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In 2004, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January - AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon was first released.
January - AUDIO: Death and the Daleks was first released.
5 January - Sometime Never... was first published.
7 January - The Two Doctors was released to DVD in Region 4 in the Australian market.
15 January - Short Trips: Steel Skies was first published.
19 January - The Visitation was released to DVD in Region 2 in the UK.
February - AUDIO: The Natural History of Fear was first released.
2 February - Scream of the Shalka, the novelisation of WC: Scream of the Shalka webcast, was published.
7 February - The Curse of Fenric was released to DVD in Region 4.
19 February - The novella Blood and Hope was first published by Telos Publishing.
March - AUDIO: The Twilight Kingdom was first released.
March - AUDIO: Weapon of Choice was first released.
1 March - Pyramids of Mars was released to DVD in the UK.
1 March - Empire of Death was first published.
2 March - The Seeds of Death and The Three Doctors were released to DVD in Region 1.
18 March - The Tunnel at the End of the Light was first published.
18 March - The novella The Dalek Factor was first published by Telos Publishing.
April - AUDIO: The Axis of Insanity was first released.
April - AUDIO: Square One and AUDIO: The Inquiry were first released.
5 April - Halflife was first published.
7 April - The Iron Legion graphic novel was first published.
8 April - The Visitation was released to DVD in Region 4.
8 April - The Audio Scripts: Volume Three was released by Big Finish.
May - AUDIO: Arrangements for War was first released.
May - AUDIO: A Blind Eye was first released.
May - AUDIO: Dalek Empire III: The Exterminators was first released.
May - The Big Hunt was first published.
3 May - The BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel The Eleventh Tiger was first published.
10 May - The Green Death was released on DVD in region 2 in the UK.
20 May - Short Trips: Past Tense was first published.
June - AUDIO: The Harvest was first released.
June - AUDIO: Dalek Empire III: The Healers was first released.
1 June - The Curse of Fenric and The Two Doctors were released to DVD in Region 1.
7 June - The Tomorrow Windows was first published.
10 June - Pyramids of Mars was released to DVD in Region 4.
17 June - The Clockwork Woman was first published.
26 June - The Web of Fear episode one was repeated on BBC Four as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the 1960s.
July - PROSE: A Life Worth Living was first published.
July - AUDIO: The Grel Escape, Dalek Empire III: The Survivors and The Roof of the World were first released.
July - Dalek Empire: The Scripts was released by Big Finish.
1 July - Short Trips: Life Science was first published.
5 July - The Leisure Hive was released to DVD in the UK.
19 July - Synthespians™ was first published.
19 July - Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One and Tales from the TARDIS: Volume Two were first released.
August - AUDIO: Medicinal Purposes was first released.
August - AUDIO: Dalek Empire III: The Demons was first released.
August - AUDIO: The Bone of Contention was first released.
2 August - The Sleep of Reason was first published.
5 August - The Green Death was released to DVD in Region 4.
26 August - Short Trips: Repercussions was first published by Big Finish Productions.
September - AUDIO: Faith Stealer was first released.
September - AUDIO: Dalek Empire III: The Warriors was first released.
6 September - AUDIO: Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2 was first released.
6 September - The Algebra of Ice was first published.
20 September - Ghost Light was released to DVD in the UK.
October - AUDIO: The Last was first released.
October - REF: Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1 was first published.
October - AUDIO: Dalek Empire III: The Future was first released.
4 October - The Deadstone Memorial was first published.
7 October - The Leisure Hive was released to DVD in Region 4.
7 October - Short Trips: Monsters was first published.
19 October - Kitsune was first published.
November - AUDIO: Caerdroia was first released.
November - REF: The Discontinuity Guide, 2nd edition, was first published.
November - AUDIO: The Relics of Jegg-Sau was first released.
1 November - Lost in Time, a DVD box set spotlighting incomplete stories from the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras, was released in the UK.
