2006 (production)


 * Early 2006 - According to his book, The Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies, David Tennant and others involved in Doctor Who, following production of Doomsday, agreed that after the fourth series the program would be rested for a year, except for the occasional special. This idea evolved into the 2009 Specials season and dovetailed with the eventual departures of Davies and Tennant from the series.
 * Early 2006 - The American network Sci-Fi Channel announced it had bought the rights to air the new version of Doctor Who. The first series aired beginning in March 2006, a year after their UK and Canadian broadcasts, and the network had the option of airing Series 2 as well.
 * 15 April - Beginning with this day's issue, the BBC's promotional magazine, Radio Times, began extensive coverage of Doctor Who, with weekly features called "Who's Watch" that ran for the duration of each new season.
 * August - Doctor Who won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, the first time the Doctor Who franchise won an international award of this magnitude. The award was presented for the Steven Moffat two-parter The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. Two other episodes from the 2005 series were also nominated in this category: Father's Day and Dalek. The competition in the category also included "Pegasus", an episode of Battlestar Galactica; Jack-Jack Attack, an animated short spun-off from the film The Incredibles; Lucas Back in Anger, a short film; and, controversially, the opening segment of the previous year's Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony. Moffat was nominated for his Doctor Who episodes for the next three consecutive years, winning the award in 2007 and 2008 and coming a close second place in 2009.
 * 18 July - Doctor Who fan sites, including Outpost Gallifrey, began reporting that plans were afoot for a third Doctor Who spinoff series to feature K9. The series would be a non-BBC production; it took several more years before the K9 TV series finally got off the ground, however.
 * 21 August - BBC News revealed details of a cancelled Doctor Who spinoff. Entitled Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, the special would have followed Rose Tyler from the events of Doomsday. Russell T Davies, however, vetoed the idea.