2020 (releases)

2020 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2020, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• January - VOR 131 was first published by Big Finish.
• January - The Silurians was first published by Obverse Books.
• 1 January - Part one of Spyfall was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 2 January - The audiobook reading of Revelation of the Daleks was first released by BBC Audio.
• 2 January - The audiobook reading of The Internal Nexus was first released by Big Finish.
• 2 January - The audio box set Ninth Doctor Novels Volume 2 was first released by BBC Audio.
• 2 January - DWMSE 54 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 5 January - Part two of Spyfall was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 8 January - The Diary of River Song: Series Seven was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 8 January - The first part of A Little Help from My Friends was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 9 January - DWM 547 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 12 January - Orphan 55 was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 15 January - The Torchwood - Monthly Range story Fortitude was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 16 January - The Torchwood box set The Sins of Captain John was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 19 January - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 21 January - Dark Universe was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 22 January - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9: Volume 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 January - Fugitive of the Judoon was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 27 January - The Collection: Season 26 was first released on Blu-ray.
• 30 January - The Infinite Today was first released by Big Finish.

February

• February - VOR 132 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 February - Praxeus was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 6 February - Paradise Lost was first released by BBC Audio.
• 6 February - The audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl was first released by BBC Audio.
• 6 February - At Childhood's End was released by BBC Books.
• 6 February - DWM 548 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 9 February - Can You Hear Me? was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 11 February - The Psychic Circus was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 February - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9: Volume 2 was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 February - The second part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 13 February - The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles was first released by Big Finish.
• 14 February - Deleted Scenes was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 February - The Haunting of Villa Diodati was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 18 February - Time Out of Mind was first released by Titan Comics.
• 20 February - Time War: Volume Three was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 February - Ascension of the Cybermen was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 28 February - The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space were released together in a limited edition vinyl box set released by Demon Music Group.

March

• March - VOR 133 was first published by Big Finish.
• March - The Serpent's Tongue was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 March - The Timeless Children was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 3 March - The audiobook version of The Glass Prison was first release by Big Finish.
• 4 March - The third part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 5 March - DWM 549 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 5 March - The audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon was first released by BBC Audio.
• 5 March - Donna Noble: Kidnapped! was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 March - An Ordinary Man was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 16 March - The Faceless Ones was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
• 17 March - Subterfuge was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 March - The HAVOC Files 3: Special Edition was first released by Candy Jar Books.
• 18 March - The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Four was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 March - Strax Saves the Day was released online, launching the Doctor Who: Lockdown! series.
• 25 March - The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Three was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 March - Things She Thought While Falling was released on the Doctor Who website.
• 25 March - Message from the Doctor was first released online.
• 26 March - Doctor Who and the Time War was released on the Doctor Who website.
• 26 March - Revenge of the Nestene was released on the Doctor Who website.
• 26 March - Incoming Message was first released online.
• 29 March - Absolution was first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 31 March - Decline of the Ancient Mariner was first released by Big Finish.

April

• April - VOR 134 was first published by Big Finish.
• 1 April - Press Play was released on the Doctor Who website.
• 2 April - The audiobook reading of The Krotons was first released by BBC Audio.
• 2 April - DWM 550 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 2 April - The Trial of a Time Lord Collection was first released by BBC Audio.
• 2 April - Games was first released by Russell T Davies.
• 3 April - Doctor Who - Series 12 was first released by Silva Screen Records.
• 3 April - The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond was first released online.
• 6 April - The Underwater Menace, Vengeance on Varos and The Rings of Akhaten were first published by Obverse Books.
• 7 April - The Terror of the Umpty Ums was first released on the official Doctor Who website.
• 7 April- Copy/Paste and File #161229 were first released by Candy Jar Books.
• 8 April - Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 April - United we stand, 2m apart was first released on Twitter.
• 11 April - Rory's Story was released online.
• 14 April- Doctor Who Exhibitions: The Unofficial and Unauthorised History was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 15 April - Cry of the Vultriss was first released by Big Finish.
• 15 April - The Shadow Passes was released on the Doctor Who website.
• 15 April - Army of Ghosts: Essays on Doctor Who's Sometimes Forgotten Stories was first published.
• 16 April - Susan's War was first released by Big Finish.
• 19 April - Farewell, Sarah Jane was first released online.
• 22 April - The New Counter-Measures audio stories The Movellan Manoeuvre and The Dalek Gambit were first released by Big Finish.
• 22 April - The Simple Things was first released on the Doctor Who website.
• 24 April - Shadow of a Doubt and The Shadow in the Mirror were released online.
• 25 April - The Doctors Say Thank You was released online.
• 25 April - Sweet Revenge was released by Candy Jar Books.
• 28 April - Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Three and Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four were first released by Big Finish.
• 28 April - Shadows of Doubt was released by Arcbeatle Press.
• 30 April - Dead Woman Walking was first released by Big Finish.
• 30 April - The Maze of Doom was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 30 April - DWM 551 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 30 April - Sven and the Scarf was released online.
• 30 April - Dalek alternative script extract was released on Twitter.

