2016 (releases)

2016 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2016, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• 4 January - Doctor Who - Series 9 Part 2 was released on DVD.
• 6 January - Part one of Clara Oswald and the School of Death was released in 12DY2 1.
• 6 January - Part one of Medicine Man and part sixteen of A Rose by Any Other Name were released in 10DY2 4.
• 7 January - Part two of The Dragon Lord was released in DWM 495.
• 7 January - Big in Japan and The Confounding Case of the Planetary Prankster were released in DWA15 10.
• 7 January - Doctor Who and the State of Decay and The Witch Hunters were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 11 January - The Waters of Amsterdam was released by Big Finish.
• 12 January - Wave of Destruction was released by Big Finish.
• 13 January - The Isos Network was released by Big Finish.
• 13 January - The Silvering was released in 8D 3.
• 13 January - Truth or Consequences was first published to the Doctor Who Facebook page.
• 14 January - The Churchill Years: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 14 January - Tales from the Tardis 2 was released by Titan comics.
• 15 January - The Roundheads was released as a special edition by BBC Books.
• 18 January - Into the Unknown, the first Erimem anthology, and Prime Imperative were first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 18 January - Uncanny Valley was released by Big Finish.
• 20 January - Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time was released by Titan Comics.
• 25 January - The Husbands of River Song was released on Blu-ray and DVD.
• 27 January - Part two of Medicine Man was released in 10DY2 5.
• 27 January - The Judas Goatee and Time Spill on Aisle 5 were released in 11DY2 5.
• 28 January - Gardens of the Dead was released by Big Finish.
• 28 January - Doctor Who Comic 2.5 was released by Titan Comics.
• 28 January - Doctor, Doctor, Doctor was first released.
• February - Theatre of the Mind was released in DWM 496.
• 4 February - Rain of Terror and Terrible Lizards were re-released on kindle.
• 4 February - The Spice Route and The Importance of Being Strax were released in DWA15 11.
• 4 February - The Space Museum was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 9 February - The graphic novel Four Doctors was released.
• 10 February - More Than This was released by Big Finish.
• 10 February - Part one of Arena of Fear was released in 10DY2 6.
• 10 February - Part two of Clara Oswald and the School of Death was released in 12DY2 2.
• 11 February - The Legends of River Song was first published by BBC Books.
• 17 February - Aquitaine was released by Big Finish.
• 17 February - Briarwood was released in 8D 4.
• 18 February - The Labyrinth of Buda Castle was released by Big Finish.
• 22 February - Infernal Devices was released by Big Finish.
• 24 February - The first TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
• 25 February - Prime Winner was released by Big Finish.
• March - Part one of Witch Hunt was released in DWM 497.
• March - The Black Eggs of Khufu was released by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 March - Rose, The Massacre, The Ambassadors of Death and Dark Water / Death in Heaven were first published by Obverse Books.
• 2 March - The graphic novel Weapons of Past Destruction was released by Titan Comics.
• 2 March - Part one of The One and Love Thy Neighbor were released in 11DY2 6.
• 3 March - Doom Coalition 2 was released by Big Finish.
• 3 March - Ghosts of the Seas and The Case of the Curious Fugitive were released in DWA15 12.
• 3 March - Death to the Daleks and The Shadow in the Glass were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 7 March - The Forgotten Son was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 9 March - The graphic novel Hyperion was released by Titan Comics.
• 9 March - Part three of Clara Oswald and the School of Death and Epilogopolis were released in 12DY2 3.
• 10 March - The Victorian Age was released by Big Finish.
• 14 March - Prime Imperative was first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 15 March - The Peterloo Massacre was released by Big Finish. The Horror at Bletchington Station was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
• 15 March - Life on Mars on Mars was released online by Thebes Publishing.
• 16 March - The Paradox Planet was released by Big Finish.
• 16 March - A Matter of Life and Death was released in 8D 5.
• 18 March - A Stitch in Time was released in Doctor Who: Comic Creator.
• 23 March - Part two of Arena of Fear was released in 10DY2 7.
