View source for 2004

{{timeline}}
In [[2004]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Mickey Smith]] were known to be in a romantic relationship.  On [[31st December]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Jackie Tyler]] missed a [[New Year's Eve]] party due to a mix-up involving Jackie's boyfriend.  ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
 
==Behind the scenes ==
=== [[January]] ===
* [[EDA]]: ''[[Sometime Never...]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]'' was first released. A new companion, [[C'rizz]], joins the [[Eighth Doctor]].
* [[7th January|7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4 in the Australian market.
* [[17th January|17]] - [[Andrew Tourell]] (Constable [[Cummings]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'') died.
* [[19th January|19]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 2 in the UK.

=== [[February]] ===
* [[DWN]]/[[PDA]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]'' was first published. This was a novelisation of the [[WC]]: ''[[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 includes a section detailing the making of the story.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Natural History of Fear]]'' was first released.
* [[TN]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'' was first published.
* [[BBV]]: ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories|A Labyrinth of Histories - Protocols: Volume 6]]'' was first released. This concluded the six-part ''Protocols'' arc and also was the last ''Faction Paradox'' drama produced by BBV; hereafter [[Magic Bullet Productions]] takes over the series.
* [[7th February |7]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[26th February | 26]] - [[Russell Hunter]], who played [[Uvanov]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' and the [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio series, died from lung cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.

=== [[March]] ===
* [[PDA]]: ''[[Empire of Death]]'' was first published. This was the final [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel to feature the [[Fifth Doctor]] and, as of 2009, this was the most recent original novel to feature the Fifth Doctor.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Twilight Kingdom]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
* [[TN]]: ''[[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]]s series, although the company would continue publishing books set in the [[Doctor Who Universe]] with its ''[[Time Hunter]]'' spin-off line.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice]]'' was first released. This audio drama launches an ongoing [[Big Finish Productions]] spin-off series, ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'', starring [[Lalla Ward]] as [[Romana]], [[Louise Jameson]] as [[Leela]] and [[John Leeson]] as [[K9]].
* [[1st March|1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[2nd March|2]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and ''[[The Three Doctors]]'' was released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[3rd March |3]] - [[Sheila Dunn]], widow of [[Douglas Camfield]], who had played [[Blossom Lefavre]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'', a [[telephone operator (The Invasion)|telephone operator]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invasion]]'', and [[Petra Williams]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Inferno]]'', died.
* [[18th March|18]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Tunnel at the End of the Light]]'' was first published.
* [[20th March|20]] - The BBC announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]] had been cast as [[Ninth Doctor|the 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>
** 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.)
* [[27th March |27]] - [[Peter Diamond]], who had played numerous roles and many the stunts on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series, died from a stroke in [[Wikipedia:Wakefield|Wakefield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]].

=== [[April]] ===
* [[EDA]]: ''[[Halflife]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Axis of Insanity]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Past Tense]]'' was first published.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[Square One]]'' and [[BFG]]: ''[[The Inquiry]]'' are first released.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved...]]'' was first published.
* [[8th April | 8]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[19th April | 19]] - [[Philip Locke]] ([[Bigon]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Four to Doomsday]]'') died.

=== [[May]] ===

* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Eleventh Tiger]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Arrangements for War]]'' was first released.
* [[BFG]]: ''[[A Blind Eye]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Exterminators]]'' was first released, launching [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[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 2 years.
* [[3rd May|3]] - [[Anthony Ainley]], who plays [[the Master]] in various stories from 1981 to 1985 and in the ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' computer game died at [[Harrow]] in [[London]]. He had recently recorded commentary for the DVD release of [[DW]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', which ultimately would not see release until several years after his death.
* [[10th May|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released on DVD in region 2 in the UK.

=== [[June]] ===

* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Harvest]]'' was first released. A new companion for the [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Hex]], was introduced.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Life Science]]'' was first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Healers]]'' was first released.
* [[1st June | 1]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric]]'' and ''[[The Two Doctors]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[10th June|10]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th June|17]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Clockwork Woman]]'' was first published.
* [[18th June|18]] - [[Frederick Jaeger]], who played [[Jano]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Savages]]'', Professor [[Sorenson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of Evil]]'', and Professor [[Marius]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'', died in [[Majorca]], [[Spain]].
* [[19th June|19]] - [[Colin McCormack]], who portrayed the Commander in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sun Makers]]'', died in Middlesex, England following a battle with cancer.
* [[23rd June|23]] - [[Peter Birrel]], who appeared as the [[Draconian Prince]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', died in Bath, England after losing a battle with cancer.
* [[26th June|26]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'' episode one was repeated on [[BBC Four]] as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the sixties.

