2023 (releases)

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2023, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

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January

• 1 January - VOR 167 was first published by Big Finish.
• 1 January - The Many Doctors Collection was published by Titan Comics.
• 5 January - The Ice Kings and the audiobook version of The Romans were both first released by BBC Audio.
• 5 January - The Dead Star was first released by Big Finish Productions.
• 5 January - DWM 586 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 10 January - Double Part 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 January - Friend of the Family was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 January - CD version of Doctor Who - Series 13 - The Specials was released by Silva Screen Records.
• 15 January - A bundle of Curse of the Cyberons, The Weapon and the Warrior, and the bonus comic Before the Storm, was first released by BBV Productions.
• 18 January - Cass, the fifth anthology in the The Eighth Doctor: Time War series, was first released by Big Finish.
• 19 January - Doctor Who at the BBC: The Collection is released by BBC Audio.
• 24 January - Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 January - Defenders of Earth was released on YouTube.
• 26 January - Double Part 2 was first released by Big Finish.

February

• 1 February - VOR 168 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 February - DWM 587 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 2 February - The Renegades Collection and the audiobook version of The Seeds of Death were both first released by BBC Audio.
• 2 February - Short Trips: Volume 12 was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 February - Shades of Fear was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 February - The Black Archive reference book Flux was first released by Obverse Books.
• 13 February - Doctor Who: The Collection Season 24 was re-released as standard edition.
• 14 February - The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello was released by Big Finish.
• 16 February - The Demon Song was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 February - Doctor Who Chronicles - 1988 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 21 February - All of Time and Space was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 February - The Return of Jo Jones was first released by Big Finish.
• 24 February - Excelis Collected was re-released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 27 February - Enter Wildthyme was released by Big Finish as a digital download.

March

• 1 March - VOR 169 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 March - New Frontiers was first released by Big Finish.
• 2 March - DWM 588 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 8 March - Strange Chemistry was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 March - Lost in Time was launched worldwide.
• 14 March - Terror of the Master was reissued as a standalone download by Big Finish.
• 16 March - The audiobook version of The Time Monster was first released by BBC Audio.
• 16 March - DWMSE 63 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 20 March - The Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 9 was released by BBC Studios.
• 23 March - The Torchwood audio story Thirst Trap was first released by Big Finish.
• 29 March - Wildthyme Beyond! was released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 30 March - DWM 589 was first published by Panini Comics.

April

• 1 April - The reference book The Girl Who Died in the The Black Archive series was first published by Obverse Books.
• 1 April - VOR 170 was first published by Big Finish.
• 5 April - Conflicts of Interest and Gobbledegook were both first released by Big Finish.
• 6 April - The audiobook version of Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil was first released by BBC Audio.
• 13 April - The Robots: Volume Six was first released by Big Finish.
• 18 April - Launch Date was first released by Big Finish.
• 20 April - Beyond Bannerman Road was first released by Big Finish.
• 20 April - The Amazing World of Doctor Who was released by BBC Audio.
• 25 April - Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror was released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 27 April - DWM 590 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 29 April - Operation Fall-Out and Other Stories and The Benton Files 3 were both first published by Candy Jar Books.

May

• 3 May - Past Lives was first released by Big Finish.
• 4 May - The audiobook anthology The Alt Reality Collection and the audiobook version of Warriors of the Deep were released by BBC Audio.
• 10 May - Pioneers was first released by Big Finish.
• 11 May - Among Us 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 May - Comrades-in-Arms was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 May - Purity Unleashed and The Doctor and His Amazing Technicolour Nightmare Coat were both first released by Big Finish.
• 25 May - DWM 591 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 25 May - Daleks! Genesis of Terror was first released by Big Finish.

June

• 1 June - The audiobook version of The Nightmare Fair was released by BBC Audio.
• 1 June - VOR 172 was first published by Big Finish.
• 4 June - The reference book The Myth Makers was first published by Obverse Books.
• 6 June - Solitary Confinement was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 June - The Ark was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 June - Doctor Who Chronicles - 1963-64 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 14 June - The Artist at the End of Time was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 June - Angels and Demons was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 June - DWM 592 was released by Panini Comics.
• 27 June - Far from Home and Frozen Worlds were both first released by Big Finish.
• 29 June - Among Us 2 was first released by Big Finish.

