2005 (releases)

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2005 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2005, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• January - Snake Head, the third story in the Big Finish UNIT audio series, was first released.
• 3 January - Match of the Day was first published.
• 6 Janaury - DWM 352 was released.
• 15 January - AUDIO: The Juggernauts was first released.
• 17 January - Horror of Fang Rock was released to DVD in the UK.
• 22 January - AUDIO: A Storm of Angels was first released.
• February - AUDIO: The Game was first released.
• 3 February - Ghost Light was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 3 February - DWM 353 was released.
• 7 February - To the Slaughter was first published.
• 10 February - The Audio Scripts: Volume Four was published by Big Finish.
• March - AUDIO: Dreamtime was first released.
• March - AUDIO: The Longest Night was first released.
• 1 March - The Visitation and The Green Death were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 3 March - DWM 354 was released.
• 7 March - The Mind Robber was released to DVD in the UK.
• 15 March - Mastermind: Doctor Who Special was first broadcast.
• 21 March - Blue Peter special 2005 was first broadcast.
• 22 March - "Bigger on the Inside" debuted on BBC One on BBC Radio 2.
• 26 March - Rose debuted on BBC One.
• 26 March - In conjunction with the debut of the new series, BBC Three premiered its behind-the-scenes series, Doctor Who Confidential, the same night.
• 26 March - The Doctor Who Story was broadcast on UK Gold.
• 29 March - "Reverse the Polarity" debuted on BBC One.
• 31 March - DWM 355 was released.
• April - AUDIO: Lies was first released.
• 2 April - The End of the World debuted on BBC One.
• 7 April - Horror of Fang Rock was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 9 April - The Unquiet Dead debuted on BBC One.
• 9 April - Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins was first published.
• 16 April - Aliens of London debuted on BBC One.
• 21 April - Echoes was first published.
• 23 April - World War Three debuted on BBC One.
• 25 April - The Claws of Axos was released to DVD in the UK.
• 28 April - DWM 356 was released.
• 30 April - Dalek debuted on BBC One.
• May - AUDIO: Three's a Crowd was first released.
• May - AUDIO: Catch-1782 was first released.
• May - Short Trips: A Day in the Life was first published.
• May - AUDIO: Spirit was first released.
• May - AUDIO: Project: WHO? was first released by BBC Audio.
• 5 May - The Mind Robber was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 7 May - The Long Game debuted on BBC One.
• 14 May - Father's Day debuted on BBC One.
• 16 May - In the UK, BBC Video released Doctor Who: Volume 1 with the episodes Rose, The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead.
• 19 May - The Clockwise Man, The Monsters Inside and Winner Takes All were first released.
• 21 May - The Empty Child debuted on BBC One.
• 28 May - The Doctor Dances debuted on BBC One.
• 28 May - DWM 357 was released.
• 31 May - The Tides of Time was first published.
• June - AUDIO: Unregenerate! was first released.
• June - AUDIO: Pandora and AUDIO: Insurgency were first released.
• June - AUDIO: The Wasting was first released.
• 2 June - The Claws of Axos was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 2 June - The Gallifrey Chronicles was first published.
• 3 June - The Tree of Life was first published.
• 4 June - Boom Town debuted on BBC One.
• 7 June - The Leisure Hive was released to DVD in Region 1.
• 11 June - Bad Wolf debuted on BBC One.
• 13 June - The DVD Doctor Who: Volume 2 was released by BBC Video.
• 18 June - The Parting of the Ways debuted on BBC One.
• 21 June - Ghost Light was released to DVD in Region 1.
• 23 June - DWM 358 was released.
• July - Island of Death was first published.
• 7 July - The first edition of Doctor Who Funfax was released.
• 11 July - Revelation of the Daleks was released to DVD in the UK.
• 15 July - The first performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Robert Blackwood Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
• 16 July - The second performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.
• 17 July - The third performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.
• 20 July - Wildthyme on Top was first published.