1 November - The Indestructible Man was first published.
2 November - The Lost in Time DVD collection was issued in Region 1.
7 November - Earthshock and Pyramids of Mars were released to DVD in Region 1.
December - AUDIO: The Next Life was first released.
December - AUDIO: Her Final Flight was first released.
December - PROSE: A Life in Pieces was first published.
December - AUDIO: Time Heals was first released.
December - AUDIO: Storm Mine was first released.
2 December - The Severed Man was first published.
2 December - The Lost in Time DVD box set was released in Region 4.
2 December - Short Trips: 2040 was first published.
9 December - AUDIO: Silver Lining, a single-episode Benny Summerfield story, and AUDIO: The Coup, a "prologue" release for the upcoming UNIT audio series, were released on an exclusive CD included with Doctor Who Magazine.
30 December - The anthology Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury was first published by Big Finish.

Unknown dates

HOMEVID: Dæmos Rising was first released.
AUDIO: The Prisoner, a twenty-minute short play, was included on the CD release Paul Darrow: The Actor Speaks.
NOTVALID: The Feast of the Stone was published to the BBC website.

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-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'' was first published.
+* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]'' was first released. A new [[companion]], [[C'rizz]], joined the [[Eighth Doctor]].
+* January - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death and the Daleks (audio story)|Death and the Daleks]] ''was first released.
-* [[7 January]] - ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4 in the [[Australia]]n market.
+* [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] - ''[[Sometime Never... (novel)|Sometime Never...]]'' was first published.
+* [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] - ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4 in the [[Australia]]n market.
-* [[17 January]] - Actor [[Andrew Tourell]] died.
-* [[19 January]] - ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 2 in the UK.
+* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Short Trips: Steel Skies]]'' was first published.
+* [[19 January (releases)|19 January]] - ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 2 in the UK.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' was first published. This was a novelisation of the [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' webcast. It was the first novelisation to be published since the novelisation of [[Doctor Who (1996)|the TV movie]] in [[1996]]. Considered part of the [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] line, the book included a section detailing the making of the story.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear]]'' was first released.
+* [[February (releases)|February]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]'' was first released.
+* [[2 February (releases)|2 February]] - ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'', the novelisation of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' webcast, was published.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'' was first published.
-* [[7 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - The novella ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'' was first published by [[Telos Publishing]].
-* [[11 February]] - Actor [[Hugh Cecil]] died.
+* [[March (releases)|March]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]'' was first released.
-* [[26 February]] - Actor [[Russell Hunter]] died.
+* March - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice (audio story)|Weapon of Choice]]'' was first released.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death]]'' was first published. This was the final [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]] and, {{as of|2012|lc=y}}, the most recent original novel to feature the Fifth Doctor.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom]]'' was first released.
+* [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] - ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
+* 1 March - ''[[Empire of Death (novel)|Empire of Death]]'' was first published.
+* [[2 March (releases)|2 March]] - ''[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dalek Factor]]'' was first published. This novella, featuring an unspecified incarnation of the Doctor, was the final release in the [[Telos Doctor Who novella|Telos ''Doctor Who'' novellas]] series, although the company continued publishing books set in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] with its ''[[Time Hunter]]'' spin-off line.
+* [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - ''[[The Tunnel at the End of the Light (novel)|The Tunnel at the End of the Light]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice]]'' was first released. This audio drama launched an ongoing [[Big Finish Productions]] spin-off series, ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'', starring [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana II]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9]].
-* [[1 March]] - ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
+* 18 March - The novella ''[[The Dalek Factor (novel)|The Dalek Factor]]'' was first published by [[Telos Publishing]].
-* [[2 March]] - ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
+* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity (audio story)|The Axis of Insanity]]'' was first released.
+* April - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Square One (Gallifrey audio story)|Square One]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry (audio story)|The Inquiry]]'' were first released.
