1993

Events

• The Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield visit Oxford. (NA: The Dimension Riders)
• Joel Mintz is somehow transported to 1983. (NA: Return of the Living Dad)
• The Doctor and Ace arrive in Albert Square, London where a ploy by the Rani results in various incarnations of the Doctor and assorted companions experiencing time slipping between this year, 1973 and 2013. (DW: Dimensions in Time)

The Doctor claimed that he only imagined these events in a dream. (NA: First Frontier)

• The Doctor, Nyssa, and Tegan Jovanka go on holiday in Tasmania. They then leave for Manchester. (MA: Goth Opera)

June

• Between 25 and 27 - The Doctor, Bernice Summerfield, and Ace visit the Glastonbury Festival and meet an older and wiser Danny Pain. (NA: No Future)

July

• 14 - Ace and the Doctor meet at a cafe in Sydney, Australia. She is 37 years old. (NA: Set Piece)

Behind the scenes

January

• 3 - Dennis Tate, who played a Technix in DW: The Daleks' Master Plan dies in Los Angeles, California.
• 21 - David Blake Kelly, who played Captain Benjamin Briggs in DW: The Chase and Jacob Kewper in DW: The Smugglers, dies.
• 22 - Tommy Knight who plays Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and the Doctor Who episodes DW: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End is born in Chatham, Kent.

February

• 5 - Stuntman Tip Tipping, who appeared in several of the Sylvester McCoy stories, is killed in a parachuting accident while filming a segment of the BBC series 999.
• 15 - Dallas Cavell, who played various guest roles on Doctor Who, dies.
• 18 - NA: The Highest Science is first published.
  • Jacqueline Hill, who portrayed companion Barbara Wright and Tigellan high priestess Lexa in DW: Meglos, dies from cancer.

March

• 18 - NA: The Pit is first published.
  • Titan Books, under its Doctor Who: The Scripts line, publishes the script book for DW: The Power of the Daleks, predating the release of the novelisation later in the year.

April

• 15 - NA: Deceit is first published. Ace returns to the series with this novel.
  • The Mark of Mandragora, a Virgin Publishing graphic novel collecting several story arcs from Doctor Who Magazine, is first published.

May

• William Emms, who wrote DW: Galaxy Four, dies in Sussex, England.
• 02 - The Target Books line of Doctor Who novelisations marks its 20th anniversary, with three final books left to be published over the next year.
• 20 - NA: Lucifer Rising is first published.

June

• 07 - BBC Audio releases an audio recording of DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen. Initially intended to be part of a "Missing Stories" series of releases, the packaging was modified when the story was recovered prior to the release of the cassette.
• 09 - Doctor Who Magazine publishes its 200th issue.
• 11 - Bernard Bresslaw, known for his appearance as Varga in DW: The Ice Warriors, dies from a heart attack.
• 17 - NA: White Darkness is first published.
• 22 - Victor Maddern died.

July

• DWN: Doctor Who - The Power of the Daleks is first published. After a one-year hiatus, Virgin Publishing briefly revives the Target Books novelisation line with the first of what would be three "deluxe" novelisations. Unlike past Target Books releases, these would be longer works with higher word count and more complex than the novelisations of the past.
• 15 - DW: Shadowmind is first published.
• 29 - Doctor Who: The Scripts release of DW: Ghost Light first published. Last release in this series for a year.

August

• DWN: Doctor Who - The Evil of the Daleks first published, completing the adaptations of the Second Doctor era. This was the last novelisation of a televised story to be released under the Target Books banner (the final Target release would be based upon a radio play).
• 02 - BBC Audio releases an audio recording of DW: Fury from the Deep. Final release of this nature until 1999.
• 19 - NA: Birthright published. In an experimental move, Birthright and the following novel, NA: Iceberg, are said to occur at the same time. Birthright was one of the earliest examples of a "Doctor lite" story (a format used for occasional episodes of the TV series beginning in 2006), with the Doctor absent for much of the book; Iceberg reveals his activities during this story.
• 20 - Sydney Arnold, who played Perkins in DW: The Highlanders, dies.
• 27 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 1 was first broadcast on BBC Radio. This is the first made-for-radio Doctor Who adventure since BBCR: Slipback in 1985. Jon Pertwee returns as the Third Doctor, along with Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, all playing their roles for the first time since DW: The Five Doctors a decade earlier.

September

• Doctor Who Yearbook 1994 is published.
• Drabble Who is published. This was a charity publication featuring short pieces written by Doctor Who writers, cast, and fans.
• Evening's Empire, a Doctor Who Magazine comic strip arc that was abandoned in 1991 before it could be concluded, is published in graphic novel format as a special issue of Doctor Who Classic Comics.
• 03 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 2 is first broadcast on BBC Radio.
• 10 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 3 is first broadcast on BBC Radio.
• 12 - Harold Innocent dies.
• 16 - NA: Iceberg is first published, concluding the "duology" launched the previous month. David Banks becomes the second former Doctor Who actor (after Ian Marter) to write a Doctor Who novel.
  • REF: Doctor Who: The Sixties published in paperback.
• 17 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 4 is first broadcast on BBC Radio.
• 20 - Salvin Stewart, who was a Morok Guard and Messenger in DW The Space Museum, dies.
• 24 - BBCR: The Paradise of Death Episode 5 is first broadcast on BBC Radio.

October

• REF: Doctor Who: Timeframe is first published.
• 21 - NA: Blood Heat is first published. This is the first of a five-part Alternate Universe arc.
• 25 - Bernard Martin, who played a technician in DW: The Ambassadors of Death, dies.

November

• Jocelyn Birdsall dies.
• 5 - Michael Bilton, who played Charles de Teligny in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Collins in DW: Pyramids of Mars, and a Time Lord in DW: The Deadly Assassin, dies in Berkhamsted, England.
• 18 - DW: The Dimension Riders is first published.
  • REF: Doctor Who - The Handbook: The Sixth Doctor is first published.
• 20 - Doctor Who's 30th anniversary is marked with a cover appearance on the Radio Times. This is the show's first appearance on the cover in 10 years and one of the few occasions in which a series not currently being broadcast receives the cover treatment (although the cover promotes the upcoming Dimensions in Time).
• 23 - 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of Doctor Who.
• 26 and 27 - A two-part special episode, DW: Dimensions in Time, is broadcast to mark the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who. Presented as part of the Children in Need campaign, the episodes were produced in 3-D and featured all surviving Doctor actors (plus representations of the two deceased Doctors) and many surviving companions, as well. The special marked the final on-screen appearance of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, was the only Doctor Who story written by John Nathan Turner, and it was also Turner's final involvement with the franchise. Rejected as canon by Who fandom, the special was produced in lieu of an abandoned movie project, The Dark Dimension. The special episodes feature a new, sped-up arrangement of the Doctor Who theme, and use a variation of the opening credits sequence introduced in 1987, along with the series logo also from '87; it was the final on-screen use of both.

December

• 02 - NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird is first published.
• 22 - Henry McCarthy (Dr. Beavis in DW: Spearhead from Space) dies.
• 29 - Robert Lankesheer, who played the Chamberlain in DW: The Crusade, died.

Unknown dates

• Richard Mathews, who played Rassilon in DW: The Five Doctors died.