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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' — originally launched under the name '''Advent Calendar''' in [[2006]], then modified to '''Advent'''ure '''Calendars''' therefter — were a standard holiday feature of the official [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' website. Like an actual {{w|Advent calendar}}, the Adventure Calendars offered a new "treat" for fans every day from the [[1 December|first of December]] through to [[Christmas]]. They were used to ignite interest in the then-upcoming Christmas special. Among the treats offered were things like games, desktop wallpapers, trailers, music clips and videos. Though most of the treats directly supported the Christmas special, sometimes they were reminders of the series that had been broadcast earlier in that year.
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The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' '''Adventure Calendar''' — originally launched under the name '''Advent Calendar''' in [[2006 (releases)|2006]] — is a standard holiday feature of the official [[BBC]] [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]]. Like an actual [[Advent calendar]], the Adventure Calendars offered a new "treat" for fans every day from the [[1 December (releases)|first of December]] through to [[Christmas]]. They were used to ignite interest in the then-upcoming [[Christmas special]]. Among the treats offered were things like games, desktop wallpapers, trailers, music clips and videos, as well as exclusive short stories and novellas. Though most of the treats directly supported the Christmas special, sometimes they were reminders of the series that had been broadcast earlier in that year.


The calendars persisted on the website long after their particular Christmas had passed.  As of [[June]] [[2010]], most elements of the calendars were still viewable in the official site's archives.
A notable exception to the scheduling was the [[2009 (releases)|2009]] instalment, which continued past Christmas until [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] in order to promote both chapters of [[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''.


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The calendars persisted on the website long after their particular Christmas had passed. {{as of|2021|03}}, most elements of the calendars were still view-able in the official site's archives.
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Due to licensing, prior to 2010, most video-related items could not be accessed by non-UK visitors on the site. Since [[2010 (releases)|2010]], however, most video content has been available internationally.
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Since [[Series 9 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 9]] premiered considerably later than previous series, it didn't end until [[5 December (releases)|5 December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] and subsequently days 1-5 of the Adventure Calendar were dedicated to promoting the finale.
|[[2006]]
 
|1
December 2018 marked the first year with no ''Doctor Who'' Advent(ure) Calendar since 2006. {{as of|2021|03}}, there have been no further Adventure Calendars since the 2017 edition.
 
== BBC Cult (2001) ==
Prior to the return of the show in 2005, Doctor Who featured on the BBC Cult website's 2001 Advent Calendar. The calendar was made up of pieces of a jigsaw which built up each day to reveal an image of [[Tom Baker]] riding a bicycle. The show had 8 days dedicated to it -
* Day 1 ''[[Merry Christmas Doctor Who (TV story)|Merry Christmas Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011221065433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/01.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day One|date of source=21 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=5 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 2 Printable Christmas cards using images from [[TARDIS Cam (series)|TARDIS Cam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011206092832/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/advent/02.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Two|date of source=2 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 7 A clip from ''[[Dead Ringers]]'' in which [[Jon Culshaw]], doing his [[Fourth Doctor]] impression, prank calls Tom Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223191220/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cult/advent/07.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Seven|date of source=7 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 15 A screensaver featuring images the [[Second Doctor]] gurning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103075658/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/15.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Fifteen|date of source=15 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 17 The debut of the latest [[TARDIS Cam (series)|TARDIS Cam]] video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103075545/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/17.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Seventeen|date of source=17 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 21 [[Stephen Fry]] interviewed backstage from the then-upcoming ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103075811/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/21.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty One|date of source=3 January 2002|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 22 Desktop wallpaper of a [[Cyberman]] falling over in the snow from ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103080217/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/22.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty Two|date of source=22 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* Day 25 A flash-based animation featuring carolling Cybermen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020103075854/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/25.shtml|title=Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty Five|date of source=25 December 2001|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref>
 
== 2006 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2006 (releases)|#aecfff|2006}}
!
![[File:Advent2006.jpg|320px|center|link=The Runaway Bride (TV story)]]
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|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|Desktop wallpaper of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in a Christmas setting
|Desktop wallpaper of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] in a Christmas setting
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|
|2
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|''Secret Santa'', a simple game that asked users to guess which ''Doctor Who'' character was behind a Santa mask  
|''[[Secret Santa (video game)|Secret Santa]]'', a simple game that asked users to guess which ''Doctor Who'' character was behind a Santa mask  
|-align=center
|-
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|
|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Graphic design of the [[pound sterling|pound]] notes made especially for ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''
|Graphic design of the [[pound sterling|pound]] notes made especially for ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|recording of "[[Song for Ten]]"
|Recording of "[[Song for Ten]]"
|-align=center
|-
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|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Printable Christmas cards using images from ''Bride''
|Printable Christmas cards using images from ''Bride''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|A puzzle which, when solved, gave viewers a tiny glimpse of the ''Bride'' script
|A puzzle which, when solved, gave viewers a tiny glimpse of the ''Bride'' script
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|[[Peter McKinstry]] concept art of a [[Roboform]] Santa Claus mask
|[[Peter McKinstry]] concept art of a [[Roboform]] Santa Claus mask
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|A scene from the then-upcoming ''[[Invasion of the Bane]]''
|A scene from the then-upcoming ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|Desktop wallpaper from the narrative of ''The Runaway Bride'' itself
|Desktop wallpaper from the narrative of ''The Runaway Bride'' itself
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|''Who-RU Monster Quiz''
|''Who-RU Monster Quiz''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|22-second trailer for ''The Runaway Bride''
|22-second trailer for ''The Runaway Bride''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|''WhoSpy'', a feature which showed set decorations for ''Bride'' ''in situ'' and invited viewers to guess what they could possibly mean. For example, one of the shots was a close-up of buttons on the lift in what viewers would come to know as [[H.C. Clements]].
|''[[WhoSpy]]'', a feature which showed set decorations for ''Bride'' ''in situ'' and invited viewers to guess what they could possibly mean. For example, one of the shots was a close-up of buttons on the lift in what viewers would come to know as [[H.C. Clements]].
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|''Santa Shooter'', a simple arcade-style game that invited players to "Save the Earth! Shoot Santa."
|''[[Santa Shooter (video game)|Santa Shooter]]'', a simple arcade-style game that invited players to "Save the Earth! Shoot Santa."
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Christmas message from [[Murray Gold]] and two tracks from ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' that did not appear on ''[[Doctor Who - Original Soundtrack Recording|Doctor Who Original Soundtrack Recording]]''
|Christmas message from [[Murray Gold]] and two tracks from ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'' that did not appear on ''[[Doctor Who - Original Soundtrack Recording|Doctor Who Original Soundtrack Recording]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|''Monster Match'', a ''Doctor Who'' version of the classic game {{wi|Concentration (game)|Concentration}}
|''[[Monster Match (video game)|Monster Match]]'', a ''Doctor Who'' version of the classic game {{wi|Concentration (game)|Concentration}}
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|A diary entry by [[Tors Grantham]] about the making of [[CON]]: "[[Music and Monsters]]"
|A diary entry by [[Tors Grantham]] about the making of [[CON]]: ''[[Music and Monsters (CON episode)|Music and Monsters]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|
|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|''[[Doomsday]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|32-second trailer for ''Bride''
|32-second trailer for ''Bride''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|A clip from ''[[Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who]]'', a 3-hour special on [[BBC Radio One]] featuring [[Jo Whiley]] and [[David Tennant]] that was broadcast on [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] 2006, immediately prior to ''Bride''{{'}}s debut on [[BBC One]].  
|A clip from ''[[Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who]]'', a 3-hour special on [[BBC Radio 1]] featuring [[Jo Whiley]] and [[David Tennant]] that was broadcast on [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] 2006, immediately prior to ''Bride''{{'}}s debut on [[BBC One]].  
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|21
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|A link to the then-newly-created ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane Adventures]] website
|A link to the then-newly-created ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures|Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' website
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|22
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|A link to the the then-newly-created, but not finished, ''Bride'' page on the main ''Doctor Who'' site
|A link to the the then-newly-created, but not finished, ''Bride'' page on the main ''Doctor Who'' site
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|23
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|24
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|An extract from the then-forthcoming [[commentary]] to ''Bride'' featuring [[David Tennant]] and [[Julie Gardner]]
|An extract from the then-forthcoming commentary to ''Bride'' featuring [[David Tennant]] and [[Julie Gardner]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|25
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|A link to the finished ''Bride'' page on the main ''Doctor Who'' site, which now included more "goodies"
|A link to the finished ''Bride'' page on the main ''Doctor Who'' site, which now included more "goodies"
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|[[2007]]
|}
|1
 
