2009 (releases)

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2009 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2009, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• January - AUDIO: The Transit of Venus was first released.
• 1 January - BBC One broadcast an edited version of the July 2008 Doctor Who at the Proms concert.
• 2 January - The fifth issue of The Forgotten was first released.
• 3 January - The Eleventh Doctor aired on BBC Three.
• 5 January - The Trial of a Time Lord was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 6 January - The War Machines and Four to Doomsday were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 8 January - The audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen was first released.
• 9 January - AUDIO: One Small Step... was released as a free podcast.
• 14 January - The first issue of Doctor Who DVD Files, a fortnightly UK/Ireland-only magazine, was published, incorporating a DVD of the episodes Rose and The End of the World.
• 19 January - The Next Doctor was released on DVD in the UK. The DVD also included the 2008 Doctor Who at the Proms concert and the mini-episode Music of the Spheres.
• 21 January - The last issue of The Forgotten was released.
• 26 January - The DVD box set The E-Space Trilogy was released in the UK, including the episodes Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.
• 26 January - Doctor Who Adventures published its hundredth issue.
• 29 January - BBC Books launched The Darksmith Legacy, with the publication of The Dust of Ages and The Graves of Mordane.
• 30 January - AUDIO: The Prisoner's Dilemma was first released.
• 31 January - AUDIO: The Judgement of Isskar was first released.
• February - The digital channel Watch published COMIC: The Return of the Vostok, on its website.
• February - AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Sound of Fear was first released.
• 5 February- Battlefield was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 12 February - AUDIO: The Nemonite Invasion, an original made-for-BBC Audio story read by Catherine Tate, was first released.
• 23 February - The Rescue and The Romans were released in a 2-DVD set in the UK.
• 25 February - COMIC: The Whispering Gallery, a one-shot comic book by IDW Publishing, was first published.
• 26 February - The Sontaran Games, the fourth Quick Reads novella, was first published.
• 28 February - AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights was first released.
• March - AUDIO: Resistance was first released.
• March - AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Land of Wonder was first released.
• 3 March - The Key to Time: Special Edition, a DVD collection of all stories from Season 16, was released in North America.
• 5 March - The Next Doctor (including Music of the Spheres) was released to DVD in Region 4. Also released was The E-Space Trilogy box set featuring Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.
• 7 March - Orbis: Part 1 was first released.
• 12 March - The audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Cybermen was first released.
• 13 March - From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love, a special mini-episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures, aired in the UK as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day.
• 14 March - Orbis: Part 2 was first released.
• 15 March - Reference book Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It is published by Mad Norwegian Press.
• 16 March - Attack of the Cybermen was released to DVD in the UK.
• 21 March - Hothouse: Part 1 was first released.
• 26 March - The Colour of Darkness and The Depths of Despair were first published.
• 28 March - Hothouse: Part 2 was first released.
• 30 March - AUDIO: The Chaos Pool was first released.
• 30 March - Short Trips: Indefinable Magic was first published.
• April - AUDIO: The Magic Mousetrap was first released.
• April - AUDIO: The Magician's Oath was first released.
• April - COMIC: Doctor Who: The Forgotten, a graphic novel-style release reprinting the COMIC: The Forgotten story arc from IDW Publishing's Doctor Who comic book series, was first published.
• April - AUDIO: The Two Irises was first released.
• April - Image of the Fendahl was released to DVD in the UK.
• 2 April - The Rescue and The Romans were released to DVD in Region 4 in a single set.
• 4 April - The Beast of Orlok: Part 1 was first released.
• 9 April - The audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora was first released.
• 11 April - Planet of the Dead debuted on BBC One.
• 11 April - An instalment of Doctor Who Confidential followed on BBC Three.
• 13 April - BBC Video released the DVD box set The Cybermen Collection in the UK. The set included the previously released Tenth Doctor episodes The Age of Steel, Rise of the Cybermen, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday.
• 16 April - Judgement of the Judoon, Prisoner of the Daleks and The Slitheen Excursion were first published.
• 18 April - Wirrn Dawn: Part 1 was first released.
• 25 April - Wirrn Dawn: Part 2 was first released.
• 30 April - The Vampire of Paris was first published.
• May - AUDIO: Enemy of the Daleks was first released.
• May - AUDIO: The Mahogany Murderers was first released.
• May - Short Trips: Re:Collections, an anthology of previously published stories, was first published.
• May - AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Panda Invasion was first released.
• May - COMIC: Doctor Who Classics Volume 3 was published.
• May - The A Cold Day in Hell! graphic novel was published.
