2018 (releases)

2018 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2018, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• January
  • VOR 107 was published by Big Finish Productions.
  • A Very Private Haunting was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 2 January - The Note was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 3 January
  • Full Circle was published by Obverse Books.
  • The Twelfth Doctor Year Three #11 was published by Titan Comics.
• 4 January
  • The audiobook of The Ambassadors of Death was released by BBC Audio.
  • DWMSE 48 was first published by Panini Comics.
  • Return of the Queen and Out Among the Stars were published by Thebes Publishing.
• 9 January - A new edition of Official Secrets with reprints of stories Official Secrets and Slaver's Song was published by Titan Comics.
• 10 January - Facing Fate: Vortex Butterflies and The Eleventh Doctor Year Three #13 were published by Titan Comics.
• 11 January - DWM 521 was published by Panini Comics.
• 17 January - Kingdom of Lies was released by Big Finish.
• 18 January
  • The Fourth Doctor Adventures audio stories The Sons of Kaldor, The Crowmarsh Experiment, The Mind Runners and The Demon Rises were released by Big Finish.
  • Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen was published by BBC Books.
• 22 January - Twice Upon a Time was released on DVD.
• 23 January - The Diary of River Song: Series Three was released by Big Finish.
• 25 January - The Book of the Enemy was published by Obverse Books.
• 30 January
  • Short Trips audio story The Authentic Experience was released by Big Finish.
  • Sonic Boom was published by Titan Comics.
• 31 January - The Tenth Doctor Year Three #13 was published by Titan Comics.

February

• February - VOR 108 was published by Big Finish.
• 1 February - Carnival of Monsters was published by Obverse Books.
• 6 February
  • Aliens Among Us 3 was released by Big Finish.
  • Dr. Third, Dr. Fifth, Dr. Sixth, and Dr. Tenth were published by BBC Children's Books.
• 8 February - DWM 522 was published by Panini Comics.
• 9 February - The first three series of Big Finish's Gallifrey audio series were released as digital downloads.
• 13 February - Ghost Walk was released by Big Finish.
• 14 February - The Twelfth Doctor Year Three #12 was published by Titan Comics.
• 15 February - The Churchill Years: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• 22 February
  • The Missy Chronicles was published by BBC Books.
  • The Gallifrey audio anthology Time War: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
• 28 February - The Short Trips audio story Mel-evolent was released by Big Finish.

March

• March - The Man from Yesterday and The HAVOC Files 4 were published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 March - VOR 109 was published by Big Finish.
• 4 March - The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit was published by Obverse Books.
• 6 March - Tales from New Earth was released by Big Finish.
• 7 March
  • The Tenth Doctor Year Three #14 was published by Titan Comics.
  • DWM 523 was published by Panini Comics.
• 12 March - Stranger Tales of the City was published by Obverse Books.
• 14 March - The Twelfth Doctor Year Three #13 was published by Titan Comics.
• 20 March - Serpent in the Silver Mask and Mission Improbable were released by Big Finish.
• 21 March - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume Four was released by Big Finish.
• 22 March - DWFC 120 and DWFC RD 11 were published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 27 March - The Turn of the Screw was released by Big Finish.
• 28 March - The Death of Captain Jack was released by Big Finish.

April

• 3 April - VOR 110 was published by Big Finish.
• 4 April - The Sapling: Branches was published by Titan Comics.
• 5 April
  • The novelisations of Rose, The Christmas Invasion, The Day of the Doctor, Twice Upon a Time and an abridged version of City of Death were published by Target Books.
  • DWM 524 was published by Panini Comics.
• 7 April - Marco Polo was published by Obverse Books.
• 10 April - Ravenous 1 was released by Big Finish.
• 17 April - The Helliax Rift was released by Big Finish.
• 18 April - The Tenth Doctor Chronicles was released by Big Finish.
• 19 April - DWMSE 49 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 24 April - The Last Beacon was released by Big Finish.
• 25 April
  • Believe was released by Big Finish.
  • The Culling was published by Titan Comics.
• 27 April - Doctor Who - Series 9 soundtrack was made available on iTunes/Apple Music and Spotify in the UK and Australia.
• 30 April - The Short Trips audio story Erasure was released by Big Finish.

