2023 (production)

2023 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

2023 was a year in which a number of events important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs occurred.

January

• 23-24 January - Big Finish's audio anthology Buried Threats was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 26 January - Big Finish announced Strange Chemistry, the third audio anthology of The Eighth of March audio series. The first story was confirmed as a Fourth Doctor and Leela story entitled A Ghost of Alchemy.
• 30 January
  • Big Finish announced the return of Michelle Gomez and Caitlin Blackwood as Missy and the younger Amelia Pond respectively for Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden, the second story of the audio anthology Strange Chemistry.
  • The Big Finish audio story Prisoners of London was recorded at Audio Sorcery.

February

• 1 and 3 February - The Big Finish audio story Prisoners of London was recorded at Audio Sorcery.
• 10 February - Big Finish's UNIT: Nemesis audio anthology Masters of Time was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 15-17 February - Big Finish's audio anthology Everywhere and Anywhere was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 20-22 February - Big Finish's Master! audio anthology Planet Doom was recorded at the Soundhouse and Private Island LA.

March

• 7, 8 and 10 March - The Big Finish audio anthology Far from Home was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 13-15 March - The Big Finish audio story Intelligence for War was recorded at Audio Sorcery.
• 27-29 March - Big Finish's audio anthology Audacity was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 29 March - Big Finish's The Diary of River Song audio anthology The Orphan Quartet was recorded at the Soundhouse.

April

• 3-5 and 11 April - Big Finish's audio anthology Audacity was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 3-5 and 11 April - Big Finish's audio anthology In the Bleak Midwinter was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
• 3-5 April - The Big Finish audio story The Box of Terrors was recorded at Ladbroke Audio.
• 11-14 April - Big Finish's The Diary of River Song audio anthology The Orphan Quartet was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 18 April - The Children in Need mini-episode Destination: Skaro was recorded. (DCOM: Doctor Who: Unleashed)

May

• 2-4 May - Big Finish's audio anthology James Robert McCrimmon was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 3 May - The Big Finish audio story The Battle of Giant's Causeway was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 10 May - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Odyssey was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 17 May - The Big Finish audio story The Children of the Future was recorded at the Soundhouse.

June

• 9 June - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story Poppet was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 12-14 and 16 June - Big Finish's Doom's Day audio anthology Dying Hours was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 26-28 June - Big Finish's audio anthology Enemy Mine was recorded at the Soundhouse.

July

• 4 July - Big Finish's Doom's Day audio anthology Dying Hours was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 11-12, 14 and 17-19 July - Big Finish's audio anthology The Last Day 1 was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 26-28 July - Big Finish's audio anthology Victory of the Doctor was recorded.

August

• 2 August - Big Finish's audio anthology Victory of the Doctor was recorded.
• 8-10 August - The Big Finish audio story Fugitive of the Daleks was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 10 August - The Big Finish audio story Broken Hearts was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 21-23 August - The Big Finish audio story Revolution in Space was recorded at the Soundhouse.
• 24 August - Big Finish's audio anthology The Last Day 1 was recorded at the Soundhouse.

September

• 25-30 September - Tales from the TARDIS was filmed at Wolf Studios, one episode per day. (DWM 601)
• 27 September - Doctor Who: Unleashed was announced.

October

• 23 October - Series 15 started filming.
• 26-27 October - The Big Finish audio story The Hoxteth Time Capsule was recorded remotely.

November

• 4 November - The #DoctorDonnathon event took place at the Genesis Chamber.
• 22 November - Big Finish announced the Master! audio anthology Planet Doom.
• 27 November - Big Finish announced the Sontarans vs Rutans audio series.

December

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