May

• May - VOR 135 was first published by Big Finish.
• May - The Robots of Death was first published by Obverse Books.
• 1 May - The TARDIS Chronicles: Volume 1: Before the Time War was first published by Wonderful Books.
• 3 May - Mother, Maiden, Crone was first released by Obverse Books.
• 4 May - The Doctor Who Series 12 DVD boxset was first released by the BBC.
• 4 May - The Collection - Season 14 Blu-ray boxset was first released by the BBC.
• 5 May - Heritage 3 was first released by Big Finish.
• 6 May - Pompadour was first released online.
• 10 May - The Zygon Isolation was first released online.
• 11 May - How the Monk Got His Habit was first released online.
• 12 May - Shadow of the Sun was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 May - Scorched Earth was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 May - The audio reading of The King of Golden Death was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 14 May - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Six was first released by Big Finish.
• 15 May - UNIT: The Complete Series was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 May - The Descendants of Pompeii was released online.
• 20 May - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Iceberg was first released online.
• 20 May - Listen was first released online.
• 20 May - The audio reading of Scorched Earth was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 20 May - Fear Is a Superpower was first released online.
• 20 May - The fourth and last part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 21 May - The Third Alien Worlds Collection was first released by BBC Audio.
• 23 May - Doctors Assemble! was first released online.
• 23 May - Regeneration Impossible was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 May - DWM 552 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 28 May - The Thirteenth Doctor's Guide was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 30 May - The Secret of Novice Hame was first released online.

June

• June - VOR 136 was first published by Big Finish.
• June - The Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang was first published by Obverse Books.
• 1 June - The Lucy Wilson Mysteries anthology Lockdown was first released by Candy Jar Books.
• 3 June - The audio reading of Conundrum was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 7 June - The Best of Days was released online.
• 12 June - Dinner and a Show was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 June - Stranded 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 18 June - The Dalek Collection was first released by BBC Audio.
• 23 June - The Runaway Tardis was first released by Quirk Books.
• 24 June - I, Alastair was published by Candy Jar Books
• 24 June - A Bright White Crack was published by Arcbeatle Press.
• 25 June - DWM 553 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 30 June - Out of the Deep was first released by Big Finish.

July

• July - VOR 137 was first published by Big Finish.
• July - The Deadly Assassin was first published by Obverse Books.
• 8 July - Missy: Series Two was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 July - 8.46 was first released by Candy Jar Books.
• 23 July - DWM 554 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 23 July - The Robots: Volume Two was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 July - Knock! Knock! Who's There? was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 27 July - The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition was released on Region 2 DVD.
• 28 July - Downward Spiral was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 July - Back in London, Downtime: Child of the New World and The George Kostinen Mystery were first released by Candy Jar Books.
• 30 July - The Lovecraft Invasion was first released by Big Finish.
• 31 July - Time Apart was first released by Big Finish.

August

• August - The Awakening was first published by Obverse Books.
• 6 August - The audiobook reading of The Smugglers was first released by BBC Audio.
• 10 August - The Complete Series 6 was released in a steelbook box set.
• 10 August - The novelisation of Mindgame was first released by Telos Publishing.
• 12 August - Thin Time and Madquake were first released by Big Finish.
• 13 August - The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 August - 14681 UNIT Field Log was first released online.
• 18 August - 14682 UNIT Field Log was first released online.
• 19 August - The Torchwood audio story Red Base was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 19 August - 14683 UNIT Field Log was first released online.
• 20 August - DWM 555 was first released by Panini Comics
• 20 August - Parasite was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 20 August - 14684 UNIT Field Log was first released online.
• 26 August - Out of Time was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 August - These Stolen Hours was first released by Big Finish.
• 31 August - The first four series of the Bernice Summerfield audio series were made available as downloads for the first time on the Big Finish website.

