1976

Dates Unknown

 * Chad Boyle attempts to kill Ace; and, in at least one instance, succeeds. (NA: Timewyrm: Revelation)
 * In San Francisco, Carolyn McConnell meets the Doctor and Sam Jones, who are hunting vampires. (EDA: Vampire Science)

January

 * 12 - Agatha Christie dies. (DW: The Unicorn and the Wasp)

Summer

 * The Vardans attempt an invasion of Earth with Mortimus' assistance. (NA: No Future)

Late Summer or Early Fall

 * Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart retires from UNIT and becomes a teacher at Brendon Public School. (DW: Mawdryn Undead)

January

 * 3 - DW: The Brain of Morbius Episode 1 First Broadcast
 * 10 - DW: The Brain of Morbius Episode 2 First Broadcast
 * 15 - Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster First Published.
 * 17 - DW: The Brain of Morbius Episode 3 First Broadcast
 * 24 - DW: The Brain of Morbius Episode 4 First Broadcast
 * 31 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 1 First Broadcast

February

 * 7 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 2 First Broadcast
 * 14 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 3 First Broadcast
 * 19 - Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion and Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet First Published, the latter being the first Target Books-commissioned novelisation of a solo First Doctor story (the initial three published in 1973 were in fact reprints of novels first published in the mid-1960s).
 * 21 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 4 First Broadcast
 * 28 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 5 First Broadcast

March

 * Campbell Singer, who played the King of Hearts, Sgt. Rugg, and Joey the Clown in "The Celestial Toymaker," dies.
 * 6 - DW: The Seeds of Doom Episode 6 is first broadcast, ending Season 13.
 * 18 - Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors First Published.

May

 * 20 - Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen First Published.

July

 * 22 - Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks First Published.

August

 * 6 - William Mervyn (Sir Charles Summer in DW: The War Machines]]), dies in London.
 * 19 - Doctor Who and the Web of Fear First Published.

September

 * 4 - Season 14 begins, with the first broadcast of DW: The Masque of Mandragora Episode 1.
 * 11 - DW: The Masque of Mandragora Episode 2 First Broadcast
 * 18 - DW: The Masque of Mandragora Episode 3 First Broadcast
 * 23 - Doctor Who and the Space War First Published. This adaptation of Frontier in Space was the last Target Books novelisation to use a title different from that of the source material (other than the practice of adding Doctor Who and... to the titles, which remained in place for several more years, and the occasional spelling deviation).
 * 25 - DW: The Masque of Mandragora Episode 4 First Broadcast

October

 * 2 - DW: The Hand of Fear Episode 1 First Broadcast
 * 9 - DW: The Hand of Fear Episode 2 First Broadcast
 * 16 - DW: The Hand of Fear Episode 3 First Broadcast
 * 21 - Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks First Published. Although not widely recognized as such, the original serials Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks formed one story arc. As such, by Target Books publishing the adaptation of Frontier (as Doctor Who and the Space War) in September, followed by part 2 this month, these two books actually predate the two-volume novelisation of The Daleks' Master Plan (widely considered the first occurrence of this).
 * 23 - DW: The Hand of Fear Episode 4 First Broadcast
 * 30 - DW: The Deadly Assassin Episode 1 First Broadcast

November

 * 6 - DW: The Deadly Assassin Episode 2 First Broadcast
 * 13 - DW: The Deadly Assassin Episode 3 First Broadcast
 * 20 - DW: The Deadly Assassin Episode 4 First Broadcast

December

 * 16 - Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars First Published.
 * The second edition of The Making of Doctor Who is published by Target Books; this is a revised version of an earlier book first released in 1972, but updated to include the Fourth Doctor.