2008 (releases)

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2008 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2008, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• January - The Main Range audio story The Bride of Peladon was first released.
• January - The Companion Chronicles audio story The Catalyst was first released.
• January - AUDIO: Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless: Part 4 was first released.
• January - AUDIO: The Wake was first released.
• January - Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures debuted in Canada on the BBC Kids cable network.
• January - AUDIO: Dead London was first released.
• 14 January - The DVD set Beneath the Surface was released in the UK, featuring Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep.
• 16 January - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang debuted on BBC One, launching the second series of Torchwood.
• 16 January - Torchwood Declassified also began its second season.
• 17 January - With issue 47, Doctor Who Adventures switched from a fortnightly magazine to a weekly.
• 19 January - BBC Radio Wales broadcast the documentary Torchwood: All Access, released later in the year on the CD of AUDIO: Lost Souls.
• 22 January - The complete First Series of Torchwood was released in a DVD box set in North America.
• 23 January - Sleeper debuted on BBC One.
• 24 January - The first issue of Torchwood Magazine was published.
• 24 January - John Barrowman published his autobiography, Anything Goes.
• 27 January - HOMEVID: Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough was released by BBV Productions.
• 30 January - To the Last Man debuted on BBC One.
• February - AUDIO: The Condemned was first released.
• February - IDW released COMIC: Agent Provocateur.
• February - AUDIO: Max Warp was first released.
• 4 February - AUDIO: Everyone Says Hello and AUDIO: Hidden were first released.
• 4 February - Audio adaptations of Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius and Doctor Who and the Space War were first released.
• 6 February - Meat debuted on BBC One.
• 6 February - Destiny of the Daleks and the box set The Complete Davros Collection were released to DVD in Region 4.
• 11 February - The Time Meddler was released to DVD in the UK.
• 13 February - Adam and Reset were both first broadcast. In Reset, Freema Agyeman temporarily joined the series as Martha Jones.
• 20 February - Dead Man Walking debuted on BBC One.
• 27 February - A Day in the Death debuted on BBC One.
• 28 February - Revenge of the Judoon, the third novella in the BBC Books Quick Reads series, was first published.
• March - AUDIO: The Dark Husband was first released.
• March - Short Trips: Defining Patterns was first published.
• March - AUDIO: Brave New Town was first released.
• 3 March - A new DVD edition of The Five Doctors was released in the UK.
• 4 March - The North American DVD release of Destiny of the Daleks and Planet of Evil took place.
• 5 March - Something Borrowed debuted on BBC One.
• 5 March - The DVD set Beneath the Surface was released in Region 4, featuring Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep.
• 6 March - The Twilight Streets, Trace Memory and Something in the Water were first published.
• 6 March - AUDIO: Cuddlesome was first released.
• 6 March - PROSE: Lost Luggage, Second Skin, The Dragon King and The Horror of Howling Hill were first published.
• 10 March - Voyage of the Damned was released to DVD in the UK. Also included in the set was the mini-episode Time Crash.
• 12 March - From Out of the Rain debuted on BBC One.
• 19 March - Adrift debuted on BBC One.
• 21 March - Fragments debuted on BBC One.
• 22 March - Dalek, I Love You Too was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7.
• 1 April - Timelash and The Time Warrior were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 2 April - The Time Meddler was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 4 April - Exit Wounds debuted on BBC One, ending Torchwood's second series.
• 4 April - Torchwood Declassified also ended its second season.
• 5 April - Partners in Crime debuted on BBC One.
• 5 April - After the episode was broadcast, the first series 4 episode of Doctor Who Confidential aired.
• 7 April - Audio adaptations of Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit and Doctor Who - The Myth Makers were first released.
• 10 April - Martha in the Mirror, Snowglobe 7 and The Many Hands were first published.
• 12 April - The Fires of Pompeii debuted on BBC One.
• 14 April - Black Orchid was released to DVD in the UK.
• 16 April - AUDIO: The Skull of Sobek was first released.
• 18 April - The American Sci-Fi Channel ended its broadcasts of Series 3 with Voyage of the Damned.
• 19 April - Planet of the Ood debuted on BBC One.
• 26 April - The Sontaran Stratagem debuted on BBC One.
• 30 April - AUDIO: The Haunting of Thomas Brewster was first released.
• May - AUDIO: Assassin in the Limelight was first released.
• May - AUDIO: Grand Theft Cosmos was first released.
• May - The World Shapers graphic novel was first published.
• 1 May - The BBC's official Doctor Who website posted COMIC: In-Flight Entertainment.
• 3 May - The Poison Sky debuted on BBC One.
• 5 May - The Invasion of Time was released to DVD in the UK.
• 5 May - Also released in the UK was the DVD box set Bred for War containing the previously released stories The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion of Time and The Two Doctors.
• 8 May - AUDIO: Pest Control, the first original Doctor Who audio adventure produced by BBC Audiobooks, was released.
• 8 May - The special edition of The Five Doctors was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 9 May - COMIC: Mind Shadows (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 10 May - The Doctor's Daughter debuted on BBC One.
• 10 May - Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership was first published.
