2021 (releases)

2021 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2021, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• 1 January
  • Revolution of the Daleks premiered on BBC One, followed immediately by Welcome to the TARDIS...
  • Resurrection of the Author was published by Goblin Studios.
  • VOR 143 was published by Big Finish Productions.
• 2 January - Masterful was released by Big Finish.
• 6 January - The audiobook of The Big Hunt was released by Big Finish.
• 7 January
  • DWM 560 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The audiobook of Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear was released by BBC Audio.
• 13 January - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Coffee was released by Big Finish.
• 14 January
  • Forgotten Lives was published by Obverse Books.
  • Doctor Who and Science: Essays on Ideas, Identities and Ideologies in the Series was published by McFarland.
• 19 January - Colony of Fear was released by Big Finish.
• 20 January - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 10: Volume 1 was released by Big Finish.
• 21 January
  • 24 Carat was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.
  • The Italian paperback edition of Time Trials: The Wolves of Winter was published by Titan Comics.
• 22 January
  • Hunky Dory was published on Amazon.
  • Kklak! - The Doctor Who Art of Chris Achilléos was published as a limited edition hardback by Candy Jar Books.
  • The soundtrack to The Edge of Time was released by Demon Records.
  • Stacey Facade was released on YouTube by BBV Productions.
• 25 January - Revolution of the Daleks was released on DVD and Blu-ray by the BBC.
• 26 January - The Science of Doctor Who: The Scientific Facts Behind the Time Warps and Space Travels of the Doctor was published by Skyhorse Publishing.
• 27 January
  • The Diary of River Song: Series Eight was released by Big Finish.
  • Into the Unknown was launched with the publication of Welcome Into the Unknown...
• 28 January - The Second Monsters Collection was released by BBC Audio.

February

• 2 February
  • The audiobook of The Tree of Life was released by Big Finish.
  • The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London was published on Into the Unknown.
• 4 February
  • Doctor Who and the Library of Time was published by BBC Books.
  • The Kairos Ring and the audiobook of The Savages were released by BBC Audio.
  • Time War: Volume Four was released by Big Finish.
  • Earthshock was published by Obverse Books.
  • Endless masquerading... was published on Into the Unknown.
  • DWM 561 was published by Panini Comics.
• 5 February - Manchester was released on YouTube by BBV Productions.
• 9 February - The Blazing Hour was released by Big Finish.
• 10 February
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 10: Volume 2 was released by Big Finish.
  • Doctor Who (2020) #4 was published by Titan Comics.
• 11 February - Wester Drumlins – can you help? was published on Into the Unknown.
• 12 February - Peckham Poltergeist was released on YouTube by BBV Productions.
• 14 February
  • The Genuine Article was released on the Doctor Who: Lockdown! YouTube channel.
  • Will you be the Master's valentine...? was released via the Big Finish Twitter account.
• 15 February - Life is strange... and precious., Alabama's Blue Box, and Don't link... Don't even link. were published on Into the Unknown.
• 16 February - Drive was released by Big Finish.
• 18 February - Dalek Combat Training Manual was published by BBC Books.
• 19 February
  • The vinyl version of Horror of Fang Rock was released by Demon Music Group.
  • Wester Drumlins, here we come... was published on Into the Unknown.
• 22 February - The Lady from the Sunflower Galaxy and The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins were published on Into the Unknown.
• 24 February - Doctor Who Chronicles - 1965 was published by Panini Comics.
• 25 February - Numbers Stations and Numbers stations... do they add up? were published on Into the Unknown.

March

• 1 March - Monolith... Monolith... Monolith! and A Warning to the Incurious were published on Into the Unknown.
• 4 March
  • DWM 562 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Ghost Town and Paper Moon were published by BBC Books.
  • Houses of Fear and Quick favour were published on Into the Unknown.
• 8 March - The Collection: Season 8 was released in a Blu-ray box set.
• 10 March
  • Stranded 2 was released by Big Finish.
  • The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos was published by Obverse Books.
• 11 March - The novelisations of Dalek, The TV Movie, The Witchfinders, The Crimson Horror and abridged versions of Resurrection of the Daleks, The Pirate Planet and Revelation of the Daleks were published by Target Books.
• 12 March - There's a storm coming: 19 March was published on Into the Unknown.
• 15 March - The Angels are Coming was published on Into the Unknown.
• 16 March - The End of the Beginning and Soul Music were released by Big Finish.
• 17 March - Return of the Cybermen and The Doomsday Contract were released by Big Finish.
• 18 March - The Voice of Many Angels was published on Into the Unknownn.
• 19 March
  • The Lonely Assassins was released by BBC Studios.
  • 2020: The Movie was broadcast during BBC One's Comic Relief night.
• 24 March - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Lease of Life was released by Big Finish.
• 30 March - Master! was released by Big Finish.

