2011
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Events
February
- The Eleventh Doctor dropped off Amy Pond and Rory Williams for a while and they took up residence in a house. (DW: The Impossible Astronaut)
February - April
- Amy was abducted to Demons Run in the 52nd or 51st century by Madame Kovarian and the Headless Monks so that her child could be used as a weapon against the Doctor after it was born. She was replaced by a ganger avatar of herself so that no one suspected anything. (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)
April
- 22: An 1103 year-old version of the Eleventh Doctor recruited via numbered envelopes, a 909 year-old version of himself (1), River Song (2), Amy Pond and Rory Williams (3), and Canton Delaware (4). All except the 909 year-old Doctor arrived in Utah and met up with the Doctor. An astronaut appeared and killed the Doctor at 4:30pm MDT. After cremating him, River, Amy and Rory went to a diner where they encountered his 909 year-old self. They left in The Doctor's TARDIS to the Oval Office in 1969. (DW: The Impossible Astronaut)
July
- Doris Lethbridge-Stewart died in a boating accident. (EDA: The Shadows of Avalon)
Unknown dates
- Chloe Webber's father died. (DW: Fear Her)
- The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond landed in Manchester where they encountered the Alifabe. (DWAM: Sky Scraper)
- The Miracle occured. Oswald Danes survived his execution. Rex Matheson was impaled and sent to City General Hospital. He and Esther Drummond investigated Torchwood. Captain Jack Harkness returned to Earth. Jack wiped out all records of Torchwood. Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams went out of hiding after Geraint Cooper suffered a heart attack. Rex arrived in Wales to take Gwen and Jack, identified as Torchwood, to America. (TW: The New World)
- Dr. Vera Juarez was invited to a conference in Washington, D.C. to look into the effects of the Miracle. Jack Harkness, having been made mortal after Miracle Day was poisoned, but Gwen and Rex almost tear the plane they're on board apart to counteract the poison. Esther and Rex had the CIA turn against them. Oswald went on television, apparently feeling regret about his murder and rape of Susie Cabina. (TW: Rendition)
- Oswald Danes decided to accept Jilly Kitzinger as his public relations woman and promoted the idea of free healthcare following Miracle Day. Esther and Rex have been forced to join Torchwood, and with the help of Dr. Juarez, looked into what PhiCorp were doing after discovering a stockpile of drugs pre-dating Miracle Day. Jack confronted Oswald Danes, but Oswald ambushed him. (TW: Dead of Night)
- Torchwood left for Los Angeles to discover more insight into PhiCorp. Oswald Danes met a new rival in Ellis Hartley Monroe, who was suddenly crushed into a car by "The Families". Gwen Cooper and Jack Harkness infiltrated a PhiCorp headquarters for sensitive information, but were nearly stopped by The Gentleman, before Rex shot him. In Wales, Geraint was taken away from the hospital to an overflow camp. (TW: Escape to LA)
- Various world governments implemented the categories of life. Gwen tried to rescue her father Geraint in Cowbridge Overflow Camp, but he suffered another heart attack and became category 1. Dr. Juarez, learning of this, joined Torchwood. She and Rex looked into San Pedro Overflow Camp. After discovering the horrible conditions there, Dr. Juarez was thrown into a Module by Colin Maloney to be incinerated alongside the category 1s, so she couldn't speak up. Oswald's standing was raised further at the Miracle Rally in Los Angeles. (TW: The Categories of Life)
- Maloney sent San Pedro Camp into lockdown while attempting to cover up his murder of Dr. Juarez. Jack spoke to senior PhiCorp member Stuart Owens about the Miracle, but Owens pointed out that he was also trying to find answers, figuring that someone was playing the system and that his agents traced the phrase "The Blessing". Maloney's associate Ralph, unable to cope from the madness, shot him. Gwen rescued Geraint from being incinerated in Cowbridge, destroying the facility in the process and breaking the coverup of the Modules, but as she arrived back in California, she learnt that Rhys, Geraint and her mother and daughter had been taken. (TW: The Middle Men)
Behind the scenes
Events
- NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.
January
- First release of the 2011 series of IDW Publishing's Doctor Who Ongoing comic book, featuring the adventures of the Eleventh Doctor.
- BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster released.
- BFA: Prisoner of the Sun released.
- CC: Peri and the Piscon Paradox released.
- The second series of Jago and Litefoot is released.
- 10: anniversary of the return of Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in the Big Finish Productions audio drama series.
- 10: DW: Meglos released on Region 2 DVD.
- 11: Production begins on the Fourth Series of Torchwood in LA[1]
- 24: DW: A Christmas Carol released on Region 2 DVD. The set also contains Doctor Who at the Proms (2010).
- 31: DW: The Mutants released on Region 2 DVD.
February
- BFA: The Feast of Axos released, the first of a two-part story to be concluded with To the Death..
- BFA: Lucie Miller released.
- CC: The Perpetual Bond released.
- 14: DW: The Ark released on Region 2 DVD.
- 22: Nicholas Courtney (Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart) died.
- 28: Short Trips: Volume 2 released, again containing one story for each of the first Eight doctors.
March
- Release of Short Trips: Volume 3.
- BFA: Industrial Evolution released.
- CC: The Forbidden Time released.
- BFA: To the Death released, the sequel to last month's The Feast of Axos, and the final episode of the fourth series of The New Eighth Doctor Adventures.
- 07: DW: Kinda and Snakedance released on Region 2 DVD in the Mara Tales box set.