July

• 3 July - VOR 173 was first published by Big Finish.
• 4 July - The universe's greatest assassin has just 24 hours to escape Death and find the Doctor - where will Doom's Day take her next? was released by the BBC on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
• 5 July - Prisoners of London was first released by Big Finish.
• 6 July - The audiobook version of Silver Nemesis was first released by BBC Audio.
• 12 July - Masters of Time was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 July - Come on TARDIS, let's go party was released online.
• 13 July - The novelisations of Kerblam!, Planet of the Ood, The Zygon Invasion, The Waters of Mars and the three-story novelisation Warriors' Gate and Beyond were all first released by Target Books and the audiobook readings for Planet of the Ood and The Waters of Mars were both first released by BBC Audio.
• 13 July- The Passenger was released on YouTube.
• 20 July - A Genius for War was first released by Big Finish.
• 20 July - DWM 593 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 25 July - James Robert McCrimmon was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 July - Doom’s Day #2 was first released by Titan Comics.
• 27 July - Among Us 3 was first released by Big Finish.

August

• 1 August - VOR 174 was first published by Big Finish.
• 3 August - The Teeth of Ice and the audiobook version of Kerblam! were first released by BBC Audio.
• 3 August - Travel in Hope was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 August - Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who by Paul Hayes was first released.
• 7 August - The reference book The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was first published by Obverse Books.
• 10 August - Sigil was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 August - Extraction Point was first released by BBC Books.
• 16 August - Two's Company was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 August - The Orphan Quartet was first released by Big Finish.
• 24 August - The Doom's Day anthology Four From Doom's Day was released by BBC Audio.
• 24 August - Josephine and the Argonauts was first published by BBC Books.
• 30 August - Purity Unbound was first released by Big Finish.

September

• 1 September - VOR 175 was first published by Big Finish.
• 1 September - Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection was released by Panini Comics.
• 5 September - In the Night was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 September - The Beast of Scar Hill and the audiobook version of The Zygon Invasion were first released by BBC Audio.
• 7 September - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 12 September - The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 was first released by Big Finish.
• 14 September - DWM 595 was released by Panini Comics.
• 14 September - The Torchwood audio story Dog Hop was first released by Big Finish.
• 15 September - Vinyl box set The Tom Baker Collection was released by Demon Music Group.
• 18 September - The Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 20 was first released by BBC Studios.
• 18 September - Redacted: Series 2 was first released on BBC Sounds.
• 19 September - Trapped was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 September - Dying Hours was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 September - Rebellion on Treasure Island was first published by BBC Books.
• 28 September - Gallifrey: War Room audio anthology Manoeuvres was first released by Big Finish.

October

• 1 October - The reference book The Edge of Destruction was first published by Obverse Books.
• 2 October - VOR 176 was first published by Big Finish.
• 3 October - Series 1 of The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller, a collection of the originally individually released stories from the first series in The Eighth Doctor Adventures.
• 5 October - The Third Monsters Collection and The Lagoon Monsters was released by BBC Audio.
• 5 October - Time Lord Immemorial was first released by Big Finish.
• 11 October - Intelligence for War was first released by Big Finish.
• 17 October - And Today, You was first released by Arcbeatle Press.
• 17 October - Rogues Gallery was first released by Big Finish.
• 19 October - The Torchwood audio story Odyssey was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 October - The Union was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 October - The Decades Collection of novels were all first released by Puffin Books.
• 26 October - The novelisation of The Evil of the Daleks and the audiobook reading were both first released by BBC Books and BBC Audio.
• 31 October - Faction Paradox website was brought back online and a number of entries in The Spiral Politic Database are released.
• 31 October - The Whoniverse ident was first released on social media platforms.

November

• 1 November - Tales of the TARDIS was first released on BBC iPlayer.
• 1 November - The Whoniverse channel was launched on BBC iPlayer.
• 1 November - VOR 177 was first published by Big Finish.
• 1 November - Talking Doctor Who and Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration were transmitted on BBC Four.
• 2 November - Audacity was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 November - The Torchwood audio story Oodunnit was released by Big Finish.
• 7 November - Once Upon a Time Lord was first released by Titan Comics.
• 8 November - Mission: Find Lilith ^[+]Loading...["Mission: Find Lilith (webcast)"] was first released.
• 9 November - DWM 597 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 9 November - The War Master audio anthology Rogue Encounters was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 November - The animated recreation of The Underwater Menace was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
• 15 November - The Art of the Audio Adventures was first published by Big Finish.
• 16 November - Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse was first published by BBC Books.
• 17 November - Destination: Skaro was broadcast on BBC One as part of the Children in Need telethon.
• 18 November - Doctor Who @ 60: The Classic Years and Doctor Who @ 60: The Modern Era were broadcast on BBC Radio Two.
• 21 November - Defender of the Earth was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 November - The Box of Terrors was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 November - The Daleks in Colour was first broadcast on BBC Four.
• 23 November - The graphic novel Liberation of the Daleks was first released by Titan Comics.
• 24 November - Revenge of the Cybermen and Time and the Rani were released by Silva Screen Records.
• 25 November - The Star Beast was first broadcast on BBC One, launching the RTD2 era.