May

• 1 May - The Eleventh Hour was first released by Obverse Books.
• 3 May - DWM 525 was published by Panini Comics.
• 5 May
  • Scorpio's Sting was published by Lucky Comics for Free Comic Book Day.
  • Free Comic Book Day 2018 was published by Titan Comics.
• 6 May - The New Unusual was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 10 May - UNIT: Cyber-Reality was released by Big Finish.
• 15 May - The Lure of the Nomad was released by Big Finish.
• 16 May - The Fourth Doctor Adventures audio stories The Shadow of London, The Bad Penny, Kill the Doctor! and The Age of Sutekh were released by Big Finish.
• 22 May - We Always Get Out Alive was released by Big Finish.
• 24 May - The Jago & Litefoot audio anthology Jago & Litefoot Forever was released by Big Finish.
• 30 May
  • The Short Trips audio story Trap For Fools was released by Big Finish.
  • The mobile game Battle of Time soft launched in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Thailand by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
• 31 May
  • DWM 526 was published by Panini Comics.
  • Face the Raven was published by Obverse Books.

June

• 4 June - The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• 5 June - Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter was released by Big Finish.
• 6 June - The Seventh Doctor #1 and The Seventh Doctor #2 were published by Titan Comics.
• 19 June - Iron Bright and Taken For Granted were released by Big Finish.
• 20 June - The Second Doctor: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• 27 June - Goodbye Piccadilly was released by Big Finish.
• 28 June - DWM 527 was published by Panini Comics.
• 29 June - The Short Trips audio story The Siege of Big Ben was released by Big Finish.

July

• July - The Lost Skin was published by Candy Jar Books.
• 2 July - The Blu-ray season box set The Collection: Season 12 was released by BBC Studios.
• 3 July - Heaven Sent was published by Obverse Books.
• 10 July - The Eighth Doctor: Time War: Volume Two was released by Big Finish.
• 11 July - The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 12 July - Hour of the Cybermen was released by Big Finish.
• 17 July - Instant Karma was released by Big Finish.
• 18 July
  • Land of the Blind was published by Panini Comics.
  • The Torchwood One audio anthology Machines was released by Big Finish.
• 26 July
  • The Lethbridge-Stewart Quiz Book was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • DWM 528 was published by Panini Comics.
• 30 July - The Short Trips audio story The Darkened Earth was released by Big Finish.

August

• 1 August
  • The Seventh Doctor #3 was published by Titan Comics.
  • Hell Bent was published by Obverse Books.
• 2 August
  • Flight Into Hull! was released by Big Finish.
  • Horrors of War and the audiobook of The Invisible Enemy were released by BBC Audio.
  • One Doctor, Two Hearts was published by Penguin Character Books.
• 7 August - The Bernice Summerfield audio anthology Treasury was released by Big Finish.
• 8 August - The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor #2 was published by Titan Comics.
• 9 August
  • Deadbeat Escape was released by Big Finish.
  • DWMSE 50 was published by Panini Comics.
  • DWFC 130 and DWFC RD 12 were published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 14 August - Red Planets was released by Big Finish.
• 15 August - The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles was eleased by Big Finish.
• 21 August - The first two volumes of Class: The Audio Adventures were released by Big Finish.
• 23 August
  • Lady Christina: Series One was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 529 was published by Panini Comics.

September

• September
  • Scary Monsters was published by Candy Jar Books.
  • The Curse of Fenric was published by Obverse Books.
• 4 September - The Diary of River Song: Series Four was released by Big Finish.
• 7 September - The promotional video Breaking the Glass Ceiling was broadcast on BBC One.
• 11 September - The Dispossessed and The Smallest Battle were released by Big Finish.
• 12 September
  • The Early Adventures audio story The Dalek Occupation of Winter was released by Big Finish.
  • The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor #3 was published by Titan Comics.
• 17 September - Unsent Letter was published online by Obverse Books.
• 20 September - DWM 530 was published by Panini Comics.
• 25 September - Two volumes of Bernice Summerfield anthologies The Story So Far were released by Big Finish.
• 26 September - The Many Lives of Doctor Who was published by Titan Comics.
• 27 September - The Short Trips audio story A Small Semblance of Home was released by Big Finish.