April

• 1 April
  • DWM 563 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Planet of Dust & Other Stories and the audiobook of Time-Flight were released by BBC Audio.
• 8 April - The Lone Centurion: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 13 April - The Dalek Protocol was released by Big Finish.
• 14 April
  • Dalek Universe 1 was released by Big Finish.
  • Missy #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 16 April - Echoes of Extinction was released by Big Finish.
• 19 April - Series 8 was released in a Steelbook Blu-ray box set.
• 21 April - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Gooseberry was released by Big Finish.
• 22 April - Why We Started Our Little Free Library... was published on Paul Magrs' blog Life on Magrs.
• 27 April - The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Five was released by Big Finish.
• 29 April - DWM 564 and DWMSE 57 were published by Panini Comics.

May

• 1 May - VOR 147 was published by Big Finish.
• 5 May - The audiobook of Fellowship of Ink was released by Big Finish.
• 6 May - The audiobook of Doctor Who and the Underworld and the re-issue of The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Five were released by BBC Audio.
• 11 May - Alternating Current was published by Titan Comics.
• 12 May - Missy #2 was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 May - Ravagers was released by Big Finish.
• 18 May - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Seven was released by Big Finish.
• 20 May - The Ruby's Curse was published by BBC Books.
• 21 May - The audiobook of 666 Charing Cross Road was released by Big Finish.
• 27 May - DWM 565 was published by Panini Comics.
• 31 May - The Collection Blu-ray box sets Season 12 and Season 19 were re-released as standard editions.

June

• June - Lytton 4 and Orcini were published by Cutaway Comics.
• 1 June
  • VOR 148 was published by Big Finish.
  • The Travers & Wells novel The City of Dr Moreau was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 2 June - The Gates of Hell was released by Big Finish.
• 3 June
  • The audiobook of Arc of Infinity and The Nightmare Realm were released by BBC Audio.
  • The paperback edition of Now We Are Six Hundred was published by BBC Books.
• 6 June - The Faction Paradox audio story Eternal Escape was released by BBV Productions.
• 8 June - The Robots: Volume Four was released by Big Finish.
• 10 June - The Wonderful Doctor of Oz and Legends of Camelot were published by BBC Children's Books.
• 13 June - The vinyl version of The Ice Warriors was released by Demon Music Group.
• 16 June
  • Doctor Who Chronicles - 1975 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Missy #3 was published by Titan Comics.
• 21 June - The Hand of Fear was published by Obverse Books.
• 22 June - Forged in Fire was released by Big Finish.
• 24 June
  • The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 566 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Call Me Ishmael was released by BBV Productions.
• 28 June - The Collection: Season 24 was released in a Blu-ray box set.
• 29 June - Jago & Litefoot: Series Fourteen was released by Big Finish Productions.

July

• 1 July
  • The Second Master Collection and the audiobook of Meglos were released by BBC Audio.
  • VOR 149 was published by Big Finish.
  • The Age of Chaos was published by Panini Comics.
• 2 July - Scourge of the Cybermen was released by Big Finish Productions.
• 5 July
  • The Collection: Season 10 and Season 18 were re-issued as standard box sets.
  • The P.R.O.B.E. minisode Ichor was released by BBV Productions.
• 6 July - The P.R.O.B.E. minisode Fog was released by BBV Productions.
• 7 July - The P.R.O.B.E. minisode Lauren Anderson was released by BBV Productions.
• 8 July
  • Lady Christina: Series Two was released by Big Finish.
  • The P.R.O.B.E. minisode Living Fiction was released by BBV Productions.
• 14 July - Dalek Universe 2 was released by Big Finish.
• 22 July - DWM 567 was published by Panini Comics.
• 24 July - The Healer's Sin was released by BBV Productions.
• 27 July - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Madam, I'm was released by Big Finish.
• 28 July - Missy #4 was published by Titan Comics.
• 30 July
  • The Roleplaying Game: Second Edition was published by Cubicle Seven.
  • Dalek was published by Obverse Books.