- 18: First broadcast of DW: Space and Time, two 2011 Comic Relief specials (comprising one story) written by Steven Moffat, and the first televised story to have no settings other than the TARDIS since DW: The Edge of Destruction (although technically Amy's Choice also took place entirely inside the ship.).
- 28: Release of second Revisitations DVD box set, comprising new editions of stories that were released early in the range and containing new special features. This release includes Carnival of Monsters, Resurrection of the Daleks and The Seeds of Death.
April
- BFA: Heroes of Sontar released.
- The Lost Stories: Thin Ice released.
- CC: The Sentinels of the New Dawn released.
- The Minister of Chance series begins with MC: The Pointed Hand
- 18: DW: Planet of the Spiders released on Region 2 DVD.
- 19: Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) dies of cancer.
- 23: DW: The Impossible Astronaut first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America, launching Series 6 of Doctor Who.
- 30: DW: Day of the Moon first broadcast.
May
- BFA: Kiss of Death released.
- CC: Ferril's Folly released.
- 07: DW: The Curse of the Black Spot first broadcast.
- 09: DW: Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons released on Region 2 DVD as part of the Mannequin Mania' box set.
- 14: DW: The Doctor's Wife first broadcast.
- 21: DW: The Rebel Flesh first broadcast.
- 28: DW: The Almost People first broadcast.
- 30: DW: Frontios released on Region 2 DVD.
- 31: The Lost Stories: Crime of the Century released.
June
- BFA: Rat Trap released.
- The Lost Stories: Animal released.
- CC: The Cold Equations, the last of the range's fifth series, released.
- The third series of Jago and Litefoot is released.
- 04: DW: A Good Man Goes to War broadcast. After this episode, Series 6 is scheduled to go on hiatus until later in the year, marking the longest mid-season hiatus in the series' history.
- 07: The BBC announces that they have commissioned a 2011 Christmas special, as well as Series 7, with Matt Smith remaining in the role of the Eleventh Doctor. Piers Wenger, however, will step down as Executive Producer and leave the BBC altogether.
- 15: The BBC, through BBC One controller Danny Cohen, confirms that the recently commissioned Series 7 will air over two years - 2012 and 2013 - although exact dates, and the consequences for the series, remain unknown.
- 20: DW: The Gunfighters and The Awakening are released on Region 2 DVD, compiled as the Earth Story box set. The release of The Awakening means that the entire Fifth Doctor era is on DVD.
July
- BFA: Robophobia released.
- The Lost Stories: Earth Aid released.
- CC: Tales from the Vault released.
- 8: The New World, the first episode of Series 4 of Torchwood (known as Miracle Day) first broadcast in the US, on cable network Starz.
- 11: Doctor Who - Series 6, Part 1 released on Region 2 DVD.
- 14: Torchwood: Miracle Day premiered in the UK, with the broadcast of the first episode, The New World.
- 15: TW: Rendition, first broadcast in the US.
- 18: DW: Paradise Towers released on Region 2 DVD.
- 19: Doctor Who - Series 6, Part 1 released on Region 1 DVD.
- 21: TW: Rendition first broadcast in the UK.
- 22: TW: Dead of Night first broadcast in the US.
- 24: Interviewed at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Karen Gillan confirms she will return for an unstated number of episodes in series 7.
- 28: TW: Dead of Night first broadcast in the UK.
- 29: TW: Escape to LA first broadcast in the US.
August
- BFA: Recorded Time and Other Stories scheduled for release.
- CC: The Rocket Men scheduled for release.
- 01: DW: The Sun Makers released on Region 2 DVD.
- 04: TW: Escape to LA first broadcast in the UK.
- 04: Doctor Who - Series 6, Part 1 released on Region 4 DVD.
- 05: TW: The Categories of Life first broadcast in the US.
- 11: TW: The Categories of Life first broadcast in the UK.
- 12: TW: The Middle Men first broadcast in the US.
- 18: TW: The Middle Men scheduled to air in the UK.
- 19: TW: Immortal Sins scheduled to air in the US.
- 25: TW: Immortal Sins scheduled to air in the UK.
- 26: TW: End of the Road scheduled to air in the US.
- 27: DW: Let's Kill Hitler scheduled to air in the UK and US, beginning the second half of the sixth series.
- 31: Short Trips: Volume 4 scheduled for release.
September
- BFA: The Doomsday Quatrain scheduled for release.
- BFA: House of Blue Fire scheduled for release.
- CC: The Memory Cheats scheduled for release.
- 1: TW: End of the Road scheduled to air in the UK.
- 2: TW: The Gathering scheduled to air in the US.
- 8: TW: The Gathering scheduled to air in the UK.
- 9: TW: The Blood Line scheduled to air in the US, ending the show's fourth series.
- 15: TW: The Blood Line scheduled to air in the UK.
- 13: DW: Day of the Daleks scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
October
- Anticipated premiere of Series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. These will be the final six episodes, due to the death of Elisabeth Sladen.
- BFA: The Silver Turk scheduled for release.
- The Lost Stories: The Elite scheduled for release.
- CC: The Many Deaths of Jo Grant scheduled for release.
- 3: DW: Colony in Space scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD
- 22: Fifth anniversary of the debut of Torchwood.
- 31: Series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
November
- BFA: The Witch from the Well scheduled for release.
- The Lost Stories: Hexagora scheduled for release.
- CC: The First Wave scheduled for release.
- 14: Torchwood: Miracle Day scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
December
- BFA: Army of Death scheduled for release.
- The Lost Stories: The Children of Seth scheduled for release.
- CC: Beyond the Ultimate Adventure scheduled for release.
- 25: The broadcast date of the 2011 Christmas Special for Doctor Who.[2]