-* [[3 March]] - Actor [[Sheila Dunn]] died.
-* [[18 March]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tunnel at the End of the Light]]'' was first published.
+* [[5 April (releases)|5 April]] - ''[[Halflife (novel)|Halflife]]'' was first published.
+* [[7 April (releases)|7 April]] - ''[[The Iron Legion (graphic novel)|The Iron Legion]]'' graphic novel was first published.
-* [[20 March]] - The BBC announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]] had been cast as the [[Ninth Doctor]] in the new series.<ref name="Nighly in Who">[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/02/bill-nighy-in-doctor-who.html The Doctor Who News Page - Bill Nighly in Doctor Who] <small>accessed 27th March 2011</small></ref>
+* [[8 April (releases)|8 April]] - ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
-* 20 - The same day, the ''Daily Mail'' ran an erroneous story indicating that [[Bill Nighy]] has been cast as the Doctor.<ref name="Nighly in Who"/> (Nighy was eventually cast in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|the 2010 series]] as a guest star.)
+* 8 April - ''[[The Audio Scripts: Volume Three]]'' was released by Big Finish.
-* [[24 March]] - Actor [[Richard Leech]] died.
+* [[May (releases)|May]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War (audio story)|Arrangements for War]]'' was first released.
-* [[27 March]] - [[Fight arranger]] [[Peter Diamond]] died.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Halflife]]'' was first published.
+* May - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Blind Eye (audio story)|A Blind Eye]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'' was first released.
+* May - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Exterminators (audio story)|The Exterminators]]'' was first released.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
+* May - ''[[The Big Hunt (novel)|The Big Hunt]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Square One]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Inquiry]]'' were first released.
+* [[3 May (releases)|3 May]] - The [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Eleventh Tiger (novel)|The Eleventh Tiger]]'' was first published.
-* [[8 April]] - ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* [[10 May (releases)|10 May]] - ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' was released on DVD in region 2 in the UK.
+* [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] - ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
-* [[19 April]] - Actor [[Philip Locke]] died.
+* [[June (releases)|June]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]'' was first released.
-* [[30 April]] - Actor [[Richard Steele]] died.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'' was first published.
+* June - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Healers (audio story)|The Healers]]'' was first released.
+* [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Blind Eye]]'' was first released.
+* [[7 June (releases)|7 June]] - ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'' was first published.
+* [[10 June (releases)|10 June]] - ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Exterminators]]'' was first released, launching [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Big Hunt (novel)|The Big Hunt]]'' was first published. This was first full-length novel in the [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]] to be published in more than two years.
+* [[17 June (releases)|17 June]] - ''[[The Clockwork Woman (novel)|The Clockwork Woman]]'' was first published.
+* [[26 June (releases)|26 June]] - ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' episode one was repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the 1960s.
-* [[3 May]] - Actor [[Anthony Ainley]] died. He had recently recorded commentary for the DVD release of ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' which ultimately did not see release until several years after his death.
+* [[July (releases)|July]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Life Worth Living (anthology)|A Life Worth Living]]'' was first published.
-* [[10 May]] - ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released on DVD in region 2 in the UK.
+* July - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Grel Escape (audio story)|The Grel Escape]]'', ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Survivors (audio story)|The Survivors]]'' and ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]] ''were first released.
-* [[14 May]] - [[BBC]] [[Head of Serials]] [[Shaun Sutton]] died.
+* July - ''[[Dalek Empire: The Scripts]]'' was released by Big Finish.
-* [[22 May]] - Actor [[Michael Wade]] died.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' was first published.
+* [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] - ''[[Short Trips: Life Science]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest]]'' was first released. A new companion for the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Hex]], was introduced.
+* [[5 July (releases)|5 July]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Life Science]]'' was first published.
+* [[19 July (releases)|19 July]] - ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Healers]]'' was first released.
+* 19 July - ''[[Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One]]'' and ''[[Tales from the TARDIS: Volume Two]] ''were first released.