• 2 May - The Scapegoat: Part 1 was first released.
• 5 May - Battlefield and The E-Space Trilogy box set (Full Circle, State of Decay, Warriors' Gate) were released to DVD in North America/Region 1.
• 7 May - AUDIO: In the Shadows was first released.
• 7 May - Attack of the Cybermen was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 9 May - The Scapegoat: Part 2 was first released.
• 11 May - The Deadly Assassin was released to DVD in the UK.
• 20 May - COMIC: The Time Machination, a one-shot comic book by IDW Publishing, was first published.
• 20 May - Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus was first published.
• 23 May - The John Barrowman-hosted talent series Tonight's the Night aired a specially written and filmed Doctor Who skit.
• 28 May - The Game of Death was first published.
• June - AUDIO: The Stealers from Saiph was first released.
• June - AUDIO: Wirrn Dawn was first released.
• 4 June - The complete Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 4 June - Image of the Fendahl was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 8 June - Ozymandias was first released by Magic Bullet Productions.
• 9 June - COMIC: Torchwood: Rift War, an omnibus of the multi-part Rift War! comic strip from Torchwood Magazine, was first published by Titan Books.
• 9 June - AUDIO: The Sin Eaters was first released.
• 10 June - COMIC: Autopia, a one-shot comic story, was first published.
• 12 June - A preview showing of episode one of Torchwood: Children of Earth took place at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London.
• 13 June - Beginning this day and continuing for the next six Saturdays, special mini-editions of Doctor Who Adventures were included as giveaways in the Daily Mirror. These specials featured reprints from DWA.
• 22 June - Delta and the Bannermen was released to DVD in the UK.
• 23 June - BBC Radio 4 broadcasted On the Outside it Looked Like an Old Fashioned Police Box.
• 25 June - The Planet of Oblivion was first published.
• 25 June - Bay of the Dead, The House That Jack Built and Into the Silence were first published.
• 29 June - Planet of the Dead was released to DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK.
• 30 June - AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari was first released.
• 30 June - AUDIO: Glory Days was first released.
• AUDIO: Mission of the Viyrans was made available for individual download.
• July - AUDIO: The Company of Friends was first released.
• July - AUDIO: The Drowned World was first released.
• July - AUDIO: The Scapegoat was first released.
• 1 July - AUDIO: Asylum debuted on BBC One on BBC Radio 4.
• 2 July - AUDIO: Golden Age debuted on BBC One on BBC Radio 4.
• 2 July - AUDIO: The Rising Night was first released, read by Michelle Ryan.
• 2 July - Audio adaptation of Doctor Who - The Happiness Patrol was first released.
• 2 July - The Deadly Assassin and Planet of the Dead were released to DVD in Region 4.
• 3 July - AUDIO: The Dead Line debuted on BBC One on BBC Radio 4.
• 6 July - Children of Earth: Day One debuted on BBC One.
• 6 July - The DVD of The War Games was released.
• 7 July - Children of Earth: Day Two debuted on BBC One.
• 7 July - The soundtrack album for Torchwood: Children of Earth was released.
• 7 July - The Rescue and The Romans were issued as a two-DVD set in Region 1, along with Attack of the Cybermen.
• 8 July - Children of Earth: Day Three debuted on BBC One.
• 9 July - Children of Earth: Day Four debuted on BBC One.
• 10 July - Children of Earth: Day Five debuted on BBC One.
• 13 July - BBC Video released the Torchwood mini-series Children of Earth to DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK.
• 15 July - IDW Publishing launched COMIC: Doctor Who Ongoing, beginning with  COMIC: Silver Scream.
• Mid-July - The BBC's official website uploaded PROSE: Blue Moon.
• 18 July - The sixth and final special mini-edition of Doctor Who Adventures appeared in the Daily Mirror.
• 20 July - The new DVD edition of Remembrance of the Daleks was released on its own in the UK.
• 22 July - COMIC: Room with a Deja View was first published.
• 28 July - Torchwood: Children of Earth and Planet of the Dead were released on DVD and Blu-Ray in North America.
• 30 July - The Pictures of Emptiness was first published.
• 31 July - AUDIO: Absence was first released.
• August - AUDIO: The Glorious Revolution was first released.
• August - DOC: Myth Makers: Telos Publishing was first released by Reeltime Pictures.
• August - REF: Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story was first published.
• 6 August - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2010 was first published.
• 6 August - Audio adaptation of Doctor Who - The Mind Robber was first released.
• 6 August - The DVD box set The Cybermen Collection was released in Region 4.
