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* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[17 January (releases)|17 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] - ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. This was the last serial to feature [[UNIT]] in a major way until [[1989]]'s ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]''.
* [[31 January (releases)|31 January]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].  
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[7 February (releases)|7 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' were first published, the latter being the first [[Target Books]]-commissioned novelisation of a solo [[First Doctor]] story (the initial three published in [[1973]] were in fact reprints of novels first published in the mid-[[1960s]]).
* [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet]]'' were first published.
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 February (releases)|21 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] - ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]'' Part Five debuted on [[BBC1]].
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* [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' was first published.
* [[18 March (releases)|18 March]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors]]'' was first published.
* [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] - ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[20 May (releases)|20 May]] - ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' was first published.
* [[July (releases)|July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' was first released on {{w|LP record|LP}} by [[Argo Records]]. Discounting educational programmes, this was the first original audio drama based upon the franchise, predating the releases of [[Big Finish Productions]] by decades.
* [[July (releases)|July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' was first released on {{w|LP record|LP}} by [[Argo Records]].  
* [[22 July (releases)|22 July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[22 July (releases)|22 July]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first published.
* [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' was first published.
* [[19 August (releases)|19 August]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Web of Fear]]'' was first published.
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* September - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was published.
* September - ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus]]'' was published.
* [[4 September (releases)|4 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]], starting [[Season 14]]. This saw the first appearance of the TARDIS's wood-panelled secondary control room.
* [[4 September (releases)|4 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[11 September (releases)|11 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[18 September (releases)|18 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'' was first published. This adaptation of ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' was the last [[Target Books]] novelisation to use a title significantly different from that of the source material (other than the practice of adding ''Doctor Who and...'' to the titles, which remained in place for several more years, and the occasional spelling deviation).
* [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'' was first published.
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] - ''[[The Masque of Mandragora]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[2 October (releases)|2 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] - A special radio story featuring [[Tom Baker]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]] was broadcast by [[BBC Radio]] as part of its ''[[Exploration Earth]]'' series. This was the first made-for-radio ''Doctor Who'' adventure and the last of its kind until ''[[Slipback]]'' in 1986.
* [[9 October (releases)|9 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[9 October (releases)|9 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[16 October (releases)|16 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' was first published. Although not widely recognised, the original serials ''[[Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' formed one story arc. By [[Target Books]]' publishing the adaptation of ''Frontier'' (as ''[[Doctor Who and the Space War]]'') in September, followed by part 2 this month, these two books predated the two-volume novelisation of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' (widely considered the first occurrence of this).
* [[21 October (releases)|21 October]] - ''[[Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks]]'' was first published.  
* [[23 October (releases)|23 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[Elisabeth Sladen]] left the series. She returned to the series thirty years later in [[2006]]'s ''[[School Reunion]]''.
* [[23 October (releases)|23 October]] - ''[[The Hand of Fear]]'' Part Four debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]]. [[The Master]] returned; this story was also the first (and to date, only) televised serial in which the Doctor did not share an adventure with a companion or even a companion figure.
* [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part One debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part Two debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
* [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] - ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' Part Three debuted on [[BBC1]].
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* 16 December - The second edition of ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was published by [[Target Books]].
* 16 December - The second edition of ''[[The Making of Doctor Who]]'' was published by [[Target Books]].
* 16 December - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published.
* 16 December - ''[[The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book]]'' was first published.
* [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] - [[The Daily Mirror|The ''Daily Mirror'']] published an exclusive short story, ''[[Dr. Who and the Hell Planet (short story)|Dr. Who and the Hell Planet]]''; this was the first original ''Doctor Who'' short story to be published in a newspaper or outside an annual. The next original newspaper-exclusive short story wasn't published for another thirty years.
* [[31 December (releases)|31 December]] - [[The Daily Mirror|The ''Daily Mirror'']] published an exclusive short story, ''[[Dr. Who and the Hell Planet (short story)|Dr. Who and the Hell Planet]]''.
* Unknown - ''[[Mind your step! (TV story)|Mind your step!]]'' was first broadcast at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Blackpool]] Exhibition.
* Unknown - ''[[Mind your step! (TV story)|Mind your step!]]'' was first broadcast at a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Blackpool]] Exhibition.
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1976 in

the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

Timeline for 1976
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In 1976, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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