2012 (releases)


 * AUDIO: The Curse of Davros was released.
 * AUDIO: The Foe from the Future and The Valley of Death were released as a special double release.
 * AUDIO: The Anachronauts was released.
 * AUDIO: Destination: Nerva was released. This was the first in a new Fourth Doctor series, featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela.
 * 1 January - Fifth anniversary of the debut of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
 * 1 - Actor Bob Anderson died.
 * 3 January - Actor Jenny Tomasin died.
 * 4 January - Actor Harry Fowler died.
 * 9 January - Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion were released on Region 2 DVD in the UNIT box set.
 * 10 January - Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion were released on Region 1 DVD in the UNIT box set.
 * 10 - Actor Oliver Maguire died.
 * 16 January - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 23 January - The Sensorites was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 30 January - Actor Frederick Treves died.
 * AUDIO: The Fourth Wall was released.
 * AUDIO: Power Play was released.
 * AUDIO: The Selachian Gambit was released.
 * AUDIO: The Renaissance Man was released.
 * 2 February - Magic of the Angels was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 2 - AUDIO: Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Four audio box set was released in the UK. This set contained audio tracks for several Second Doctor missing stories: The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, Evil of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen and The Ice Warriors.
 * 6 February - The Complete Fifth Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 13 February - Revisitations 3 was released. It was a DVD set comprised of special editions of three stories: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Three Doctors, and The Robots of Death. At this time, it was the final scheduled Revisitations release.
 * 19 February - Actor Peter Halliday died.
 * 20 February - Series 7 of Doctor Who began filming.
 * 29 February - Actor Dennis Chinnery died.
 * AUDIO: Wirrn Isle was released.
 * AUDIO: The First Sontarans was released.
 * AUDIO: Binary was released.
 * AUDIO: The Wrath of the Iceni was scheduled for release.
 * The fourth series of Jago and Litefoot was released, comprising Jago in Love, Beautiful Things, The Lonely Clock, and The Hourglass Killers.
 * Actor Stephen Jenn died.
 * 5 March - The Face of Evil was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 5 - Actor Philip Madoc died.
 * 19 March - The Daemons was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger was released.
 * AUDIO: The Wanderer was released.
 * AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks was released.
 * 2 April - Nightmare of Eden was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 10 April - Nick Webb died.
 * 15 April - Visual effects designer Peter Wragg died.
 * 25 April - This was the 50th anniversary of the day that Donald Wilson received the programming report that ultimately led to the creation of Doctor Who.
 * 27 April - Zohra Sehgal became the series' first centenarian.
 * 30 April - Actor George Murdock died.


 * AUDIO: The Jupiter Conjunction was released.
 * AUDIO: The Jigsaw War was released.
 * AUDIO: Trail of the White Worm was released.
 * AUDIO: The Guardians of Prophecy was released.
 * 7 May - Dragonfire and The Happiness Patrol were released on DVD, together as the Ace Adventures box set.
 * 24 May - Good as Gold (TV story) - a Blue Peter special - airs.
 * AUDIO: The Butcher of Brisbane was released.
 * AUDIO: The Rings of Ikiria was released.
 * AUDIO: The Oseidon Adventure was released, ending the first season of The Fourth Doctor Adventures audio series.
 * AUDIO: Power Play was released.
 * 5 June - Caroline John, who played companion Liz Shaw, died.
 * 18 June - Death to the Daleks was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * AUDIO: Protect and Survive was released, featuring the return of the audio-only companion Hex.
 * AUDIO: The Time Museum was released.
 * AUDIO: The First Sontarans was released.
 * 2 July - The Krotons first released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 26 July - Mary Tamm, who played the Fourth Doctor's companion Romana I, died.
 * 27 July - The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Summer Games, which had been depicted six years earlier in Fear Her, took place.
 * 30 July - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was released on Region 2 DVD, completing the DVD release of Seventh Doctor stories.
 * AUDIO: Black and White was released
 * AUDIO: The Uncertainty Principle was released.
 * AUDIO: The Masters of Luxor was released.
 * A new series of audio dramas featuring Iris Wildthyme was released: The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society, Iris Rides Out, and Midwinter Murders.
 * 2 August - AUDIO: Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Five was released. This is the final collection of CDs containing the remastered, narrated audio of several classic series missing episodes. This volume contains the Second Doctor stories The Enemy of the World, The Web of Fear, Fury from the Deep, The Wheel in Space, The Invasion, and The Space Pirates.
 * 20 August - Planet of Giants was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 25 August - Neil Armstrong, who appeared as himself in archive footage in Day of the Moon, died.
 * 27 August: WC: Pond Life Part 1 was uploaded to the BBC website.
 * 28 August: WC: Pond Life Part 2 was uploaded to the BBC website.
 * 29 August: WC: Pond Life Part 3 was uploaded to the BBC website.
 * 30 August: WC: Pond Life Part 4 was uploaded to the BBC website.
 * 31 August: WC: Pond Life Part 5 was uploaded to the BBC website.
 * AUDIO: Gods and Monsters was released.
 * AUDIO: The Burning Prince was released.
 * AUDIO: Project: Nirvana was released.
 * AUDIO: The Rosemariners was released.
 * 1 September - Asylum of the Daleks first aired on BBC One and BBC America, launching Series 7 of Doctor Who. First appearance of Jenna-Louise Coleman as Oswin Oswald.
 * 8 September - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship first aired on BBC One and BBC America.
 * 10 September - Vengeance on Varos was released on DVD as a special edition. Despite being one of the series' first DVD releases, the serial had not been included in the original series of re-releases, Revisitations, but was given a special release due to fan support.
 * 15 September - A Town Called Mercy first aired on BBC One and BBC America.
 * 22 September - The Power of Three first aired on BBC One and BBC America.
 * 28 September - BFBS: The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis was first published.
 * 29 September - The Angels Take Manhattan first aired on BBC One and BBC America. Final appearance of Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond.
 * AUDIO: The Acheron Pulse was released.
 * AUDIO: The Last Post was released, marking the final contribution of late actor Caroline John to the series.
 * 1 October - The Ambassadors of Death was released on Region 2 DVD, after a lengthy period of restoration.
 * 22 October - The Claws of Axos Special Edition was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 29 October - Series 7 Part One was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * AUDIO: The Shadow Heart was released.
 * AUDIO: Return of the Rocket Men was released.
 * 16 November - The Great Detective - a 'minisode' for Children in Need - aired, acting as a prequel for The Snowmen.
 * 25 November - Dinah Sheridan died.
 * AUDIO: 1001 Nights was released.
 * AUDIO: The Child was released.
 * 17 December - WC: Vastra Investigates, the second prequel for The Snowmen, first released.
 * 21 December - Daphne Oxenford, who played the Archivist in Dragonfire and the elderly Agatha Christie in a deleted scene from The Unicorn and the Wasp, died.
 * 25 December - The Snowmen was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.