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Doctor Who production codes do not always follow air dates. Use of production codes on the BBC Wales series ceased with the 2011 Christmas special, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.

TV story production codes[]

Notes[]

The practice of using production codes was dropped after The Wedding of River Song.

Most First Doctor serials' production codes feature only one letter (with the exception of TV: The Savages, TV: The War Machines, TV: The Smugglers and TV: The Tenth Planet). All Second Doctor serials' production codes feature two letters and all Third Doctor serials' production codes feature three letters. The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors all have serial production codes that feature their incarnation's number. For example the Fourth Doctor serial TV: Robot has the production code '4A', the Fifth Doctor serial TV: Four to Doomsday has the production code '5W', the Sixth Doctor serial TV: The Twin Dilemma has the production code '6S', and the Seventh Doctor serial TV: Time and the Rani has the production code '7D'. It is unclear if all of these are on purpose or coincidental based upon the practice of using all the letters of the alphabet, omitting 'I' and 'O' (likely as to not be confused with lowercase 'L' and uppercase 'Q', respectively), and when Z was reached starting from A again and adding another letter, A, then AA, then AAA, then 4A and so on.

A similar thing is present in the new series production codes, with the Ninth Doctor episode TV: The Empty Child having the production code '1.9', The Tenth Doctor episode TV: Love & Monsters having the production code '2.10' and the Eleventh Doctor episode TV: The Lodger having the production code '1.11', though being production codes for single episodes in a series, rather than an entire serial, these are very likely coincidental.

Production codes have one letter only during the First Doctor's run, three letters only during the Third Doctor's run as and the same is true of the Fourth Doctor's run, as only serials with him as the main incarnation start with the number '4'. All other classic series incarnations either share their number/number of letters in the production codes with another incarnation, the Second Doctor shares two-letter production codes with the First Doctor and both the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Doctors appear as the main incarnation in serials whose starting number is one ahead of their incarnation's number.

'O' was used for the production codes 'OO' and 'OOO'. Production code 'VVV' was skipped despite 'V', 'VV', '4V' and so on, being used.

Dapol production codes[]

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Loose Cannon Productions[]

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Big Finish production codes[]

Based off TV story production codes[]

Big Finish original[]

Big Finish introduced their own system of production codes. Within a given audio series, the production code typically consisted of a prefix common to the whole series, followed by a number. In the list below, only the prefixes are given with numbers represented by xxx. For series that already ended their run, all possible values for xxx are stated. Production code prefixes are listed alphabetically:

