1996 (releases)

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In 1996, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

February - DWMS Spring 1996 was first published, along with Daleks Versus the Martians.
5 February - The Hand of Fear was released on VHS.
3 February - Episode three of The Ghosts of N-Space was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
10 February - Episode four of The Ghosts of N-Space was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
15 February - The Man in the Velvet Mask and Warchild were first published by Virgin Books.
15 February - DWM 236 was first released by Marvel Comics.
17 February - Episode five of The Ghosts of N-Space was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
24 February - Episode six of The Ghosts of N-Space was first broadcast on BBC Radio.

11 April - DWM 238 was released by Marvel Comics.
18 April - Death and Diplomacy, The Eye of the Giant and Who Killed Kennedy were first published by Virgin Books.
21 April - Surprise Surprise! special was first broadcast on ITV.

May - The Doctor Who Movie Special was published.
9 May - DWM 239 was first released by Marvel Comics.
12 May - CITV in Edmonton, Canada, was the first broadcaster to air the Doctor Who TV movie.
14 May - The Doctor Who TV movie was first broadcast on Fox. The story was released on VHS the same day.
16 May - Happy Endings, The Sands of Time and A History of the Universe were first published by Virgin Books.
16 May - The novelisation of the TV Movie was released by BBC Books.
17 May - The Script of the Film was first released by BBC Books.
25 May - The TV movie was promoted on the cover of the Radio Times.
27 May - Doctor Who was first broadcast on BBC1.

1 June - Part one of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.
6 June - DWM 240 was first released by Marvel Comics.
8 June - Part two of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.
15 June - Part three of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.
20 June - GodEngine and Killing Ground were first published by Virgin Books.
22 June - Part four of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.
29 June - Part five of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.

1 August - DWM 242 was first released by Marvel Comics.
3 August - Part ten of the Radio Times comic story Dreadnought was first published.
10 August - Part one of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
15 August - Return of the Living Dad and The Shadow of Weng-Chiang were first published by Virgin Books.
17 August - Part two of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
24 August - Part three of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
29 August - DWM 243 was first released by Marvel Comics.
31 August - Part four of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.

7 September - Part five of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
14 September - Part six of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
19 September - The Death of Art, Twilight of the Gods and the paperback edition of Doctor Who: Companions were published by Virgin Books.
21 September - Part seven of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
26 September - DWM 244 was first released by Marvel Comics.
28 September - Part eight of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.

3 October - Doctor Who: The Eighties was first published by Doctor Who Books.
5 October - Part nine of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
7 October - TX file: Doctor Who, a "filofax"-style reference book, was published by BBC Books as one of a series of TX File releases.
7 October - The Green Death was released on VHS.
12 October - Part ten of the Radio Times comic story Descendance was first published.
19 October - Part one of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
24 October - Damaged Goods and Speed of Flight were first published by Virgin Books.
24 October - DWM 245 was first released by Marvel Comics.
26 October - Part two of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.

2 November - Part three of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
9 November - Part four of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
16 November - Part five of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
16 November - Blacklight was first published by Doctor Who Books.
21 November - The Plotters and The Third Doctor Handbook were first published by Virgin Books.
21 November - DWM 246 was first released by Marvel Comics.
21 November - I Am the Doctor!, Jon Pertwee's second volume of memoirs, was published posthumously.
22 November - REF: Classic Who: The Harper Classics was first published.
23 November - Part six of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
30 November - Part seven of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.

5 December - Bad Therapy, Cold Fusion and The Completely Useless Encyclopedia were first published by Virgin Books.
7 December - Part eight of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
14 December - Part nine of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
19 December - DWM 247 was first released by Marvel Comics.
21 December - Part ten of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.