1973

March

 * 26 - Noël Coward dies in Jamaica. (NA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)

December

 * Jo Grant plays Aladdin, Mike Yates plays Widow Twankey, and the Doctor plays the villain in the UNIT staff Christmas panto. ("No Future," "Timewyrm: Revelation").

Unknown dates

 * A film version of "The Three Musketeers" is released. Genetic material from its principal stars, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay, will be used to create Reprises of D'Artaganan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos in Europa in the far future ("Managra").


 * An archaeological expedition led by Aubrey Prior strips the tomb of Nephthys in Egypt. They tell the workers that it will be rebuilt in the British Museum ("The Sands of Time").


 * The Cult of the Second Coming of Ed Hill ends soon after its founder, Maddie, dies from a drug overdose ("Revolution Man").


 * In a possible alternate future or parallel timeline, various incarnations of The Doctor along with various companions, experience time-slipping between this year, 1993 and 2013 as the result of a ploy by The Rani. (DW: Dimensions in Time)

January

 * 06 - The Three Doctors Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 13 - The Three Doctors Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 19 - Max Adrian, who played King Priam in "The Myth Makers," dies in Wilford.


 * 20 - The Three Doctors Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 27 - Carnival of Monsters Episode 1 First Broadcast

February

 * 03 - Carnival of Monsters Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 10 - Carnival of Monsters Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 17 - Carnival of Monsters Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 24 - Frontier in Space Episode 1 First Broadcast

March

 * 03 - Frontier in Space Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 10 - Frontier in Space Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 17 - Frontier in Space Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 24 - Frontier in Space Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 31 - Frontier in Space Episode 6 First Broadcast

April

 * 07 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 14 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 21 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 28 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 4 First Broadcast

May

 * 05 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 12 - Planet of the Daleks Episode 6 First Broadcast


 * 19 - The Green Death Episode 1 First Broadcast


 * 26 - The Green Death Episode 2 First Broadcast

June

 * 02 - The Green Death Episode 3 First Broadcast


 * 09 - The Green Death Episode 4 First Broadcast


 * 16 - The Green Death Episode 5 First Broadcast


 * 18 - Roger Delgado is killed in an automobile accident outside Neveshir, Turkey.


 * 23 - The Green Death Episode 6 First Broadcast

July

 * 30 - Guy Middleton, who played Colonel Attwood in "The Highlanders," dies.

December

 * 15 - The Time Warrior Episode 1 First Broadcast. The diamond-shaped series logo is introduced, along with an early version of the Bernard Lodge-designed "tunnel" opening sequence that would become closely associated with the Tom Baker era. Elisabeth Sladen makes her series debut as Sarah Jane Smith, and the Sontarans are unveiled. This serial will also reveal the name of the Doctor's planet, Gallifrey.


 * 22 - The Time Warrior Episode 2 First Broadcast


 * 29 - The Time Warrior Episode 3 First Broadcast

Unknown date

 * Peter Bathurst, who played Hensell in "The Power of the Daleks" and Chinn in "The Claws of Axos," dies.
 * Target Books publishes reprints of Doctor Who and the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Crusaders and Doctor Who and the Zarbi, launching a prolific series of novelisations which would continue for the next 20 years.