2020 (releases)

2020 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2020, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• January
  • VOR 131 was published by Big Finish Productions.
  • The Silurians was published by Obverse Books.
• 1 January - Part one of Spyfall was broadcast on BBC One.
• 2 January
  • The audiobook reading of Revelation of the Daleks was released by BBC Audio.
  • The audiobook reading of The Internal Nexus was released by Big Finish.
  • The audio box set Ninth Doctor Novels Volume 2 was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWMSE 54 was published by Panini Comics.
• 5 January - Part two of Spyfall was broadcast on BBC One.
• 8 January
  • The Diary of River Song: Series Seven was released by Big Finish.
  • The first part of A Little Help from My Friends was published by Titan Comics.
• 9 January - DWM 547 was published by Panini Comics.
• 12 January - Orphan 55 was broadcast on BBC One.
• 15 January - The Torchwood - Monthly Range story Fortitude was released by Big Finish.
• 16 January - The Torchwood box set The Sins of Captain John was released by Big Finish.
• 19 January - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror was broadcast on BBC One.
• 21 January - Dark Universe was released by Big Finish.
• 22 January - The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9: Volume 1 was released by Big Finish.
• 26 January - Fugitive of the Judoon was broadcast on BBC One.
• 27 January - The Collection: Season 26 was released on Blu-ray.
• 30 January - The Infinite Today was released by Big Finish.

February

• February - VOR 132 was published by Big Finish.
• 2 February - Praxeus was broadcast on BBC One.
• 6 February
  • Paradise Lost and the audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl were released by BBC Audio.
  • At Childhood's End was published by BBC Books.
  • DWM 548 was published by Panini Comics.
• 9 February - Can You Hear Me? was broadcast on BBC One.
• 11 February - The Psychic Circus was released by Big Finish.
• 12 February
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures Series 9: Volume 2 was released by Big Finish.
  • The second part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 February - The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles was released by Big Finish.
• 14 February - Deleted Scenes was released by Big Finish.
• 16 February - The Haunting of Villa Diodati was broadcast on BBC One.

18 February

• • Torchwood:Dissected was released by Big Finish.
  • Time Out of Mind was published by Titan Comics.
• 20 February - Time War: Volume Three was released by Big Finish.
• 23 February - Ascension of the Cybermen was broadcast on BBC One.
• 28 February - The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space were released together in a limited edition vinyl box set by Demon Music Group.

March

• March
  • VOR 133 was published by Big Finish.
  • The Serpent's Tongue was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 March - The Timeless Children was broadcast on BBC One.
• 3 March - The audiobook version of The Glass Prison was released by Big Finish.
• 4 March - The third part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was published by Titan Comics.
• 5 March
  • DWM 549 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon was released by BBC Audio.
  • Donna Noble: Kidnapped! was released by Big Finish.
• 13 March - An Ordinary Man was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 16 March - The Faceless Ones was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
• 17 March
  • Subterfuge was released by Big Finish.
  • The HAVOC Files 3: Special Edition was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 18 March - The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Four was released by Big Finish.
• 21 March - Strax Saves the Day was released online, launching the Doctor Who: Lockdown! series.
• 25 March
  • The Lives of Captain Jack: Volume Three was released by Big Finish.
  • Things She Thought While Falling was published on the Doctor Who website.
  • Message from the Doctor was released online.
• 26 March
  • Doctor Who and the Time War and Revenge of the Nestene were published on the Doctor Who website.
  • Incoming Message was released online.
• 29 March - Absolution was published by Thebes Publishing.
• 31 March - Decline of the Ancient Mariner was released by Big Finish.

April

• April - VOR 134 was published by Big Finish.
• 1 April - Press Play was published on the Doctor Who website.
• 2 April
  • The audiobook reading of The Krotons was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWM 550 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Trial of a Time Lord Collection was released by BBC Audio.
  • Games was published by Russell T Davies.
• 3 April
  • Doctor Who - Series 12 was released by Silva Screen Records.
  • The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond was released online.
• 6 April - The Underwater Menace, Vengeance on Varos and The Rings of Akhaten were published by Obverse Books.
• 7 April
  • The Terror of the Umpty Ums was published on the official Doctor Who website.
  • Copy/Paste and File #161229 were published by Candy Jar Books.
• 8 April
  • Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 was released by Big Finish.
  • United we stand, 2m apart was released on Twitter.
• 11 April - Rory's Story was released online.
• 14 April- Doctor Who Exhibitions: The Unofficial and Unauthorised History was published by Telos Publishing.
• 15 April
  • Cry of the Vultriss was released by Big Finish.
  • The Shadow Passes was published on the Doctor Who website.
  • Army of Ghosts: Essays on Doctor Who's Sometimes Forgotten Stories was published.
• 16 April - Susan's War was released by Big Finish.
• 19 April - Farewell, Sarah Jane was released online.
• 22 April
  • The New Counter-Measures audio stories The Movellan Manoeuvre and The Dalek Gambit were released by Big Finish.
  • The Simple Things was published on the Doctor Who website.
• 24 April - Shadow of a Doubt and The Shadow in the Mirror were released online.
• 25 April
  • The Doctors Say Thank You was released online.
  • Sweet Revenge was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 28 April
  • Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Three and Class: The Audio Adventures: Volume Four were released by Big Finish.
  • Shadows of Doubt was released by Arcbeatle Press.
• 30 April
  • Dead Woman Walking was released by Big Finish.
  • The Maze of Doom was published by BBC Children's Books.
  • DWM 551 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Sven and the Scarf was released online.
  • Dalek alternative script extract was released on Twitter.

