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1983 in

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Timeline for 1983

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In 1983, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

3 January - Arc of Infinity Part One debuted on BBC1.
5 January - Arc of Infinity Part Two debuted on BBC1.
11 January - Arc of Infinity Part Three debuted on BBC1.
12 January - Arc of Infinity Part Four debuted on BBC1.
18 January - Snakedance Part One debuted on BBC1.
19 January - Snakedance Part Two debuted on BBC1.
25 January - Snakedance Part Three debuted on BBC1.
26 January - Snakedance Part Four debuted on BBC1.
February - DWM 73 was published.
1 February - Mawdryn Undead Part One debuted on BBC1.
2 February - Mawdryn Undead Part Two debuted on BBC1.
8 February - Mawdryn Undead Part Three debuted on BBC1.
9 February - Mawdryn Undead Part Four debuted on BBC1.
15 February - Terminus Part One debuted on BBC1.
16 February - Terminus Part Two debuted on BBC1.
22 February - Terminus Part Three debuted on BBC1.
23 February - Terminus Part Four debuted on BBC1.
March - DWM 74 was published.
1 March - Enlightenment Part One debuted on BBC1.
2 March - Enlightenment Part Two debuted on BBC1.
8 March - Enlightenment Part Three debuted on BBC1.
9 March - Enlightenment Part Four debuted on BBC1.
15 March - The King's Demons Part One debuted on BBC1.
16 March - The King's Demons Part Two debuted on BBC1.
April - DWM 75 was published.
15 April - PROSE: Doctor Who - Time-Flight was first published.
May - DWM 76 was published.
5 May - PROSE: Doctor Who - Meglos was first published.
June - DWM 77 was published.
16 June - PROSE: Doctor Who - Castrovalva was first published.
23 June - Doctor Who: Daleks Omnibus was first published.
Summer - Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1983 was published.
July - DWM 78 was published.
21 July - PROSE: Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday was first published.
August - The Doctor Who Annual 1984 was published.
11 August - DWM 80 was first released by Marvel.
18 August - PROSE: Doctor Who - Earthshock was first published.
8 September - REF: The Doctor Who Technical Manual was first published.
13 September - REF: Doctor Who: A Celebration was first published.
15 September - PROSE: Doctor Who - Terminus was first published.
Autumn - GAME: The First Adventure was first published.
October - REF: Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series was published in paperback.
October - DWM 81 was published.
20 October - PROSE: Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity was first published.
Winter - Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1983/84 was published.
November - DWM 82 was published.
23 November - The Five Doctors debuted on PBS.
24 November - PROSE: Doctor Who - The Five Doctors was first published.
25 November - The Five Doctors debuted on BBC1 in the UK, as part of that year's Children in Need fund-raising drive. Immediately after this, Children in Need 1983 was also broadcast.
December - DWM 83 was published.
1 December - REF: Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text, one of the first widely published scholarly works on the franchise, was first published in both the UK and US.
Unknown - Magnet Books, a subsidiary of Methuen Children's Books, published Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science, Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space and Doctor Who Quiz Book of Magic, all by Michael Holt, the remainder of the Doctor Who Quiz Book line.