-*  [[1 June]] - ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
+* [[August (releases)|August]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'' was first released.
-* [[10 June]] - ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* August - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Demons (audio story)|The Demons]]'' was first released.
-* [[17 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwork Woman]]'' was first published.
+* August - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Bone of Contention (audio story)|The Bone of Contention]] ''was first released.
+* [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] - ''[[The Sleep of Reason (novel)|The Sleep of Reason]]'' was first published.
-* [[18 June]] - Actor [[Frederick Jaeger]] died.
+* [[5 August (releases)|5 August]] - ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
-* [[19 June]] - Actor [[Colin McCormack]] died.
+* [[26 August (releases)|26 August]] - ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]'' was first published by Big Finish Productions.
-* [[23 June]] - Actor [[Peter Birrel]] died.
+* [[September (releases)|September]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Faith Stealer (audio story)|Faith Stealer]]'' was first released.
-* [[26 June]] - ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' episode one was repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the 1960s.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™]]'' was first published.
+* September - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Warriors (audio story)|The Warriors]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' was first released.
+* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Survivors]]'' was first released.
+* 6 September - ''[[The Algebra of Ice (novel)|The Algebra of Ice]]'' was first published.
+* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
-* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life Worth Living]]'' was first published.
-* [[5 July]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
+* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last (audio story)|The Last]]'' was first released.
+* October - [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox|Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1]]'' was first published.
-* [[18 July]] - A new era began as filming commenced on the new BBC Wales production of ''Doctor Who''. This was the first time ''Doctor Who'' had been in production in any form since February 1996 (when production of the [[Doctor Who (1996)|1996 TV movie]] ended) and August 1989 when filming of the original TV series concluded. [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[Billie Piper]] took their places in front of the cameras as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] (date per ''[[Project Who]]'').
+* October - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Future (audio story)|The Future]]'' was first released.
-* [[31 July]] - Actor [[Robert James]] died.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Sleep of Reason]]'' was first published.
+* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - ''[[The Deadstone Memorial (novel)|The Deadstone Memorial]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes]]'' was first released.
+* [[7 October (releases)|7 October]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]'' was first published.
+* 7 October - ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]'' was first published.
-*  [[5 August]] - ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - ''[[Kitsune (novel)|Kitsune]]'' was first published.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]'' was first published.
+* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Faith Stealer]]'' was first released.
+* November - [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', 2nd edition, was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Demons]]'' was first released.
+* November - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]'' was first released.
+* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'', a DVD box set spotlighting incomplete stories from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras, was released in the UK.
-* [[6 September]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2]]'' was first released.
+* 1 November - ''[[The Indestructible Man (novel)|The Indestructible Man]]'' was first published.
-* [[10 September]] - Actor [[Glyn Owen]] died.
+* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD collection was issued in Region 1.
-* [[11 September]] - Cover artist [[David Mann]] died.
-* [[20 September]] - ''[[Ghost Light]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
+* [[7 November (releases)|7 November]] - ''[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial]]'' was first published.
+* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last (audio story)|The Last]]'' was first released.
+* December - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Her Final Flight (audio story)|Her Final Flight]]'' was first released.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'' were first published.
+* December - [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Life in Pieces (anthology)|A Life in Pieces]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Warriors]]'' was first released.
+* December - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Heals (audio story)|Time Heals]]'' was first released.
-* [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox|Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1]]'' was first published
+* December - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Mine (audio story)|Storm Mine]]'' was first released.
+* [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] - ''[[The Severed Man (novel)|The Severed Man]]'' was first published.
-* Actor [[Geoffrey Cheshire]] died.
-*  [[7 October]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
+* 2 December - The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD box set was released in Region 4.
+* 2 December - ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'' was first published.