May

• May
  • VOR 135 was published by Big Finish.
  • The Robots of Death was published by Obverse Books.
• 1 May - The TARDIS Chronicles: Volume 1: Before the Time War was published by Wonderful Books.
• 3 May - Mother, Maiden, Crone was published by Obverse Books.
• 4 May
  • The Doctor Who Series 12 DVD boxset was released by the BBC.
  • The Collection - Season 14 Blu-ray boxset was released by the BBC.
• 5 May - Heritage 3 was released by Big Finish.
• 6 May - Pompadour was released online.
• 10 May - The Zygon Isolation was released online.
• 11 May - How the Monk Got His Habit was published online.
• 12 May - Shadow of the Sun was released by Big Finish.
• 13 May
  • Scorched Earth was released by Big Finish.
  • The audio reading of The King of Golden Death was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 14 May - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Six was released by Big Finish.
• 15 May - UNIT: The Complete Series was released by Big Finish.
• 17 May - The Descendants of Pompeii was released online.
• 20 May
  • The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story Iceberg was released online.
  • Listen was released online.
  • The audio reading of Scorched Earth was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
  • Fear Is a Superpower was released online.
  • The fourth and last part of the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor comic story A Little Help from My Friends was published by Titan Comics.
• 21 May - The Third Alien Worlds Collection was released by BBC Audio.
• 23 May
  • Doctors Assemble! was released online.
  • Regeneration Impossible was released by Big Finish.
• 28 May
  • DWM 552 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Thirteenth Doctor's Guide was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 30 May - The Secret of Novice Hame was released online.

June

• June
  • VOR 136 was first published by Big Finish.
  • The Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang was published by Obverse Books.
• 1 June - The Lucy Wilson Mysteries anthology Lockdown was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 3 June - The audio reading of Conundrum was released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel.
• 7 June - The Best of Days was released online.
• 12 June - Dinner and a Show was released by Big Finish.
• 17 June - Stranded 1 was released by Big Finish.
• 18 June - The Dalek Collection was released by BBC Audio.
• 23 June - The Runaway Tardis was published by Quirk Books.
• 24 June
  • I, Alastair was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • A Bright White Crack was published by Arcbeatle Press.
• 25 June - DWM 553 was published by Panini Comics.
• 30 June - Out of the Deep was released by Big Finish.

July

• July
  • VOR 137 was published by Big Finish.
  • The Deadly Assassin was published by Obverse Books.
• 8 July - Missy: Series Two was released by Big Finish.
• 12 July - 8.46 was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 23 July
  • DWM 554 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Robots: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
  • Knock! Knock! Who's There? was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 27 July - The Power of the Daleks: Special Edition was released on Region 2 DVD.
• 28 July
  • Downward Spiral was released by Big Finish.
  • Back in London, Downtime: Child of the New World and The George Kostinen Mystery were published by Candy Jar Books.
• 30 July - The Lovecraft Invasion was released by Big Finish.
• 31 July - Time Apart was released by Big Finish.

August

• August - The Awakening was published by Obverse Books.
• 6 August - The audiobook reading of The Smugglers was released by BBC Audio.
• 10 August
  • The Complete Series 6 was released in a steelbook box set.
  • The novelisation of Mindgame was published by Telos Publishing.
• 12 August - Thin Time and Madquake were released by Big Finish.
• 13 August - The Sixth Doctor and Peri: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 17 August - 14681 UNIT Field Log was released online.
• 18 August - 14682 UNIT Field Log was released online.
• 19 August
  • The Torchwood audio story Red Base was released by Big Finish Productions.
  • 14683 UNIT Field Log was released online.
• 20 August
  • DWM 555 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Parasite was released by Big Finish Productions.
  • 14684 UNIT Field Log was released online.
• 26 August - Out of Time was released by Big Finish.
• 28 August - These Stolen Hours was released by Big Finish.
• 31 August - The first four series of the Bernice Summerfield audio series were made available as downloads for the first time on the Big Finish website.

