2016 (releases)

2016 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2016, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• 1 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 153 was released online.
• 4 January - Doctor Who - Series 9 Part 2 was released on DVD.
• 6 January - The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #1 and The Tenth Doctor Year Two #4 were published by Titan Comics.
• 7 January
  • The audiobooks of Doctor Who and the State of Decay and The Witch Hunters were released by BBC Audio.
  • DWM 495 and DWA15 10 were published by Panini Comics.
• 11 January - The Waters of Amsterdam was released by Big Finish Productions.
• 12 January - Wave of Destruction was released by Big Finish.
• 13 January
  • The Isos Network was released by Big Finish.
  • The Eighth Doctor #3 was published by Titan Comics.
  • Truth or Consequences was published on the Doctor Who Facebook page.
• 14 January
  • The Churchill Years: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #2 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 63 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 15 January - The Roundheads was published as a special edition by BBC Books.
• 18 January
  • Into the Unknown was published by Thebes Publishing.
  • Uncanny Valley was released by Big Finish.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 154 was released online.
• 19 January - The Doctor Who Fun Pack for LEGO Dimensions was released.
• 20 January - Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time was published by Titan Comics.
• 22 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 155 was released online.
• 25 January - The Husbands of River Song was released on Blu-ray and DVD.
• 27 January
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #5 and The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #5 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 5 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 28 January
  • Gardens of the Dead was released by Big Finish.
  • Doctor, Doctor, Doctor was released.
  • Doctor Who Comic #2.5 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 64 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 29 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 156 was released online.

February

• 4 February
  • The Space Museum audiobook was released by BBC Physical Audio.
  • Rain of Terror and Terrible Lizards were re-released on Kindle.
  • DWM 496 and DWA15 11 were published by Panini Comics.
• 5 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 157 was released online.
• 9 February - Four Doctors was published by Titan Comics.
• 10 February
  • More Than This was released by Big Finish.
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #6, The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #2, and Tales from the TARDIS #3 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 48 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 11 February
  • The Legends of River Song was published by BBC Books.
  • DWFC 65 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 17 February
  • Aquitaine was released by Big Finish.
  • The Eighth Doctor #4 was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 February - The Labyrinth of Buda Castle was released by Big Finish.
• 19 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 158 was released online.
• 22 February - Infernal Devices was released by Big Finish.
• 24 February
  • The first TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
  • TCH 45 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 25 February
  • Prime Winner was released by Big Finish.
  • DWFC 66 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 26 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 159 was released online.

March

• 1 March - Rose, The Massacre, The Ambassadors of Death and Dark Water / Death in Heaven were published by Obverse Books.
• 2 March - Weapons of Past Destruction and The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #6 were published by Titan Comics.
• 3 March
  • Doom Coalition 2 was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 497 and DWA15 12 were published by Panini Comics.
  • The audiobooks of Death to the Daleks and The Shadow in the Glass were released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 4 March - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 160 was released online.
• 7 March - The Forgotten Son was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 9 March
  • Hyperion and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #3 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 26 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 10 March
  • The Victorian Age was released by Big Finish.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #4 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 67 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 11 March - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 161 was released online.
• 14 March - Prime Imperative and Home were published by Thebes Publishing.
• 15 March
  • The Peterloo Massacre and The Horror at Bletchington Station were released by Big Finish.
  • Life on Mars on Mars was published online by Thebes Publishing.
• 16 March
  • The Paradox Planet was released by Big Finish.
  • The Eighth Doctor #5 was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 March - A Stitch in Time was released in Doctor Who: Comic Creator.
• 23 March
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #7, The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #7, and The Fourth Doctor #1 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 56 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 24 March
  • Washington Burns was released by Big Finish.
  • DWFC 68 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 25 March - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 162 was released online.
• 31 March - DWM 498 and DWA15 13 were published by Panini Comics.

