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* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
== January ==
* [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuted on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series included a cameo appearance by future Doctor [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day".
* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[DWM 49]] was published.
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] commissioned the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts whenever possible.
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published.
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Lalla Ward]] departed the series with the episode. This was also the final appearance of [[K9 Mark II]]. Part 4 concluded the "[[E-Space]] Trilogy".
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Sarah Sutton]] debuted as new companion [[Nyssa]], although she did not officially become a companion until the next story, and [[Anthony Ainley]] made his first appearance on the series, though not yet as [[the Master]].
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* The pop band The Human League released the instrumental "Tom Baker" (in honour of [[Tom Baker|the actor]]) on the flipside of their single "Boys and Girls". This piece of music was later reused for the ''[[Project Who]]'' radio series in 2005.
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
== February ==
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[February (releases)|February]] - [[DWM 50]] was published.
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Janet Fielding]] debuted as new companion [[Tegan Jovanka]].
* February - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' [[MP 58|issue 58]].
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== March ==
* [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Sarah Sutton]] returned as [[Nyssa]] and officially became a companion.
* [[12 March (releases)|12 March]] - [[DWM 51]] was published.
* [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Season 18|eighteenth season]].
* [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' was first published.
* [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== April ==
* April - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 59|issue 59]].
* [[9 April (releases)|9 April]] - [[DWM 52]] was published.
* [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World]]'' was first published.
 
== May ==
* [[May (releases)|May]] - [[DWM 53]] was published.
* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]'' was published.
 
* [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child|very first Doctor Who serial]], was first published.
== June ==
** Paperback editions of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' Volumes 1 and 2 was published.
* June - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 60|issue 60]].
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - "[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It aired in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] - [[DWM 54]] was published.
* [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] was published.
 
* [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] - ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K9 and Company]]'', debuted on [[BBC1]].
== July ==
* Unknown - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' issue 60, bringing to a close the first set of American [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip reprints from ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''. Another series, ''[[Doctor Who (1984)|Doctor Who]]'', followed in 1984.
* [[Summer]] - [[DWMS Summer 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1981]] was published.
* [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] - [[DWM 55]] was published.
 
== August ==
* [[August (releases)|August]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1982]]'' was published.
* [[13 August (releases)|13 August]] - [[DWM 56]] was published.
 
== September ==
* [[September (releases)|September]] - [[DWM 57]] was published.
 
== October ==
* [[October (releases)|October]] - Paperback editions of [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' Volumes 1 and 2 was published.
* [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child (novelisation)|Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child]]'', an adaptation of the [[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|very first Doctor Who serial]], was first published.
* [[8 October (releases)|8 October]] - [[DWM 58]] was published.
 
== November ==
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - "[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', the first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It aired in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] - [[DWM 59]] was published.
* [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] - ''[[The Lord Mayor's Show (TV story)|The Lord Mayor's Show]]'' was first broadcast.
 
== December ==
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 60]] was published.
* [[Winter]] - [[DWMS Winter 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1981]] was published.
* [[10 December (releases)|10 December]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Quiz Book (1981)|The Doctor Who Quiz Book]]'' by [[Nigel Robinson]] was published.
* [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] - ''[[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|A Girl's Best Friend]]'', a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off ''[[K9 and Company]]'', debuted on [[BBC1]].
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1981 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 1981
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In 1981, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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