1983 (production)

January

 * 16 January - A remount of TARDIS scenes for The King's Demons was staged at TV Centre.
 * 17-18 and 30-31 January - Studio filming for Enlightenment took place at BBC Television Centre studio 1. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

February

 * 1-2 February - Studio filming for Enlightenment took place at BBC Television Centre studio 1. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

March

 * 5, 7-11, 13-15 and 17 March - Location filming for The Five Doctors took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 18 March - Pre-filming for The Five Doctors took place at Ealing Studios. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 29-31 March - Studio filming for The Five Doctors took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

October

 * 14 October-19 October - Filming for Planet of Fire took place in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, marking the first time Doctor Who was filmed outside the European continent.

November

 * 15-17 November - Location filming for The Caves of Androzani took place. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 19 November - For the first time in nearly ten years, Doctor Who made the cover of the Radio Times. It was another decade before this happened again, making this the last Radio Times cover to be published during the original series' run.

December

 * 1-2 December - Studio filming for The Caves of Androzani were planned for these date, but was cancelled due to a strike. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 15-17 December - Studio filming for The Caves of Androzani took place at BBC Television Centre studio 6. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

Undated items

 * Sylvester McCoy put his name forward in consideration for the Sixth Doctor.
 * The BBC announced that Colin Baker - no relation to Tom Baker - had been cast as the Sixth Doctor.