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* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - [[DWM 13]] was published.
* [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] - ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - [[DWM 14]] was published.
* [[12 January (releases)|12 January]] - ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - [[DWM 15]] was published.
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Underworld (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Underworld]]'' was first published.
* 24 January - The American edition of ''[[Doctor Who and the Android Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Android Invasion]]'' was published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* 24 January - [[DWM 16]] was published.
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - [[DWM 17]] was published.
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - [[DWM 18]] was published.
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - [[DWM 19]] was published.
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time]]'' was first published.
* 21 February - [[DWM 20]] was published.
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - [[DWM 21]] was published.
* [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] - [[DWM 22]] was published.
* [[13 March (releases)|13 March]] - [[DWM 23]] was published.
* [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood]]'' was first published.
* 20 March - Target Books reissued the 1976 non-fiction book ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]''.
* 20 March - [[DWM 24]] was published.
* [[27 March (releases)|27 March]] - [[DWM 25]] was published.
* The American edition of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]'' was published by [[Pinnacle Books]].
* [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] - [[DWM 26]] was published.
* [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] - [[DWM 27]] was published.
* [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] - [[DWM 28]] was published.
* [[24 April (releases)|24 April]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara]]'' was first published.
* 24 April - [[DWM 29]] was published.
* [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] - [[DWM 30]] was published.
* [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] - [[DWM 31]] was published.
* [[15 May (releases)|15 May]] - [[DWM 32]] was published.
* [[22 May (releases)|22 May]] - [[DWM 33]] was published.
* [[26 May (releases)|26 May]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll]]'' was first published.
* [[29 May (releases)|29 May]] - [[DWM 34]] was published.
* [[5 June (releases)|5 June]] - [[DWM 35]] was published.
* [[12 June (releases)|12 June]] - [[DWM 36]] was published.
* [[19 June (releases)|19 June]] - [[DWM 37]] was published.
* [[Summer]] - [[DWMS Summer 1980|Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1980]] was published.
* [[26 June (releases)|26 June]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor]]'' was first published.
* 26 June - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was first published.
* 26 June - [[DWM 38]] was published.
* [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] - [[DWM 39]] was published.
* [[10 July (releases)|10 July]] - [[DWM 40]] was published. ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]'' began publishing ''Doctor Who''-universe comics.
* [[17 July (releases)|17 July]] - [[DWM 41]] was published.
* [[24 July (releases)|24 July]] - [[DWM 42]] was published.
* [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] - The final issue of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' ([[DWM 43]]) was published.
* [[August (releases)|August]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1981]]'' was published.
* [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]'' were first published.
* [[30 August (releases)|30 August]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[September (releases)|September]] - ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' ([[DWM 44]]) began publishing as a monthly publication, initially changing its title from ''Doctor Who Weekly'' to ''Doctor Who: A Marvel Monthly''.
* [[6 September (releases)|6 September]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 September (releases)|13 September]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[27 September (releases)|27 September]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[DWM 45]] was published.
* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 October (releases)|11 October]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon]]'' was first published.
* [[18 October (releases)|18 October]] - ''[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[The Adventures of K9]]'', a children's book series by [[David Martin]], was published by [[Sparrow Books]].
* [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] - ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWM 46]] was published.
* [[1 November (releases)|1 November]] - ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] - ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Junior Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - ''[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] - ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] - ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[December (releases)|December]] - ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' [[MP 57|issue 57]] was published by [[Marvel Comics]] in the United States.
* December - [[DWM 47]] was released.
* [[4 December (releases)|4 December]] - [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon]]'' was first published.
* [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] - ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 December (releases)|13 December]] - ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* Unknown - [[REF]]: ''[[A Day with a TV Producer]]'', a non-fiction work profiling [[John Nathan-Turner]] and the production of ''[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]'', was published.
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