1982

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Timeline for 1982
20th century | 1980s

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Events

April

July

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Behind the scenes

January

February

March

April

May

July

August

  • Doctor Who Annual 1983 was published.
  • K9 Annual 1983 was published, the first and only annual to be based upon the aborted K9 and Company spinoff.
  • 19 - DWN: Doctor Who and the Visitation was first published. First Fifth Doctor story novelisation was published. Beginning with this release, Target Books established the controversial practice of using photographic covers for stories featuring the Fifth Doctor, rather than commissioning artistic covers as had been the practices to this point. Artistic covers continued for adapations of previous Doctors' stories, however.

September

Fall

  • John Nathan-Turner received approval to produce a 90-minute 20th anniversary special Part for broadcast in 1983 and began feeling out the interest of Doctor Who actors, including Tom Baker. At the time, the special carried the working title The Six Doctors, and Robert Holmes was commissioned to write the script; he subsequently left the project and Terrance Dicks wrote the script.

October

November

December

Unknown dates

Footnotes