• 15 May - COMIC: Destiny's Door and COMIC: Fuel (BBC Writers' Comics) were uploaded.
• 17 May - The Unicorn and the Wasp debuted on BBC One.
• 29 May - WC: The Beast Is Back In Town (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 31 May - Silence in the Library debuted on BBC One, introducing River Song.
• June - AUDIO: The Death Collectors was first released.
• June - AUDIO: Beyond the Sea was first published.
• June - AUDIO: The Zygon Who Fell to Earth was first released.
• 2 June - The Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 1 DVD, featuring the episodes Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood, was released in the UK.
• 3 June - The Beneath the Surface DVD collection featuring Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep was released in North America.
• 5 June - COMIC: Mad Martha (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 5 June - Black Orchid was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 7 June - Forest of the Dead debuted on BBC One.
• 12 June - Audio adaptations of Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion and Doctor Who - Black Orchid were first released.
• 12 June - COMIC: Escape to Penhaxico (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 14 June - Midnight debuted on BBC One.
• 16 June - The DVD box set K9 Tales, featuring The Invisible Enemy and the first DVD release of A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot episode of K9 and Company, was released in the UK.
• 19 June - WC: Just Another Thursday (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 21 June - TV: Turn Left debuted on BBC One.
• 26 June - WC: Who Ate All the Biscuits? (BBC Writers' Comics) was uploaded.
• 28 June - The Stolen Earth debuted on BBC One.
• 30 June - The complete Second Series of Torchwood was released in a DVD box set in the UK.
• 30 June - Voyage of the Damned (with Time Crash) was released to DVD in Region 4.
• July - AUDIO: Here There Be Monsters was first released.
• July - AUDIO: Sisters of the Flame was first released.
• 1 July - The Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 2 DVD, with the episodes The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp, was released.
• 1 July - Short Trips: Transmissions was first published.
• 3 July - The Invasion of Time was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 3 July - Blind Terror and Disappearing Act were released.
• 4 July - COMIC: The Baktek Illusion was uploaded, concluding the BBC Writers' Comics special series.
• 5 July - Journey's End debuted on BBC One.
• 5 July - Afterwards, the final Series 4 episode of Doctor Who Confidential was broadcast.
• 6 July - Partners in Crime was broadcast on ABC in Australia.
• 8 July - The Bred for War DVD box set (The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion of Time, The Two Doctors) was released in Region 4.
• 21 July - The Brain of Morbius was released to DVD in the UK.
• 23 July - Copies of issue No. 397 of Doctor Who Magazine came polybagged with randomly chosen original Target Books editions (from a selection of twenty-seven books), giving the Target novelisations widespread exposure for the first time in years; also included in the mix were a few non-novelisation releases such as REF: The Making of Doctor Who. The issue also included a second surprise: when the polybag was removed, all text on the front cover (except around the UPC symbol) was revealed to be "BAD WOLF", including the title banner for the magazine itself. This was a tie-in with the ending of Turn Left.
• 23 July - Publication of COMIC: Doctor Who Classics Volume 1, a graphic novel-style release reprinting the first few issues of COMIC: Doctor Who Classics by IDW Publishing, took place.
• 27 July - The first Doctor Who Proms concert was held at Royal Albert Hall in London, featuring music from Doctor Who.
• 30 July - AUDIO: The Boy That Time Forgot was first released.
• August - AUDIO: The Doomwood Curse was first released.
• August - AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator was first released.
• August - AUDIO: The Adolescence of Time was first released.
• August - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009 was first released.
• August - AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius was first released.
• 1 August - The American Sci-Fi Channel broadcasted Journey's End.
• 4 August - The DVD Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 3, featuring the episodes Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead and Midnight, was released in the UK.
• 5 August - The Time Meddler, Black Orchid and the special edition of The Five Doctors were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 6 August - The DVD Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 1 was released in Region 4 featuring the episodes Partners in Crime, The Fires of Pompeii and Planet of the Ood.
• 8 August - The Canadian premiere of Torchwood Series 2 took place on the Space network.
• 14 August - Audio adaptations of Doctor Who and the Dæmons and Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars were first released.
• 20 August - The first issue of The Forgotten was first released.
• 22 August - Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook 2008 was released.
• 25 August - The War Machines was released to DVD in the UK.
• 29 August - IDW Publishing issued COMIC: Agent Provocateur.
• 31 August - Doctor Who: Battles in Time published its fiftieth issue.
• September - AUDIO: Kingdom of Silver was first released.
• September - AUDIO: Time Reef was first released.
• September - AUDIO: The Doll of Death was first released.
• September - AUDIO: The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel was first released.
• 1 September - The DVD Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 4, featuring the episodes Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, was released in the UK.
• 2 September - The Invasion of Time and the K9 Tales box set featuring The Invisible Enemy and A Girl's Best Friend were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 4 September - The K9 Tales DVD box set featuring The Invisible Enemy and A Girl's Best Friend was released in Region 4.
• 4 September - Region 4 also saw the release of Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 2 with the episodes The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp.
• 4 September - Ghosts of India, Shining Darkness and The Doctor Trap were first published.
• 10 September - The first Torchwood radio drama, AUDIO: Lost Souls, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
• 11 September - Audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Green Death was first released.
