1977 (releases)


 * 1 January - The Face of Evil Part 1 debuted on BBC1, introducing Louise Jameson as new companion Leela.
 * 8 January - The Face of Evil Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 15 January - The Face of Evil Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 20 January - Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters was first published.
 * 22 January - The Face of Evil Part 4 debuted on BBC1.
 * 26 January - Tom Baker was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program Woman's Hour.
 * 29 January - The Robots of Death Part 1 debuted on BBC1.
 * 5 February - The Robots of Death Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 12 February - The Robots of Death Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 17 February - Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom was first published.
 * 19 February - The Robots of Death Part 4 debuted on BBC1.
 * 26 February - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 1 debuted on BBC1.
 * 3 March - Actor Sarah Smart was born.
 * 5 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 12 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 19 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 4 debuted on BBC1.
 * 24 March - Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth was first published.
 * 26 March - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 5 debuted on BBC1.
 * 2 April - The Talons of Weng-Chiang Part 6 debuted on BBC1, concluding Season 14.
 * 3 April - Whose Doctor Who, the very first televised documentary about Doctor Who, was first broadcast.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Tom Baker and Louise Jameson appeared on Pebble Mill at One on BBC One.
 * 23 June - Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius was first published.
 * 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 debuted on BBC1, starting Season 15.
 * 10 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 17 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 24 September - Horror of Fang Rock Part 4 debuted on BBC1.
 * 29 September - Doctor Who and the Mutants was first published.
 * 1 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 1 debuted on BBC1. This was the debut of K9, voiced by John Leeson.
 * 8 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 15 October - The Invisible Enemy Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 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 debuted on BBC1. K9 became the Doctor's first non-human companion.
 * 29 October - Image of the Fendahl Part 1 debuted on BBC1.
 * 5 November - Image of the Fendahl Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 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 debuted on BBC1.
 * 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.
 * 19 November - Image of the Fendahl Part 4 debuted on BBC1.
 * 26 November - The Sun Makers Part 1 debuted on BBC1.
 * 3 December - The Sun Makers Part 2 debuted on BBC1.
 * 8 December - Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora was first published.
 * 10 December - The Sun Makers Part 3 debuted on BBC1.
 * 17 December - The Sun Makers Part 4 debuted on BBC1.