• 10 August - The Black Guardian Trilogy DVD box set, consisting of Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment, was released in the UK.
• 19 August - AUDIO: The Mists of Time, a Big Finish Productions audio drama and part of The Companion Chronicles, was made available for download exclusively through Doctor Who Magazine #411.
• 20 August - The Doctor, the first episode of the three-part documentary series Doctor Who's Greatest Moments, was broadcast on BBC Three.
• 26 August - COMIC: Cold Blooded War! was first published.
• 27 August - The Art of War was first published.
• 27 August - Doctor Who's Greatest Moments: The Companions aired on BBC Three.
• 28 August - Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook 2009 was released.
• 30 August - Farewell Great Macedon was first published by Nothing at the End of the Lane.
• 31 August - AUDIO: Patient Zero was first released.
• 31 August - AUDIO: Venus Mantrap was first released.
• 31 August - AUDIO: The Cannibalists was first released.
• September - AUDIO: Paper Cuts was first released.
• September - AUDIO: The Eight Truths was first released.
• September - AUDIO: The Prisoner of Peladon was first released.
• 1 September - Image of the Fendahl, The Deadly Assassin and Delta and the Bannermen were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 3 September - AUDIO: The Stuff of Nightmares, an audio adventure from BBC Audio, and Part 1 of the AUDIO: Hornets' Nest story arc, was first released.
• 3 September - The Taking of Chelsea 426, The Krillitane Storm and Autonomy were first published.
• 3 September - Doctor Who's Greatest Moments: The Enemies aired on BBC Three.
• 3 September - Audio book version of Prisoner of the Daleks was first released.
• 3 September - The Doctor Who Stories was first published by BBC Children's Books.
• 3 September - The War Games was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 7 September - The DVD of The Twin Dilemma was released in the UK.
• 14 September - First Generation, the autobiography of Mary Tamm, was published.
• 15 September - The DVD of The Next Doctor was released in North America.
• 21 September - The Keys of Marinus was released to DVD in the UK.
• 24 September - The End of Time was first published.
• 24 September - REF: The Ultimate Monster Guide was first published.
• 24 September - COMIC: Black Death White Life, a standalone comic, was published.
• Late September - Three Torchwood audio dramas that aired on BBC Radio 4 in July, AUDIO: Asylum, Golden Age and The Dead Line, were released to CD in a three-disc box set, The Radio Adventures.
• 30 September - AUDIO: Blue Forgotten Planet was first released.
• 30 September - AUDIO: Secret Origins was first released.
• October - AUDIO: Castle of Fear was first released.
• October - AUDIO: The Pyralis Effect was first released.
• October - AUDIO: Worldwide Web was first released.
• 1 October - REF: Guide to Alien Armies was first published.
• 1 October - The Doctor Who Files Collector's Edition was first published.
• 1 October - The Undertaker's Gift, Risk Assessment and Consequences were first published.
• 1 October - REF: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia was first published.
• 1 October - Children of Earth and the new edition of Remembrance of the Daleks were released to DVD in Region 4.
• 2 October - The complete Series 2 of Torchwood was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 5 October - The Dalek War DVD box set was released in the UK, comprising the connected storylines Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks.
• 5 October - Silva Screen Records released a CD containing soundtrack music from Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..
• 8 October - AUDIO: The Dead Shoes, part 2 of the AUDIO: Hornets' Nest arc starring Tom Baker, was first released.
• 8 October - AUDIO: The Day of the Troll was first released.
• 8 October - AUDIO: The Shadow People and AUDIO: The White Wolf were first released.
• 8 October - The Widow's Curse graphic novel was published.
• 15 October - Prisoner of the Judoon Part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 16 October - Prisoner of the Judoon Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 16 October - Monster Hunt (video game and comic) was released by the BBC in The Sarah Jane Academy.
• 19 October - BBC Video released its second themed box set reissuing related episodes of the revived series, named The Dalek Collection.
• 22 October - The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 23 October - The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 26 October - The first four seasons of the revived Doctor Who were released in the UK in a single twenty-three-disc DVD box set edition, as were the first 3 seasons of Torchwood in a fourteen-disc box set.
• 27 October - The first four seasons of the revived Doctor Who were released in Region 1 (North America) in a single 23-disc DVD box set edition. (No such Region 1 release occurred for Torchwood, however.)
• 29 October - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 30 October - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 31 October - The first episode K9, Regeneration, debuted in the UK on the Disney XD channel.
• November - AUDIO: The Eternal Summer was first released. AUDIO: Museum Peace was also given to subscribers.
