23 November (releases)

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On 23 November, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published. 23 November is most notable for being the de facto date for Doctor Who related anniversaries with the series first airing on this date.

• 1963 - "An Unearthly Child" was first broadcast at 5:16 p.m. on BBC tv. Doctor Who was born.
• 1964 - Part three of the comic story The Klepton Parasites was first published in the 676th issue of TV Comic.
• 1968
  • Episode four of The Invasion was first broadcast on BBC1.
  • Part four of the TV Comic story Ice Cap Terror was first published.
• 1974 - Part seven of the TV Comic story Lords of the Ether was first published.
• 1983 - The Five Doctors was first broadcast on PBS. It was broadcast in the UK two days later.
• 1987
  • Part one of Dragonfire was first broadcast on BBC1.
  • Encyclopedia of The Worlds of Doctor Who: A-D was first published by Piccadilly Press.
• 1988 - Part one of Silver Nemesis was first broadcast on BBC1.
• 1995 - DWM 233 was first released by Marvel Comics.
• 1996 - Part six of the Radio Times comic story Ascendance was first published.
• 2000 - Howe's Transcendental Toybox was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 2001
  • Time and Relative was first published by Telos Publishing.
  • The audio story Primeval was first released.
• 2002 - Foreign Devils was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 2003 - The second segment of Doctor Who @40 aired on UK Gold, along with part two of K9 presents.
• 2009 - The Judgment of Sutekh was first released by Magic Bullet Productions.
• 2013
  • The Day of the Doctor was first broadcast on BBC One and in theatres. In theatres, specially filmed cinema introductions preceded the showing. Immediately afterwards, Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty aired on BBC Three.
  • The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot premièred on BBC Red Button.
  • Norton's Regeneration was broadcast on BBC One.
• 2016 - Silenced was first released by Big Finish.
• 2017
  • The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume Two was first released by Big Finish.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 227 was released online.
  • Doctor Who Fluxx was first released by Looney Labs.
• 2018 - Space, Light, and Super Movers was released online.
• 2019 - The Shadowman was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 2020 - Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor was released online.
• 2021 - Lost Warriors was first released by Big Finish.
• 2022 - Hidden Depths was first released by Big Finish.
• 2023
  • The Box of Terrors was first released by Big Finish.
  • The Daleks in Colour was first broadcast on BBC Four.
  • A new version of An Adventure in Space and Time was broadcast on BBC Four.
  • The graphic novel Liberation of the Daleks was first released by Panini Comics.
  • The illustrated edition of Rose was first published by BBC Books.

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