September

• 2 September - Issue 1 of the Time Lord Victorious comic story Defender of the Daleks was first published by Titan Comics.
• 3 September
  • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021 was published by BBC Children's Books.
  • The audiobook reading of Enlightenment was released by BBC Audio.
• 7 September - The Stones of Blood was published by Obverse Books.
• 8 September - The Flying Dutchman and Displaced were released by Big Finish.
• 9 September - Lost in Translation was released by Big Finish.
• 10 September - Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. were made available to stream on the UK version of BritBox.
• 11 September - The limited-edition vinyl version of Marco Polo was released by Demon Music.
• 14 September - Fury from the Deep was released on Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray.
• 16 September - The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Four was released by Big Finish.
• 17 September
  • DWM 556 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The audio anthology I, Davros: The Complete Series was released by Big Finish.
  • The audio anthology The Second History Collection was released by BBC Audio.
• 22 September - The Torchwood audio story Ex Machina was released by Big Finish.
• 25 September - The vinyl version of 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men was released at selective Asda stores.
• 29 September - Her Own Bootstraps was released by Big Finish.
• 30 September - DWMSE 55 was published by Panini Comics.

October

• October - The Phantoms of Tusker Rock and Foreword to the Past were published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 October
  • The audiobook reading of Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken and the audio version of The Web Planet were released by BBC Audio.
  • The Knight, The Fool and The Dead was published by BBC Books.
  • Arachnids in the UK was published by Obverse Books.
• 3 October - The Iris Wildthyme anthology Christmassy Tales was published by Obverse Books.
• 5 October - Mistress of Chaos was published by Panini Comics.
• 6 October - The Meaning of Red was released by Big Finish.
• 7 October
  • Master Thief and Lesser Evils were released by Big Finish.
  • Part two of Defender of the Daleks was published by Titan Comics.
• 13 October
  • The audio anthology Shadow of the Daleks 1 was released by Big Finish.
  • The graphic novel A Tale of Two Time Lords: A Little Help from My Friends was published by Titan Comics.
• 14 October - He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not was released by Big Finish.
• 15 October
  • DWM 557 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Wintertime Paradox was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 17 October - Back to the Eleventh Hour: Revisiting the Matt Smith Years: Volume 1 - Series 5 was published by Arcbeatle Press.
• 20 October - The Torchwood audio story The Three Monkeys was released by Big Finish.
• 22 October - Heritage 4 was released by Big Finish.
• 28 October
  • Hearts of Darkness was released by Big Finish.
  • Down the Middle was published by Arcbeatle Press.

November

• 2 November - Heroes & Villains! and The Peter Davison Years, part of The Doctors series, were released on DVD.
• 4 November - Blue Boxes was released by Big Finish.
• 5 November
  • The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Four was re-released by BBC Audio.
  • I Am The Master: Legends of the Renegade Time Lord and Adventures in Lockdown were published by BBC Books.
  • Time Traveller's Diary was published by BBC Children's Books.
  • Listen to the voice of your Master! was released by Big Finish.
  • Daleks Destroy: The Secret Invasion & Other Stories was released by BBC Audio.
• 6 November - The Night of the Doctor was published by Obverse Books.
• 9 November
  • Time Lord Victorious: Road to the Dark Times was released on Blu-Ray.
  • Dalek Empire: Series I - II and Dalek Empire: Series III - IV were released by Big Finish.
  • The Daleks was published by Panini Comics.
• 10 November - The audio anthology Shadow of the Daleks 2 was released by Big Finish.
• 11 November - The Enemy of My Enemy was released by Big Finish.
• 12 November
  • DWM 558 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Wicked Sisters was released by Big Finish.
  • The Archive of Islos was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 17 November - Time Lord Victorious was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 November
  • Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue was released by Big Finish.
  • The Sentinal of the Fifth Galaxy was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
  • The first part of Alternating Current was published by Titan Comics.
• 23 November - Coding with the Thirteenth Doctor was released online.
• 25 November - The Tenth Doctor and River Song was released by Big Finish.
• 26 November - Planet of the Mechaniods was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.

December

• 2 December
  • The audio anthology The Christmas Collection was released by Big Finish.
  • A Visit from Prof. Summerfield was released on Big Finish's YouTube channel.
• 3 December
  • The Minds of Magnox was released by BBC Audio.
  • The Deadly Ally was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 8 December - Plight of the Pimpernel, The Grey Man of the Mountain and Crime at the Cinema were released by Big Finish.
• 9 December - Mutually Assured Destruction was released by Big Finish.
• 10 December
  • DWM 559 was published by Panini Comics.
  • All Flesh is Grass was published by BBC Books.
  • Genetics of the Daleks was released by Big Finish.
  • Day of Reckoning was released on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
• 14 December - Series 7 was released in a Steelbook box set.
• 15 December - The Robots: Volume Three was released by Big Finish.
• 16 December
  • DWMSE 56 was published by Panini Comics.
  • The second part of Alternating Current was published by Titan Comics.
• 17 December
  • The Torchwood - Monthly Range audio story The Crown was released by Big Finish.
  • Domination Game was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 20 December - Megabytes was published.
• 21 December - Incoming Transmission was released online.
• 22 December
  • The Shattered Hourglass was released by Big Finish.
  • The Jewels of Cleopatra was published by Thebes Publishing.
• 24 December
  • The Lytton comic story Crime Like Politics is Always Personal was published by Cutaway Comics.
  • The Day of the Doctor was published by Obverse Books.
• 29 December - Free Speech was released by Big Finish.