of the UK. This special celebrates 60 years of Doctor Who and adapts the first comic strip storyline ever to appear in Doctor Who Magazine.
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Deutsche Grammophon releases the album Echoes: Ancient & Modern by famed producer Trevor Horn (Buggles, Art Of Noise, Yes), an all-star album of covers of mostly ’80s hits, with a few past connections to Horn’s career.
RealWorld Records releases i/o, the tenth solo album by Peter Gabriel, a double album with different mixes – the “bright-side” and “dark-side” mixes – of each song, many of which have already debuted on YouTube throughout the year.
The 875th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 176th episode since the series’ revival), starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. The late Bernard Cribbins makes his final Doctor Who appearance and his final performance in this episode.
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Jonathan Helm’s unofficial non-fiction book Blake’s 7 Production Diary: Series A, intensively covering the creation, gestation and production of the first season of the BBC sci-fi series, is self-published.
Gription Music releases the soundtrack from the documentary feature A Disturbance In The Force, composed by Karl Preusser.
The 876th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 177th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa, David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Neil Patrick Harris, Jemma Redgrave, and Bonnie Langford guest star.
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The 877th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 178th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. This is the series’ 2023 Christmas special, and the first episode to focus entirely on Ncuti Gatwa as the fourteenth Doctor.
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Dulcima Records releases Johnny Douglas’ soundtrack from the 1981 animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends on digital platforms.
The 878th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 179th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. This is the first episode of the revived series’ 14th season (though Disney+ insists on referring to it as the first season).
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The 879th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 180th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jinkx Monsoon guest stars.
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The 880th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 181st episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Varada Sethu (Andor) guest stars in an episode written by Hugo-winning former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.
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The 881st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 182nd episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave guest stars.
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The 882nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 183rd episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson.
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The 883rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 184th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jonathan Groff (Hamilton) guest stars.
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The 884th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 185th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave and Bonnie Langford guest star in part one of the season finale.
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The 885th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 186th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave and Bonnie Langford guest star in part two of the season finale. Though it shares its title with one of the Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novels of the 1990s, the episode and the book are unrelated.
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McFarland publishes the non-fiction book The Star Wars Radio Dramas: Brian Daley and the Serialization That Saved NPR by Maria Jose Tenuto and John Tenuto, briefly tracing the history of public radio in the United States and then focusing on the outsized role that NPR’s 1980s Star Wars radio dramas played in helping to establish a firmer financial footing for the network.
BBC Home Video re-releases the first four seasons (including seasonal specials) of the revived Doctor Who series on Blu-Ray, starring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the Doctor. The content of this box set (apart from the final few specials starring Tennant, which were shot in high definition) was upscaled to HD, initially to include these seasons in a larger box set encompassing the entire revived series.
The 886th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 187th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) guest stars in the 2024 Christmas special, written by Hugo-winning former Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat.
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The 887th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 188th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. This is the first episode of the revived series’ 15th season (Disney+ again gives its own numbering, calling this its second season).
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The 888th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 189th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Alan Cumming guest stars in an episode mixing live action with animation.
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The 889th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 190th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Co-written by Russell T. Davies, this episode is a sequel to Davies’ 2008 episode Midnight.
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The 890th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 191st episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu. Millie Gibson guest stars.
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