1997 (releases)


 * HOMEVID: Auton was released by BBV Productions


 * 4 January - the first part of COMIC: Perceptions was published on Radio Times.
 * 16 January - PROSE: Eternity Weeps was first published.
 * 16 January - PROSE: Burning Heart was first published.
 * 16 January - REF: The Nth Doctor was first published.
 * 20 February - PROSE: The Room With No Doors was first published.
 * 20 February - PROSE: A Device of Death was first published.
 * 8 March - the tenth and last part of COMIC: Coda was published on Radio Times.
 * 15 March - the first part of COMIC: Perceptions was published on Radio Times.
 * 20 March - PROSE: Lungbarrow was first published
 * 20 March - PROSE: The Dark Path was first published.
 * 22 March - the second and last part of COMIC: Coda was published on Radio Times.
 * 17 April - PROSE: The Well-Mannered War was first published.
 * 18 April - PROSE: The Dying Days was first published.
 * 1 May - PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! was first published, continuing the Virgin New Adventures line as the Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures.
 * June - PROSE: So Vile a Sin was finally published.
 * June - PROSE: Decalog 4: Re:Generations was first published.
 * 2 June - PROSE: The Eight Doctors was first published.
 * 2 June - PROSE: Dragons' Wrath was first published.
 * 2 June - PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune was first published.
 * 3 July - PROSE: Beyond the Sun was first published.
 * 7 July - PROSE: Vampire Science was first published.
 * 7 July - PROSE: The Murder Game was first published.
 * 4 August - PROSE: The Bodysnatchers was first published.
 * 4 August -PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure was first published.
 * 21 August- PROSE: Ship of Fools was first published.
 * September - PROSE: Decalog 5: Wonders was first published.
 * 1 September - PROSE: Genocide was first published.
 * 1 September - PROSE: Business Unusual was first published.
 * 2 September - PROSE: Down was first published.
 * 2 October - PROSE: Deadfall was first published.
 * 6 October - PROSE: War of the Daleks was first published.
 * 6 October - PROSE: Illegal Alien was first published.
 * 6 October - Tom Baker published his autobiography, Who on Earth was Tom Baker?. An audio book version, read by Baker, was also released on this date.
 * 6 October - REF: Doctor Who: A Book of Monsters was first published.
 * 6 October - REF: Doctor Who: The Book of Lists was first published.
 * 16 October - REF: Licence Denied was first published.
 * 17 October - Space, a Canadian cable network, launched. It aired classic-era Doctor Who during its first few years.
 * 3 November - PROSE: Ghost Devices was first published.
 * 20 November - REF: Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Second Doctor was first published.
 * 20 November - REF: Doctor Who: The Eighties was published in paperback.
 * 24 November - PROSE: Alien Bodies was first published.
 * 24 November - PROSE: The Roundheads was first published.
 * 1 December - PROSE: Mean Streets was first published.
 * 5 December - GAME: Destiny of the Doctors, a home computer adventure game, was released.

Unknown dates

 * Superannuation advertisement was first released.
 * The TV movie soundtrack was released.