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* [[3 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
== January ==
* [[10 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* ''[[Nationwide special (TV story)|Nationwide special]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'' was first published.
* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - Part One of ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* [[17 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 3 January - The fifth part of ''[[The Dalek Revenge (comic story)|The Dalek Revenge]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[24 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - Part Two of ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* [[28 January]] - Actor [[James Mellor]] died.
* 10 January - The sixth part of ''[[The Dalek Revenge (comic story)|The Dalek Revenge]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[29 January]] - Writer [[Mark Clapham]] was born.
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[31 January]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. This was the last serial to feature [[UNIT]] in a major way until [[1989]]'s ''[[Battlefield]]''.
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - Part Three of ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* [[7 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 17 January - The seventh part of ''[[The Dalek Revenge (comic story)|The Dalek Revenge]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[14 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - Part Four of ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* [[19 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' were first published, the latter being the first [[Target Books]]-commissioned novelisation of a solo [[First Doctor]] story (the initial three published in [[1973]] were in fact reprints of novels first published in the mid-[[1960s]]).
* 24 January - The eighth and final part of ''[[The Dalek Revenge (comic story)|The Dalek Revenge]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[21 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - Part One of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* [[24 February]] - Actor [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]] was born.
* 31 January - The first part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[28 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 5 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* Actor [[Campbell Singer]] died.
* [[6 March]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part 6 debuted on [[BBC1]], ending [[Season 13]].
* [[17 March]] - Actor [[Stephen Gately]] was born.
* [[18 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' was first published.
* [[27 March]] - Actor [[Jasmine Breaks]] was born.
* [[4 April]] - Actor [[George Pastell]] died.
* [[10 April]] - Actores (and twin sisters) [[Clare Buckfield]] and [[Julie Buckfield]] were born.
* [[6 May]] - Actor [[Alethea Charlton]] died.
* [[20 May]] - ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[19 July]] - Actor [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] was born.
* [[22 July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[24 July]] - Actor [[Jack Tarlton]] was born.
* [[6 August]] - Actor [[William Mervyn]] died.
* [[9 August]] - Actor [[Eva Alexander]] was born.
* [[19 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' was first published.
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was published.
* [[4 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]], starting [[Season 14]].
* [[11 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[23 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'' was first published. This adaptation of ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation to use a title significantly different from that of the source material (other than the practice of adding ''Doctor Who and...'' to the titles, which remained in place for several more years, and the occasional spelling deviation).
* [[25 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[2 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 October]] - A special radio story featuring [[Tom Baker]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] as part of its ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' series. This was the first made-for-radio ''Doctor Who'' adventure and the last of its kind until ''[[Slipback]]'' in 1986.
* [[9 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' was first published. Although not widely recognised, the original serials ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' formed one story arc. By [[Target Books]]' publishing the adaptation of ''Frontier'' (as ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') in September, followed by part 2 this month, these two books predated the two-volume novelisation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (widely considered the first occurrence of this).
* [[22 October]] - ''The New Avengers'' debuted on UK television. This was a revival of the series ''The Avengers'' created by [[Sydney Newman]], and predated both ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Doctor Who'' as one of the first revivals of a "genre" TV series.
* [[23 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] left the series. She returned to the series thirty years later in [[2006]]'s ''[[School Reunion]]''.
* [[30 October]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 1 debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[The Master]] returned; this story was also the first (and to date, only) televised serial in which the Doctor did not share an adventure with a companion or even a companion figure.
* [[6 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 2 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 November]] - Actor [[Jeremy Radick]] was born.
* [[13 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 3 debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 13 - Actor [[Camilla Power]] was born.
* [[20 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part 4 debuted on [[BBC1]]. Following this episode, ''Doctor Who'' took a mid-season break that lasted six weeks (returning on 1st January 1977). This was the first time a season of ''Doctor Who'' was divided in such a fashion. The next time a mid-season break like this occurred was in [[2011]] with [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] of the [[BBC Wales]] produced series.
* [[16 December]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]'' was first published.
* 16 - The second edition of [[REF]]: ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was published by [[Target Books]]; this was a revised version of an earlier book first released by another company, Piccolo Books, in [[1972]], but updated to include the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* 16 - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published.
* [[31 December]] - The ''Daily Mirror'' published an exclusive short story, ''[[Doctor Who and the Hell Planet]]''; this was the first original ''Doctor Who'' short story to be published in a newspaper or outside an annual. The next original newspaper-exclusive short story wasn't published for another thirty years.