Prefix # Series
first value final value
BFM██ 1 11 Big Finish Magazine
BFMSTDL██ 01 Short Trips
BFMSTDLPAUL██ 01 The Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity
BFP10THCCD██ 01 The Tenth Doctor Chronicles
BFP11THCCD██ 01 The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles
BFP20LEGACY - The Legacy of Time
BFP4DGRCD██ 01 03 Novel Adaptations with the Fourth Doctor
BFP4DGRDELUXE██ 01 02 Novel Adaptations – Limited Editions
BFP8MARCH - The Eighth of March
BFPBENNYBOX███ 006 Bernice Summerfield – Box Sets
BFPBKBS██ 01 Bernice Summerfield – Novel, anthology and reference books
BFPBKBS██AB 01 Bernice Summerfield – Novel and anthology audiobooks
BFPBSBOX███ 01 005 Bernice Summerfield – Box Sets
BFPCD██ 1 52 Bernice Summerfield – Single Releases
BFPCDDE██ 01 18
02A
Dalek Empire
BFPCDMUSIC█ 1 8 Music from audio dramas
BFPCHAROPT2019 - Character Options: Big Finish Doctor/Dalek 2019 Collector Sets Bundle
BFPCHARLEY███ 001 Charlotte Pollard
BFPCLASS███ 01 Class: The Audio Adventures
BFPCMBOX███ 001 004 Counter-Measures
05 The New Counter-Measures
BFPCMSPEC██ 01 Who Killed Toby Kinsella?
BFPCYBESCD██ 01 06 Cyberman
BFPDAVCD██ 01 04
0X
I, Davros
BFPDESTCD██ 01 11 Destiny of the Doctor
BFPDESTCDALL - Destiny of the Doctor: The Complete Adventure
BFPDONNACD██ 01 Donna Noble: Kidnapped!
BFPDW3RD██ 01 The Third Doctor Adventures
BFPDW5DBOX███ 001 The Fifth Doctor Box Set
BFPDW6DBOX███ 002 The Sixth Doctor Adventures
BFPDW6RD██ 01 The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure
BFPDW7DBOX███ 001 The Seventh Doctor: The New Adventures
BFPDW10TH██ 01 The Tenth Doctor Adventures – Limited Editions
01A The Tenth Doctor Adventures
BFPDW10TH██BOX 01 The Tenth Doctor Adventures – Volumes
BFPDW50CD - The Light at the End – Standard Edition
BFPDW50DELUXE - The Light at the End – Limited Edition
BFPDWBBCiCD██ 01 02 BBCi animations
BFPDWCC██ 01 80 The Companion Chronicles
BFPDWCC█0 9
BFPDWCCSP██ 01 The Companion Chronicles: The Specials
BFPDWCD6CELP - Spare Parts – Limited Vinyl Edition
BFPDWCD8GLP - The Chimes of Midnight – Limited Vinyl Edition
BFPDWCDEX█ 1 3 Excelis Saga
BFPDWCDMG███ 001 034 Eighth Doctor Adventures
035 038 Dark Eyes
039 042 Doom Coalition
043 046 Ravenous
047 The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller
BFPDWCDSUB██ 07 11 Bonus Releases
BFPDWCHRISTINA██ 01 Lady Christina
BFPDWCOMICBOX███ 001 The Comic Strip Adaptations
BFPDWEA██ 01 The Early Adventures
BFPDWHINCH███ 001 Philip Hinchcliffe Presents
BFPDWJENNY██ 01 The Doctor's Daughter
BFPDWLS██ 09 The Lost Stories
BFPDWLSTB██ 01 The Fourth Doctor Box Set
BFPDWLWCD██ 01 08 Novel Adaptations without the Fourth Doctor
BFPDWMISSY██ 01 Missy
BFPDWNABOX███ 001 The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield
BFPDWNEARTH██ 01 Tales from New Earth
BFPDWNEWMON██ 01 02 Classic Doctors, New Monsters
BFPDWRIVER██ 01 The Diary of River Song
BFPDWSPCD██ 01 03 The Stageplays
BFPDWCDSS██ 3 Side Step
BFPDWSPOOT█ 1 Out of Time
BFPDWTLVCD██ 01 Time Lord Victorious
BFPDWUNCD██ 01 08 Doctor Who Unbound
BFPDWWAR██ 01 04 The War Doctor
05 The Eighth Doctor: Time War
BFPDWWINST██ 01 The Churchill Years
BFPDWWMAR██ 01 The War Master
BFPGALLCD██ 01 Gallifrey
BFPGRCD██ 01 Graceless
BFPHARKNESS██CD 01 The Lives of Captain Jack
BFPJLCD██ 01 13 Jago & Litefoot
BFPJLSTRAX██ 01 Jago & Litefoot & Strax
BFPNWCD██ 00 10 Iris Wildthyme
BFPPATER██ 01 The Paternoster Gang
BFPSJSCD██ 01 09 Sarah Jane Smith
BFPTOMCD███ 007 Fourth Doctor Adventures from Series 2
BFPTWARCHIVECD - The Torchwood Archive
BFPTWCD██ 01 Torchwood
BFPTWFIVE██CD 01 03 Aliens Among Us
BFPTWSIX██CD 01 03 God Among Us
BFPTWONE██CD 01 Torchwood One
BFPTWOUTBCD - Outbreak
BFPUNITCD██ 01 05 UNIT
BFPUNS██ 01 UNIT: The New Series
BFPWORLDS███ 001 The Worlds of Doctor Who
002 The Worlds of Big Finish
BFSTRARE██ 01 Short Trips Rarities
BFPSUSANTWCD - Susan's War
DWMCD██ 02 07 Doctor Who Magazine bonus stories
DWCUK███ 009 Eaglemoss Collections
SS█ 1 4 Side Step

Glossary of abbreviations[]

  • 3RD - Third Doctor
  • 4D - Fourth Doctor
  • 5D - Fifth Doctor
  • 6RD - ?
  • 7D - Seventh Doctor
  • 9TH - Ninth Doctor
  • 10TH - Tenth Doctor
  • 11TH - Eleventh Doctor
  • 20 - 20th Anniversary
  • 50 - 50th Anniversary
  • AB - Audiobook
  • BFM - Big Finish Magazine
  • BFP - Big Finish Productions
  • BK - Book
  • BS - Bernice Summerfield
  • C - Chronicles
  • CC - Companion Chronicles
  • CD - Compact disc
  • CHAROPT - Character Options
  • CHARLEY - Charley Pollard
  • CM - Counter-Measures
  • CYBES - Cyberman Series
  • DAV - Davros
  • DE - Dalek Empire
  • DEST - Destiny
  • DL - Download
  • DW - Doctor Who
  • DWM - Doctor Who Magazine
  • EA - Early Adventures
  • EX - Excelis
  • GALL - Gallifrey
  • GR - Gareth Roberts
  • GR - Graceless
  • HARKNESS - Jack Harkness
  • HINCH - Hinchcliffe
  • JL - Jago & Litefoot
  • LP - Long Play
  • LS - Lost Stories
  • LW - Love and War
  • MG - McGann
  • N - New
  • NA - New Adventures
  • NEWMON - New Monsters
  • NW - New Worlds
  • OUTB - Outbreak
  • PATER - Paternoster
  • PAUL - Paul Spragg
  • RARE - Rarities
  • RIVER - River Song
  • SJS - Sarah Jane Smith
  • SP - Special
  • SP - Stageplays
  • SPEC - Special
  • SS - Side Step
  • ST - Short Trips
  • SUB - Subscribers
  • TB - Tom Baker
  • TOM - Tom Baker
  • TW - Time War
  • TW - Torchwood
  • TWONE - Torchwood One
  • TWFIVE - Series 5 of Torchwood
  • TWSIX - Series 6 of Torchwood
  • UN - Unbound
  • UNS - UNIT: The New Series
  • WAR - War
  • WINST - Winston Churchill
  • WMAR - War Master

Footnotes[]

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