• 23 March - Part two of The One was released in 11DY2 7.
• 23 March - Part one of Gaze of the Medusa was released in 4D 1.
• 24 March - Washington Burns was released by Big Finish.
• 31 March - Shock Horror and The Pernicious Plots of the Big Game Hunter were released in DWA15 13.
• April - Part two of Witch Hunt was released in DWM 498.
• 5 April - Zone 10 was released by Big Finish.
• 6 April - Part one of The Wishing Well Witch was released in 10DY2 8.
• 6 April - Part four of Clara Oswald and the School of Death and The Day at the Doctors were released in 12DY2 4.
• 7 April - The Invasion and Amorality Tale were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 7 April - The Memory of Winter was released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 12 April - And You Will Obey Me was released by Big Finish.
• 12 April - The HAVOC Files was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 13 April - Legacy of Death was released by Big Finish.
• 13 April - Part one of Doctormania was released in 9DO 1.
• 14 April - Nightshade was released by Big Finish.
• 19 April - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 1 was released by Titan Comics.
• 20 April - Downtime was released in 11DY2 8.
• 20 April - Part two of Gaze of the Medusa was released in 4D 2.
• 21 April - The Curse of the Fugue was released by Big Finish.
• 27 April - Night of the Kraken was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 28 April - The eleventh series of Jago & Litefoot was released by Big Finish.
• 28 April - Sky Manor, The Dangerous Dilemma of the Dream Doorway and the first part of The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark were released in DWA15 14.
• 30 April - Keep Counting was first released.
• May - Part three of Witch Hunt was released in DWM 499.
• 2 May - Image of the Fendahl was first published by Obverse Books.
• 3 May - Ghost Mission was released by Big Finish.
• 3 May - The Schizoid Earth was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 4 May - Part two of The Wishing Well Witch was released in 10DY2 9.
• 5 May - The King's Demons and Shakedown were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 7 May - Free Comic Book Day 2016 was released by Titan Comics.
• 7 May - The Lock-In was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 9 May - Vampire of the Mind was released by Big Finish.
• 10 May - Gallery of Ghouls was released by Big Finish.
• 11 May - The Fourth Wall and The Faceless Two were released in 12DY2 5.
• 12 May - In the Blood was first published by BBC Books.
• 16 May - Technophobia, Time Reaver, and Death and the Queen were released by Big Finish.
• 17 May - Moon Blink was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 17 May - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 2 was released by Titan Comics.
• 18 May - Running to Stay Still was released in 11DY2 9.
• 18 May - The graphic novel A Matter of Life and Death was released.
• 24 May - Enemy Lines was released by Big Finish.
• 24 May - The graphic novels The Then and the Now and The Endless Song were released by Titan Comics.
• 24 May - Travels in Time Colouring Book was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 25 May - The Infinite Corridor was released in 10DY2 10.
• 25 May - Part two of Doctormania was released in 9DO 2.
• 25 May - Part one of The Twist and Surfshock were released in 12DY2 6.
• 26 May - The Stockbridge Showdown was released in DWM 500.
• 29 May - Petals, The Terror of the Thames and the second part of The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark were released in DWA15 15.
• 31 May - This Sporting Life was released by Big Finish.
• June - Beast of Fang Rock was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 1 June - Part three of Gaze of the Medusa was released in 4D 3.
• 4 June - Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos and Scream of the Shalka were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 6 June - Moving Target was released by Big Finish.
• 8 June - First Rule was released in 11DY2 10.
• 13 June - The Two Masters was released by Big Finish. The Monkey House was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
• 14 June - The Trouble with Drax was released by Big Finish.
• 15 June - The Jazz Monster was released in 10DY2 11.
• 16 June - Lost and Found was released by Big Finish.
• 23 June - The Second Doctor: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 23 June - The Showstoppers was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 25 June - Gallery, The Pneuman League and the third part of The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark were released in DWA15 16.
• 25 June - The Showstoppers was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 29 June - Part three of Doctormania was released in 9DO 3.