-*  [[17 October]] - This was the twenty-fifth anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
+* [[9 December (releases)|9 December]] - [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]'', a single-episode [[Benny Summerfield]] story, and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup (audio story)|The Coup]]'', a "prologue" release for the upcoming ''[[UNIT (audio series)|UNIT]]'' audio series, were released on an exclusive CD included with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
-*  [[19 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Kitsune (novel)|Kitsune]]'' was first published.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'' was first published.
+* [[30 December (releases)|30 December]] - The anthology ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]'' was first published by [[Big Finish]].
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]'' was first released.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Future]]'' was first released, concluding [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
-* [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', 2nd edition, was first published.
-* [[1 November]] - ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'', a DVD box set spotlighting incomplete stories from the [[William Hartnell]] and [[Patrick Troughton]] eras was released in the UK.
-* [[2 November]] - The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD collection was issued in Region 1, only a day after the UK release (the first time Region 1 and Region 2 have so nearly coincided).
-* [[7 November]] - ''[[Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' were released to DVD in Region 1.
-* [[22 November]] - [[Russell T Davies]] was interviewed by Phil Williams on BBC Radio 5 about the new series.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Next Life]]'' was first released. This audio drama reunited [[Paul McGann]] with his TV-movie co-star [[Daphne Ashbrook]].
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Her Final Flight]]'' was first released. This single-episode story was made available exclusively to subscribers to Big Finish.
-* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]'' was first published.
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]'', a single-episode [[Benny Summerfield]] story, and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Coup]]'', a "prologue" release for the upcoming ''[[UNIT (audio series)|UNIT]]'' audio series, were released on an exclusive CD included with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. [[Nicholas Courtney]] returned as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]].
-* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life in Pieces]]'' was first published. It was the last [[Benny Summerfield]] short story collection until [[2006]].
-* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Time Heals]]'' was first released, officially launching the spin-off audio series ''[[UNIT (audio series)|UNIT]]''.
-* [[AUDIO]]: '' [[Storm Mine]]'' was first released. It was the last release in the ''Kaldor City'' series to date.
-* [[2 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Severed Man]]'' was first published.
-* 2 - The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD box set was released in Region 4.
-* [[6 December]] - This was the fifteenth anniversary of the broadcast of ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, which ended the 1963-89 series. The anniversary came as production was well underway on the show's long-awaited return to television.
-* [[11 December]] - Actor [[Christopher Blake]] died.
 === Unknown dates ===
+* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising (home video)|Dæmos Rising]]'' was first released.
-* Actor [[Alec Wallis]] died.
-* [[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Dæmos Rising]]'' was first released.
-* Throughout the year there was considerable media coverage and fan speculation surrounding the announced return of ''Doctor Who'' to television, especially as production of the first season began. It was announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]], an actor best known for appearances in films such as ''Elizabeth'', ''Jude'' and ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', would play the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that [[Billie Piper]], a well-known pop star of the late 90s/early 2000s, would play the Doctor's new companion, [[Rose Tyler]]. It was announced that no crossover with [[Paul McGann]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] was planned at this point, nor were any past companions expected to appear in the new series. Initially there were media reports that due to rights issues, the [[Dalek]]s would not be appearing in the new series, but after these were worked out it was announced that the iconic creatures would indeed appear in the new series. A surprisingly controversial aspect of the new series was the unveiling of a new series logo, which provoked extremely negative response from some fans, with BBC News reporting that some behind-the-scenes personnel had received threats over it.
-* The announced series revival resulted in [[Richard E. Grant]]'s version of the Ninth Doctor being deemed non-canonical by the BBC, and future "[[Shalka Doctor]]" projects were shelved, including a planned DVD release of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''.
 * [[AUDIO]]: '' [[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'', a twenty-minute short play, was included on the CD release ''Paul Darrow: The Actor Speaks''.
+* [[NOTVALID]]: ''[[The Feast of the Stone (short story)|The Feast of the Stone]]'' was published to the [[BBC]] website.
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