1982 (production)

January

 * 6 January - Filming for Time-Flight began with location filming at Terminal One of Heathrow Airport.

February

 * February - Doctor Who: A Marvel Monthly magazine changed its title to Doctor Who Monthly.

March

 * 31 March - Filming for Snakedance began with work at Stage 2 of Ealing Studios.

May

 * 3-7 May - Location filming for Arc of Infinity took place in Amsterdam. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 17-18 and 31 May - Studio filming for Arc of Infinity took place at BBC Television Centre studio 1. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)
 * 18 May - BBC Broadcasting Research issued a Viewing Panel Report gauging response to Season 19 of Doctor Who, which had seen the show change its broadcast scheduled to twice a week, as well as introduce a new Doctor, Peter Davison. As a whole, the season received a Reaction Index of 66, with the new Doctor and the timeslot change generally accepted.

June

 * 1-2 June - Studio filming for Arc of Infinity took place at BBC Television Centre studio 1. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

August

 * 24 August - Filming for Mawdryn Undead began with work in Trent Park, Barnet, with Middlesex Polytechnic used for the school scenes.

October

 * October - John Nathan-Turner received approval to produce a ninety-minute twentieth anniversary special episode for broadcast in 1983 and began feeling out the interest of Doctor Who actors, including Tom Baker. At the time, the special carried the working title The Six Doctors, and Robert Holmes was commissioned to write the script; he subsequently left the project and Terrance Dicks wrote the script.
 * 14 October - Philip Martin was commissioned to write the script for episode one of his proposed season 21 TV story Domain. Two years later, this script became Vengeance on Varos.

November

 * 16-17 and 30 November - Studio filming for Enlightenment was planned for these dates, but was cancelled due to a strike. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)

December

 * 1-2 December - Studio filming for Enlightenment was planned for this date, but was cancelled due to a strike. (REF: Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fifth Doctor)