2013 (releases)

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2013 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2013, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• The Wrong Doctors was released.
• The Flames of Cadiz was released.
• The second series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures started, with the release of The Auntie Matter.
• 3 January - The Big Finish 50th anniversary series, Destiny of the Doctor begins airing with a First Doctor story, Hunters of Earth released.
• 7 January - HOMEVID: Shada and More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS were released in a DVD boxset, The Legacy.
• 23 January - A Big Hand for the Doctor, the first in a series of Puffin eshorts, was released.
• 27 January - The Aztecs had its BBC America premiere, shortly after a new special, DOC: The Doctors Revisited - The First Doctor.
• 28 January - The Reign of Terror was released on DVD. The release included animated reconstructions of the missing episodes.
• 29 January - COMIC: Prisoners of Time issue 1 was released on iTunes.
• 29 - Bernard Horsfall, who has made several guest appearances in Doctor Who, most notably Chancellor Goth in The Deadly Assassin, died.

February

• Spaceport Fear was released.
• The Sands of Life was released.
• House of Cards was released.
• The fifth series of Gallifrey was released, comprising Arbitration, Evolution, and Emancipation.
• 1 February - Actor Robin Sachs died.
• 3 February - Actor Peter Gilmore died.
• 7 February - Shadow of Death was released.
• 14 February - Actor Reg Pritchard died.
• 24 February - The Tomb of the Cybermen premiered on BBC America after a special on The Doctors Revisited - The Second Doctor.
• 25 February - The Ark in Space was released on DVD in a Special Edition.
• 28 February - COMIC: Prisoners of Time issue 2 was released on iTunes.

March

• The Seeds of War was released.
• War Against the Laan was released.
• The Justice of Jalxar was released.
• The Scorchies was released.
• Vengeance of the Stones was released.
• The fifth series of Jago and Litefoot was released, comprising The Age of Revolution, The Case of the Gluttonous Guru, The Bloodchild Codex, and The Final Act.
• 12 March - The Aztecs is re-released as a Special Edition on DVD. The set also contains the previously unreleased third episode (Air Lock) of Galaxy 4.
• 23 March - The third episode of series 4 of Pointless Celebrities, a special edition of the BBC game show hosted by Alexander Armstrong, featuring Doctor Who actors as contestants, as well as an appearance by John Leeson as K9, was broadcast on BBC1.
• 23 March - The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel is released online.
• 25 March - The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later is released on iTunes.
• 30 March - The Bells of Saint John was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 31 March - Spearhead from Space was first broadcast on BBC America alongside the documentary The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor.

April

• Eldrad Must Die! was released.
• The Library of Alexandria was released.
• 4 April - Babblesphere was released.
• 6 April - The Rings of Akhaten was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 8 April - The BBC New Series Adventure novels Plague of the Cybermen, The Dalek Generation and Shroud of Sorrow were released.
• 13 April - Cold War was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 20 April - Hide was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 27 April - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 28 April - Pyramids of Mars first aired on BBC America, alongside the documentary The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor.

MAY

• The Lady of Mercia was released.
• Phantoms of the Deep was released.
• The Apocalypse Mirror was released.
• 2 May - Smoke and Mirrors was released.
• 4 May - The Crimson Horror was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 6 May - The Visitation re-released on DVD as a Special Edition.
• 11 May - Nightmare in Silver was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 11 May - She Said, He Said: A Prequel first released online.
• 18 May - The Name of the Doctor was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
• 26 May - Clarence and the Whispermen, a webcast, was released online.
• 26 May - Earthshock first aired on BBC America, alongside the documentary The Doctors Revisited - The Fifth Doctor.
• 27 May - Inferno re-released on DVD as a Special Edition.
• 27 May - Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 2, part two released on Region 1 DVD.

JUNE

• Prisoners of Fate was released.
• The Dalek Contract was released.
• Council of War was released.
• 3 June - The Mind of Evil was released on DVD, with its episodes - seen only in black-and-white for forty years - re-colourised.
• 6 June - Trouble in Paradise was released.
• 24 June - Regeneration, a DVD box set is released on Region 2. While primarily containing previous releases, it also contains the first DVD release of The Tenth Planet with its missing fourth episode animated for release.
• 29 June - Vengeance on Varos first aired on BBC America, alongside the documentary The Doctors Revisited - The Sixth Doctor.

JULY

• Persuasion was released.
• The Final Phase was released.
• Mastermind was released, marking the beginning of the final series of The Companion Chronicles.
• 4 July - Shockwave was released.
• 13 July - Doctor Who at the Proms took place at Royal Albert Hall.
• 16 July - A Region 1 DVD release, The Doctors Revisited - Part One collects the first four documentaries of The Doctors Revisited and their accompanying stories for release.