== 2007 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2007 (releases)|#aecfff|2007}}
!
![[File:Advent2007.jpg|400px|center|link=Voyage of the Damned (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|Video season's greetings from [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[David Tennant]]
|Video season's greetings from [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[David Tennant]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|2
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|"[[The Frozen]]", a short story by [[Rupert Laight]] with illustrations by [[Martin Geraghty]]
|"[[The Frozen (short story)|The Frozen]]", a short story by [[Rupert Laight]] with illustrations by [[Martin Geraghty]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|''WhoSpy''
|''[[WhoSpy]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|''Companions Quiz''
|''Companions Quiz''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|printable Christmas cards, themed around ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''
|printable Christmas cards, themed around ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Audio of "[[The Old Rugged Cross]]" as performed by [[Murray Gold]] the [[Crouch End Festival Chorus]] with arrangement by [[Ben Foster]]
|Audio of "[[The Old Rugged Cross]]" as performed by [[Murray Gold]] the [[Crouch End Festival Chorus]] with arrangement by [[Ben Foster]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Printable Christmas posters, of a style first seen in ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''
|Printable Christmas posters, of a style first seen in ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' and ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|10-second teaser of ''Damned''
|10-second teaser of ''Voyage of the Damned''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|Jigsaw puzzle that revealed [[Peter McKinstry]] art of the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' and an extract of the ''Damned'' script
|Jigsaw puzzle that revealed [[Peter McKinstry]] art of the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' and an extract of the ''Voyage'' script
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|Desktop wallpaper from ''Damned''
|Desktop wallpaper from ''Voyage''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|''[[Gridlock]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|''Into the Vortex'' game, in which players flew [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through the [[time vortex]], trying to collect blue energy particles, but avoid red energy particles
|''[[Into the Vortex (video game)|Into the Vortex]]'' game, in which players flew [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through the [[time vortex]], trying to collect blue energy particles, but avoid red energy particles
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|video of various people involved with ''Damned'' singing "[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]", including [[Bernard Cribbins]], [[Danny Hargreaves]], [[Ben Foster]], [[Murray Gold]], [[Debbie Chazen]], [[Clive Rowe]], [[Stefan Davis]], [[Jimmy Vee]] and other, less identifiable members of the production team
|video of various people involved with ''Damned'' singing "[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]", including [[Bernard Cribbins]], [[Danny Hargreaves]], [[Ben Foster]], [[Murray Gold]], [[Debbie Chazen]], [[Clive Rowe]], [[Stefan Davis]], [[Jimmy Vee]] and other, less identifiable members of the production team
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|1'30" trailer for ''Damned''
|1'30" trailer for ''Damned''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Crafting project to make a [[Heavenly Host]] Christmas ornament
|Crafting project to make a [[Heavenly Host]] Christmas ornament
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|19-sec. clip from ''Damned'' ([[David Tennant|Tennant]]'s "I'm [[the Doctor]], I'm a [[Time Lord]]" speech)
|19-sec. clip from ''Voyage'' ([[David Tennant|Tennant]]'s "I'm [[the Doctor]], I'm a [[Time Lord]]" speech)
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|''Dalek Break-Out'' game, in which players tried to manoeuvre explosive containers onto specific areas of the gameboard in order to generate an explosion that would help them ascend to an exit
|''[[Dalek Breakout (video game)|Dalek Breakout]]'' game, in which players tried to manoeuvre explosive containers onto specific areas of the gameboard in order to generate an explosion that would help them ascend to an exit
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|A link to the then-new [[Comic Maker]], which allowed users to make comic strips using pre-defined artwork
|A link to the then-new [[Comic Maker]], which allowed users to make comic strips using pre-defined artwork
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|"Who's Asking?", a print interview with [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]], which looked back at [[series 3 (Doctor Who)|series 3]] and previewed [[series 4 (Doctor Who)|series 4]]
|"Who's Asking?", a print interview with [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]] and [[Phil Collinson]], which looked back at [[series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 3]] and previewed [[series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|Link to the then-newly-created webpage for ''Damned''
|Link to the then-newly-created webpage for ''Voyage''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|21
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|40-sec. trailer for ''Damned'', which clearly revealed for the first time that the ''Titanic'' was a spaceship, not the [[20th century]] ''Titanic''
|40-sec. trailer for ''Voyage'', which clearly revealed for the first time that the ''Titanic'' was a spaceship, not the [[20th century]] ''Titanic''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|22  
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' [[in-vision commentary]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|23
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|Extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary
|Extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|24
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|''Damned''-themed screensavers
|''Voyage''-themed screensavers
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|25
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|55-second teaser for [[CON]]: "[[Kylie Special]]"
|55-second teaser for [[CON]]: ''[[Kylie Special (CON episode)|Kylie Special]]''
|-align=center
|-
|[[2008]]<ref>As of [[June]] [[2010]], much of the 2008 Adventure Calendar wasn't functioning properly. Though the official website still retained a fairly complete list of the calendar's contents, the provided links weren't functional.</ref>
|}
 
== 2008 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2008 (releases)|#aecfff|2008}}<ref>As of June 2010, much of the 2008 Adventure Calendar wasn't functioning properly. Though the official website still retained a fairly complete list of the calendar's contents, the provided links weren't functional.</ref>
!
![[File:Advent2008.JPG|center|580px|link=The Next Doctor (TV story)]]
|-
|
|
|[[File:Advent2008.JPG|center|580px|The 2008 calendar allowed users to click on a day to receive their gift]]
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|-align=center
|Video Christmas greeting from David Tennant
|-
|
|
|1
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|video Christmas greeting from David Tennant
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|
|2
|Print interview with [[Graeme Harper]]
|Print interview with [[Graeme Harper]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Behind-the-scenes video with David Tennant on a day off around [[Cardiff]]
|Behind-the-scenes video with [[Colum Regan]] on a day off around [[Cardiff]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|"[[Number 1, Gallows Gate Road]]", part 1, a short story by [[Rupert Laight]] with illustrations by [[Brian Williamson]]
|"[[Number 1, Gallows Gate Road (short story)|Number 1, Gallows Gate Road]]", part 1, a short story by [[Rupert Laight]] with illustrations by [[Brian Williamson]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|''Black Hole'', a game in which the player had to pilot the TARDIS out of a [[black hole]]
|''[[Black Hole (video game)|Black Hole]]'', a game in which the player had to pilot the TARDIS out of a [[black hole]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Printable Christmas cards themed around ''[[The Next Doctor]]''
|Printable Christmas cards themed around ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Desktop wallpapers related to ''Next''
|Desktop wallpapers related to ''Next''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|''Cosmic Collider'', a game in which players uncovered picture and revealed a script extract from ''Next''
|''[[Cosmic Collider (video game)|Cosmic Collider]]'', a game in which players uncovered picture and revealed a script extract from ''Next''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|A ''[[Monster Files]]'' instalment relative to ''Next''
|A ''[[Monster Files]]'' instalment relative to ''Next''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|A [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] screensaver
|A [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cyberman]] screensaver
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|"[[Number 1, Gallows Gate Road]]", part 2
|"[[Number 1, Gallows Gate Road (short story)|Number 1, Gallows Gate Road]]", part 2
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|''Cyber Quiz''
|''Cyber Quiz''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|Craft project to make a [[Cybershade]] face mask
|Craft project to make a [[Cybershade]] face mask
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|''WhoSpy''
|''[[WhoSpy]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Trailer for ''Next''
|Trailer for ''Next''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|A selection of music by [[Murray Gold]]
|A selection of music by [[Murray Gold]]
|-align=center
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|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|A link to the then-newly-enhanced [[Comic Maker]]
|A link to the then-newly-enhanced [[Comic Maker]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|A trailer for the television debut of ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms]]''
|A trailer for the television debut of ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms]]''
|-align=center
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|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|''Jobsworth Judoon'', a game in which players had to help the Doctor break the security codes around a forcefield holding the TARDIS
|''[[Jobsworth Judoon (video game)|Jobsworth Judoon]]'', a game in which players had to help the Doctor break the security codes around a forcefield holding the TARDIS
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|New desktop wallpapers and the [[Fear Factor]] for ''Next''
|New desktop wallpapers and the [[Fear Factor]] for ''Next''
|-align=center
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|21
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|A teaser clip from ''Next'' featuring [[Mercy Hartigan|Miss Hartigan]] and the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]
|A teaser clip from ''Next'' featuring [[Mercy Hartigan|Miss Hartigan]] and the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|22
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|An extract from the then-upcoming podcast commentary for ''Next''
|An extract from the then-upcoming podcast commentary for ''Next''
|-align=center
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|23
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|A video jigsaw puzzle which, when solved, unlocked an exclusive teaser clip from ''Next''
|A video jigsaw puzzle which, when solved, unlocked an exclusive teaser clip from ''Next''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|24
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|A video Christmas message from [[Velile Tshabalala]]
|A video Christmas message from [[Velile Tshabalala]]
|-align=center
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|25
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|A video retrospective on [[Donna Noble]], called ''Donna's Story''
|A video retrospective on [[Donna Noble]], called ''Donna's Story''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|[[2009]]<ref>Because of the special nature of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', which was broadcast in two parts, ending on [[1 January]] [[2010]], the Adventure Calendar of this year actually had 32 days, and therefore broke with the traditional format of an advent calendar</ref>
|}
|1
 
