1972

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Oskar Steinmann dies ("Just War").

January

 * 01 - Day of the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 08 - Day of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 15 - Day of the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 22 - Day of the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 29 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 1 First Broadcast

February

 * 05 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 12 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 19 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 26 - The Sea Devils Episode 1 First Broadcast

March

 * 04 - The Sea Devils Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 11 - The Sea Devils Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 18 - The Sea Devils Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 25 - The Sea Devils Episode 5 First Broadcast

April

 * 01 - The Sea Devils Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 08 - The Mutants Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 15 - The Mutants Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 22 - The Mutants Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 29 - The Mutants Episode 4 First Broadcast

May

 * 06 - The Mutants Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 13 - The Mutants Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 20 - The Time Monster Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 27 - The Time Monster Episode 2 First Broadcast

June

 * 03 - The Time Monster Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 10 - The Time Monster Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 17 - The Time Monster Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 24 - The Time Monster Episode 6 First Broadcast

October

 * 4 - Colin Gordon, who played the Commandant in "The Faceless Ones," dies in Haslemere.


 * 22 - Jack Melford, who played King Menelaus in "The Myth Makers," dies in Poole, England.

December

 * 30 - The Three Doctors Episode 1 First Broadcast