• 21 July - Peculiar Lives was first published.
• 21 July - DWM 359 was released.
• 21 July - The fourth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Burswood Theatre in Perth, Australia.
• 23 July - The fifth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Festival Theatre in Adelaide, Australia.
• 26 July - The sixth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Canberra Theatre in Canberra, Australia.
• 29 July - The seventh performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia.
• 30 July - The eighth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia.
• August - Spiral Scratch (originally promoted under the title Future Nostalgia) was first published.
• August - AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea was first released.
• August - AUDIO: Imperiatrix was first released.
• August - AUDIO: Terror Firma was first released.
• 1 August - The DVD Doctor Who: Volume 3, featuring the episodes The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, was first released.
• 1 August - The ninth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
• 5 August - The tenth performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Westpac St James Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand.
• 6 August - The last performance of the Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS live stage tour was held at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand.
• 18 August - DWM 360 was released.
• September - The Deviant Strain, Only Human, and The Stealers of Dreams were first published. 
• September - Fear Itself was first published.
• September - AUDIO: Thicker Than Water was first released.
• September - AUDIO: LIVE 34 was first released.
• September - Short Trips: The Solar System was first published.
• September - AUDIO: Scorpius, the first episode of a new Big Finish Productions spin-off series, Cyberman, was first released.
• September - Doctor Who Annual 2006 was first published.
• September - The Lost Museum was first released.
• 1 September - Revelation of the Daleks was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 5 September - AUDIO: Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 3 was first released, including the first release of an unbroadcast Third Doctor audio mini-episode recorded for Glorious Goodwood.
• BBC Video released the DVD Doctor Who: Volume 4, featuring the episodes Boom Town, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways.
• 9 September - The Web Planet was released to DVD in the UK.
• 15 September - DWM 361 was released.
• October - World Game was first published.
• October - AUDIO: Scaredy Cat was first released.
• October - AUDIO: Fear was first released.
• 6 October - BBC Video released a special Dalek Collector's Edition DVD box set exclusively in UK W H Smith stores. The set included the previously released The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks.
• 7 October - The Endgame graphic novel was first published.
• 13 October - The Shooting Scripts was first released.
• 13 October - DWM 362 was released.
• 13 October - PROSE: The Coming of the Queen was first published.
• November - The Time Travellers was first published.
• November - AUDIO: Singularity was first released.
• November - AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large was first released.
• 3 November - The Web Planet was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 6 November - Horror of Fang Rock, The Mind Robber and The Claws of Axos were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 7 November - BBC Audio released Travels in Time and Space, a box set collecting three unabridged readings of early novelisations: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Zarbi and Doctor Who and the Crusaders, all read by William Russell.
• 7 November - City of Death was released to DVD in the UK with Eye on... Blatchford.
• 7 November - The Dragon's Claw graphic novel was first published.
• 10 november - DWM 363 was released.
• 12 November - COMIC: Project: Longinus was released online.
• 18 November - The Children in Need Special was broadcast by the BBC as part of the Children in Need appeal.
• 21 November - The complete Series 1 (2005) of Doctor Who was released to DVD in the UK as a box set.
• December - Atom Bomb Blues was first published.
• December - AUDIO: Other Lives was first released.
• December - Short Trips: The History of Christmas was first published.
• December - AUDIO: Conversion was first released.
• December - AUDIO: The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme was first released.
• December - Deus Le Volt was published by Telos Publishing.
• December - AUDIO: Cryptobiosis was first released.
• 1 December - City of Death was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 8 December - DWM 364 was released.
• 13 December - PROSE: Project: Valhalla was first published.
• 23 December - BBC Radio Wales broadcast Back in Time - New Doctor, New Danger.
• 25 December - The Christmas Invasion debuted on BBC One.
• 25 December - Following the broadcast of The Christmas Invasion, the BBC Red Button service made available NOTVALID: Attack of the Graske.