== 2009-10 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2009 (releases)|#aecfff|2009}}<ref>Because of the special nature of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', which was broadcast in two parts, ending on [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], the Adventure Calendar of this year actually had 32 days, and therefore broke with the traditional format of an advent calendar</ref>
!
![[File:Advent2009.jpg|400px|center|link=The End of Time (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|''Doctor in the House'', a parlour game in which contestants tried to smuggle lines from ''Doctor Who'' into everyday conversation. Unusually, this was not a video game, quiz or puzzle, but a game that players could enjoy with their friends and acquaintances. The site gave a link to a downloadable file that provided instructions
|''Doctor in the House'', a parlour game in which contestants tried to smuggle lines from ''Doctor Who'' into everyday conversation. Unusually, this was not a video game, quiz or puzzle, but a game that players could enjoy with their friends and acquaintances. The site gave a link to a downloadable file that provided instructions
|-align=center
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|2
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Printable Christmas cards based on ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
|Printable Christmas cards based on ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|
|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|"Inspect a Gadget!", a short video giving a behind-the-scenes look at [[Gadget]]
|"Inspect a Gadget!", a short video giving a behind-the-scenes look at [[Gadget]]
|-align=center
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|
|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|Debut of the [[2009 BBC Christmas idents]]
|Debut of the [[2009 BBC Christmas idents]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|"Dreamland: Origins and Inspirations", a short video about ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' with [[director]] [[Gary Russell]]
|"Dreamland: Origins and Inspirations", a short video about ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' with [[Director (crew)|director]] [[Gary Russell]]
|-align=center
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|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|"[[The Advent of Fear]]", part 1, a short story by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|"[[The Advent of Fear (short story)|The Advent of Fear]]", part 1, a short story by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Desktop wallpapers relative to ''Time''
|Desktop wallpapers relative to ''Time''
|-align=center
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|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|"Whatever happened to Cassie and Jimmy?", a short video in which [[Phil Ford]] opined on the post-''Dreamland'' fates of [[Cassie Rice]] and [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]]
|"Whatever happened to Cassie and Jimmy?", a short video in which [[Phil Ford]] opined on the post-''Dreamland'' fates of [[Cassie Rice]] and [[Jimmy Stalkingwolf]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|''The Great Big Doctor Who Christmas Quiz''
|''The Great Big Doctor Who Christmas Quiz''
|-align=center
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|
|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|"[[The Advent of Fear]]", part 2
|"[[The Advent of Fear (short story)|The Advent of Fear]]", part 2
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|A short video of David Tennant singing "{{w|I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)}}" with {{w|The Proclaimers}}
|A short video of David Tennant singing "{{w|I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)}}" with {{w|The Proclaimers}}
|-align=center
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|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|Audio of "The Wonder of Balloons", a track from ''The Next Doctor'' by Murray Gold
|Audio of "The Wonder of Balloons", a track from ''The Next Doctor'' by Murray Gold
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|A video conversation with [[Louise Page]], reflecting on her time as the [[costume designer]] on ''Doctor Who''
|A video conversation with [[Louise Page]], reflecting on her time as the [[costume designer]] on ''Doctor Who''
|-align=center
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|
|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|Two screensavers: one featuring the [[John Simm]] version of [[The Master]], and one featuring images from ''The End of Time'', part one
|Two screensavers: one featuring the [[John Simm]] version of [[The Master]], and one featuring images from ''The End of Time'', part one
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Video Christmas greetings from [[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]] and [[Julie Gardner]], plus a link to the then-newly-created webpage for ''The End of Time'', part one
|Video Christmas greetings from [[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]] and [[Julie Gardner]], plus a link to the then-newly-created webpage for ''The End of Time'', part one
|-align=center
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|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|Seven different retrospective videos about David Tennant's time as the Doctor, each on a different theme, designed to answer the question, "What is ''Doctor Who''?"
|Seven different retrospective videos about David Tennant's time as the Doctor, each on a different theme, designed to answer the question, "What is ''Doctor Who''?"
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|"[[The Doctor on My Shoulder]]", part one, a short story by [[Daniel Roth]]
|"[[The Doctor on My Shoulder (short story)|The Doctor on My Shoulder]]", part one, a short story by [[Daniel Roth]]
|-align=center
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|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|An extract from the radio programme, ''[[Who on Who?]]'', in which [[David Tennant]] interviewed [[Russell T Davies]] about his time on ''Doctor Who''
|An extract from the radio programme ''[[Who on Who?]]'', in which [[David Tennant]] interviewed [[Russell T Davies]] about his time on ''Doctor Who''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
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|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|''Partners in Time'', a physical card game in which players print off cards representing each of the ten Doctors and then compared whether their card represented a higher- or lower-numbered incarnation of the Doctor than their opponents' cards
|''[[Partners in Time (video game)|Partners in Time]]'', a physical card game in which players print off cards representing each of the ten Doctors and then compared whether their card represented a higher- or lower-numbered incarnation of the Doctor than their opponents' cards
|-align=center
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|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|A series of self-advertised "terrible jokes" with a ''Doctor Who'' theme
|A series of self-advertised "terrible jokes" with a ''Doctor Who'' theme
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
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|
|21
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|Video discussion between David Tennant, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies about what makes a good Christmas Day celebration
|Video discussion between David Tennant, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies about what makes a good Christmas Day celebration
|-align=center
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|22
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|''WhoSpy''
|''[[WhoSpy]]''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
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|23
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|"[[The Doctor on My Shoulder]]", part two
|"[[The Doctor on My Shoulder (short story)|The Doctor on My Shoulder]]", part two
|-align=center
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|
|24
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|"[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]", a short video story featuring the [[Weeping Angel]]s
|''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas (webcast)|A Ghost Story for Christmas]]'', a short video story featuring the [[Weeping Angel]]s
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|25
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|An extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary on ''The End of Time'', part one
|An extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary on ''The End of Time'', part one
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|26
|[[26 December (releases)|26]]
|Craft project to make a Master's face mask
|Craft project to make a Master's face mask
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
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|
|27
|[[27 December (releases)|27]]
|Short video with [[Bernard Cribbins]]
|Short video with [[Bernard Cribbins]]
|-align=center
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|
|
|28
|[[28 December (releases)|28]]
|An instalment of ''[[The Big Questions]]'' with [[John Simm]]
|An instalment of ''[[The Big Questions]]'' with [[John Simm]]
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
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|
|29
|[[29 December (releases)|29]]
|A single new desktop wallpaper of the [[Tenth Doctor]] from ''The End of Time'', part two
|A single new desktop wallpaper of the [[Tenth Doctor]] from ''The End of Time'', part two
|-align=center
|-
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|
|30
|[[30 December (releases)|30]]
|Printable New Year's greeting cards
|Printable New Year's greeting cards
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|
|31
|[[31 December (releases)|31]]
|''2009 Bumper Quiz''
|''2009 Bumper Quiz''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|32
|[[1 January (releases)|32]]
|Extract from the podcast commentary on ''The End of Time'', part two
|Extract from the podcast commentary on ''The End of Time'', part two
|-style="background-color:white;" align=center
|-
|[[2010]]
|}
 