• November - AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa was first released.
• November - AUDIO: Ringpullworld was first released.
• November - SFX Magazine #188 came with a Doctor Who - Tom Baker Sampler CD, including excerpts from AUDIO: Hornets' Nest, Doctor Who and the Pescatons, several Target novelisations read by Baker and archival interviews from the Doctor Who at the BBC series.
• 3 November - The DVDs of The War Games and the Black Guardian Trilogy box set, consisting of Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment, were released in North America.
• 5 November - The Eternity Trap Part 1 debuted on BBC One
• 5 November - AUDIO: The Circus of Doom from BBC Audio, part 2 of the AUDIO: Hornets' Nest arc starring Tom Baker, was first released.
• 5 November - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith was first published.
• 5 November - The audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth was first released.
• 5 November - The DVD Box set The Black Guardian Trilogy featuring Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment was released to Region 4.
• 6 November - The Eternity Trap Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 9 November - The DVD of The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 was released in the UK.
• 9 November - Barry Letts' autobiography, Who and Me, was first published.
• 10 November - The DVD of The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 was released in North America.
• 12 November - Mona Lisa's Revenge Part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 13 November - Mona Lisa's Revenge Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 15 November - The Waters of Mars debuted on BBC One.
• 16 November - The Key to Time: The Complete Adventure DVD box set was released.
• 19 November - The Gift Part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 20 November - The Gift Part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 20 November - The annual Children in Need appeal on BBC One included a preview of The End of Time.
• 21 November - Dreamland Part 1 was released on the BBC Red Button service.
• 22 November - Dreamland Part 2 was released.
• 23 November - Dreamland Part 3 was released.
• 23 November - The Judgment of Sutekh was first released by Magic Bullet Productions.
• 24 November - Dreamland Part 4 was released.
• 25 November - Dreamland Part 5 was released.
• 26 November - Dreamland Part 6 was released.
• 30 November - AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair was released.
• December - The audio story An Earthly Child  was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• December - AUDIO: Plague of the Daleks was first released.
• December - AUDIO: Death in Blackpool was first released.
• December - AUDIO: Cyberman 2 was first released.
• 1 December - PROSE: Secret Histories was first published.
• 2 December - COMIC: Through Time and Space was published in North America.
• 3 December - The final two chapters of the AUDIO: Hornets' Nest audio drama arc from BBC Audio were first released: AUDIO: A Sting in the Tale and AUDIO: Hive of Horror.
• 3 December - The first 4 seasons of Doctor Who were released to Region 4 in a single twenty-three-DVD collection. The Twin Dilemma was also released in Region 4.
• 5 December - Dreamland was broadcast in its entirety on BBC Two.
• 5 December - The Dalek Collection, a DVD compilation including Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, was released in Region 4.
• 6 December - Part One of PROSE: The Advent of Fear was published as part of the BBC's Doctor Who Adventure Calendar.
• 6 December - The Waters of Mars was broadcast on ABC1 in Australia.
• 10 December - Part Two of PROSE: The Advent of Fear appeared on the BBC's Doctor Who Adventure Calendar.
• 12 December - The Panda Book of Horror was first published.
• 12 December - The BBC Radio 4 documentary Shelved was broadcast.
• 12 December - Dreamland was rebroadcast on CBBC.
• 12 December - Doctor Who Magazine #416 was published.
• 17 December - Part 1 of PROSE: The Doctor on My Shoulder was uploaded to the 2009 BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar.
• 19 December - The Waters of Mars was broadcast on BBC America in the US and Space in Canada.
• 19 December - The Infinite Quest was rebroadcast on BBC2.
• 22 December - The Next Doctor was rebroadcast on BBC3.
• 23 December - Planet of the Dead was rebroadcast on BBC3.
• 23 December - PROSE: The Doctor on My Shoulder Part 2 was uploaded to the BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar.
• 24 December - WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas was uploaded to the BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar.
• 24 December - Dreamland was rebroadcast on BBC One.
• 24 December - The Waters of Mars was rebroadcast on BBC3.
• 25 December - Part one of The End of Time debuted on BBC One.
• 26 December - The documentary Doctor Who - The Lost Episodes was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
• 27 December - The End of Time, Part One was rebroadcast on BBC3.
• 31 December - AUDIO: Mission to Magnus was released.
• Unknown - Alien Alliance was first released by the BBC on the SJA website.
• Unknown - Find the Alien was first released by the BBC on the SJA website.
• Unknown- Monster Maker was first released by the BBC on the SJA website.