1998

Doctor Who Universe

 * The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith prevent the Voracian invasion of Earth. (MA: System Shock)

October

 * 12 - Thomas Hector Schofield is born. (BFA: The Harvest)

January

 * Kursaal First Published


 * The Face of the Enemy First Published


 * Tempest First Published

February

 * Option Lock First Published


 * Eye of Heaven First Published


 * Walking to Babylon First Published


 * 5 - Wilfred Carter, who played politician-cum-peacemaker Sir Reginald Styles in Day of the Daleks dies.

March

 * Longest Day First Published


 * The Witch Hunters First Published


 * Short Trips First Published


 * Oblivion First Published

April

 * Legacy of the Daleks First Published


 * The Hollow Men First Published


 * The Medusa Effect First Published

May

 * Dreamstone Moon First Published


 * Catastrophea First Published


 * 10 - Robert Jewell, who operated Daleks in several episodes of Doctor Who as well as in both of the Dalek films starring Peter Cushing, dies in Melbourne, Australia.


 * Dry Pilgrimage First Published

June

 * Seeing I First Published


 * Mission: Impractical First Published


 * The Sword of Forever First Published. Final monthly release in the Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures line; hereafter the frequency of releases is reduced.


 * 24 - Stuntman Ken Barker, who appeared as the Mutant in Revelation of the Daleks dies from prostate cancer.

July

 * Placebo Effect First Published


 * Zeta Major First Published


 * 21 - Kenneth Watson, who portrayed Craddock in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD and Bill Duggan in The Wheel in Space dies from pancreatic cancer.

August

 * Vanderdeken's Children First Published


 * Dreams of Empire First Published


 * Another Girl, Another Planet First Published


 * 11 - Derek Newark, who portrayed Za in "An Unearthly Child" and Greg Sutton in "Inferno," dies.

September

 * The Scarlet Empress First Published


 * Last Man Running First Published


 * Oh No it Isn't, a dramatized audio adaptation of the 1997 novel of the same title, is released by Big Finish. This was the first of a series of Bernice Summerfield audio dramas to be produced by Big Finish, and was also the production company's first official production related to the Doctor Who franchise; a year later, the company would begin publishing dramas with a more direct connection to the TV series, and continue a prolific slate of productions into 2009. Many of those involved in these ventures would go on to write or perform for Doctor Who when it returns to TV in 2005.


 * 10 - Carl Forgione, who appeared as Land in Planet of the Spiders and Nimrod in Ghost Light, dies from cancer.


 * 30 - Marius Goring, known for his role as the villianous Theodore Maxtible in The Evil of the Daleks dies from cancer.

October

 * The Janus Conjunction First Published


 * Matrix First Published


 * Beige Planet Mars First Published
 * 05 - Doctor Who: The Television Companion first published.
 * 06 - Paperback publication of Tom Baker's autobiography, Who on Earth is Tom Baker?.
 * 19 - Future Doctor Who co-star Billie Piper (at this time promoted only as "Billie") releases her first album, Honey to the B, which sparked several hit singles, including the title track which would become a hit again in 2007.

November

 * Beltempest First Published


 * The Infinity Doctors First Published


 * Perfect Timing, a Doctor Who short story collection for charity, first published.


 * 2 - Tommy Duggan (Senator Alcott in The Mind of Evil) dies.


 * 16 - Doctor Who from A to Z first published.


 * 19 - Five Rounds Rapid!, a biography of Nicholas Courtney edited by John Nathan-Turner, first published.
 * Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Seventh Doctor first published. This concludes a series of Handbooks that began in 1992; this volume also includes information on the Eighth Doctor and an index to all seven volumes.


 * 23 - 35th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who being broadcast.

December

 * Where Angels Fear First Published


 * 7 - Michael Craze, who played companion Ben Jackson during the Patrick Troughton era, dies from a heart attack at his home.


 * 20 - "Mayored to the Mob," an episode of the American series The Simpsons, broadcast. The episode includes a cameo appearance by a caricature of the Fourth Doctor in a scene set at a science fiction convention.


 * 21 - Roger Avon, who played Saphadin in "The Crusade" and Daxtar in "The Daleks' Master Plan," as well as Wells in "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD," dies.