April

• 1 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 163 was released online.
• 2 April - Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who was published by Obverse Books.
• 5 April - Zone 10 was released by Big Finish.
• 6 April
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #8 and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #4 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 20 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 7 April
  • The Memory of Winter and the audiobooks of The Invasion and Amorality Tale were released by BBC Physical Audio.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #5 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 69 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 8 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 164 was released online.
• 12 April
  • And You Will Obey Me was released by Big Finish.
  • The HAVOC Files was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • The Silurian Age was published by Cubicle Seven.
• 13 April
  • Legacy of Death was released by Big Finish.
  • The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 14 April
  • Nightshade was released by Big Finish.
  • DWMSE 43 was published by Panini Comics.
• 15 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 165 was released online.
• 19 April - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 20 April
  • The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #8 and The Fourth Doctor #2 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 67 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 21 April
  • The Curse of the Fugue was released by Big Finish.
  • DWFC 70 and DWFC RD 6 were published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 22 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 166 was released online.
• 23 April - Friend from the Future premiered during Match of the Day.
• 27 April - Night of the Kraken was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 28 April
  • Jago & Litefoot: Series Eleven was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 499 and DWA15 14 were published by Panini Comics.
• 29 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 167 was released online.
• 30 April - Keep Counting was released.

May

• 2 May - Image of the Fendahl was published by Obverse Books.
• 3 May
  • Ghost Mission was released by Big Finish.
  • The audiobook of The Schizoid Earth was released by Fantom Audio.
• 4 May
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #9 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 40 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 5 May
  • The King's Demons and Shakedown were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #6 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 71 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 7 May
  • Free Comic Book Day 2016 was published by Titan Comics.
  • The Lock-In was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 9 May - Vampire of the Mind was released by Big Finish.
• 10 May - Gallery of Ghouls was released by Big Finish.
• 11 May
  • The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #5 was published by Titan Comics.
  • The Tenth Doctor Sourcebook was published by Cubicle Seven.
• 12 May - In the Blood was published by BBC Books.
• 16 May - The Tenth Doctor Adventures: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 17 May
  • The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 2 was published by Titan Comics.
  • Moon Blink was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 18 May
  • The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #9 and A Matter of Life and Death were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 30 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 23 May - Top Trumps (pack 9) was released by Winning Moves UK Ltd.
• 24 May
  • Enemy Lines was released by Big Finish.
  • The Then and the Now and The Endless Song were published by Titan Comics.
  • Travels in Time Colouring Book was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 25 May - The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #2, The Tenth Doctor Year Two #10, and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #6 were published by Titan Comics.
• 26 May - DWM 500 and DWA15 15 were published by Panini Comics.
• 31 May - This Sporting Life was released by Big Finish.

June

• June - Beast of Fang Rock was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
• 1 June
  • The Fourth Doctor #3 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 11 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 2 June
  • The audiobook of Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos was released by BBC Audio.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #7 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWFC 73 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 4 June - The audiobook of Scream of the Shalka was released by BBC Audio.
• 6 June - Moving Target was released by Big Finish.
• 8 June - The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #10 was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 June - The Two Masters and The Monkey House were released by Big Finish.
• 14 June - The Trouble with Drax was released by Big Finish.
• 15 June
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #11 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 3 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 16 June
  • Lost and Found was released by Big Finish.
  • DWFC 74 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 23 June
  • The Second Doctor: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
  • DWA15 16 was published by Panini Comics.
• 25 June - The Showstoppers was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 29 June - The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #3 and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #7 were published by Titan Comics.
• 30 June
  • Shutdown was released by Big Finish.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #8 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWM 501 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 75 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.

July

• July - The audiobook of Mutually Assured Domination was released by Fantom Audio.
• 4 July
  • Broken was released by Big Finish.
  • Ghost Light was published by Obverse Books.
• 5 July - All the Strange, Strange Creatures - Volume 1 was published by Cubicle Seven.
• 6 July
  • Supremacy of the Cybermen #1 and The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #4 were published by Titan Comics.
  • The Eleventh Doctor Sourcebook was published by Cubicle Seven.
• 7 July
  • Who Killed Toby Kinsella? was released by Big Finish.
  • The audiobook of Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment was released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 12 July
  • A Life of Crime was released by Big Finish.
  • The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 3 was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 July
  • The Fourth Doctor #4 and The Tenth Doctor Year Two #12 were published by Titan Comics.
  • The Pursuit of History was released by Big Finish.
  • TCH 34 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 14 July
  • Evening's Empire was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 76 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 21 July
  • 2016 Convention Special was published by Titan Comics for San Diego Comic-Con.
  • DWA15 17 was published by Panini Comics.
• 25 July - Wilde Stories 2016 was published by Lethe Press.
• 26 July
  • The Blame Game was released by Big Finish.
  • The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #11 was published by Titan Comics.
• 28 July
  • Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
  • The audiobook of Illegal Alien was released by BBC Physical Audio.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #9 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWM 502 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 77 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 29 July
  • The Grandfather Infestation was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 178 was released online.

