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2021 was a year in which a number of events important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs occurred.
January
- 1 January - The BBC announced the casting of John Bishop as new companion Dan Lewis.
- 5 and 7 January - Big Finish's audio anthology The Eleven was recorded remotely.
- 6 January - Big Finish's audio drama anthology The Stuff of Nightmares was recorded.
- 11, 12 and 18 January - The Big Finish audio anthology Respond to All Calls was recorded remotely.
- 18 January - Big Finish announced the fourteenth series of Jago & Litefoot, adapted as an audiobook anthology.
- 19 January - The BBC announced Titan Comics' comic strip series Missy.
- 21 January - The BBC announced the Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 24.
- 21 January - Big Finish announced the audio anthology The Eleven.
- 27 January - Recording for Big Finish's audio anthology Forty: Volume 1 was recorded remotely.
- 28-29 January - Big Finish's UNIT: Nemesis box set Between Two Worlds was recorded.
- 29 January - Recording for the Torchwood audio story Gooseberry was recorded remotely.
- 29 January - Big Finish announced the audiobook series The Audio Novels.
February
- 3 February - Big Finish announced the UNIT: The New Series audio series Nemesis.
- 11 February - Big Finish announced the seventh series of the audio series The Early Adventures.
- 11 and 18 February - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Escape from Reality was recorded.
- 15-19 February - The Big Finish audio story The God of Phantoms was recorded remotely.
- 22 February - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
- 22, 23 and 25 February - Big Finish's audio anthology Old Friends was recorded remotely.
- 23 February - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Madam, I'm was recorded remotely.
- 24 February - Big Finish's audio anthology The Stuff of Nightmares was recorded.
March
- 4 March - Big Finish announced an audio adaptation of the unproduced TV story Mind of the Hodiac.
- 8 March - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough was recorded remotely.
- 10 March - The BBC announced the steelbook of Series 8.
- 22 March - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight was recorded.
- 24 March - The BBC announced the reissues of The Collection: Season 12 and Season 19.
- 25 March - The BBC announced the two-part anthology The Essential Terrance Dicks.
- 25 March - Big Finish announced the audio story The God of Phantoms.
April
- 6-8 April - The Big Finish audio story The Auton Infinity was recorded remotely.
- 7 April - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Curios was recorded remotely by Mayfield Records and Will Wadham.
- 12, 14 and 19 April - The Big Finish audio story Watchers was recorded remotely.
- 13 April - The BBC announced the vinyl version of The Ice Warriors.
- 21, 28 and 29 April - Big Finish's audio anthology The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Eight was recorded.
- 23 April - Big Finish announced the Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Empire of Shadows.
- 26, 28 and 29 April - Big Finish's Torchwood Soho audio story Ashenden was recorded.
- 28 April - Big Finish announced the two-part Fifth Doctor Adventures audio anthology Forty.
- 29 April - Big Finish announced The Audio Novels audiobook Watchers.
May
- 4 and 6 May - 2021 - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Escape from Reality was recorded.
- 5 May - Big Finish's audio anthology Peladon was recorded.
- 13-14 May - Big Finish's Missy audio anthology Missy and the Monk was recorded remotely.
- 15 May - The BBC announced the audiobook anthology K9 Audio Annual.
- 19-21 May - Big Finish's The Doctor Chronicles audio anthology Timejacked! was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 24 May - The BBC announced the reissues of The Collection: Season 10 and Season 18.
June
- June - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Self-Defence was recorded.
- 3 June - Big Finish announced the audio anthology Peladon.
- 7 June - Big Finish's audiobook anthologies Short Trips: Volume 11 and Short Trips: Volume 12 were recorded.
- 8-10, 15 and 16 June - Big Finish's The Diary of River Song audio anthology New Recruit was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 9 June - Big Finish announced the Missy audio anthology Missy and the Monk.
- 11 June - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
- 19 June - The BBC announced the vinyl version of The Myth Makers.
- 21-23 June - Big Finish's audio anthology Water Worlds was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 29 June - Big Finish announced the Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter audio anthology Still Running.
July
- July - Big Finish's Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter audio anthology Still Running was recorded remotely.
- July - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Self-Defence was recorded.
- 1 July - The BBC announced the animated recreation of the missing episodes of The Evil of the Daleks, scheduled for release on 27 September.
- 7 July - Big Finish announced The Diary of River Song audio anthology New Recruit.
- 8 July - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Great Sontaran War was recorded at Southea Studios and remotely.
- 8 and 26 July - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Red List was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
- 13 July - Big Finish's Torchwood Soho audio story Ashenden was recorded.
- 13-14 July (plus additional pick-up dates) - Big Finish's audio anthology Stranded 3 was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
- 21 July - Big Finish announced the audio box set The Year of Martha Jones.
- 25 July - Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Chris Chibnall and Jacob Anderson attended the virtual San Diego Comic-Con to promote Series 13.