== 2010 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2010 (releases)|#aecfff|2010}}
!
![[File:Advent2010 -2.jpg|400px|center|link=A Christmas Carol (TV story)]]
|-
|
|
|[[File:Advent2010.jpg|250px]]
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|
|1
|The 2010 edition of the ''Doctor in the House'' printable game
|The 2010 edition of the ''Doctor in the House'' printable game
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|2
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Original announcement of the [[25 December]] [[2010]] release date for [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
|Original announcement of the [[25 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] release date for [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Video of [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] turning on the Christmas Lights in downtown [[Cardiff]]. Also, video of a brief question-and-answer session about [[series 6 (Doctor Who)|series 6]], hosted by [[Jason Mohammad]]
|Video of [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] turning on the Christmas Lights in downtown [[Cardiff]]. Also, video of a brief question-and-answer session about [[series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]], hosted by [[Jason Mohammad]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|Wallpaper images from ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''
|Wallpaper images from ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Four Christmas card templates, themed on ''A Christmas Carol''.
|Four Christmas card templates, themed on ''A Christmas Carol''.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Online game called, ''Haven't I Seen Your Fez Somewhere Before?'', in which the user answered multiple choice questions about photos from [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] that had items hidden by a super-imposed [[fez]]. Oddly, this feature had already debuted on the site on [[6 November]] [[2010]], and so was more "re-gift" than "gift".
|Online game called ''[[Haven't I Seen Your Fez Somewhere Before? (video game)|Haven't I Seen Your Fez Somewhere Before?]]'', in which the user answered multiple choice questions about photos from [[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] that had items hidden by a super-imposed [[fez]]. Oddly, this feature had already debuted on the site on [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]], and so was more "re-gift" than "gift".
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|[[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]]-themed screensavers
|[[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]]-themed screensavers
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part one. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, Smith talks about his favourite Christmas songs and movies and tells what made filming [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] so fun.
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part one. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, Smith talks about his favourite Christmas songs and movies and tells what made filming [[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] so fun.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall]]'' begins with the chapter, "Frozen"<ref>The title of this chapter, on Day 9, appeared to be simply ''Snowfall''. However, by Day 17, it was being retroactively subtitled ''Frozen'', and that is the name ascribed to it in the full version of the story made available on Day 24.</ref> by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'' begins with the chapter, "Frozen"<ref>The title of this chapter, on Day 9, appeared to be simply ''Snowfall''. However, by Day 17, it was being retroactively subtitled ''Frozen'', and that is the name ascribed to it in the full version of the story made available on Day 24.</ref> by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Cold Snap, part one", by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Cold Snap, part one", by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|The [[BBC One]] trailer for ''A Christmas Carol'', containing no new material compared with the one seen during [[Children in Need]] 2010. In fact, it was a reduction on the previously-released trailer, being edited back to only about 35 seconds.
|The [[BBC One]] trailer for ''A Christmas Carol'', containing no new material compared with the one seen during [[Children in Need]] 2010. In fact, it was a reduction on the previously-released trailer, being edited back to only about 35 seconds.  
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|"Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with various people associated with ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games|The Adventure Games]]'' series, including: [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]] and [[Phil Ford]]
|"Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with various people associated with ''[[The Adventure Games]]'' series, including: [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Barnaby Edwards]] and [[Phil Ford]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|
|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|"Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with [[Katherine Jenkins]]
|"Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with [[Katherine Jenkins]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|First images from [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'', made available as desktop wallpapers
|First images from [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'', made available as desktop wallpapers
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Four never-before-seen preview clips of ''A Christmas Carol''
|Four never-before-seen preview clips of ''A Christmas Carol''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part two. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, questions about working with [[Katherine Jenkins]] and what Smith's best-ever Christmas present was.
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part two. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, questions about working with [[Katherine Jenkins]] and what Smith's best-ever Christmas present was.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall]]'', continues with two new chapters: "Cold Snap, part two", by [[Mark B. Oliver]], and "The Thaw", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'', continues with two new chapters: "Cold Snap, part two", by [[Mark B. Oliver]], and "The Thaw", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|Preview clip of [[Colin Baker]], [[Frazer Hines]], [[Louise Jameson]], [[John Leeson]], and [[Katy Manning]] on the [[20 December]] [[2010]] edition of {{wi|Eggheads (TV series)#Celebrity Eggheads|Celebrity Eggheads}}
|Preview clip of [[Colin Baker]], [[Frazer Hines]], [[Louise Jameson]], [[John Leeson]], and [[Katy Manning]] on the [[20 December (releases)|20 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] edition of {{wi|Eggheads (TV series)#Celebrity Eggheads|Celebrity Eggheads}}
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part three. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, Smith plays a spot-the-difference game with a couple of photos of the Doctor and Amy in the TARDIS.
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part three. Essentially a Christmas version of ''[[The Big Questions]]''. This time, Smith plays a spot-the-difference game with a couple of photos of the Doctor and Amy in the TARDIS.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part one", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part one", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|21
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|Video of Matt Smith with a new introduction of ''A Christmas Carol''
|Video of Matt Smith with a new introduction of ''A Christmas Carol''
|-align=center
|-
|
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|Video of Matt Smith introducing [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
|-
|
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part two", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|-
|
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|The conclusion of ''[[Snowfall (novel)|Snowfall]]'', with the chapter, "Station Pressure", by [[Gavin Collinson]]. Also, the release of the entire ''Snowfall'' story in a single, downloadable booklet.
|-
|
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|Video of [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Katherine Jenkins]] sending their Christmas wishes.<ref>Note that other things happened on the official website on [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]. For [[UK]] residents, [[Christmas]] marked the free download release of [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'' for Mac and PC. Also, a video Christmas greeting from [[Tommy Knight]], [[Anjli Mohindra]] and [[Daniel Anthony]] appeared under the title "SJA Christmas Video". However, these were not technically a part of the Adventure Calendar.</ref>
|-
|
|[[26 December (releases)|26]]
|''Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge'', part four.
|-
|
|[[27 December (releases)|27]]
|Printable New Year's greeting cards.
|-
|
|
|22
|[[28 December (releases)|28]]
|Video of Matt Smith introducing [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''
|Video interview with [[Nicholas Briggs]] about [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|
|23
|[[29 December (releases)|29]]
|The novella, ''[[Snowfall]]'', continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part two", by [[Gavin Collinson]]
|Video interview with [[Eleanor Matsuura]] about [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|24
|[[30 December (releases)|30]]
|The conclusion of ''[[Snowfall]]'', with the chapter, "Station Pressure", by [[Gavin Collinson]]. Also, the release of the entire ''Snowfall'' story in a single, downloadable booklet.
|Video interview with [[Barnaby Edwards]] about [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game)|Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|25
|[[31 December (releases)|31]]
|Video of [[Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Katherine Jenkins]] sending their Christmas wishes.<ref>Note that other things happened on the official website on [[25 December]] [[2010]]. For [[UK]] residents, [[Christmas]] marked the free download release of [[GAME]]: ''[[Shadows of the Vashta Nerada]]'' for Mac and PC. Also, a video Christmas greeting from [[Tommy Knight]], [[Anjli Mohindra]] and [[Daniel Anthony]] appeared under the title "SJA Christmas Video".  However, these were not technically a part of the Adventure Calendar.</ref>
|Video of [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]] talking about topical fish; Video of Matt Smith and [[Katherine Jenkins]] sharing their favourite moments from ''A Christmas Carol''; and the answers to ''Doctor in the House''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|[[2011]]
|}
|1
 
|''[[The Game of Rassilon: The Christmas Special]]'', a new quiz game.
== 2011 ==
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2011 (releases)|#aecfff|2011}}
!
![[File:Advent2011.jpg|center|400px|link=The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)]]
|-
|
|
|2
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|A video of [[Matt Smith]] discussing [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
|''[[The Game of Rassilon: The Christmas Special (video game)|The Game of Rassilon: The Christmas Special]]'', a new quiz game.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|3
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Picture gallery from [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|A video of [[Matt Smith]] discussing [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|4
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Picture gallery from [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|-
|
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed [[Christmas]] card print-outs
|''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed [[Christmas]] card print-outs
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Three puzzles
|Three puzzles
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|[[WC]]: ''[[Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)]]''
|[[WC]]: ''[[Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)]]''
|-align=center
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|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Interview with [[Bill Bailey]], [[Arabella Weir]] and [[Paul Bazely]].
|Interview with [[Bill Bailey]], [[Arabella Weir]] and [[Paul Bazely]].
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|A link to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mobile website.
|A link to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mobile website.
|-align=center
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|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|A [[Christmas]] video starring the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' cast and crew.
|A [[Christmas]] video starring the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' cast and crew.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|A new edition of the game ''[[Doctor in the House]]''.
|A new edition of the game ''[[Doctor in the House (video game)|Doctor in the House]]''.
|-align=center
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|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|Galleries from the recently rediscovered episodes from [[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' and ''[[The Underwater Menace]]''.
|Galleries from the recently rediscovered episodes from [[TV]]: ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' and ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|[[Marcus Wilson]] discusses [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|[[Marcus Wilson]] discusses [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|-align=center
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|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|A new trailer for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|A new trailer for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|3 preview clips for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|3 preview clips for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|-align=center
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|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Two screensavers: one for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the other for all of the Doctor's Christmas adventures.  
|Two screensavers: one for [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the other for all of the Doctor's Christmas adventures.  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|Archival footage of [[Tom Baker]] switching on Christmas lights.
|Archival footage of [[Tom Baker]] switching on Christmas lights.
|-align=center
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|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|Picture gallery from [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|Picture gallery from [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|On-set interviews with [[Bill Bailey]] and [[Arabella Weir]].
|On-set interviews with [[Bill Bailey]] and [[Arabella Weir]].
|-align=center
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|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|Archival footage of [[Tom Baker]] visiting school children.  
|Archival footage of [[Tom Baker]] visiting school children.  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|Part One of "''[[Attack of the Snowmen]]''" by [[Mark B. Oliver]].
|Part one of ''[[Attack of the Snowmen (short story)|Attack of the Snowmen]]'' by [[Mark B. Oliver]].
|-align=center
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|21  
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|Part Two of "''[[Attack of the Snowmen]]''" by [[Mark B. Oliver]].
|Part two of ''Attack of the Snowmen'' by Mark B. Oliver.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|22
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|Clips from "''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]''" and info on [[Chumbley]] and puzzles
|Clips from ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' and info on [[Chumbley]] and puzzles
|-align=center
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|23
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|Three New Clips With [[Matt Smith]] and [[Steven Moffat]]
|Three new clips with [[Matt Smith]] and [[Steven Moffat]]
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|24
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|The Third and Final Part of "''[[Attack of the Snowmen]]''" by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|Part three of ''[[Attack of the Snowmen (short story)|Attack of the Snowmen]]'' by [[Mark B. Oliver]]
|-align=center
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|25
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|Galleries, photos, videos and much more to do with "''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''"
|Galleries, photos, videos and much more to do with ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|[[2012]]
|}
|1
 
