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* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[Titan Books]] launched a new line of books entitled [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]], with the publication of the script for ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', which was published under the working title ''[[The Tribe of Gum (script)|The Tribe of Gum]]''.
== January ==
* [[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - ''[[The Rescue (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Rescue]]'' was first published.
* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[Titan Books]] launched a new line of books entitled [[Doctor Who: The Scripts]], with the publication of the script for ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', which was published under the working title ''[[The Tribe of Gum (script)|The Tribe of Gum]]''.
* [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] - [[DWM 133]] was released by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
* [[21 January (releases)|21 January]] - [[The Rescue (novelisation)|The novelisation of ''The Rescue'']] was first released in paperback by [[Target Books]].
 
== February ==
* [[11 February (releases)|11 February]] - [[DWM 134]] was released.
* [[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Terror of the Vervoids]]'' was first published.
* [[18 February (releases)|18 February]] - ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Terror of the Vervoids]]'' was first published.
* 18 February - [[REF]] ''[[Doctor Who: The Early Years]]'' was published in paperback.
* 18 February - [[REF]] ''[[Doctor Who: The Early Years]]'' was published in paperback.
== March ==
* [[10 March (releases)|10 March]] - [[DWM 135]] was released.
* [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] - ''[[The Time Meddler (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Time Meddler]]'' was first published.
* [[17 March (releases)|17 March]] - ''[[The Time Meddler (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Time Meddler]]'' was first published.
* [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was first published.
* [[30 March (releases)|30 March]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was first published.
== April ==
* [[14 April (releases)|14 April]] - [[DWM 136]] was released.
* [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] - ''[[The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mysterious Planet]]'' was first published.
* [[21 April (releases)|21 April]] - ''[[The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Mysterious Planet]]'' was first published.
== May ==
* [[5 May (releases)|5 May]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]]'' was first published.
* [[5 May (releases)|5 May]] - ''[[Time and the Rani (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Time and the Rani]]'' was first published.
* [[23 May (releases)|23 May]] - The musical group called {{w|The KLF|The Timelords}} released "[[Doctorin' the Tardis]]".
* [[12 May (releases)|12 May]] - [[DWM 137]] was released.
* [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] - The Timelords musical group released "[[Gary in the TARDIS]]", a follow-up to their earlier single, "[[Doctorin' the TARDIS]]", featuring Gary Glitter.
 
== June ==
* [[9 June (releases)|9 June]] - [[DWM 138]] was released.
* [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] - ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos]]'' was first published.
* [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] - ''[[Vengeance on Varos (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos]]'' was first published.
== July ==
* [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] - [[DWM 139]] was released.
* [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] - ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace]]'' was first published.
* [[21 July (releases)|21 July]] - ''[[The Underwater Menace (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace]]'' was first published.
== August ==
* [[11 August (releases)|11 August]] - [[DWM 140]] was released.
* [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - ''[[The Wheel in Space (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Wheel in Space]]'' was first published.
* [[18 August (releases)|18 August]] - ''[[The Wheel in Space (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Wheel in Space]]'' was first published.
* 18 August - In an effort to boost sales of older novelisations, [[Target Books]] launched the ''Doctor Who Classics'' line of releases with ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth|Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders|The Crusaders]]'' and ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|The Myth Makers]]''/''[[The Gunfighters (novelisation)|The Gunfighters]]''.
* 18 August - [[Target Books]] launched the ''Doctor Who Classics'' line of releases with ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''/''[[Doctor Who and the Crusaders (novelisation)|The Crusaders]]'' and ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|The Myth Makers]]''/''[[The Gunfighters (novelisation)|The Gunfighters]]''.
 
== September ==
* [[8 September (releases)|8 September]] - [[DWM 141]] was released.
* [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - ''[[The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Foe]]'' was first published.
* [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] - ''[[The Ultimate Foe (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Ultimate Foe]]'' was first published.
* 15 September - ''Doctor Who Classics'' - ''[[The Dominators (novelisation)|The Dominators]]''/''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|The Krotons]]'' was published.
* 15 September - ''Doctor Who Classics'' - ''[[The Dominators (novelisation)|The Dominators]]''/''[[The Krotons (novelisation)|The Krotons]]'' was published.
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[20 September (releases)|20 September]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was published in paperback.
== October ==
* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[October (releases)|October]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], launching ''Doctor Who's'' history-making [[Season 25|25th season]].
* [[5 October (releases)|5 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[8 October (releases)|8 October]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] appeared in costume and in character as the Doctor in the [[Clown Court special (TV story)|"Clown Court" segment]] of ''The Noel Edmunds Saturday Roadshow'', which presented outtakes from ''[[Delta and the Bannermen]]'', ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' and a bonus blooper from ''[[The Visitation]]'' with [[Peter Davison]].
* [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[12 October (releases)|12 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 October (releases)|13 October]] - [[DWM 142]] was released.
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction]]'' was first published.
* [[20 October (releases)|20 October]] - ''[[The Edge of Destruction (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Edge of Destruction]]'' was first published.
* [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. It was the final appearance of [[Davros]] until ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' and the final on-screen appearance of the [[Dalek]]s until ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
* [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] - ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
 
== November ==
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWMS 25th Anniversary Special|Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Special]] was published.
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWMS 25th Anniversary Special|Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Special]] was published.
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* ''[[It's Bigger on the Inside!]]'', a collection of ''Doctor Who''-related humour, was first published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 November (releases)|7 November]] - [[BBC Audio]] issued the 1986 radio play [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]'' and the 1979 audio version of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' on cassette.
* [[7 November (releases)|7 November]] - [[BBC Audio]] issued the 1986 radio play [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Slipback]]'' and the 1979 audio version of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' on cassette.
* [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 November (releases)|9 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 November (releases)|10 November]] - [[DWM 143]] was released.
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - The [[World of Doctor Who Exhibition]] opened in [[London]].
* [[15 November (releases)|15 November]] - The [[World of Doctor Who Exhibition]] opened in [[London]].
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 November (releases)|16 November]] - ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* 16 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was published in paperback.
* 16 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: E-K]]'' was published in paperback.
* [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] - ''[[The Smugglers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Smugglers]]'' was first published.
* [[17 November (releases)|17 November]] - ''[[The Smugglers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Smugglers]]'' was first published.
* 17 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was first published.
* 17 November - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years]]'' was first published.
* [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]] on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first broadcast of ''Doctor Who''.
* [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[30 November (releases)|30 November]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who Magazine Master Index]]'' was published.
 
== December ==
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 144]] was released.
* [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Paradise Towers]]'' was first published.
* [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] - ''[[Paradise Towers (novelisation)|Doctor Who - Paradise Towers]]'' was first published.
* [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] - ''[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 December (releases)|14 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 December (releases)|14 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 December (releases)|21 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] - ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book]]'', a retrospective by [[John Peel]] and [[Terry Nation]], was first published.
* [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book]]'', a retrospective by [[John Peel]] and [[Terry Nation]], was first published.
== Unknown dates ==
* Unknown - ''[[It's Bigger on the Inside!]]'', a collection of ''Doctor Who''-related humour, was first published by [[Marvel Comics]].
* Unknown - [[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who Magazine Master Index]]'' was published.
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Timeline for 1988
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In 1988, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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