• 29 June - Part two of The Twist and Planet of the Rude were released in 12DY2 7.
• 30 June - Shutdown was released by Big Finish.
• 30 June - Part one of The Pestilent Heart was released in DWM 501.
• July - The Grandfather Infestation was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• July - Mutually Assured Domination was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 4 July - Broken was released by Big Finish.
• 4 July - Ghost Light was first published by Obverse Books.
• 6 July - Part one of Supremacy of the Cybermen was released in SOTC 1.
• 6 July - Part one of The Transformed was released in 9DO 4.
• 7 July - Who Killed Toby Kinsella? was released by Big Finish.
• 7 July - Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 12 July - A Life of Crime was released by Big Finish.
• 12 July - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 3 was released by Titan Comics.
• 13 July - Part four of Gaze of the Medusa, Prologue: The Eighth Doctor and Prologue: The Fourth Doctor were released in 4D 4.
• 13 July - The Pursuit of History was released by Big Finish.
• 13 July - Music Man and Prologue: The First Doctor were released in 10DY2 12.
• 14 July - The graphic novel Evening's Empire was released by Panini Comics.
• 20 July - The Organ Grinder, Prologue: The Sixth Doctor and Prologue: The Second Doctor were released in 11DY2 11.
• 21 July - Pirates of Vourakis, The Curious Case of the Miniature Menaces and the fourth part of The Adventures of Strax & the Time Shark were released in DWA15 17.
• 21 July - 2016 Convention Special was released at San Diego Comic-Con.
• 25 July - Wilde Stories 2016 was published by Lethe Press.
• 26 July - The Blame Game was released by Big Finish.
• 28 July - Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 28 July - Illegal Alien was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• August - Part two of The Pestilent Heart was released in DWM 502.
• 2 August - Made You Look was released by Big Finish.
• 3 August - Part one of World Without End was released in TW 1.
• 4 August - The Macra Terror was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 4 August - The Tenth Doctor Adventures was released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 9 August - Fiesta of the Damned was released by Big Finish.
• 10 August - Casualties of Time was released by Big Finish.
• 10 August - Part three of The Twist, Prologue: The Third Doctor and Prologue: The War Doctor were released in 12DY2 8.
• 10 August - Part one of Old Girl, Prologue: The Fifth Doctor and Prologue: The Seventh Doctor were released in 10DY2 13.
• 17 August - The graphic novel The School of Death was released by Titan Comics.
• 19 August - From the Horse's Mouth and The Fear Factory were released in DWA15 18.
• 20 August - Buccaneer was first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 25 August - Tales from the Tardis 10 was released by Titan Comics.
• 25 August - The Unbound Universe was released by Big Finish.
• 30 August - Damascus was released by Big Finish.
• 30 August - The Official Cookbook was published by Harper Design.
• 31 August - Kill God was released in 11DY2 12.
• 31 August - The graphic novels The One and Arena of Fear were released.
• September - The HAVOC Files 2 was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 September - Torchwood Tales was released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 1 September - Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 1 September - The Mind Robber was first published by Obverse Books.
• 1 September - Doodle Book was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 1 September - Terror Moon was released as part of the Choose the Future range.
• 6 September - The Genesis Chamber was released by Big Finish.
• 7 September - Part two of Old Girl and The Hounorable Burger were released in 10DY2 14.
• 7 September - Part two of The Transformed was released in 9DO 5.
• 9 September - The Last Duty was released online by Candy Jar Books.
• 13 September - Maker of Demons was released by Big Finish. The Shrine of Sorrows was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
• 14 September - The Age of Endurance was released by Big Finish.
• 14 September - Part one of The Heralds of Destruction was released in 3D 1.
• 14 September - Supergirl Meets E.T. was released.
• 15 September - The Chimes of Midnight was released by Big Finish on vinyl.
• 15 September - Fear Buds and The Insidious Ideas of the Danger Thinkers were released in DWA15 19.
• 21 September - Part five of Gaze of the Medusa was released in 4D 5.
