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, Amy and Rory hadn't seen the Doctor in two months when the episode began)
February - April
- Amy was abducted to Demons Run in the future 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 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 Doctor and Amy Pond landed in Manchester where they encountered the Alifabe. (DWAM: Sky Scraper)
Behind the scenes
Events
- NOTE: This section includes announced and surmised events in the future; dates, events, and titles are subject to change.
- Broadcast of the 6th series of the revived Doctor Who is scheduled for broadcast.[1]
- According to an announcement made in February 2010, IDW Publishing's Doctor Who Ongoing comic book is expected to begin featuring the Eleventh Doctor in early 2011.
- According to the BBC's announcement of 4 March 2010, a 5th series of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be produced in 2011.[2]
January
- BFA: The Crimes of Thomas Brewster released.
- BFA: Prisoner of the Sun released.
- CC: Peri and the Piscon Paradox 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[3]
- 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.
- 18 - DW: Planet of the Spiders released on Region 2 DVD.
- 19 - Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) dies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 28: TW: Dead of Night scheduled to air in the UK.
- 29: TW: Escape to L.A. scheduled to air in the US.
August
- BFA: Recorded Time and Other Stories scheduled for release.
- CC: The Rocket Man scheduled for release.
- 01: DW: The Sun Makers scheduled for release on Region 2 DVD.
- 04: TW: Escape to L.A. scheduled to air in the UK.
- 04: Doctor Who - Series 6, Part 1 scheduled for release on Region 4 DVD.
- 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.
- 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.
- 22 - Fifth anniversary of the debut of Torchwood.
December
- The broadcast of the 7th Christmas Special.[4]