1972

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * Oskar Steinmann dies. (NA: Just War)

January

 * 01 - Day of the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 08 - Day of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 15 - Day of the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 22 - Day of the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 29 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 1 First Broadcast

February

 * 05 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 12 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 19 - The Curse of Peladon Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 26 - The Sea Devils Episode 1 First Broadcast

March

 * 04 - The Sea Devils Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 11 - The Sea Devils Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 18 - The Sea Devils Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 25 - The Sea Devils Episode 5 First Broadcast

April

 * 01 - The Sea Devils Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 08 - The Mutants Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 15 - The Mutants Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 22 - The Mutants Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 29 - The Mutants Episode 4 First Broadcast

May

 * 06 - The Mutants Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 13 - The Mutants Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 20 - The Time Monster Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 27 - The Time Monster Episode 2 First Broadcast

June

 * 03 - The Time Monster Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 10 - The Time Monster Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 17 - The Time Monster Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 24 - The Time Monster Episode 6 First Broadcast

October

 * 4 - Colin Gordon, who played the Commandant in "The Faceless Ones," dies in Haslemere.


 * 22 - Jack Melford, who played King Menelaus in "The Myth Makers," dies in Poole, England.

December

 * 30 - The Three Doctors Episode 1 First Broadcast

Unknown dates

 * The first edition of The Making of Doctor Who first published by Piccolo Books. Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, this is the first nonfiction work about the series, and predates Dicks and Hulke's later contributions to the Target Books line.


 * Shaun Dingwall, who plays Pete Tyler in series 1 and 2 of the revived Doctor Who is born in London.