1998 (production)


 * 29 March - BBC America, a US-based cable network with an arms-length relationship to the main BBC, was launched. It aired classic Doctor Who and Torchwood. Beginning in 2009, it became the main US broadcaster of the Doctor Who revival series.
 * 27 April - The Metropolitan Police District in London filed an official opposition to the BBC's 1996 trademark application for the police box design.
 * 25 and 26 June - Recording for Oh No It Isn't!—the very first Big Finish audio story—took place at Intergalactic Arts.
 * 6 and 7 August - Recording for Big Finish's Beyond the Sun took place at Crosstown Studios.
 * 10 August - The British Broadcasting Corporation filed its reply to the Metropolitan Police's opposition to its application to trademark the police box design.
 * November - The original Doctor Who website was launched for the 35th anniversary of Doctor Who, focusing on the "classic series", which had long been over. This version of the website would go on to also cover spin-off media, like the new adventures of the Eighth Doctor at Big Finish and BBC Books.
 * 5 and 6 November - Recording for Big Finish's Walking to Babylon and Birthright took place at Crosstown Studios.