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== February ==
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' was released on LP by [[Argo Records]]. Discounting educational programmes, this was the first original audio drama based upon the franchise, predating the releases of [[Big Finish Productions]] by decades.
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - Part Two of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 7 February - The second part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - Part Three of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 14 February - The third part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'', novelisations of ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' and ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'', were first published in [[Target Books]].
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - Part Four of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 21 February - The fourth part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - Part Five of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 28 February - The fifth part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== March ==
* [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] - Part Six of ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 6 March - The sixth part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[13 March (releases)|13 March]] - The seventh and last part of ''[[Virus (comic story)|Virus]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'', a novelisation of ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] - The first part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[27 March (releases)|27 March]] - The second part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== April ==
* [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] - The third part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] - The fourth part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[17 April (releases)|17 April]] - The fifth part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[24 April (releases)|24 April]] - The sixth part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== May ==
* [[1 May (releases)|1 May]] - The seventh and final part of ''[[Treasure Trail (comic story)|Treasure Trail]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[8 May (releases)|8 May]] - The first part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[15 May (releases)|15 May]] - The second part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[22 May (releases)|22 May]] - The third part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[29 May (releases)|29 May]] - The fourth part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== June ==
* [[5 June (releases)|5 June]] - The fifth part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[12 June (releases)|12 June]] - The sixth part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[19 June (releases)|19 June]] - The seventh and final part of ''[[Hubert's Folly (comic story)|Hubert's Folly]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[26 June (releases)|26 June]] - The first part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== July ==
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons (audio story)|Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' was first released on {{w|LP record|LP}} by [[Argo Records]].
* [[3 July (releases)|3 July]] - The second part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[10 July (releases)|10 July]] - The third part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[17 July (releases)|17 July]] - The fourth part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[22 July (releases)|22 July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[24 July (releases)|24 July]] - The fifth part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[31 July (releases)|31 July]] - The sixth part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== August ==
* [[7 August (releases)|7 August]] - The seventh and last part of ''[[Counter-Rotation (comic story)|Counter-Rotation]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[14 August (releases)|14 August]] - The first part of ''[[Mind Snatch (comic story)|Mind Snatch]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'', a novelisation of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[21 August (releases)|21 August]] - The second part of ''[[Mind Snatch (comic story)|Mind Snatch]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[28 August (releases)|28 August]] - The third part of ''[[Mind Snatch (comic story)|Mind Snatch]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== September ==
* The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1977]]'' was first published.
* ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was first published.
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was first published.
* [[4 September (releases)|4 September]] - Part One of ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 4 September - The fourth and final part of ''[[Mind Snatch (comic story)|Mind Snatch]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] - Part Two of ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 11 September - The first and only part of ''[[The Hoaxers (comic story)|The Hoaxers]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] - Part Three of ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 18 September - The first part of ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in TV Comic, as well as ''The Mighty Midget'', a reprint of ''[[Doomcloud (comic story)|Doomcloud]]'' featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]].
* [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Space War]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - Part Four of ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 25 September - The second part of  ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== October ==
* [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] - Part One of ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 2 October - The third part of ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - ''[[Exploration Earth (audio story)|Exploration Earth]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]]
* [[9 October (releases)|9 October]] - Part Two of ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 9 October - The fourth part of ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] - Part Three of ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 16 October - The fifth part of ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* [[23 October (releases)|23 October]] - Part Four of ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 23 October - The sixth and final part of  ''[[The Mutant Strain (comic story)|The Mutant Strain]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] - Part One of ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 30 October - The first part of ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== November ==
* [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] - Part Two of ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 6 November - The second part of ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] - Part Three of ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' debuted on BBC1.
* 13 November - The third part of  ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[20 November (releases)|20 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part Four debuted on BBC1.
* 20 November - The fourth part of  ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[27 November (releases)|27 November]] - The fifth part of  ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
 
== December ==
* [[4 December (releases)|4 December]] - The sixth part of ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in [[TV Comic]].
* [[11 December (releases)|11 December]] - The seventh and final part of ''[[Double Trouble (comic story)|Double Trouble]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[16 December (releases)|16 December]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars]]'', a novelisation of ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'', was first published by [[Target Books]].
* 16 December - ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was republished by Target Books.
* 16 December - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published by Target Books.
* [[18 December (releases)|18 December]] - The first part of ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] - The second part of ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was first published in TV Comic.
* [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] - [[The Daily Mirror|The ''Daily Mirror'']] published an exclusive short story, ''[[Dr. Who and the Hell Planet (short story)|Dr. Who and the Hell Planet]]''.
 
== Unknown dates  ==
* ''[[Mind your step! (TV story)|Mind your step!]]'' was first broadcast at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Blackpool]] Exhibition.
* The [[TV Comic Holiday 1976|1976 TV Comic Holiday Special]], featuring the story [[Which Way Out? (short story)|''Which Way Out'']], was first published.
* The [[TV Comic Annual 1976|1976 TV Comic Annual]], featuring the story [[Woden's Warriors (comic story)|Woden's Warriors]], was first published.
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In 1976, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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