August

• 2 August - Made You Look was released by Big Finish.
• 3 August - Torchwood #1, Supremacy of the Cybermen #2, and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #8 were published by Titan Comics.
• 4 August
  • The Tenth Doctor Adventures and the audiobook of The Macra Terror were released by BBC Physical Audio.
  • DWMSE 44 was published by Panini Comics.
• 9 August - Fiesta of the Damned was released by Big Finish.
• 10 August
  • Casualties of Time was released by Big Finish.
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #13 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 24 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 17 August - The School of Death was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 August - DWA15 18 was published by Panini Comics.
• 20 August - Buccaneer and Arrrr... were published by Thebes Publishing.
• 25 August
  • The Unbound Universe was released by Big Finish.
  • Tales from the TARDIS 10 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWM 503 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 79 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 30 August
  • Damascus was released by Big Finish.
  • The Official Cookbook was published by Harper Design.
• 31 August - The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #12, The One, and Arena of Fear were published by Titan Comics.

September

• September
  • The HAVOC Files 2 was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • Torchwood #2 was published by Titan Comics.
• 1 September
  • Terror Moon and Doodle Book were published by BBC Children's Books.
  • The Mind Robber was published by Obverse Books.
  • Torchwood Tales and the audiobook of The Invasion of Time were released by BBC Physical Audio.
• 6 September - The Genesis Chamber was released by Big Finish.
• 7 September
  • The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #5 and The Tenth Doctor Year Two #14 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 8 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 8 September - DWFC 80 and DWFC RD 7 were published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 9 September
  • The Last Duty was published online by Candy Jar Books.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 184 was released online.
• 13 September - Maker of Demons and The Shrine of Sorrows were released by Big Finish.
• 14 September
  • The Age of Endurance was released by Big Finish.
  • The Third Doctor #1 and Supremacy of the Cybermen #3 were published by Titan Comics.
  • Supergirl Meets E.T. was released.
• 15 September
  • The Chimes of Midnight was released by Big Finish on vinyl.
  • DWA15 19 was published by Panini Comics.
• 21 September
  • The Fourth Doctor #5 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 52 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 22 September
  • Doom Coalition 3 was released by Big Finish.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #11 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWM 504 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 81 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 27 September - Dot-to-Doc was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 28 September - The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #13 and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #9 were published by Titan Comics.
• 29 September - A Full Life was released by Big Finish.
• 30 September
  • The Toy, Museum Peace, Lepidoptery for Beginners, The Little Drummer Boy and Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade were re-released by Big Finish in the Short Trips Rarities series.
  • The video game adaptation of Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams was released.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 187 was released online.