August

• 1 August - VOR 150 was published by Big Finish.
• 4 August - The War Master audio anthology Killing Time was released by Big Finish.
• 5 August
  • Bessie Come Home and the audiobook of The Wheel in Space were released by BBC Audio.
  • DWMSE 58 was published by Panini Comics.
• 9 August - Lockdown: The Doctor Who Fans' Survival Guide was released by Time Travel TV.
• 11 August - Respond to All Calls was released by Big Finish.
• 12 August - The Einstein Engine, a free adventure for The Roleplaying Game: Second Edition, was published by Cubicle Seven.
• 16 August - The Web of Fear: Special Edition was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook.
• 17 August - After the Daleks and The Secrets of Det-Sen were released by Big Finish.
• 19 August
  • The God of Phantoms was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 568 was published by Panini Comics.
• 24 August - The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Empire of Shadows was released by Big Finish.
• 27 August - The vinyl version of The Myth Makers was released by Demon Records.

September

• 2 September
  • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2022 was published by BBC Children's Books.
  • Doctor Who: Atlas was published by BBC Books.
  • The TV Episodes - Collection Six was re-released by BBC Audio.
  • The Eleven was released by Big Finish.
• 8 September - The Lost Resort and Other Stories was released by Big Finish.
• 9 September - The Benton Files was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 14 September - Curios was released by Big Finish.
• 16 September
  • DWM 569 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• 22 September - Missy and the Monk was released by Big Finish.
• 27 September - The Evil of the Daleks was released on Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray.
• 30 September - Doctor Who Chronicles - 1983 was published by Panini Comics.

October

• 1 October - Me & My Ghost was released by BBV Productions.
• 4 October
  • The Collection: Season 23 was re-released as a Standard Edition Blu-ray box set.
  • The P.R.O.B.E. audiobook Broken Bonds was released by BBV Productions.
• 7 October
  • The Ashes of Eternity and the audiobook of Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll were released by BBC Audio.
  • The audiobook of The Two Jasons and an audio reading of the short story Sex Secrets of the Robot Replicants were released by Big Finish.
  • Risen was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 9 October
  • The Flux is Coming... was released on BBC One and the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.
  • Invasion of the Dinosaurs was published by Obverse Books.
• 13 October
  • Dalek Universe 3 was released by Big Finish.
  • The Master Plan was published by Titan Comics.
• 14 October
  • DWM 570 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Wintertime Paradox was reissued by BBC Books, containing a bonus story from the Time Lord Victorious series.
  • The Edge of Reality was released by Maze Theory.
• 19 October
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight was released by Big Finish.
  • Paradise Towers: Paradise Found #1 was published by Cutaway Comics.
• 20 October - The Confession of Brother Signet was released by BBV Productions.
• 21 October - Ashenden was released by Big Finish.
• 22 October - The Great Sontaran War was released by Big Finish.
• 27 October - New Recruit was released by Big Finish.
• 31 October - The Halloween Apocalypse premiered on BBC One, launching Doctor Who: Flux.

November

• 3 November - Timejacked! was released by Big Finish.
• 4 November - K9 Audio Annual and The Time Travel Collection were released by BBC Audio.
• 7 November - War of the Sontarans premiered on BBC One.
• 11 November
  • DWM 571 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter audio anthology Still Running was released by Big Finish.
• 14 November - Once, Upon Time premiered on BBC One.
• 15 November - The animated recreation of Galaxy 4 was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook.
• 16 November - Between Two Worlds was released by Big Finish.
• 17 November - Empire of the Wolf #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 November - The Red List was released by Big Finish.
• 21 November - Village of the Angels premiered on BBC One.
• 23 November - Lost Warriors was released by Big Finish.
• 25 November
  • The Edge of Reality was released on Nintendo Switch.
  • Build High for Happiness was published by Obverse Books.
• 26 November - The Haunting of Villa Diodati was published by Obverse Books.
• 28 November - Survivors of the Flux premiered on BBC One.
• 30 November - The Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Collection 3 was published by Candy Jar Books.

December

• 2 December
  • Twelfth Doctor Tales was released by BBC Audio.
  • Stranded 3 was released by Big Finish.
• 5 December - The Vanquishers premiered on BBC One, concluding Doctor Who: Flux.
• 8 December - Warbringer was released by Big Finish.
• 9 December
  • The audiobook of The Underwater Menace was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWM 572 was published by Panini Comics.
• 14 December - The Grey Mare was released by Big Finish.
• 16 December - The Year of Martha Jones was released by Big Finish.
• 20 December - The Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 17 was released by BBC Studios.
• 23 December - The animated versions of The Faceless Ones and Fury from the Deep, as well as Episode 2 of The Evil of the Daleks and The Abominable Snowmen, were released on BritBox.
• 29 December - The Lichyrwick Abomination was released by Big Finish.
• 30 December - DWMSE 59 was published by Panini Comics.

Unknown dates

• Around January - Doctor Who (2020) #3 was published by Titan Comics.
• Around December - Empire of the Wolf #2 was published by Titan Comics.