• 15 September - Four to Doomsday was released to DVD in the UK.
• 16 September - Torchwood series 2 was released on standard DVD in the United States.
• 18 September - BBC Audio released the Torchwood radio play AUDIO: Lost Souls on CD and for download. The CD version included a documentary featurette, Torchwood: All Access.
• 19 September - The broadcast of Series 4 of Doctor Who began on the CBC in Canada with Partners in Crime.
• 25 September - Publication of the first edition of Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale took place.
• 29 September - The Last Sontaran parts 1 and 2 were first broadcast, launching Series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• 29 September - The Trial of a Time Lord - the complete Season 23 - was released to DVD in the UK as a single set.
• 30 September - AUDIO: Doctor Who: the Stageplays - The Ultimate Adventure was first released.
• 30 September - The anthology Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life was first published by Big Finish.
• October - AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks was first released.
• October - AUDIO: Empathy Games was first released.
• October - Doctor Who Magazine published its four hundredth issue, cover-dated 15 October but available in stores as early as 1 October.
• 2 October - The Brain of Morbius was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 2 October - Also released in Region 4 was Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 3 featuring the episodes Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead and Midnight.
• 6 October - The Day of the Clown part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 6 October - The Betrothal of Sontar graphic novel was first published.
• 7 October - Series 1 of The Sarah Jane Adventures was released to DVD in North America.
• 7 October - Also released to DVD in North America were The Brain of Morbius and the The Trial of a Time Lord box set.
• 9 October - AUDIO: The Forever Trap, the second exclusive-to-audio Doctor Who story by BBC Audio/BBC Books, was first released.
• 13 October - The Day of the Clown part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 15 October - The second issue of The Forgotten was first released.
• 20 October - Secrets of the Stars part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 24 October - Torchwood Series 2 concluded in Canada.
• 27 October - Secrets of the Stars part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 27 October - Almost Perfect, Pack Animals and SkyPoint were first published.
• 30 October - AUDIO: Doctor Who: the Stageplays - Seven Keys to Doomsday was first released.
• 31 October - AUDIO: The Diet of Worms was first released.
• November - AUDIO: Forty-Five was first released.
• November - AUDIO: Home Truths was first released.
• 2 November - Brave New Town was broadcast on BBC Radio 7.
• 3 November - The Mark of the Berserker part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 3 November - The Lost Boy and Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? were first published.
• 5 November: The Last Sontaran and Day of the Clown were first published.
• 10 November - The Mark of the Berserker part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 11 November - The complete First Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures was released to DVD in the UK.
• 11 November - Torchwood Season 1 was released on high-definition Blu-Ray in North America.
• 11 November - The War Machines and Doctor Who Series 4 Volume 4, featuring the episodes Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, were released in Region 4.
• 13 November - AUDIO: The Time Capsule was first released by BBC Audio.
• 13 November - Audio adaptation of Doctor Who and the Time Warrior was first released.
• 13 November - REF: Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac was first published.
• 14 November - The opening pre-credits sequence of the upcoming Christmas special The Next Doctor was broadcast as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need Appeal.
• 17 November - The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 17 November - The complete Series Four of Doctor Who was released in a DVD box set in the UK.
• 17 November - The Series 4 soundtrack was released.
• 18 November - The Series 4 DVD box set was released in North America. The Infinite Quest was released in North America.
• 19 November - The third issue of The Forgotten was first released.
• 24 November - The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 24 November - The True History of Faction Paradox audio story Words from Nine Divinities was first released by Magic Bullet Productions.
• 30 November - The Curse of the Daleks was first released.
• 1 December - Enemy of the Bane part 1 debuted on BBC One.
• 1 December - Masters of War was first released.
• 2 December - The Vampire Curse was first released.
• 3 December- AUDIO: The Darkening Eye was first released.
• 4 December - Four to Doomsday and the Complete Series 4 of Doctor Who were released to DVD in Region 4.
• 4 December - The fourth issue of The Forgotten was first released.
• 8 December - Enemy of the Bane part 2 debuted on BBC One.
• 11 December - AUDIO: The Raincloud Man and AUDIO: Return of the Krotons were first released.
• 15 December - Short Trips: Christmas Around the World was first published.
• 25 December - The Next Doctor debuted on BBC One.
• 25 December - An edition of Doctor Who Confidential followed the broadcast.
• 26 December - Beautiful Chaos, The Eyeless and The Story of Martha were first published.
• 29 December - COMIC: Doctor Who Classics Volume 2, a graphic novel-style release reprinting issues of COMIC: Doctor Who Classics by IDW Publishing, was published.
• 29 December - Battlefield was released to DVD in the UK.
• Unknown - Silva Screen Records reissued Doctor Who - Series 1 and 2, a CD featuring music from the 2005 and 2006 series.
• Unknown - Breakout was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - Kaagh Quest was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - Odd Bob's Balloon Blaster was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - Zodiac Zap was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - UNIT Code Hacker was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - Memory Mayhem! was first released by the BBC on the SJA Website.
• Unknown - The Ultimate Quiz Book was first published by Penguin Character Books.