1972 (releases)


 * 1 January - Day of the Daleks Episode One debuted on BBC1. On the same day, TV Action released the seventh and final part of comic story The Eternal Present.
 * 8 January - Day of the Daleks Episode Two debuted on BBC1.
 * 15 January - Day of the Daleks Episode Three debuted on BBC1.
 * 22 January - Day of the Daleks Episode Four debuted on BBC1.
 * 29 January - The Curse of Peladon Episode One debuted on BBC1.
 * 5 February - The Curse of Peladon Episode Two debuted on BBC1.
 * 12 February - The Curse of Peladon Episode Three debuted on BBC1.
 * 19 February - The Curse of Peladon Episode Four debuted on BBC1.
 * 26 February - The Sea Devils Episode One debuted on BBC1.
 * 4 March - The Sea Devils Episode Two debuted on BBC1.
 * 11 March - The Sea Devils Episode Three debuted on BBC1.
 * 18 March - The Sea Devils Episode Four debuted on BBC1.
 * 25 March - The Sea Devils Episode Five debuted on BBC1.
 * 1 April - The Sea Devils Episode Six debuted on BBC1.
 * 8 April - The Mutants Episode One debuted on BBC1.
 * 15 April - The Mutants Episode Two debuted on BBC1.
 * 20 April - The first edition of The Making of Doctor Who was first published by Piccolo Books.
 * 22 April - The Mutants Episode Three debuted on BBC1.
 * 29 April - The Mutants Episode Four debuted on BBC1.
 * 6 May - The Mutants Episode Five debuted on BBC1.
 * 13 May - The Mutants Episode Six debuted on BBC1.
 * 20 May - The Time Monster Episode One debuted on BBC1.
 * 27 May - The Time Monster Episode Two debuted on BBC1.
 * 3 June - The Time Monster Episode Three debuted on BBC1.
 * 10 June - The Time Monster Episode Four debuted on BBC1.
 * 17 June - The Time Monster Episode Five debuted on BBC1.
 * 24 June - The Time Monster Episode Six debuted on BBC1.
 * 1 July - Dr. Who and the Daleks was first shown on BBC1.
 * September - World Distributors published Doctor Who Annual 1973.
 * 1 December - The BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition opened in Kensington.
 * 30 December - The Three Doctors Episode One debuted on BBC1.

Unknown dates

 * "Who is the Doctor?", a rock version of the Doctor Who theme with spoken lyrics performed by Jon Pertwee, was first released on Purple Records in the UK.
 * The 1972 Countdown Annual, featuring the stories The Plant Master and And Now for My Next Trick..., was released.