October

• October
  • Fear of the Web and Lineage were published by Candy Jar Books.
  • The Time Warrior was published by Obverse Books.
• 2 October - The Story So Far... was published online by Obverse Books.
• 4 October - The Story of Doctor Who was published by Panini Comics.
• 7 October - The Woman Who Fell to Earth premiered on BBC One.
• 9 October - Ravenous 2 was released by Big Finish.
• 11 October - Twelve Angels Weeping was published by BBC Books.
• 13 October - The Egyptian Falcon was published by Thebes Publishing.
• 14 October - The Ghost Monument premiered on BBC One.
• 16 October - The Quantum Possibility Engine was released by Big Finish.
• 17 October
  • An Ideal World was released by Big Finish.
  • The Thirteenth Doctor #1 was published by Titan Comics.
• 18 October - DWM 531 was published by Panini Comics.
• 21 October - Rosa premiered on BBC One.
• 23 October - God Among Us 1 was released by Big Finish.
• 25 October - The Good Doctor was published by BBC Books.
• 27 October - The Short Trips audio story I Am The Master was released by Big Finish.
• 28 October - Arachnids in the UK premiered on BBC One.

November

• November - Doctor Who (1996) was published by Obverse Books.
• 1 November
  • The Secret in Vault 13 was published by BBC Children's Books.
  • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2019 was published by Penguin Character Books.
  • Daring Initiation was published online by Obverse Books.
• 4 November - The Tsuranga Conundrum premiered on BBC One.
• 6 November - Dr. Thirteenth was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 8 November - Molten Heart was published by BBC Books.
• 11 November - Demons of the Punjab premiered on BBC One.
• 13 November - Warlock's Cross was released by Big Finish.
• 14 November
  • Entanglement was released by Big Finish.
  • Wild Thymes on the 22 was published by Obverse Books.
• 15 November
  • The Seventh Doctor: The New Adventures: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 532 was published by Panini Comics.
• 16 November - Anna's Doctor Who Surprise aired on BBC One, as part of the Children in Need telethon.
• 18 November - Kerblam! premiered on BBC One.
• 21 November
  • UNIT: Revisitations was released by Big Finish.
  • The Thirteenth Doctor #2 was published by Titan Comics.
• 22 November - Combat Magicks was published by BBC Books.
• 25 November
  • The Witchfinders premiered on BBC One.
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing was published online by Obverse Books.
• 27 November - The Race to the TARDIS board game was released by BBC International.
• 29 November - The Short Trips audio story The Mistpuddle Murders was released by Big Finish.

December

• December - The Danger Men was first published by Candy Jar Books.
• 1 December - The Subscriber Short Trips audio story Tuesday was made available for Big Finish Main Range subscribers.
• 2 December - It Takes You Away premiered on BBC One.
• 5 December
  • The Master of Callous was released by Big Finish.
  • The Dæmons was published by Obverse Books.
• 6 December - Choose Your Future Journal was published by BBC Children's Books.
• 7 December - The Class Original Soundtrack & Class Bonus Soundtrack CDs were released by Silva Screen.
• 9 December - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos premiered on BBC One.
• 10 December - The Blu-ray season box set The Collection: Season 19 was released by BBC Studios.
• 11 December - Muse of Fire and The Hunting Ground were released by Big Finish.
• 12 December - The Crash of the UK-201 was released by Big Finish.
• 13 December - DWM 533 was published by Panini Comics.
• 16 December - The Death of Empire and That's What Friends Do were published by Thebes Publishing.
• 18 December - The webcast story 'Twas the Night Before Christmas was released.
• 19 December - The Bernice Summerfield prose anthology In Time was published by Big Finish.
• 21 December - The Short Trips audio story The Devil's Footprints was released by Big Finish.
• 23 December - The Book of the Peace was published by Obverse Books.
• 27 December - DWFC 140 and DWFC RD 13 were published by Eaglemoss Collections.
• 29 December - The Short Trips audio story The Last Day at Work was released by Big Finish.

Unknown dates

• Either 16, 18 or 19 October - The waxwork exhibit Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Doctor Who (MTB exhibit)"] was opened publicly at Madame Tussauds Blackpool.