1977 (releases)


 * 1 January - The Face of Evil Part 1 was first broadcast, returning Doctor Who to the air after a six-week break. Louise Jameson debuted as new companion, Leela.
 * 11 January - Actor James Layton was born.
 * 13 January - Actor William Ash was born.
 * 8 January - The Face of Evil Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 15 January - The Face of Evil Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 20 January - Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters was first published.
 * 22 January - The Face of Evil Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 26 January - Tom Baker was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program Woman's Hour.
 * 29 January - The Robots of Death Part 1 was first broadcast.
 * 5 February - The Robots of Death Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 12 February - The Robots of Death Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 17 February - Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom was first published.
 * 19 February - The Robots of Death Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 26 February - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 1 was first broadcast.
 * 3 March - Actor Sarah Smart was born.
 * 5 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 12 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 19 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 24 March - Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth was first published.
 * 26 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 5 was first broadcast.
 * 2 April - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 6 was first broadcast, concluding Season 14.
 * 3 April - Whose Doctor Who, the first TV documentary about the programme, was broadcast.
 * 6 April - Actor Teddy Sears was born.
 * 21 April - Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos was first published.
 * To tie in with a certain broadcast, the Blue Peter series issued a Doctor Who Theatre Leaflet which allowed children to create their own theatre with cut-outs of the Fourth Doctor, Leela and two Daleks.
 * 28 April - Writer Anthony Coburn died.
 * 10 May - Doctor Who and the Ark in Space was first published. Written by Ian Marter, this was the first time an actor involved with the series had composed a novel based upon it; Marter wrote several more novelisations before his death less than a decade later.
 * 20 May - Director Lennie Mayne died.
 * 24 May - Actor Naomi Ryan was born.
 * 25 May - The first Star Wars film was released. This movie revolutionised the presentation of science fiction in movies and television, including Doctor Who. Peter Cushing played Grand Moff Tarkin in the film, and Dave Prowse performed as the body (but not the voice) of Darth Vader.
 * Tom Baker and Louise Jameson appeared on Pebble Mill at One on BBC One.
 * 30 May - Actor Rachael Stirling was born.
 * 23 June - Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius was first published.
 * 22 July - Actor Erik Chitty died.
 * 18 August - Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil was first published.
 * The Doctor Who Annual 1978 was published.
 * Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978 was published.
 * 3 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 1 was first broadcast, starting Season 15.
 * 10 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 17 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 19 September - Actor Michael Godfrey died.
 * 24 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 29 September - Doctor Who and the Mutants was first published.
 * 1 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 1 was first broadcast. This was the debut of K9, voiced by John Leeson.
 * 8 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 10 October - Actor Angelo Muscat died.
 * 15 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 20 October - Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin was first published.
 * 20 - The Second Doctor Who Monster Book was first published
 * 22 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 4 was first broadcast. K9 became the Doctor's first non-human companion.
 * 29 October - Image of the Fendahl Part 1 was first broadcast.
 * 5 November - Image of the Fendahl Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 8 November - Graham Williams commissioned Moris Farhi to write a four-part script entitled The Divided. It was never produced.
 * 12 November - Image of the Fendahl Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 15 November - Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang was first published.
 * 17 November - Target Books launched a series of educational books under the banner Doctor Who Discovers. The first three books, published this date, were Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man, Doctor Who Discovers: Prehistoric Animals and Doctor Who Discovers: Space Travel. At this point as many as twenty-four books were planned for this series. Ultimately only two more saw print.
 * 18 November - Actor Miranda Raison was born.
 * 19 November - Image of the Fendahl Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 26 November - The Sun Makers Part 1 was first broadcast.
 * 3 December - The Sun Makers Part 2 was first broadcast.
 * 8 December - Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora was first published.
 * 10 December - The Sun Makers Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 17 December - The Sun Makers Part 4 was first broadcast.
 * 23 December - Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker was born.
 * 24 December - The first two Parts of The Robots of Death were edited together to form a special and rebroadcast by the BBC.
 * 31 December - Part 2 of the BBC's edited rebroadcast of The Robots of Death aired.

Unknown dates

 * Writer and designer Clayton Hickman was born.
 * Terrance Dicks wrote the script for State of Decay. It wasn't broadcast until 1980 due to a major BBC drama about Dracula.