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-* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], launching ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Season 20|twentieth season]].
+* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] - ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] - ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[12 January (releases)|12 January]] - ''[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] - ''[[Snakedance]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[18 January (releases)|18 January]] - ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - ''[[Snakedance]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] - ''[[Snakedance]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[25 January (releases)|25 January]] - ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[26 January (releases)|26 January]] - ''[[Snakedance]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[26 January (releases)|26 January]] - ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[February (releases)|February]] - [[DWM 73]] was published.
-* [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[1 February (releases)|1 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[8 February (releases)|8 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[8 February (releases)|8 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[9 February (releases)|9 February]] - ''[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] - ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[16 February (releases)|16 February]] - ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[22 February (releases)|22 February]] - ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[23 February (releases)|23 February]] - ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Sarah Sutton]] left the series with this part.
+* [[23 February (releases)|23 February]] - ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[March (releases)|March]] - [[DWM 74]] was published.
-* Filming and studio recording for ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' took place this month.
-* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Technical Manual]]'' was first published.
 * [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] - ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[2 March (releases)|2 March]] - ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[8 March (releases)|8 March]] - ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
 * [[9 March (releases)|9 March]] - ''[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] - ''[[The King's Demons]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. This instalment was promoted by the BBC as the 600th episode of ''Doctor Who''.
+* [[15 March (releases)|15 March]] - ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
-* [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] - ''[[The King's Demons]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s twentieth season.
+* [[16 March (releases)|16 March]] - ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
+* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[DWM 75]] was published.
 * [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Time-Flight (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time-Flight]]'' was first published.
-* [[2 May (releases)|2 May]] - This was the tenth anniversary of the launch of [[Target Books]]' line of ''Doctor Who'' novelisations.
+* [[May (releases)|May]] - [[DWM 76]] was published.
 * [[5 May (releases)|5 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Meglos]]'' was first published.
+* [[June (releases)|June]] - [[DWM 77]] was published.
 * [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Castrovalva (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Castrovalva]]'' was first published.
-* [[23 June (releases)|23 June]] - ''Doctor Who: Daleks Omnibus'' was first published. It was a hardcover [[Target Books]] collection reprinting the [[Terrance Dicks]] novelisations [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]''.
+* [[23 June (releases)|23 June]] - ''Doctor Who: Daleks Omnibus'' was first published.
+* [[Summer]] - [[DWMS Summer 1983|Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1983]] was published.
+* [[July (releases)|July]] - [[DWM 78]] was published.
 * [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday]]'' was first published.
-* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1984]]'' was published.
+* [[August (releases)|August]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1984]]'' was published.
+* [[11 August (releases)|11 August]] - [[DWM 80]] was first released by Marvel.
 * [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Earthshock (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Earthshock]]'' was first published.
-* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: A Celebration]]'' was first published.
+* [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Technical Manual]]'' was first published.
+* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[A Celebration|Doctor Who: A Celebration]]'' was first published.
 * [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Terminus (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Terminus]]'' was first published.
-* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]'' was published in paperback.
+* Autumn - [[GAME]]: ''[[The First Adventure (video game)|The First Adventure]] ''was first published.
+* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Making of a Television Series]]'' was published in paperback.
+* October - [[DWM 81]] was published.
 * [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Arc of Infinity (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity]]'' was first published.
+* [[Winter]] - [[DWMS Winter 1983/84|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1983/84]] was published.
-* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text]]'', one of the first widely published scholarly works on the franchise, was first published in both the UK and US.
-* [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] - ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' debuted on [[PBS]] (and later [[BBC1]]) on ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s twentieth anniversary.
+* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWM 82]] was published.
+* [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] - ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' debuted on [[PBS]].
 * [[24 November (releases)|24 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Five Doctors]]'' was first published.
-* [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]] in the [[UK]], as part of that year's ''Children in Need'' fund-raising drive.
+* [[25 November (releases)|25 November]] - ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]] in the [[UK]], as part of that year's ''Children in Need'' fund-raising drive. Immediately after this, ''[[Children in Need 1983 (TV story)|Children in Need 1983]]'' was also broadcast.
+* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 83]] was published.
-* Unknown - [[Magnet Books]], a subsidiary of Methuen Children's Books, published ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Magic]]'', all by [[Michael Holt]], the remainder of the ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book (series)|Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' line. These illustrated paperback books (published in the same format as [[Target Books]] novelisations) contained original short stories featuring the [[Fifth Doctor]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Tegan Jovanka]] that set up short quizzes related to the subject matter of the book. The first book in the series had been published in 1982.
+* [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text]]'', one of the first widely published scholarly works on the franchise, was first published in both the UK and US.
+* Unknown - [[Magnet Books]], a subsidiary of Methuen Children's Books, published ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Space]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book of Magic]]'', all by [[Michael Holt]], the remainder of the ''[[Doctor Who Quiz Book (series)|Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' line.
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