2003 (releases)

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2003 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2003, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• January - AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter One was first released.
• January - First issue of Miranda was published.
• 6 January - Fear of the Dark was first published.
• 9 January - AUDIO: No Place Like Home was first released as an exclusive CD with Doctor Who Magazine. The CD also included Episode 1 of AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter One.
• 31 January - Rip Tide was first published.
• February - AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Two was first released.
• February - AUDIO: Nekromanteia was first released.
• 3 February - Resurrection of the Daleks was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 3 February - The Domino Effect was first published.
• 4 February - AUDIO: Jubilee was first released.
• 17 February - The Seeds of Death was released to DVD in the UK.
• March - AUDIO: Taren Capel was first released.
• 3 March - Blue Box was first published.
• 4 March - Vengeance on Varos and The Aztecs were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 28 March - AUDIO: The Dark Flame was first released.
• April - AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pirates was first released.
• 2 April - Short Trips: Companions was first published.
• 7 April - Reckless Engineering was first published.
• 20 April - REF: The Nth Doctor, 2nd edition, was published.
• 23 April - AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Three, AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Four, and The Mirror Effect were all first released.
• 24 April - The Audio Scripts was released by Big Finish.
• 24 April - Wonderland was first published.
• 28 April - The Talons of Weng-Chiang was released to DVD in the UK.
• May - The second issue of the comic book series Miranda was published.
• 2 May - The BBC's website launched a six-part webcast production of WC: Shada, remounting the TV story of the same title that was abandoned in 1979.
• 5 May - The Seeds of Death was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 5 May - Loving the Alien was first published.
• 9 May - WC: Shada webcast Episode 2 was released.
• 9 May - Auld Mortality was first released.
• 16 May - WC: Shada webcast Episode 3 was released.
• 19 May - Shell Shock was first published.
• 23 May - WC: Shada webcast Episode 4 was released.
• 24 March - AUDIO: Creatures of Beauty was first released.
• 30 May - WC: Shada webcast Episode 5 was released.
• 2 June - PROSE: The Last Resort was first published.
• 2 June - Music from the Seventh Doctor Audio Adventures was first released.
• 6 June - WC: Shada webcast Episode 6 was released.
• 9 June - The Dalek Invasion of Earth was released to DVD in the UK.
• 15 June - AUDIO: The Bellotron Incident was first released.
• 16 June - AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil was first released and Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors was first published.
• 23 June - AUDIO: Project: Lazarus was first released.
• 30 June - The Talons of Weng-Chiang was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 2 July - Carnival of Monsters and Resurrection of the Daleks were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 3 July - Short Trips: A Universe of Terrors was first published.
• 7 July - The Colony of Lies was first published.
• 10 July - The novella The Cabinet of Light was first published by Telos Publishing.
• The first issue of a comic book based upon Faction Paradox was published by US-based Image Comics.
• August - AUDIO: The Draconian Rage was first released.
• 1 August - AUDIO: Flip-Flop was first released.
• 4 August - Timeless was first published.
• 7 August - AUDIO: Full Fathom Five was first released.
• 13 August - The Dalek Invasion of Earth was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 14 August - Vengeance on Varos was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 18 August - Earthshock was released to DVD in the UK.
• 27 August - AUDIO: Omega was first released.
• 28 August - The Audio Scripts: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• September - AUDIO: Davros was first released.
• September - AUDIO: He Jests at Scars... was first released.
• September - AUDIO: Checkmate was first released.
• September - AUDIO: Deadline was first released.
• 1 September - AUDIO: Doctor Who at the BBC was first released by BBC Audio.
• 1 September - Wolfsbane was first published.
• 3 September - PROSE: Life During Wartime was first published.
• 8 September - The Two Doctors was released to DVD in the UK.
• 19 September - He Jests at Scars... was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 September - Fallen Gods was first published.
• The second and final issue of the Faction Paradox comic book series was published by Image Comics.
• 1 October - Earthshock was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 6 October - The Curse of Fenric was released to DVD in the UK.
• 6 October - Emotional Chemistry was first published.
• 7 October - The Talons of Weng-Chiang and The Dalek Invasion of Earth were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 9 October - Short Trips: The Muses was first published.
• 13 October - Life During Wartime was first published.
• 31 October - AUDIO: Master and The Wormery were first released.
• 3 November - Deadly Reunion was first published.
• 3 November - AUDIO: Exile was first released.
• 12 November - The Three Doctors was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 13 November - The BBC website launched a new webcast serial, WC: Scream of the Shalka.
• 13 November - AUDIO: Living Legend was first published; this was a single-episode story released exclusively with Doctor Who Magazine. The disc also included a documentary featurette on the making of AUDIO: Zagreus.
• 20 November - WC: Scream of the Shalka episode 2 was released.
• 20 November - The Winning Side was first published, launching the Time Hunter series.
• 20 November - The novella The Eye of the Tyger was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 21 November -  Children in Need 2003 was first broadcast on BBC One as part of the Children in Need telethon.
• 21 November - AUDIO: Zagreus and Shada were first released.
• 22 November - The first part of Doctor Who @40 was first broadcast. Part One of K9 presents served as an introduction.
• 23 November - The second part of Doctor Who @40 was first broadcast. Part Two of K9 presents served as an introduction.
• 24 November - The Three Doctors was released to DVD in the UK.
• 27 November - WC: Scream of the Shalka episode 3 was released.
• December - REF: Howe's Transcendental Toybox, 2nd edition, was first published.
• December - Short Trips: Steel Skies was first released.
• 4 December - WC: Scream of the Shalka episode 4 was released.
• 11 December - WC: Scream of the Shalka episode 5 was released.
• 14 December - AUDIO: Scherzo was first released.
• 18 December - WC: Scream of the Shalka episode 6 was released.
• 18 December - The novella Companion Piece was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 30 December - The Story of Doctor Who was first broadcast.
• Unknown - The original Llangollen Doctor Who Experience, in North Wales, closed.