== 2012 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2012 (releases)|#aecfff|2012}}
!
![[File:Advent2012.jpg|400px|center|link=The Snowmen (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|"[[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]: Becoming the Companion" A video on Jenna-Louise Coleman's audition process.  
|"[[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]: Becoming the Companion" A video on Jenna-Louise Coleman's audition process.  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|2
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|5 new wallpapers from ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
|5 new wallpapers from ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
|-align=center
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|3
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|"[[Steven Moffat]] on the [[The Daleks (TV story)|First Dalek Adventure]]." The first in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|"[[Steven Moffat]] on the [[The Daleks (TV story)|First Dalek Adventure]]." The first in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
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|4
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|"Revisit [[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]] with [[Steven Moffat]]." The second in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|"Revisit [[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]] with [[Steven Moffat]]." The second in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|-align=center
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|
|5
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Pictures and wallpapers from ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|Pictures and wallpapers from ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|6
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Doctor Who Game of Rassilon Christmas Special
|Doctor Who Game of Rassilon Christmas Special
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|7
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|"[[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]: Becoming the Companion" A video on [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]'s plans for Christmas
|"[[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]: Becoming the Companion" A video on [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]'s plans for Christmas
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|
|8
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|Interviews from [[Steven Moffat]], [[Matt Smith]], [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] and [[Richard E. Grant]] and [[Tom Ward]] on ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|Interviews from [[Steven Moffat]], [[Matt Smith]], [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] and [[Richard E Grant]] and [[Tom Ward]] on ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|-align=center
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|
|9
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|"[[Steven Moffat]] return to the [[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]] with ." The third in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|"[[Steven Moffat]] return to the [[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]] with ." The third in a series of videos about the history of the [[Dalek]]s.  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
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|10
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|"[[Richard E. Grant]] sends season’s greetings and discusses The Snowmen!" A video on [[Richard E. Grant]]'s thought on the Christmas Special.
|"[[Richard E Grant]] sends season's greetings and discusses The Snowmen!" A video on [[Richard E Grant]]'s thought on the Christmas Special.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|11
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|"[[Dan Starkey]] on the Christmas Special and the return of [[Strax]]." A video on [[Dan Starkey]] return to Doctor Who.
|"[[Dan Starkey]] on the Christmas Special and the return of [[Strax]]." A video on [[Dan Starkey]] return to Doctor Who.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|12
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|"Enjoy the lastest trilling trailer for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''." A new trailer for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|"Enjoy the lastest trilling trailer for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''." A new trailer for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|13
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|"A selection of exclusive Doctor Who Christmas cards and wallpapers." Christmas cards and wallpapers for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|"A selection of exclusive Doctor Who Christmas cards and wallpapers." Christmas cards and wallpapers for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
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|14
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|"Find out more about [[Vastra|the Silurian]], [[Srax|the Sontaran]] and [[Jenny Flint]]." Updated Character Profiles on Madame [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint]] and [[Strax]].
|"Find out more about [[Vastra|the Silurian]], [[Strax|the Sontaran]] and [[Jenny Flint]]." Updated Character Profiles on Madame [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint]] and [[Strax]].
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|15
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|"Part One of the brilliant Doctor Who: [[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]] by [[Joseph Lidster]]." Online story involving [[Harry Houdini]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|"Part One of the brilliant ''Doctor Who: [[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]'' by [[Joseph Lidster]]." Online story involving [[Harry Houdini]] and the [[Eleventh Doctor]]
|  
|  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|16
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|"Part Two of the thrilling Doctor Who: [[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]."
|"Part Two of the thrilling Doctor Who: ''[[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]''."
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|17
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|"A Christmas Prequel: [[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates]] by [[Steven Moffat]]." A [[webcast]] prequel for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
|"A Christmas Prequel: [[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates]] by [[Steven Moffat]]." A [[webcast]] prequel for ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|18
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|"Video! Peek behind the scenes as [[Matt Smith]] interviews [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]." [[Matt Smith]] interviews [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]
|"Video! Peek behind the scenes as [[Matt Smith]] interviews [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]]." [[Matt Smith]] interviews [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]].
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|19
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|"Read the penultimate part of Doctor Who: [[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]] by [[Joseph Lidster]].  
|"Read the penultimate part of ''Doctor Who: [[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]'' by [[Joseph Lidster]].  
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|20
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|"Casting director [[Andy Pryor]] recalls the stars of previous Doctor Who Christmas Specials..."
|"Casting director [[Andy Pryor]] recalls the stars of previous Doctor Who Christmas Specials..."
|-align=center
|-
|
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|''[[Songtaran Carols (webcast)|Songtaran Carols]]'' video: "Join [[Strax]] and the gang for a seasonal Sontaran sing-song!" [[Strax]]'s logical thoughts on Christmas Carols.
|-
|
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|"Video: The first preview clip from ''[[The Snowmen]]'!''
|-
|
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|"Video: [[Vastra]] and [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]] confront Simeon in this preview clip from ''[[The Snowmen]]''!"
|-
|
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|"Video: [[Matt Smith]] and [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] introduce ''[[The Snowmen]]''."
|-
|
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|"It's the festive finale of Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos!"
Part 4 of ''[[Houdini and The Space Cuckoos (short story)|Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]''
|-
|}
 
== 2013 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2013 (releases)|#aecfff|2013}}
!
![[File:Advent2013.jpg|400px|center|link=The Time of the Doctor (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|Behind-the-scenes images from the making of ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.
|-
|
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Quiz for ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
|-
|
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Pictures from ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]''.
|-
|
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|Interview with [[Paul McGann]].
|-
|
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Pictures and wallpapers from ''The Time of the Doctor''.
|-
|
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Character profile for the [[Zygon]]s.
|-
|
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Pictures from ''The Time of the Doctor''.
|-
|
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|Christmas cards.
|-
|
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|Interviews with [[Matt Smith]] and [[David Tennant]].
|-
|
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|Three jigsaw puzzles of production images.
|-
|
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|35-second trailer to ''The Time of the Doctor''
|-
|
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|Interviews with [[Steven Moffat]], [[Matt Smith]], [[Jenna Coleman]] and Orla Brady
|-
|
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|Picture gallery from ''The Time of the Doctor''.
|-
|
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|Interactive quiz on the [[Matt Smith]] era.
|-
|
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Character profile for [[Sarah Jane Smith]].
|-
|
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|Storyboard sequence from ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
|-
|
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|Spot-the-difference puzzles.
|-
|
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|[[Steven Moffat]] discusses ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''
|-
|
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|''[[Strax Field Report: The Doctors (webcast)|Strax Field Report: The Doctors]]''
|-
|
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|Preview clip from ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''.
|-
|
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|[[Steven Moffat]] discusses ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''.
|-
|
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|''[[Strax Field Report: A Sontaran's View of Christmas (webcast)|Strax Field Report: A Sontaran's View of Christmas]]''.
|-
|
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|Preview clip from ''The Time of the Doctor''
|-
|
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|Preview clip from ''The Time of the Doctor''
|-
|
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|Christmas greetings from [[Tasha Lem]].
|-
|}
 
== 2014 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2014 (releases)|#aecfff|2014}}
!
![[File:Advent2014.jpg|400px|center|link=Last Christmas (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|Interview with [[Nick Frost]] about "working with the real [[Santa Claus|Santa]]".
|-
|
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Wallpapers, including one of the [[Dalek]]s gliding along [[Westminster Bridge]] in [[1964 (releases)|1964]]'s ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.
|-
|
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Part one of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
|-
|
|
|21
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|"Join [[Strax]] and the gang for a seasonal Sontaran sing-song!" [[Strax]]'s logical thoughts on Christmas Carols.
|Jigsaw puzzles.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|22
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|"Video: The first preview clip from [[The Snowmen]]!"
|Part two of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|23
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|"Video: Vastra and Jenny confront Simeon in this preview clip from [[The Snowmen]]!"
|Image gallery for the Christmas episode.
|-style="background-color:#D69E87;" align=center
|-
|
|
|24
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|"Video: [[Matt Smith]] and [[Jenna-Louise Coleman]] introduce [[The Snowmen]]."
|Christmas cards.
|-align=center
|-
|
|
|25
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|"It’s the festive finale of [[Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos]]!"
|Spot-the-difference puzzle.
|-style="background-color:#E4C0B1;" align=center
|-
|
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|Part three of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
|-
|
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|Who Spy behind the scenes gallery.
|-
|
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|Trailer for the Christmas episode.
|-
|
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|Preview clip.
|-
|
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|Christmas decorations.
|-
|
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|Christmas greetings from [[Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Express)]].
|-
|
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|E-cards and wallpapers.
|-
|
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|[[Frank Skinner]] on his favourite era and adventures.
|-
|
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|''Who on Earth?'' game.
|-
|
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|[[Peter Capaldi]], [[Jenna Coleman]] and [[Nick Frost]] behind the scenes video.
|-
|
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|Part one of ''[[Behind You (short story)|Behind You]]''
|-
|
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|Part two of ''Behind You''
|-
|
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|Part three of ''Behind You''
|-
|
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|Pictures from ''Last Christmas''.
|-
|
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|Jigsaw puzzles revealing images of the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Shona McCullough]], and [[Santa Claus]] and his [[elves]].
|-
|
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|The first [[Doctor Who Extra]] preview clip of ''Last Christmas''.
|-
|
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|The second [[Doctor Who Extra]] preview clip of ''Last Christmas''.
|-
|}
|}
== 2015 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2015 (releases)|#aecfff|2015}}
!
![[File:Advent2015.jpg|320px|center|link=The Husbands of River Song (TV story)]]
|-
|
|[[1 December (releases)|1]]
|Desktop wallpaper of the Twelfth Doctor in [[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]''.
|-
|
|[[2 December (releases)|2]]
|Video of Peter Capaldi introducing ''Hell Bent''.
|-
|
|[[3 December (releases)|3]]
|Preview clip from ''Hell Bent''.
|-
|
|[[4 December (releases)|4]]
|Pictures of [[Gallifrey]] and the [[Time Lord]]s from [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]'', ''[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Dead Assassin]]'', ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'', and ''Hell Bent''. Plus, a storyboard image of the Time Lord Coliseum from ''The End of Time'' and an exclusive image of snow falling on Gallifrey at Christmas.
|-
|
|[[5 December (releases)|5]]
|Video of [[Maisie Williams]] talking about her character, [[Ashildr]].
|-
|
|[[6 December (releases)|6]]
|Video of Peter Capaldi discussing monsters he'd like to see in future episodes.
|-
|
|[[7 December (releases)|7]]
|Video of the timelapse construction of the TARDIS for the filming of ''Hell Bent''.
|-
|
|[[8 December (releases)|8]]
|''Doctor Who''-themed Christmas cards
|-
|
|[[9 December (releases)|9]]
|Video summarising [[Series 9 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 9]] in 81 seconds.
|-
|
|[[10 December (releases)|10]]
|Instructions for making your own [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] decorations.
|-
|
|[[11 December (releases)|11]]
|Christmas themed updates for ''[[Doctor Who Game Maker (video game)|Doctor Who Game Maker]]''.
|-
|
|[[12 December (releases)|12]]
|Video of outtakes with [[Michelle Gomez]].
|-
|
|[[13 December (releases)|13]]
|Comic strip adaptation of [[River Song]]'s opening scene in [[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'' made by adding comic dialogue bubbles to images from the episode.
|-
|
|[[14 December (releases)|14]]
|Part one of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz
|-
|
|[[15 December (releases)|15]]
|Video of [[Rufus Hound]]'s behind the scenes footage during the filming of [[TV]]: ''[[The Woman Who Lived (TV story)|The Woman Who Lived]]''.
|-
|
|[[16 December (releases)|16]]
|Part two of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz
|-
|
|[[17 December (releases)|17]]
|Three jigsaw puzzles of promotional images for ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]''
|-
|
|[[18 December (releases)|18]]
|Part three of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz
|-
|
|[[19 December (releases)|19]]
|Comic strip adaptation of [[River Song]]'s timeline, made by adding comic dialogue bubbles to images from the episodes ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Astronaut]]'', ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'', ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'' and ''The Husbands of River Song''.
|-
|
|[[20 December (releases)|20]]
|Video of [[Alex Kingston]] and [[Matt Lucas]] swapping Christmas presents, and talking about the Christmas special.
|-
|
|[[21 December (releases)|21]]
|Part one of ''[[Haunted (short story)|Haunted]]''
|-
|
|[[22 December (releases)|22]]
|Video montage of various ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew members wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, including [[Peter Capaldi]], [[Jenna Coleman]], [[Steven Moffat]], [[Ingrid Oliver]], [[Alex Kingston]], [[Michelle Gomez]], [[Maisie Williams]] and [[Matt Lucas]].
|-
|
|[[23 December (releases)|23]]
|Part two of ''Haunted''
|-
|
|[[24 December (releases)|24]]
|Part three of ''Haunted''
|-
|
|[[25 December (releases)|25]]
|8-bit [[River Song]] saying "Merry Christmas, Sweetie"
|-
|}
== 2016 ==
{| {{prettytable}}
!Year
!Day
!Item
|-
!{{link|2016 (releases)|#aecfff|2016}}
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|Desktop wallpaper from ''[[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]''
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|Part one of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
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|Images from the ''Doctor Mysterio''
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|9 ''Doctor Who'' Christmas facts
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|3 more wallpapers from ''Doctor Mysterio''.
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|Part two of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
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|Part three of a ''Doctor Who'' Christmas quiz.
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|Fan [[cosplay]] submissions for Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day.
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|Trailer for ''The Return of Doctor Mysterio''.
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|10 unreleased production images from ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]''.
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|[[Peter Capaldi]] answers fan-submitted questions.
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|10 unreleased production images from ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' and ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''.
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|[[Steven Moffat]] introduces ''The Return of Doctor Mysterio''.
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|Christmas greetings from the ''Doctor Who'' team
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|Spot-the-difference: three shots from ''Doctor Mysterio''.
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|''Doctor Who'' [[emoji quiz]] (guess which story is told through [[emoji]]s)
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|Peter Capaldi on what to look forward to in the Christmas special
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|Peter Capaldi's first thoughts on ''The Return of Doctor Mysterio''
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|Interactive 360° tour of the Twelfth Doctor's [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]].
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|10-part quiz about the Twelfth Doctor
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|Article on the top 5 [[multi-Doctor story|multi-Doctor stories]].
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|Desktop wallpaper from ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''
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|Video: [[Pearl Mackie]] asks [[Mark Gatiss]] Christmas questions.
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|Interactive 360° tour of the [[First Doctor]]'s TARDIS.
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|Another 10-part quiz about the Twelfth Doctor
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|Trailer for ''Twice Upon a Time''.
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|Gifts in ''Doctor Who'': 13 presents given
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|Spot-the-difference puzzles.
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|"Merry Christmas" video montage.
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|Video: Best of the [[Twelfth Doctor]]
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020112045003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/advent/index.shtml The 2001 BBC Cult Advent Calendar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205113636/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/advent.shtml The 2006 Advent Calendar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130131035341/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/index_advent2007.shtml The 2007 Advent(ure) Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/misc/advent08/ The 2008 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/adventurecalendar/ The 2009 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20111228102857/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/adventure_calendar_2010a/Adventure_Calendar_2010 The 2010 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120104020141/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/ac_2011a/Adventure_Calendar_2011 The 2011 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011gpsb/features/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2012 The 2012 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mj6k8/features/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2013 The 2013 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3WX4fNTX1lvvzcXJ7zlrMsT/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2014 The 2014 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/16TJvP8hHBBVWyfxlJw9BP8/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2015 The 2015 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3npMp68z3jB70fsCgbzhZqK/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2016 The 2016 Adventure Calendar]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2lL4x1T1dF4Y3sNRCGGXnKQ/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2017 The 2017 Adventure Calendar]
== Footnotes ==
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You may be looking for Advent calendars in the DWU.