- 26 July - Big Finish announced the Torchwood Soho audio story Ashenden.
- 27 July - Big Finish announced the Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Great Sontaran War.
- 29 July - The BBC confirmed that Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall would be leaving Doctor Who after Series 13 and the 2022 Specials.
- 30 July - The audio commentary for Galaxy 4 was recorded.
August
- August - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Self-Defence was recorded.
- 3-5 August - The Big Finish audio story Emancipation of the Daleks was recorded remotely.
- 4 August - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Grey Mare was recorded at Southsea Studios and remotely.
- 4 August - Big Finish announced the seventh and eighth series of The War Master.
- 5 August - Big Finish announced The Doctor Chronicles audio anthology Timejacked!.
- 9 August - Big Finish announced the seventh series of the audio series The Lost Stories, confirming audio adaptations of the original storylines for The Ark in Space and Genesis of the Daleks.
- 12-13 August - Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unproduced TV story Mind of the Hodiac was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
- 26-27 August - Big Finish's The War Master audio anthology Escape from Reality was recorded.
September
- 2 September - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Sonny was recorded remotely.
- 6, 8 and 21-23 September - The Big Finish audio story The Annihilators was recorded at the Soundhouse and Audio Sorcery.
- 7-10 September - Big Finish's audio anthology Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress was recorded remotely.
- 9 September (plus additional, unspecified dates) - Big Finish's audio anthology Genesis was recorded.
- 13 September - Big Finish announced the second series of The Ninth Doctor Adventures[1].
- 14 September - Big Finish announced the casting of Ruth Madeley as the Sixth Doctor's companion Hebe Harrison.
- 15 September - The BBC announced the animated recreation of Galaxy 4.
- 16 September - The mystery series FindTheDoctor ended.
- 21-23 September - The Big Finish audio anthology Battlegrounds was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 23 September - Big Finish's audiobook anthologies Short Trips: Volume 11 and Short Trips: Volume 12 were recorded.
- 24 September - The BBC announced that Russell T Davies will succeed Chris Chibnall as showrunner from 2023 onwards.
October
- 8 and 12-13 October - Big Finish's audio anthology The Second Doctor: Volume Three was recorded remotely.
- 8 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Back to Earth was recorded.
- 9 October - Series 13 was confirmed to launch on 31 October, under the umbrella title Flux.
- 12 October - Big Finish announced the audio anthology Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress.
- 14 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Into the Stars was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 15 October - Big Finish's audiobook anthologies Short Trips: Volume 11 and Short Trips: Volume 12 were recorded.
- 16 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Protectors of Time was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 18 October - Big Finish's Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Infidel Places was recorded at PRL Studios.
- 22 and 27-29 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Blood & Steel was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 25, 27 and 29 October - Big Finish's audio anthology Silver and Ice was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 26 October - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story The Black Knight was recorded at the Soundhouse.
November
- 1-2 and 15 November - Big Finish's audio anthology Purity Undreamed was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 5 and 11 November - Big Finish's audio anthology Hidden Depths was recorded at the Soundhouse and remotely.
- 10 November - Big Finish announced details on the audio anthology Silver and Ice.
- 11, 17 and 18 November - The Big Finish audio anthology The Outlaws was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 11 November - Big Finish's audio anthology Into the Stars was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 12 November - Big Finish's Torchwood audio story War Chest was recorded.
- 15-17 November - Big Finish's UNIT: Brave New World audio anthology Seabird One was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 19 November - Big Finish's Short Trips audiobook The Lichyrwick Abomination was recorded at PRL Studios.
- 23 November - The BBC announced the animated recreation of The Abominable Snowmen.
- 23 November - Big Finish's audiobook anthology Short Trips: Volume 11 was recorded.
- 26 November - Big Finish announced the audiobook versions of the Bernice Summerfield novels The Weather on Versimmon and The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis.
- 29 November - Big Finish's Torchwood One audio anthology Nightmares was recorded at the Soundhouse.
- 30 November - Big Finish announced the cast and story details for the audio anthology Peladon.
December
- 5 December - The BBC announced the title for the New Year's Day special as Eve of the Daleks.
- 6-7 and 16-17 December - Big Finish's Gallifrey: War Room audio anthology Allegiance was recorded.
- 7 December - Big Finish announced the audio drama The Annihilators.
- 10 December - Big Finish announced details on The War Doctor Begins audio anthology Battlegrounds.
- 10 December - Big Finish announced that their licence to produce Doctor Who audio adventures had been extended until at least 2030.
- 13 December - Big Finish announced the winning entry of that year's Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity, a Ninth Doctor audiobook entitled The Lichyrwick Abomination.
- 13-14 December - Big Finish's Master! audio anthology Nemesis Express was recorded.
- 14-17 December - Big Finish's audio anthology Stranded 4 was recorded at PRL Studios.