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History of the Doctor Who Universe
March
- With the help of his new companion Rose Tyler, the Ninth Doctor stops a third attempt to conquer Earth by the Nestenes, recently reduced from a marauding race of conquerors to desperate refugees by the Time War. Rose joins the Doctor on his travels (DW: Rose)
- Sometime after this point, London cabs are replaced with motorcycles in an attempt to relieve the increasing traffic congestion (NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)
June
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- The FLIPback Project begins at the Snowcap base at Earth's South Pole, at the same time that Mondasian Cybermen left over from their attack on Earth in 1986 once more become active. (NA: Iceberg)
History of Doctor Who
January
- 29 - Big Finish announce the production of 3 stand alone hardback novels as part of their New Worlds range. These are Wildthyme on Top, Project: Valhalla, and The Coming of the Queen. They also announced that they would be producing 2 Single Audio CD's featuring Iris Wildthyme
- To the Slaughter First Published
- The Juggernauts First Released
February
- Match of the Day First Published
- The Game First Published
- 10 - Leonard Trolley, who appeared as Supt. Reynolds in The Faceless Ones dies in England.
March
- 08 - Big Finish announce they have agreed a deal with Paul Cornell allowing the company to continue its range of Bernice Summerfield Books and Audio CD's for the next few years
- 22 - Project Who : Bigger on the Inside Airs on BBC Radio 2
- 23 - Billie Piper interview on The Chris Moyles Show Airs on BBC Radio 1
- The This Morning Program includes coverage of the new series and an interview with Russell T. Davies Broadcast on ITV
- Billie Piper interview on Parkinson is repeated on ITV 3
- 25 - Christopher Eccleston interviewed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- 26 - The Doctor Who Story Broadcast on UK Gold
- 30 - BBC Announce production to go ahead on a second series and a Christmas Special
- Christopher Eccleston announces he will not be returning for a second series as the Doctor
- Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins First Published
- Dreamtime First Released
April
- 02 - The End of the World First Broadcast
- 09 - The Unquiet Dead First Broadcast
- 16 - David Tennant is officially announced as the Tenth Doctor
- 16 - Aliens of London First Broadcast
- 23 - World War Three First Broadcast
- Three's a Crowd First Released
May
- 07 - The Long Game First Broadcast
- 14 - Father's Day First Broadcast
- 21 - The Empty Child First Broadcast
- It is announced that Billie Piper will depart Doctor Who during the 2006 series.
- 28 - The Doctor Dances First Broadcast
- Short Trips: A Day in the Life First Published
- Catch-1782 First Released
June
- The Gallifrey Chronicles First Published
- Unregenerate! First Released
- The BBC announces that a Christmas story has been scheduled for 2006, as well as a third season for the new Doctor Who series.
- 1 - Geoffrey Toone, who played Hepesh in "The Curse of Peladon" and Temmosus in "Dr. Who and the Daleks," dies in Northwood, Middlesex, England.
- 18 - The Parting of the Ways First Broadcast
- Post-production completed for The Christmas Invasion.
July
- Island of Death First Published
- Terror Firma First Released
August
- Future Nostalgia First Published
- The Council of Nicaea First Released
- 31 - Michael Sheard, who had countless roles in Doctor Who, notably Pyramids of Mars and Remembrance of the Daleks dies of cancer on the Isle of Wight.
September
- Fear Itself First Published
- 12 - Ronald Leigh-Hunt, who played Commander Radnor in The Seeds of Death and Commander Stevenson in Revenge of the Cybermen dies.
- 23 - Roger Brierley, who portrayed Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan and Drathro in The Mysterious Planet dies after suffering a heart attack. (On the latter credit, he only did the voice, due to being claustrophobic. Visual effects designer Paul McGuiness stepped in and took his place.)
October
- 18 - John Hollis, who appeared as Sondergaard in The Mutants dies from natural causes.
- 24 - Robert Sloman, who along with Barry Letts, wrote The Dæmons, The Time Monster, The Green Death and Planet of the Spiders dies. (The pair were credited as "Guy Leopold" on the first story but for the final three, Sloman took the sole credit.)
November
- 29 - Joseph Fürst, known for his performance as Professor Zaroff in The Underwater Menace dies in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
December
- 19 - Don McKillop (Bert the Landlord in The Dæmons) dies from natural causes in the UK.
- 25 - The Christmas Invasion is first broadcast.
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