The Doctor Who Adventure Calendar — originally launched under the name Advent Calendar in 2006 — is a standard holiday feature of the official BBC Doctor Who website. Like an actual Advent calendar, the Adventure Calendars offered a new "treat" for fans every day from the first of December through to Christmas. They were used to ignite interest in the then-upcoming Christmas special. Among the treats offered were things like games, desktop wallpapers, trailers, music clips and videos, as well as exclusive short stories and novellas. Though most of the treats directly supported the Christmas special, sometimes they were reminders of the series that had been broadcast earlier in that year.

A notable exception to the scheduling was the 2009 instalment, which continued past Christmas until 1 January 2010 in order to promote both chapters of TV: The End of Time.

The calendars persisted on the website long after their particular Christmas had passed. As of March 2021, most elements of the calendars were still view-able in the official site's archives.

Due to licensing, prior to 2010, most video-related items could not be accessed by non-UK visitors on the site. Since 2010, however, most video content has been available internationally.

Since series 9 premiered considerably later than previous series, it didn't end until 5 December 2015 and subsequently days 1-5 of the Adventure Calendar were dedicated to promoting the finale.

December 2018 marked the first year with no Doctor Who Advent(ure) Calendar since 2006. As of March 2021, there have been no further Adventure Calendars since the 2017 edition.

BBC Cult (2001)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Prior to the return of the show in 2005, Doctor Who featured on the BBC Cult website's 2001 Advent Calendar. The calendar was made up of pieces of a jigsaw which built up each day to reveal an image of Tom Baker riding a bicycle. The show had 8 days dedicated to it -

2006[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2006
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1 Desktop wallpaper of the Doctor's TARDIS in a Christmas setting
2 Secret Santa, a simple game that asked users to guess which Doctor Who character was behind a Santa mask
3 Graphic design of the pound notes made especially for The Runaway Bride
4 Recording of "Song for Ten"
5 Printable Christmas cards using images from Bride
6 New Earth in-vision commentary
7 A puzzle which, when solved, gave viewers a tiny glimpse of the Bride script
8 Peter McKinstry concept art of a Roboform Santa Claus mask
9 A scene from the then-upcoming Invasion of the Bane
10 Desktop wallpaper from the narrative of The Runaway Bride itself
11 Who-RU Monster Quiz
12 22-second trailer for The Runaway Bride
13 WhoSpy, a feature which showed set decorations for Bride in situ and invited viewers to guess what they could possibly mean. For example, one of the shots was a close-up of buttons on the lift in what viewers would come to know as H.C. Clements.
14 Santa Shooter, a simple arcade-style game that invited players to "Save the Earth! Shoot Santa."
15 Christmas message from Murray Gold and two tracks from Army of Ghosts that did not appear on Doctor Who Original Soundtrack Recording
16 Monster Match, a Doctor Who version of the classic game Concentration
17 A diary entry by Tors Grantham about the making of CON: Music and Monsters
18 Doomsday in-vision commentary
19 32-second trailer for Bride
20 A clip from Jo Whiley Meets Doctor Who, a 3-hour special on BBC Radio 1 featuring Jo Whiley and David Tennant that was broadcast on Christmas Day 2006, immediately prior to Bride's debut on BBC One.
21 A link to the then-newly-created Sarah Jane Adventures website
22 A link to the the then-newly-created, but not finished, Bride page on the main Doctor Who site
23 Tooth and Claw in-vision commentary
24 An extract from the then-forthcoming commentary to Bride featuring David Tennant and Julie Gardner
25 A link to the finished Bride page on the main Doctor Who site, which now included more "goodies"

2007[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2007
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1 Video season's greetings from Kylie Minogue and David Tennant
2 "The Frozen", a short story by Rupert Laight with illustrations by Martin Geraghty
3 WhoSpy
4 Companions Quiz
5 printable Christmas cards, themed around Voyage of the Damned
6 Audio of "The Old Rugged Cross" as performed by Murray Gold the Crouch End Festival Chorus with arrangement by Ben Foster
7 Printable Christmas posters, of a style first seen in The Christmas Invasion and The Runaway Bride
8 10-second teaser of Voyage of the Damned
9 Jigsaw puzzle that revealed Peter McKinstry art of the Titanic and an extract of the Voyage script
10 Desktop wallpaper from Voyage
11 Gridlock in-vision commentary
12 Into the Vortex game, in which players flew the Doctor's TARDIS through the time vortex, trying to collect blue energy particles, but avoid red energy particles
13 video of various people involved with Damned singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", including Bernard Cribbins, Danny Hargreaves, Ben Foster, Murray Gold, Debbie Chazen, Clive Rowe, Stefan Davis, Jimmy Vee and other, less identifiable members of the production team
14 1'30" trailer for Damned
15 Crafting project to make a Heavenly Host Christmas ornament
16 19-sec. clip from Voyage (Tennant's "I'm the Doctor, I'm a Time Lord" speech)
17 Dalek Breakout game, in which players tried to manoeuvre explosive containers onto specific areas of the gameboard in order to generate an explosion that would help them ascend to an exit
18 A link to the then-new Comic Maker, which allowed users to make comic strips using pre-defined artwork
19 "Who's Asking?", a print interview with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson, which looked back at series 3 and previewed series 4
20 Link to the then-newly-created webpage for Voyage
21 40-sec. trailer for Voyage, which clearly revealed for the first time that the Titanic was a spaceship, not the 20th century Titanic
22 The Sound of Drums in-vision commentary
23 Extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary
24 Voyage-themed screensavers
25 55-second teaser for CON: Kylie Special