• 22 September - Doom Coalition 3 was released by Big Finish.
• 27 September - Dot-to-Doc was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 28 September - Fast Asleep was released in 11DY2 13.
• 28 September - Part one of Playing House was released in 12DY2 9.
• 29 September - A Full Life was released by Big Finish.
• 30 September - The Toy, Museum Peace, Lepidoptery for Beginners, The Little Drummer Boy and Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade were re-released by Big Finish in the Short Trips Rareties series.
• 30 September - The videogame adaptation of Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams was released.
• October - The videogame Don't Blink was released on BBC Taster.
• 5 October - Part one of Official Secrets was released in 9DO 6.
• 6 October - Agents of Chaos was released by Big Finish.
• 6 October - Twelve Doctors of Christmas was published by BBC Books.
• 6 October - The American Adventures was first published by Penguin Books.
• 6 October - Time Lord Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition was first published by Penguin Character Books, including the new short story, The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes.
• 6 October - A History of Humankind was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 6 October - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2017 was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 6 October - The Time Meddler was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 6 October - The Eleventh Doctor Adventures was released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 12 October - The Memory Bank and Other Stories was released by Big Finish.
• 13 October - The Fifth Traveller was released by Big Finish.
• 19 October - Rulebook was released by Big Finish.
• 21 October - The Torchwood Archive was released by Big Finish.
• 22 October - Class premiered with the release of For Tonight We Might Die and The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo on BBC Three.
• 24 October - The Robot Reveal was first broadcast on CBBC.
• 25 October - The Whoniverse was published by Harper Design.
• 26 October - The twelfth series of Jago & Litefoot was released by Big Finish.
• 26 October - Gently Pulls the Strings was released in 11DY2 14.
• 27 October - The novels Joyride, The Stone House and What She Does Next Will Astound You were published by BBC Books.
• 29 October - Nightvisiting was first released on BBC Three.
• 29 October - "Nightvisitor" was released as a single on Spotify and iTunes.
• 30 October - Times Squared was released.
• 1 November - Black Orchid was first published by Obverse Books.
• 3 November - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 2 was released by Big Finish.
• 3 November - Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
• 3 November - Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One was re-released on CD.
• 5 November - Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart was first released on BBC Three.
• 9 November - Order of the Daleks was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 November - The Ravelli Conspiracy was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 November - Brave-ish Heart was first released on BBC Three.
• 15 November - Outbreak was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 November - Part one of Terror of the Cabinet Noir was released in 12DY2 11.
• 18 November - Looking for Pudsey was first broadcast.
• 18 November - The graphic novel The Highgate Horror was released by Panini Comics.
• 19 November - Detained was first released on BBC Three.
• 23 November - Silenced was released by Big Finish.
• 26 November - The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did was first released on BBC Three.
• 26 November - The last TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
• 30 November - The Man Who Wasn't There was first released by Big Finish.
• 1 December - The Space Pirates and The Scales of Injustice were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
• 1 December - Blood of Atlantis was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 3 December - The Lost was first released on BBC Three.
• 12 December - Moments of Passing was first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 13 December - Absolute Power and Quicksilver were first released by Big Finish. The Christmas Dimension was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
• 14 December - The Sontarans was first released by Big Finish.
• 14 December - All I Want for Christmas was released online by Thebes Publishing.
• 15 December - Original Sin and Cold Fusion were first released by Big Finish.
• 15 December - The XMAS Files was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 16 December - Mind of Stone was first released.
• 19 December - The New Counter-Measures: Series One was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 December - Part one of Physician, Heal Thyself was released in 11DY2 15.
• 23 December - The Hesitation Deviation was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 December - Master of Time was released.
• 25 December - The Return of Doctor Mysterio was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 25 December - Audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Two was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 December - Christmas Special was first published online.
• 26 December - Part one of Ghost Stories was first published by Titan Comics.
• 29 December - Forever Fallen was first released by Big Finish.
• Unknown - The Dalek Extermination of Earth was first screened at an official LEGO event.