Timeline for 1998

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In 1998, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 5 February - Actor Wilfred Carter died.^[1]
• 10 February - Actor Peter Lawrence died.^[2]
• 19 February - Actor John Acheson died.^[3]
• 27 February - Actor Theo Stevenson was born.^[4]
• 23 April - Actor Denis Goacher died.^[5]
• 2 May - Actor Alan Viccars died.^[6]
• 7 May - Actor Seymour Green died.^[7]
• 10 May - Dalek operator Robert Jewell died.^[8]
• 12 May - Actor William Hughes was born.^[9]
• 14 June - Actor Julia Joyce was born.^[10]
• 24 June - Actor Ken Barker died.^[11]
• 29 June - Producer Heather Challands was born.^[12]
• 16 July - Actor Millie Kent was born.^[13]
• 20 July - Actor Sinead Michael was born.^[14]
• 21 July - Actor Kenneth Watson died.^[15]
• 29 July - Actor Nancy Gabrielle died.^[16]
• 11 August - Actor Derek Newark died.^[17]
• 30 August - Actor Ellis George was born.^[18]
• 10 September - Actor Carl Forgione died.^[19]
• 18 September - Actor Maxim Ays was born.^[20]
• 30 September - Actor Marius Goring died.^[21]
• 23 October - Actor Christopher Gable died.^[22]
• November - Actor Derek Wayland died.^[23]
• 2 November - Actor Tommy Duggan died.^[24]
• 4 November - Actor Bear McCausland was born.^[25]
• 7 December - Actor Michael Craze died.^[26]
• 14 December - Actor Lola Morrice died.^[27]
• 15 December - Actor Peter Mayock died.^[28]
• 19 December - Artist Ron Turner died.^[29]
• 21 December - Actor Roger Avon died.^[30]
• Unknown - Actor Roy Brent died.^[31]
• Unknown - Designer Roger Liminton died.^[32]
• Unknown - Actor Charles Pickess died.^[33]
• Unknown - Artist Phil Bevan died.^[34]