October

• October
  • The video game Don't Blink was released on BBC Taster.
  • Torchwood #3 was published by Titan Comics.
• 5 October
  • The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #6 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 23 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 6 October
  • Agents of Chaos was released by Big Finish.
  • Twelve Doctors of Christmas was published by BBC Books.
  • The American Adventures was published by Penguin Books.
  • Time Lord Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition was published by Penguin Character Books.
  • A History of Humankind and Doctor Who The Official Annual 2017 were published by BBC Children's Books.
  • The Eleventh Doctor Adventures and the audiobook of The Time Meddler were released by BBC Physical Audio.
  • DWFC 82 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 12 October
  • The Memory Bank and Other Stories was released by Big Finish.
  • The Third Doctor #2 was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 October - The Fifth Traveller was released by Big Finish.
• 19 October
  • Rulebook was released by Big Finish.
  • Supremacy of the Cybermen #4 and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #10 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 43 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 20 October
  • The Class World Premiere was held in Shoreditch.
  • DWM 505 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Tales from the TARDIS #12 was published by Titan Comics.
• 21 October
  • The Torchwood Archive was released by Big Finish.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 190 was released online.
• 22 October - Class premiered with the release of For Tonight We Might Die and The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo on BBC Three.
• 24 October - The Robot Reveal premiered on CBBC.
• 25 October
  • The Whoniverse was published by Harper Design.
  • The first episode of Classmates was released on YouTube.
• 26 October
  • Jago & Litefoot: Series Twelve was released by Big Finish.
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Two #15 and The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #14 were published by Titan Comics.
• 27 October - Joyride, The Stone House and What She Does Next Will Astound You were published by BBC Books.
• 29 October
  • Nightvisiting premiered on BBC Three.
  • "Nightvisitor" was released as a single on Spotify and iTunes.
• 30 October - Times Squared was published by Candy Jar Books.

November

• November - Torchwood #4 was published by Titan Comics.
• 1 November - Black Orchid was published by Obverse Books.
• 3 November
  • The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 2 was released by Big Finish.
  • The CD re-release of Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWFC 84 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 5 November - Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart premiered on BBC Three.
• 9 November - Order of the Daleks was released by Big Finish.
• 10 November
  • The Ravelli Conspiracy was released by Big Finish.
  • The audiobook of Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWA15 20 was published by Panini Comics.
• 12 November - Brave-ish Heart premiered on BBC Three.
• 15 November - Outbreak was released by Big Finish.
• 16 November
  • The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #11 and Supremacy of the Cybermen #5 were published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 2 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 17 November
  • DWM 506 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 85 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 18 November
  • Looking for Pudsey premiered on BBC One as part of the Children in Need telethon.
  • The Highgate Horror was published by Panini Comics.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 194 was released online.
• 19 November - Detained premiered on BBC Three.
• 23 November
  • Silenced was released by Big Finish.
  • The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #7, The Tenth Doctor Year Two #16, and The Twelfth Doctor Year Two #12 were published by Titan Comics.
• 26 November
  • The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did premiered on BBC Three.
  • The last TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
• 30 November
  • The Man Who Wasn't There was released by Big Finish.
  • The Third Doctor #3 was published by Titan Comics.
  • TCH 53 was published by Hachette Partworks.

December

• 1 December
  • The Space Pirates and The Scales of Injustice were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
  • Blood of Atlantis was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • DWFC 86 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 3 December - The Lost premiered on BBC Three.
• 12 December - Moments of Passing was published by Thebes Publishing.
• 13 December - Absolute Power, Quicksilver, and The Christmas Dimension were released by Big Finish.
• 14 December
  • The Sontarans was released by Big Finish.
  • All I Want for Christmas was published online by Thebes Publishing.
  • Christmas Gift Guide - Varsity Jackets was released.
  • TCH 9 was published by Hachette Partworks.
• 15 December
  • Original Sin and Cold Fusion were released by Big Finish.
  • The XMAS Files was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • DWMSE 45 and DWM 507 were published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 87 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 16 December
  • Mind of Stone was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 198 was released online.
• 19 December - The New Counter-Measures: Series One was released by Big Finish.
• 21 December - The Ninth Doctor Ongoing #8, The Tenth Doctor Year Two #17, and The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #15 were published by Titan Comics.
• 23 December
  • The Hesitation Deviation was released by Big Finish.
  • Christmas Special was published online by Big Finish.
  • Master of Time was released.
  • Toby Hadoke's Who Round 199 was released online.
• 25 December
  • The Return of Doctor Mysterio premiered on BBC One.
  • The Diary of River Song: Series Two and Merry Christmas 2016 from Big Finish were released by Big Finish.
• 26 December - Ghost Stories #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 29 December
  • Forever Fallen was released by Big Finish.
  • DWFC 88 was published by Eaglemoss Collections.

Unknown dates

• Unknown - The Dalek Extermination of Earth was first screened at an official LEGO event.
• Unknown - Paternoster Investigations was published by Cubicle Seven.