2008[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2008[9]
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1 Video Christmas greeting from David Tennant
2 Print interview with Graeme Harper
3 Behind-the-scenes video with Colum Regan on a day off around Cardiff
4 "Number 1, Gallows Gate Road", part 1, a short story by Rupert Laight with illustrations by Brian Williamson
5 Black Hole, a game in which the player had to pilot the TARDIS out of a black hole
6 Printable Christmas cards themed around The Next Doctor
7 Desktop wallpapers related to Next
8 Cosmic Collider, a game in which players uncovered picture and revealed a script extract from Next
9 A Monster Files instalment relative to Next
10 A Cyberman screensaver
11 "Number 1, Gallows Gate Road", part 2
12 Cyber Quiz
13 Craft project to make a Cybershade face mask
14 WhoSpy
15 Trailer for Next
16 A selection of music by Murray Gold
17 A link to the then-newly-enhanced Comic Maker
18 A trailer for the television debut of Doctor Who at the Proms
19 Jobsworth Judoon, a game in which players had to help the Doctor break the security codes around a forcefield holding the TARDIS
20 New desktop wallpapers and the Fear Factor for Next
21 A teaser clip from Next featuring Miss Hartigan and the Cybermen
22 An extract from the then-upcoming podcast commentary for Next
23 A video jigsaw puzzle which, when solved, unlocked an exclusive teaser clip from Next
24 A video Christmas message from Velile Tshabalala
25 A video retrospective on Donna Noble, called Donna's Story

2009-10[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2009[10]
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1 Doctor in the House, a parlour game in which contestants tried to smuggle lines from Doctor Who into everyday conversation. Unusually, this was not a video game, quiz or puzzle, but a game that players could enjoy with their friends and acquaintances. The site gave a link to a downloadable file that provided instructions
2 Printable Christmas cards based on The End of Time
3 "Inspect a Gadget!", a short video giving a behind-the-scenes look at Gadget
4 Debut of the 2009 BBC Christmas idents
5 "Dreamland: Origins and Inspirations", a short video about Dreamland with director Gary Russell
6 "The Advent of Fear", part 1, a short story by Mark B. Oliver
7 Desktop wallpapers relative to Time
8 "Whatever happened to Cassie and Jimmy?", a short video in which Phil Ford opined on the post-Dreamland fates of Cassie Rice and Jimmy Stalkingwolf
9 The Great Big Doctor Who Christmas Quiz
10 "The Advent of Fear", part 2
11 A short video of David Tennant singing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" with The Proclaimers
12 Audio of "The Wonder of Balloons", a track from The Next Doctor by Murray Gold
13 A video conversation with Louise Page, reflecting on her time as the costume designer on Doctor Who
14 Two screensavers: one featuring the John Simm version of The Master, and one featuring images from The End of Time, part one
15 Video Christmas greetings from Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Julie Gardner, plus a link to the then-newly-created webpage for The End of Time, part one
16 Seven different retrospective videos about David Tennant's time as the Doctor, each on a different theme, designed to answer the question, "What is Doctor Who?"
17 "The Doctor on My Shoulder", part one, a short story by Daniel Roth
18 An extract from the radio programme Who on Who?, in which David Tennant interviewed Russell T Davies about his time on Doctor Who
19 Partners in Time, a physical card game in which players print off cards representing each of the ten Doctors and then compared whether their card represented a higher- or lower-numbered incarnation of the Doctor than their opponents' cards
20 A series of self-advertised "terrible jokes" with a Doctor Who theme
21 Video discussion between David Tennant, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies about what makes a good Christmas Day celebration
22 WhoSpy
23 "The Doctor on My Shoulder", part two
24 A Ghost Story for Christmas, a short video story featuring the Weeping Angels
25 An extract from the then-forthcoming podcast commentary on The End of Time, part one
26 Craft project to make a Master's face mask
27 Short video with Bernard Cribbins
28 An instalment of The Big Questions with John Simm
29 A single new desktop wallpaper of the Tenth Doctor from The End of Time, part two
30 Printable New Year's greeting cards
31 2009 Bumper Quiz
32 Extract from the podcast commentary on The End of Time, part two

2010[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2010
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1 The 2010 edition of the Doctor in the House printable game
2 Original announcement of the 25 December 2010 release date for GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
3 Video of Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill turning on the Christmas Lights in downtown Cardiff. Also, video of a brief question-and-answer session about series 6, hosted by Jason Mohammad
4 Wallpaper images from A Christmas Carol
5 Four Christmas card templates, themed on A Christmas Carol.
6 Online game called Haven't I Seen Your Fez Somewhere Before?, in which the user answered multiple choice questions about photos from series 5 that had items hidden by a super-imposed fez. Oddly, this feature had already debuted on the site on 6 November 2010, and so was more "re-gift" than "gift".
7 Series 5-themed screensavers
8 Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge, part one. Essentially a Christmas version of The Big Questions. This time, Smith talks about his favourite Christmas songs and movies and tells what made filming series 5 so fun.
9 The novella, Snowfall begins with the chapter, "Frozen"[11] by Gavin Collinson
10 The novella, Snowfall, continues with the chapter, "Cold Snap, part one", by Mark B. Oliver
11 The BBC One trailer for A Christmas Carol, containing no new material compared with the one seen during Children in Need 2010. In fact, it was a reduction on the previously-released trailer, being edited back to only about 35 seconds.
12 "Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with various people associated with The Adventure Games series, including: Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards and Phil Ford
13 "Christmas Questions" feature: print interview with Katherine Jenkins
14 First images from GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada, made available as desktop wallpapers
15 Four never-before-seen preview clips of A Christmas Carol
16 Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge, part two. Essentially a Christmas version of The Big Questions. This time, questions about working with Katherine Jenkins and what Smith's best-ever Christmas present was.
17 The novella, Snowfall, continues with two new chapters: "Cold Snap, part two", by Mark B. Oliver, and "The Thaw", by Gavin Collinson
18 Preview clip of Colin Baker, Frazer Hines, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, and Katy Manning on the 20 December 2010 edition of Celebrity Eggheads
19 Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge, part three. Essentially a Christmas version of The Big Questions. This time, Smith plays a spot-the-difference game with a couple of photos of the Doctor and Amy in the TARDIS.
20 The novella, Snowfall, continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part one", by Gavin Collinson
21 Video of Matt Smith with a new introduction of A Christmas Carol
22 Video of Matt Smith introducing GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
23 The novella, Snowfall, continues with the chapter, "Vampire Hurricane, part two", by Gavin Collinson
24 The conclusion of Snowfall, with the chapter, "Station Pressure", by Gavin Collinson. Also, the release of the entire Snowfall story in a single, downloadable booklet.
25 Video of Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Katherine Jenkins sending their Christmas wishes.[12]
26 Matt Smith's Cracking Christmas Challenge, part four.
27 Printable New Year's greeting cards.
28 Video interview with Nicholas Briggs about GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada.
29 Video interview with Eleanor Matsuura about GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada.
30 Video interview with Barnaby Edwards about GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada.
31 Video of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan talking about topical fish; Video of Matt Smith and Katherine Jenkins sharing their favourite moments from A Christmas Carol; and the answers to Doctor in the House.

2011[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2011
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1 The Game of Rassilon: The Christmas Special, a new quiz game.
2 A video of Matt Smith discussing TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
3 Picture gallery from TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
4 Doctor Who-themed Christmas card print-outs
5 Three puzzles
6 WC: Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)
7 Interview with Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Paul Bazely.
8 A link to the Doctor Who mobile website.
9 A Christmas video starring the Doctor Who cast and crew.
10 A new edition of the game Doctor in the House.
11 Galleries from the recently rediscovered episodes from TV: Galaxy 4 and The Underwater Menace.
12 Marcus Wilson discusses TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
13 A new trailer for TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
14 3 preview clips for TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
15 Two screensavers: one for TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, the other for all of the Doctor's Christmas adventures.
16 Archival footage of Tom Baker switching on Christmas lights.
17 Picture gallery from TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
18 On-set interviews with Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir.
19 Archival footage of Tom Baker visiting school children.
20 Part one of Attack of the Snowmen by Mark B. Oliver.
21 Part two of Attack of the Snowmen by Mark B. Oliver.
22 Clips from Galaxy 4 and info on Chumbley and puzzles
23 Three new clips with Matt Smith and Steven Moffat
24 Part three of Attack of the Snowmen by Mark B. Oliver
25 Galleries, photos, videos and much more to do with The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

