2021 (production)

January

 * 1 January - The BBC announced the casting of John Bishop as new companion Dan Lewis.
 * 5 and 7 January - Big Finish's audio anthology The Eleven was recorded remotely.
 * 11, 12 and 18 January - The Big Finish audio anthology Respond to All Calls was recorded remotely.
 * 19 January - The BBC announced Titan Comics' comic strip series Missy.
 * 21 January - The BBC announced the Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 24.
 * 27 January - Recording for Big Finish's audio anthology Forty: Volume 1 was recorded remotely.
 * 28-29 January - Big Finish's UNIT: Nemesis box set Between Two Worlds was recorded.
 * 29 January - Recording for the Torchwood audio story Gooseberry was recorded remotely.

February

 * 15-19 February - The Big Finish audio story The God of Phantoms was recorded remotely.
 * 22 February - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 22, 23 and 25 February - Big Finish's audio anthology Old Friends was recorded remotely.
 * 23 February - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Madam, I'm was recorded remotely.

March

 * 8 March - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough was recorded remotely.
 * 10 March - The BBC announced the steelbook of Series 8.
 * 22 March - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight was recorded.
 * 24 March - The BBC announced the reissues of The Collection: Season 12 and Season 19.
 * 25 March - The BBC announced the two-part anthology The Essential Terrance Dicks.

April

 * 7 April - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Curios was recorded remotely by Mayfield Records and Will Wadham.
 * 12, 14 and 19 April - The Big Finish audio story Watchers was recorded remotely.
 * 13 April - The BBC announced the vinyl version of The Ice Warriors.
 * 21, 28 and 29 April - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight was recorded.
 * 26, 28 and 29 April - Recording for Torchwood Soho: Ashenden took place.

May

 * 5 May - Big Finish's audio anthology Peladon was recorded.
 * 13-14 May - Recording for Missy and the Monk took place remotely.
 * 15 May - The BBC announced the audiobook anthology K9 Audio Annual.
 * 19-21 May - Big Finish's The Doctor Chronicles audio anthology Timejacked! was recorded at the Soundhouse.
 * 24 May - The BBC announced the reissues of The Collection: Season 10 and Season 18.

June

 * 7 June - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 8-10, 15 and 16 June - Recording for Big Finish's The Diary of River Song audio anthology New Recruit took place at the Soundhouse.
 * 11 June - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 19 June - The BBC announced the vinyl version of The Myth Makers.

July

 * July - Big Finish's Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter audio anthology Still Running was recorded remotely.
 * 1 July - The BBC announced the animated recreation of the missing episodes of The Evil of the Daleks, scheduled for release on 27 September.
 * 8 July - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Great Sontaran War was recorded at Southea Studios and remotely.
 * 8 and 26 July - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Red List was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
 * 13 July - Recording for Torchwood Soho: Ashenden took place.
 * 13-14 July (plus additional pick-up dates) - Big Finish's audio anthology Stranded 3 was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
 * 21 July - Big Finish announced the audio box set The Year of Martha Jones.
 * 25 July - Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Chris Chibnall and Jacob Anderson attended the virtual San Diego Comic-Con to promote Series 13.
 * 29 July - The BBC confirmed that Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall would be leaving Doctor Who after Series 13 and the 2022 Specials.

August

 * 4 August - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Grey Mare was recorded at Southsea Studios and remotely.
 * 9 August - Big Finish announced the seventh series of the audio series The Lost Stories, confirming audio adaptations of the original storylines for The Ark in Space and Genesis of the Daleks.
 * 12-13 August - Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unproduced TV story Mind of the Hodiac was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.

September

 * 2 September - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Sonny was recorded remotely.
 * 6, 8 and 21-23 September - The Big Finish audio story The Annihilators was recorded at the Soundhouse and Audio Sorcery.
 * 7-10 September - Big Finish's audio anthology Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress was recorded remotely.
 * 13 September - Big Finish announced the second series of The Ninth Doctor Adventures.
 * 15 September - The BBC announced the animated recreation of Galaxy 4.
 * 16 September - The mystery series FindTheDoctor ended.
 * 23 September - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 24 September - The BBC announced that Russell T Davies will succeed Chris Chibnall as showrunner from 2023 onwards.

October

 * 9 October - Series 13 was confirmed to launch on 31 October, under the umbrella title Flux.
 * 15 October - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 16 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Protectors of Time was recorded at the Soundhouse.
 * 26 October - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Black Knight was recorded at the Soundhouse.

November

 * 10 November - Big Finish announced details on the audio anthology Silver and Ice.
 * 19 November - Big Finish's Short Trips audiobook The Lichyrwick Abomination was recorded at PRL Studios.
 * 23 November - The BBC announced the animated recreation of The Abominable Snowmen.
 * 23 November - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
 * 30 November - Big Finish announced the cast and story details for the audio anthology Peladon.

December

 * 5 December - The BBC announced the title for the New Year's Day special as Eve of the Daleks.
 * 10 December - Big Finish announced details on The War Doctor Begins audio anthology Battlegrounds.
 * 10 December - Big Finish announced that their licence to produce Doctor Who audio adventures had been extended until at least 2030.
 * 13 December - Big Finish announced the winning entry of that year's Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity, a Ninth Doctor audiobook entitled The Lichyrwick Abomination.