September

• 2 September - Issue 1 of the Time Lord Victorious comic story Defender of the Daleks was first published by Titan Comics.
• 3 September - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021 was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 3 September - The audiobook reading of Enlightenment was first released by BBC Audio.
• 7 September - The Stones of Blood was first published by Obverse Books.
• 8 September - The Flying Dutchman and Displaced were first released by Big Finish.
• 9 September - Lost in Translation was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 September - Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. were made available to stream on the UK version of BritBox.
• 11 September - The limited-edition vinyl version of Marco Polo was first released by Demon Music.
• 14 September - Fury from the Deep was released on Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray.
• 16 September - The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Four was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 September - DWM 556 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 17 September - The audio anthology I, Davros: The Complete Series was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 September - The audio anthology The Second History Collection was first released by BBC Audio.
• 22 September - The Torchwood audio story Ex Machina was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 September - The vinyl version of 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men was released at selective Asda stores.
• 29 September - Her Own Bootstraps was first released by Big Finish.
• 30 September - DWMSE 55 was first published by Panini Comics.

October

• October - The Phantoms of Tusker Rock and Foreword to the Past were first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 October - The audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken and the audio version of The Web Planet were first released by BBC Audio.
• 1 October - The Knight, The Fool and The Dead was first released by BBC Books.
• 1 October - Arachnids in the UK was first published by Obverse Books.
• 3 October - The Iris Wildthyme anthology Christmassy Tales was first released by Obverse Books.
• 5 October - Mistress of Chaos was first released by Panini Comics.
• 6 October - The Meaning of Red was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 October - Master Thief and Lesser Evils were first released by Big Finish.
• 7 October - Part two of Defender of the Daleks was first released by Titan Comics.
• 13 October - The audio anthology Shadow of the Daleks 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 October - The graphic novel Tale of Two Time Lords: A Little Help from My Friends was first released by Titan Comics.
• 14 October - He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not was first released by Big Finish.
• 15 October - DWM 557 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 15 October - The Wintertime Paradox was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 17 October - Back to the Eleventh Hour: Revisiting the Matt Smith Years: Volume 1 - Series 5 was first released by Arcbeatle Press.
• 20 October - The Torchwood audio story The Three Monkeys was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 October - Heritage 4 was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 October - Hearts of Darkness was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 October - Down the Middle was first released by Arcbeatle Press.

November

• 2 November - Heroes & Villains! and The Peter Davison Years, part of The Doctors series, were first released on DVD.
• 4 November - Blue Boxes was first released by Big Finish.
• 5 November - The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Four was re-released by BBC Audio.
• 5 November - I Am The Master: Legends of the Renegade Time Lord and Adventures in Lockdown were first released by BBC Books.
• 5 November - Time Traveller's Diary was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 5 November - Listen to the voice of your Master! was released by Big Finish.
• 5 November - Daleks Destroy: The Secret Invasion & Other Stories was first released by BBC Audio.
• 6 November - The Night of the Doctor was first published by Obverse Books.
• 9 November - Time Lord Victorious: Road to the Dark Times was released on Blu-Ray.
• 9 November - Dalek Empire: Series I - II and Dalek Empire: Series III - IV were released by Big Finish.
• 9 November - The Daleks was first released by Panini Comics.
• 10 November - The audio anthology Shadow of the Daleks 2 was first released by Big Finish.
• 11 November - The Enemy of My Enemy was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 November - DWM 558 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 12 November - Wicked Sisters was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 November - The Archive of Islos was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 17 November - Time Lord Victorious was first released by Titan Comics.
• 18 November - Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue was first released by Big Finish.
• 18 November - The Sentinal of the Fifth Galaxy was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 18 November - The first part of Alternating Current was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 23 November - Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor was released online.
• 25 November - The Tenth Doctor and River Song was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 November - Planet of the Mechaniods was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.

December

• 2 December - The audio anthology The Christmas Collection was first released by Big Finish.
• 2 December - A Visit from Prof. Summerfield was first released on Big Finish's YouTube channel.
• 3 December - The Minds of Magnox was released by BBC Audio.
• 3 December - The Deadly Ally was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 8 December - Plight of the Pimpernel, The Grey Man of the Mountain and Crime at the Cinema were first released by Big Finish.
• 9 December - Mutually Assured Destruction was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 December - DWM 559 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 10 December - All Flesh is Grass was first released by BBC Books.
• 10 December - Genetics of the Daleks was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 December - Day of Reckoning was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 14 December - Series 7 was released in a Steelbook box set.
• 15 December - The Robots: Volume Three was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 December - DWMSE 56 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 16 December - The second part of Alternating Current was first published by Titan Publishing Group.
• 17 December - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Crown was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 December - Domination Game was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 20 December - Megabytes was released.
• 21 December - Incoming Transmission was first released online.
• 22 December - The Shattered Hourglass was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 December - The Jewels of Cleopatra was first published by Thebes Publishing.
• 24 December - The Lytton comic story Crime Like Politics is Always Personal was first released by Cutaway Comics.
• 24 December - The Day of the Doctor was first published by Obverse Books.
• 29 December - Free Speech was first released by Big Finish.