2012[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2012
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1 "Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion" A video on Jenna-Louise Coleman's audition process.
2 5 new wallpapers from The Snowmen.
3 "Steven Moffat on the First Dalek Adventure." The first in a series of videos about the history of the Daleks.
4 "Revisit The Evil of the Daleks with Steven Moffat." The second in a series of videos about the history of the Daleks.
5 Pictures and wallpapers from The Snowmen
6 Doctor Who Game of Rassilon Christmas Special
7 "Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion" A video on Jenna-Louise Coleman's plans for Christmas
8 Interviews from Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Richard E Grant and Tom Ward on The Snowmen
9 "Steven Moffat return to the Day of the Daleks with ." The third in a series of videos about the history of the Daleks.
10 "Richard E Grant sends season's greetings and discusses The Snowmen!" A video on Richard E Grant's thought on the Christmas Special.
11 "Dan Starkey on the Christmas Special and the return of Strax." A video on Dan Starkey return to Doctor Who.
12 "Enjoy the lastest trilling trailer for The Snowmen." A new trailer for The Snowmen
13 "A selection of exclusive Doctor Who Christmas cards and wallpapers." Christmas cards and wallpapers for The Snowmen
14 "Find out more about the Silurian, the Sontaran and Jenny Flint." Updated Character Profiles on Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax.
15 "Part One of the brilliant Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos by Joseph Lidster." Online story involving Harry Houdini and the Eleventh Doctor
16 "Part Two of the thrilling Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos."
17 "A Christmas Prequel: Vastra Investigates by Steven Moffat." A webcast prequel for The Snowmen.
18 "Video! Peek behind the scenes as Matt Smith interviews Jenna-Louise Coleman." Matt Smith interviews Jenna-Louise Coleman.
19 "Read the penultimate part of Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos by Joseph Lidster.
20 "Casting director Andy Pryor recalls the stars of previous Doctor Who Christmas Specials..."
21 Songtaran Carols video: "Join Strax and the gang for a seasonal Sontaran sing-song!" Strax's logical thoughts on Christmas Carols.
22 "Video: The first preview clip from The Snowmen'!
23 "Video: Vastra and Jenny confront Simeon in this preview clip from The Snowmen!"
24 "Video: Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman introduce The Snowmen."
25 "It's the festive finale of Doctor Who: Houdini and The Space Cuckoos!"

Part 4 of Houdini and The Space Cuckoos

2013[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2013
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1 Behind-the-scenes images from the making of The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.
2 Quiz for The Day of the Doctor.
3 Pictures from The Night of the Doctor.
4 Interview with Paul McGann.
5 Pictures and wallpapers from The Time of the Doctor.
6 Character profile for the Zygons.
7 Pictures from The Time of the Doctor.
8 Christmas cards.
9 Interviews with Matt Smith and David Tennant.
10 Three jigsaw puzzles of production images.
11 35-second trailer to The Time of the Doctor
12 Interviews with Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and Orla Brady
13 Picture gallery from The Time of the Doctor.
14 Interactive quiz on the Matt Smith era.
15 Character profile for Sarah Jane Smith.
16 Storyboard sequence from The Day of the Doctor.
17 Spot-the-difference puzzles.
18 Steven Moffat discusses Remembrance of the Daleks
19 Strax Field Report: The Doctors
20 Preview clip from The Time of the Doctor.
21 Steven Moffat discusses Genesis of the Daleks.
22 Strax Field Report: A Sontaran's View of Christmas.
23 Preview clip from The Time of the Doctor
24 Preview clip from The Time of the Doctor
25 Christmas greetings from Tasha Lem.

2014[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2014
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1 Interview with Nick Frost about "working with the real Santa".
2 Wallpapers, including one of the Daleks gliding along Westminster Bridge in 1964's The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
3 Part one of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
4 Jigsaw puzzles.
5 Part two of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
6 Image gallery for the Christmas episode.
7 Christmas cards.
8 Spot-the-difference puzzle.
9 Part three of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
10 Who Spy behind the scenes gallery.
11 Trailer for the Christmas episode.
12 Preview clip.
13 Christmas decorations.
14 Christmas greetings from Perkins (Mummy on the Orient Express).
15 E-cards and wallpapers.
16 Frank Skinner on his favourite era and adventures.
17 Who on Earth? game.
18 Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Nick Frost behind the scenes video.
19 Part one of Behind You
20 Part two of Behind You
21 Part three of Behind You
22 Pictures from Last Christmas.
23 Jigsaw puzzles revealing images of the Twelfth Doctor, Shona McCullough, and Santa Claus and his elves.
24 The first Doctor Who Extra preview clip of Last Christmas.
25 The second Doctor Who Extra preview clip of Last Christmas.

2015[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2015
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1 Desktop wallpaper of the Twelfth Doctor in TV: Hell Bent.
2 Video of Peter Capaldi introducing Hell Bent.
3 Preview clip from Hell Bent.
4 Pictures of Gallifrey and the Time Lords from TV: The War Games, The Dead Assassin, The Invasion of Time, The Five Doctors, The End of Time, The Day of the Doctor, Heaven Sent, and Hell Bent. Plus, a storyboard image of the Time Lord Coliseum from The End of Time and an exclusive image of snow falling on Gallifrey at Christmas.
5 Video of Maisie Williams talking about her character, Ashildr.
6 Video of Peter Capaldi discussing monsters he'd like to see in future episodes.
7 Video of the timelapse construction of the TARDIS for the filming of Hell Bent.
8 Doctor Who-themed Christmas cards
9 Video summarising series 9 in 81 seconds.
10 Instructions for making your own TARDIS decorations.
11 Christmas themed updates for Doctor Who Game Maker.
12 Video of outtakes with Michelle Gomez.
13 Comic strip adaptation of River Song's opening scene in TV: The Time of Angels made by adding comic dialogue bubbles to images from the episode.
14 Part one of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz
15 Video of Rufus Hound's behind the scenes footage during the filming of TV: The Woman Who Lived.
16 Part two of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz
17 Three jigsaw puzzles of promotional images for The Husbands of River Song
18 Part three of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz
19 Comic strip adaptation of River Song's timeline, made by adding comic dialogue bubbles to images from the episodes Let's Kill Hitler, The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, The Wedding of River Song, A Good Man Goes to War, The Impossible Astronaut, The Time of Angels, Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead and The Husbands of River Song.
20 Video of Alex Kingston and Matt Lucas swapping Christmas presents, and talking about the Christmas special.
21 Part one of Haunted
22 Video montage of various Doctor Who cast and crew members wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, including Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Steven Moffat, Ingrid Oliver, Alex Kingston, Michelle Gomez, Maisie Williams and Matt Lucas.
23 Part two of Haunted
24 Part three of Haunted
25 8-bit River Song saying "Merry Christmas, Sweetie"

2016[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2016
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1 Desktop wallpaper from The Return of Doctor Mysterio
2 Part one of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
3 Images from the Doctor Mysterio
4 9 Doctor Who Christmas facts
5 3 more wallpapers from Doctor Mysterio.
6 Part two of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
7 Part three of a Doctor Who Christmas quiz.
8 Fan cosplay submissions for Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day.
9 Trailer for The Return of Doctor Mysterio.
10 TBA
11 TBA
12 10 unreleased production images from The Runaway Bride.
13 TBA
14 Peter Capaldi answers fan-submitted questions.
15 10 unreleased production images from The Christmas Invasion, Voyage of the Damned and The Next Doctor.
16 Steven Moffat introduces The Return of Doctor Mysterio.
17 TBA
18 Christmas greetings from the Doctor Who team
19 Spot-the-difference: three shots from Doctor Mysterio.
20 TBA
21 Doctor Who emoji quiz (guess which story is told through emojis)
22 Peter Capaldi on what to look forward to in the Christmas special
23 Peter Capaldi's first thoughts on The Return of Doctor Mysterio
24 TBA
25 TBA

2017[[edit] | [edit source]]

Year Day Item
2017
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1 Interactive 360° tour of the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS.
2 10-part quiz about the Twelfth Doctor
3 Article on the top 5 multi-Doctor stories.
4 Desktop wallpaper from Twice Upon a Time
5 Video: Pearl Mackie asks Mark Gatiss Christmas questions.
6 Interactive 360° tour of the First Doctor's TARDIS.
7 Another 10-part quiz about the Twelfth Doctor
8 Trailer for Twice Upon a Time.
9 Gifts in Doctor Who: 13 presents given
10 Spot-the-difference puzzles.
11 "Merry Christmas" video montage.
12 Video: Best of the Twelfth Doctor
13 TBA
14 TBA
15 TBA
16 TBA
17 TBA
18 TBA
19 TBA
20 TBA
21 TBA
22 TBA
23 TBA
24 TBA
25 TBA

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day One. bbc.co.uk (21 December 2001). Retrieved on 5 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Two. bbc.co.uk (2 December 2001). Retrieved on 8 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Seven. bbc.co.uk (7 December 2001). Retrieved on 16 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Fifteen. bbc.co.uk (15 December 2001). Retrieved on 16 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Seventeen. bbc.co.uk (17 December 2001). Retrieved on 8 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty One. bbc.co.uk (3 January 2002). Retrieved on 8 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty Two. bbc.co.uk (22 December 2001). Retrieved on 16 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Cult Advent Calendar - What's behind today's window? Day Twenty Five. bbc.co.uk (25 December 2001). Retrieved on 16 February 2019.
  9. ↑ As of June 2010, much of the 2008 Adventure Calendar wasn't functioning properly. Though the official website still retained a fairly complete list of the calendar's contents, the provided links weren't functional.
  10. ↑ Because of the special nature of The End of Time, which was broadcast in two parts, ending on 1 January 2010, the Adventure Calendar of this year actually had 32 days, and therefore broke with the traditional format of an advent calendar
  11. ↑ The title of this chapter, on Day 9, appeared to be simply Snowfall. However, by Day 17, it was being retroactively subtitled Frozen, and that is the name ascribed to it in the full version of the story made available on Day 24.
  12. ↑ Note that other things happened on the official website on 25 December 2010. For UK residents, Christmas marked the free download release of GAME: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada for Mac and PC. Also, a video Christmas greeting from Tommy Knight, Anjli Mohindra and Daniel Anthony appeared under the title "SJA Christmas Video". However, these were not technically a part of the Adventure Calendar.
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