Virgin Publishing releases the 22nd Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, The Sands of Time by Justin Richards, featuring the TARDIS team of the fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan. 
Virgin Publishing releases the 22nd Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, The Sands of Time by Justin Richards, featuring the TARDIS team of the fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan.
Virgin Publishing releases the 51st book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, GodEngine by Craig Hinton.
Virgin Publishing releases the 23rd Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures novel, Killing Ground by Steve Lyons, featuring the TARDIS team of the sixth Doctor and Grant Markham.
Virgin Publishing releases the hardcover non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Eighties by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, and Stephen James Walker, a coffee table book covering the final decade of the 20th century series.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of the late Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Nth Doctor by Jean-Marc Lofficier, detailing the development – including abandoned scripts and storylines – that led from proposals to a never-made Doctor Who theatrical movie to the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann.
Welsh-born writer Terry Nation, who wrote the first Doctor Who scripts featuring the Daleks, dies at the age of 66. A former comedy writer, Nation had recently been fired from a steady comedy job when his agent directed him toward the still-in-development BBC science fiction series; Nation’s first script drew the ire of Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman, who issued his famous “no bug-eyed monsters” edict in response, though Nation’s scripts were bought and filmed by the show’s first producer, Verity Lambert. The Daleks immediately secured the future of both Doctor Who and Nation himself, who went on to create seminal BBC genre series such as Survivors and Blake’s 7 before emigrating to America, where he became a producer on MacGyver. At the time of his death, he had been developing concepts for a Blake’s 7 revival with input from series star Paul Darrow.
Virgin Publishing releases the 60th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Lungbarrow by Marc Platt.
Virgin Publishing releases the 61st book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Lance Parkin’s The Dying Days. This is the first and only book in the series to feature the eighth Doctor introduced in the previous year’s TV movie, and marks the end of Virgin’s Doctor Who license, as BBC Books has brought the license in-house in the wake of the 1996 movie. The New Adventures books will continue with no direct Doctor Who references and focusing on the original character of Dr. Bernice Summerfield.
SuperTracks releases the Doctor Who soundtrack, with music by John Debney, John Sponsler, and Louis Febre. As with many other SuperTracks releases during this period, this soundtrack is not studio-sanctioned.
The fan-produced Doctor Who video production Auton is released by BBV. Though not a BBC-sanctioned production, thanks to the specifics of UK copyright law, the producers are able to license the Autons from the estate of their creator, Robert Holmes, to commercially release the video on tape and DVD.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Second Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of the late Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
BBC Multimedia releases the first-person shooter Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors for Windows PCs in the UK. Featuring sound clips from the classic series, the game also boasts the last new footage of actor Anthony Ainley in character as the Master.
Julian Knott releases a limited CD pressing of Space Adventures: Music from Doctor Who, 1963-1971, an expanded CD of a cassette previously issued in 1987 by the Reference Department of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, gathering vintage production music library tracks used in 1960s Doctor Who.
The Doctor Who-related fan production Mindgame is released on VHS, starring Sophie Aldred and Miles Richardson. Though not BBC-sanctioned, UK copyright law allows the filmmakers to license the characters of the Sontarans and Draconians for this video’s commercial release.
Welsh toy company Dapol announces the release of the first wave of new Doctor Who action figures since the late 1980s, this group including the third Doctor, the Master, a Sea Devil, two different Silurians, and four variants on a “Gallifrey High Councillor”.
Virgin Books publishes the non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Handbook by David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, offering a detailed inside look at the tenure of Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor, with additional material about the 1996 TV movie starring Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor.
Part one of the classic William Hartnell-era Doctor Who four-parter The Crusade is recovered by the BBC, thanks to a fan who obtained it cheaply from a film collectors’ sale. The film is handed over to BBC’s unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team. There’s initially no word on any possible video release of this segment of The Crusade, since parts two and four are still missing.
The Doctor Who satire The Curse Of Fatal Death airs in two parts as part of the BBC’s Red Nose Day telethon, starring Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder, Mr. Bean), Julia Sawalha (Absolutely Fabulous), Hugh Grant, and, as the first female Doctor in the history of the series (but not the last), Joanna Lumley. Future 21st century Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat provides the scripts.
Welsh toy company Dapol announces the release of a series of limited edition Doctor Who “Millennium Daleks”. Essentially the same mold and tooling as with their existing Dalek action figures, these Daleks have an assortment of glittery, colorful paint jobs (not matching anything seen on television).
Big Finish Productions releases the first Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range (though the range is not yet monthly, a frequency that will be determined by sheer audience demand). Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy reprise their respective versions of the Doctor in a story written, directed and scored by Nicholas Briggs.
The Doctor Who-related fan production Mindgame Trilogy is released on VHS, starring Sophie Aldred and Miles Richardson. Though not BBC-sanctioned, UK copyright law allows the filmmakers to license the characters of the Sontarans and Draconians for this video’s commercial release.
Big Finish Productions releases the second Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range (though the range is not yet monthly, a frequency that will be determined by sheer audience demand). Peter Davison and Mark Strickson star in a story written by Mark Gatiss, who also guest stars.
The Doctor Who parody sketch The Web of Caves airs as part of BBC2’s Doctor Who Night, starring Mark Gatiss as the Doctor.
Dapol, the makers of Doctor Who action figures, release a fourth wave of 3 3/4″ toys from the long-running series, including two varieties of Sontarans and the calcified Melkur from season 18’s The Keeper of Traken. Though not the last action figure release from Dapol, it will prove to be the last non-Dalek-related wave of Doctor Who figures before the Welsh toymaker loses the Doctor Who license.
Big Finish Productions releases the third Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. Peter Miles guest stars.
Big Finish Productions releases the fourth Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. Neil Roberts (Sliders, Babylon 5) guest stars.
Big Finish Productions releases the fifth Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7) guest stars in a story revolving around political talk radio.
BBC Music releases Geoffrey Burgon‘s soundtrack from the 1975 Doctor Who story Terror Of The Zygons; Burgon’s music from The Seeds Of Doom is also included.
Big Finish Productions releases the sixth Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Colin Baker and introducing Maggie Stables as the first original-to-audio companion in Big Finish’s Doctor Who range, history professor Dr. Evelyn Smythe.