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* [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], introducing [[Louise Jameson]] as new [[companion]] [[Leela]].
== January ==
* [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 1 January - The third part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was released.
* [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters]]'' was first published.
* [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[22 January (releases)|22 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 8 January - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was released.
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 15 January - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was released.
* [[20 January (releases)|20 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters]]'' was first published.
* [[22 January (releases)|22 January]] - ''[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 22 January - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was released.
* [[26 January (releases)|26 January]] - [[Tom Baker]] was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program ''Woman's Hour''.
* [[26 January (releases)|26 January]] - [[Tom Baker]] was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 program ''Woman's Hour''.
* [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] - ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. This saw the last appearance of the TARDIS's wood-panelled secondary control room, as the set got damp and warped whilst in storage.
* [[29 January (releases)|29 January]] - ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[5 February (releases)|5 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 29 January - The seventh and last part of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Dredger (comic story)|Dredger]]'' was released.
* [[12 February (releases)|12 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
* [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]'' was first published.
== February ==
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[5 February (releases)|5 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 5 February - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 February (releases)|12 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 March (releases)|12 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 12 February - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[19 March (releases)|19 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 February (releases)|17 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom]]'' was first published.
* [[24 March (releases)|24 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was first published.
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[26 March (releases)|26 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 19 February - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Six debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding [[Season 14]].
* [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] - ''[[Whose Doctor Who]]'', the very first televised documentary about ''[[Doctor Who]]'', was first broadcast.
* 26 February - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]'' was first published.
 
* To tie in with a certain broadcast, the ''[[Blue Peter]]'' series issued a ''Doctor Who Theatre Leaflet'' which allowed children to create their own theatre with cut-outs of the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Leela]] and two [[Dalek]]s.
== March ==
* [[10 May (releases)|10 May]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]'' was first published. Written by [[Ian Marter]], this was the first time an actor involved with the series had composed a novel based upon it; Marter wrote several more novelisations before his death less than a decade later.
* [[5 March (releases)|5 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 5 March - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[12 March (releases)|12 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 12 March - The sixth and last part of [[COMIC]]: [[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]] was released.
* [[19 March (releases)|19 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 19 March - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[24 March (releases)|24 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' was first published.
* [[26 March (releases)|26 March]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 26 March - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
 
== April ==
* [[2 April (releases)|2 April]] - ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' Part Six debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 2 April - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] - ''[[Whose Doctor Who]]'' was first broadcast.
* [[9 April (releases)|9 April]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[16 April (releases)|16 April]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos]]'' was first published.
* [[23 April (releases)|23 April]] - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[30 April (releases)|30 April]] - The seventh part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
 
== May ==
* [[7 May (releases)|7 May]] - The eighth and final part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Fire Feeders (comic story)|The Fire Feeders]] was released.
* [[10 May (releases)|10 May]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]'' was first published.
* [[Tom Baker]] and [[Louise Jameson]] appeared on ''Pebble Mill at One'' on BBC One.
* [[Tom Baker]] and [[Louise Jameson]] appeared on ''Pebble Mill at One'' on BBC One.
* [[23 June (releases)|23 June]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was first published.
* [[14 May (releases)|14 May]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]'' was first published.
* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
 
== June ==
* [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[11 June (releases)|11 June]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[18 June (releases)|18 June]] - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[23 June (releases)|23 June]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius]]'' was first published.
* [[25 June (releases)|25 June]] - The seventh part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
 
== July ==
* [[2 July (releases)|2 July]] - The eighth and final part of [[COMIC]]: [[Kling Dynasty (comic story)|Kling Dynasty]] was released.
* [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[16 July (releases)|16 July]] - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[23 July (releases)|23 July]] - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[30 July (releases)|30 July]] - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
 
== August ==
* [[6 August (releases)|6 August]] - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[13 August (releases)|13 August]] - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil]]'' was first published.
* [[20 August (releases)|20 August]] - The seventh and last part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Orb (comic story)|The Orb]] was released.
* [[27 August (releases)|27 August]] - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
 
== September ==
* [[September (releases)|September]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1978]]'' was published.
* [[September (releases)|September]] - The ''[[Doctor Who Annual 1978]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978]]'' was published.
* [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], starting [[Season 15]]. This was the only story to be recorded at the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham (the home of ''Pebble Mill at One''), rather than at the BBC Television Centre in London.
* [[3 September (releases)|3 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 September (releases)|10 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 3 September - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 September (releases)|10 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 10 September - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Mutants]]'' was first published.
* [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 17 September - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[8 October (releases)|8 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]]. This episode saw the debut of [[K9]], voiced by [[John Leeson]].
* [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] - ''[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 24 September - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin]]'' was first published.
* [[29 September (releases)|29 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Mutants (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Mutants]]'' was first published.
 
== October ==
* [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 1 October - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[8 October (releases)|8 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 8 October - The seventh and last part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Mutants (comic story)|The Mutants]] was released.
* [[15 October (releases)|15 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 15 October - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]] was released.
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin]]'' was first published.
* 20 October - ''[[The Second Doctor Who Monster Book]]'' was first published
* 20 October - ''[[The Second Doctor Who Monster Book]]'' was first published
* [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[K9 Mark I|K9 became]] the Doctor's first non-human companion.
* [[22 October (releases)|22 October]] - ''[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 22 October - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]] was released.
* [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] - [[Graham Williams]] commissioned [[Moris Farhi]] to write a four-part script entitled ''The Divided''. It was never produced.
* 29 October - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]] was released.
* [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
== November ==
* [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] - [[Target Books]] launched a series of educational books under the banner ''Doctor Who Discovers''. The first three books, published this date, were ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Prehistoric Animals]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Space Travel]]''. At this point as many as twenty-four books were planned for this series. Ultimately only two more saw print.
* [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 5 November - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]] was released.
* [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] - ''[[The Sun Makers]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 November (releases)|12 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 12 November - The fifth and final part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Devil's Mouth (comic story)|The Devil's Mouth]] was released.
* [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]'' was first published.
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'' was first published.
* [[10 December (releases)|10 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] - [[Target Books]] launched a series of educational books under the banner ''Doctor Who Discovers''. The first three books, published this date, were ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Early Man]]'', ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Prehistoric Animals]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Discovers: Space Travel]]''.
* [[17 December (releases)|17 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] - ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 19 November - The first part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
* [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] - ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 26 November - The second part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
 
== December ==
* [[3 December (releases)|3 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 3 December - The third part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
* [[8 December (releases)|8 December]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora]]'' was first published.
* [[10 December (releases)|10 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 10 December - The fourth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
* [[17 December (releases)|17 December]] - ''[[The Sun Makers (TV story)|The Sun Makers]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 17 December - The fifth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
* 24 December - The sixth part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
* 31 December - The seventh part of [[COMIC]]: [[The Aqua-City (comic story)|The Aqua-City]] was released.
 
== Unknown dates ==
* [[Doctor Who Winter Special 1977]] was released by [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle]].
* The [[TV Comic Holiday 1977|1977 TV Comic Holiday]], featuring the story [[The Sky Warrior (comic story)|The Sky Warrior]], was released.
* The [[TV Comic Annual 1977|1977 TV Comic Annual]], featuring the story [[The Tansbury Experiment (comic story)|The Tansbury Experiment]], was released.
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In 1977, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

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