=== [[July]] ===

* [[PDA]]: ''[[Synthespians&trade;]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Roof of the World (audio story)|The Roof of the World]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Survivors]]'' was first released.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life Worth Living]]'' was first published.
* [[5th July|5]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.
* [[18th July|18]] - A new era begins as filming commences on the new BBC Wales production of ''Doctor Who''. This was the first time ''Doctor Who'' has 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]] take their first bows in front of the cameras as the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]]. (date per ''[[Project Who]]'').
* [[31st July |31]] - [[Robert James]], who played [[Lesterson]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and the [[High Priest]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'', died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

=== [[August]] ===

* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Sleep of Reason]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Medicinal Purposes]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Repercussions]]''is first published.
* [[5th August | 05]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Green Death]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.

=== [[September]] ===

* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Algebra of Ice]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Faith Stealer]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Demons]]'' was first released.
* [[6th September|06]] - [[BBCR]]: ''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2]]'' was first released.
* [[10th September |10]] - [[Glyn Owen]] ([[Rohm-Dutt]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of Kroll]]'') died from a cancer-related illness in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
* [[20th September |20]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'' was released to DVD in the UK.

=== [[October]] ===

* [[EDA]]: ''[[The Deadstone Memorial]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Last]]'' was first released.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: Monsters]]'' and [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: 2040]]'' are first published.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Warriors]]'' was first released.
* [[REF]]: ''[[Howe's Transcendental Toybox|Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update No. 1]]'' was first published
* [[Geoffrey Cheshire]], who played numerous roles on the original ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series and also played a [[Roboman]] in the film ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', died.
* [[7th October | 07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' was released to DVD in Region 4.
* [[17th October | 17]] - 25th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.
* [[19th October | 19]] - [[THN]]: ''[[Kitsune]]'' was first published.

=== [[November]] ===

* [[PDA]]: ''[[The Indestructible Man]]'' was first published.
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Caerdroia]]'' was first released.
* [[BFDE]]: ''[[Dalek Empire III]]'': ''[[The Future]]'' was first released, concluding [[Big Finish Productions]]' third ''[[Dalek Empire III|Dalek Empire]]'' mini-series.
* [[FP]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia]]'' was first published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]'', 2nd edition, was first published.
* [[1st November|01]] - ''[[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.
* [[2nd November|02]] - 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 coincided so closely).
* [[7th November|07]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Earthshock]]'' and ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'' are released to DVD in Region 1.
* [[22nd November|22]] - [[Russell T Davies]] was interviewed by Phil Williams on BBC Radio 5 about the new series.

=== [[December]] ===

* [[BFA]]: ''[[The Next Life]]'' was first released. This audio drama reunited [[Paul McGann]] with his TV-movie co-star [[Daphne Ashbrook]].
* [[BFA]]: ''[[Her Final Flight]]'' was first released. This single-episode story was made available exclusively to subscribers to Big Finish.
* [[ST]]: ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]'' was first published.
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[Silver Lining]]'', a single-episode [[Benny Summerfield]] story, and [[BFU]]: ''[[The Coup]]'', a "prologue" release for the upcoming ''[[U.N.I.T. (audio series)|U.N.I.T.]]'' audio series, are released on an exclusive CD included with ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''. [[Nicholas Courtney]] returns as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]].
* [[BFBS]]: ''[[A Life in Pieces]]'' was first published. Last [[Benny Summerfield]] short story collection until [[2006]].
* [[BFU]]: ''[[Time Heals]]'' was first released, officially launching the spin-off audio series, ''[[U.N.I.T. (audio series)|U.N.I.T.]]''.
* [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]: [[Storm Mine]]'' was first released. Last release in the ''Kaldor City'' series to date.
* [[2nd December|02]] - [[THN]]: ''[[The Severed Man]]'' was first published.
** The ''[[Lost in Time (DVD box set)|Lost in Time]]'' DVD box set was released in Region 4.
* [[6th December|06]] - 15th anniversary of the broadcast of [[DW]]: ''[[Survival]]'' Episode 3, which ended the 1963-89 series. The anniversary comes as production was well underway on the show's long-awaited return to television.

=== Unknown dates ===

* [[Alec Wallis]], played Ldg. Telegraphist [[Bowman]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'' and [[Warner]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', died.
* [[RP]]: ''[[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 begins. It was announced that [[Christopher Eccleston]], a noted actor best known for appearances in films such as ''Elizabeth'', ''Jude'' and ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', will play the [[Ninth Doctor]]. Eyebrows are 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 are any other past companions expected to appear in the new series. Initially there are media reports that due to rights issues the [[Dalek]]s would not be appearing in the new series, but after these are 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 provokes extremely negative response from some fans, with BBC News even reporting that some behind-the-scenes personal had received threats over it.
* The announced series revival results in [[Richard E. Grant]]'s version of the Ninth Doctor being deemed non-canonical by the BBC and future "[[Shalka Doctor]]" projects are shelved, including a planned DVD release of [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''.
* [[MB]]: ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]: [[The Prisoner]]'', a 20-minute short play, was included on the CD release ''Paul Darrow: The Actor Speaks''. Chronologically, it occurs after the events of [[MB]]: ''[[Checkmate]]''.

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}