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* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[DWM 48]] was published.
* [[January (releases)|January]] - [[DWM 48]] was published.
* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[5 January (releases)|5 January]] - ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' debuted on BBC Television. A mini-series adaptation of [[Douglas Adams]]' radio play and novelisation, the series included a cameo appearance by future Doctor [[Peter Davison]] as "The Dish of the Day".
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[10 January (releases)|10 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published. Beginning with this release and continuing through [[1991]], [[Target Books]] commissioned the original teleplay authors to adapt their own scripts whenever possible.
* [[15 January (releases)|15 January]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit]]'' was first published.  
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Lalla Ward]] departed the series with the episode. This was also the final appearance of [[K9 Mark II]]. Part 4 concluded the "[[E-Space]] Trilogy".
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Sarah Sutton]] debuted as new companion [[Nyssa]], although she did not officially become a companion until the next story, and [[Anthony Ainley]] made his first appearance on the series, though not yet as [[the Master]].
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[February (releases)|February]] - The pop band [[The Human League]] released the instrumental "Tom Baker" (in honour of [[Tom Baker|the actor]]) on the flipside of their single "Boys and Girls". This piece of music was later reused for the ''[[Project Who]]'' radio series in 2005.
* February - [[DWM 49]] was published.
* February - [[DWM 49]] was published.
* February - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' [[MP 58|issue 58]].
* February - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' [[MP 58|issue 58]].
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* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Janet Fielding]] debuted as new companion [[Tegan Jovanka]].
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[March (releases)|March]] - [[DWM 50]] was published.
* [[March (releases)|March]] - [[DWM 50]] was published.
* [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Sarah Sutton]] returned as [[Nyssa]] and officially became a companion.
* [[14 March (releases)|14 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]], concluding ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Season 18|eighteenth season]].
* [[21 March (releases)|21 March]] - ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[DWM 51]] was published.
* [[April (releases)|April]] - [[DWM 51]] was published.
* April - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 59|issue 59]].
* April - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 59|issue 59]].
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* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
* [[21 May (releases)|21 May]] - [[REF]]: ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'', Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
* [[June (releases)|June]] - [[DWM 53]] was published.
* [[June (releases)|June]] - [[DWM 53]] was published.
* June - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 60|issue 60]], bringing to a close the first set of American [[Fourth Doctor]] comic strip reprints from ''[[Doctor Who Weekly]]''. Another series, ''[[Doctor Who (1984)|Doctor Who]]'', followed in 1984.
* June - [[Marvel Comics]] published ''Marvel Premiere'' [[MP 60|issue 60]].
* [[Summer]] - [[DWMS Summer 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1981]] was published.
* [[Summer]] - [[DWMS Summer 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1981]] was published.
* [[July]] - [[DWM 54]] was published.
* [[July]] - [[DWM 54]] was published.
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* [[Winter]] - [[DWMS Winter 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1981]] was published.
* [[Winter]] - [[DWMS Winter 1981|Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1981]] was published.
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWM 58]] was published.
* [[November (releases)|November]] - [[DWM 58]] was published.
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - "[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the very first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It aired in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[2 November (releases)|2 November]] - "[[The Five Faces of Doctor Who]]" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of ''[[An Unearthly Child]]'', the first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It aired in the [[UK]] on [[BBC Two]].
* [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] - ''[[The Lord Mayor's Show (TV story)|The Lord Mayor's Show]]'' was first broadcast.
* [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] - ''[[The Lord Mayor's Show (TV story)|The Lord Mayor's Show]]'' was first broadcast.
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 59]] was published.
* [[December (releases)|December]] - [[DWM 59]] was published.

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1981 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

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

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