2002 (releases)

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2002 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2002, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

• DOC: The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond was released by BBV Productions.
• 7 January - Mad Dogs and Englishmen was first published.
• 7 January - Relative Dementias was first published.
• 7 January - The Caves of Androzani was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 7 January - PROSE: Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison was first published.
• 10 January - DWM 313 was released featuring an exclusive giveaway AUDIO: The Ratings War.
• 14 January - The Tomb of the Cybermen was released to DVD in the UK.
• 21 January - AUDIO: Project: Infinity was first released.
• 28 January - AUDIO: Invaders from Mars was first released.
• 28 January - Music from the Eighth Doctor Audio Adventures was first released by Big Finish Productions.

February

• February - AUDIO: The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy and Excelis Dawns were first released.
• 4 February - Hope was first published.
• 4 February - Drift was first published.
• 4 February - BBC Audio released an audio recording of The Faceless Ones.
• 7 February - DWM 314 was released.
• 14 February - The BBC website resumed the webcast series WC: Death Comes to Time with episode 2: "Planet of Blood, Part 1".
• 22 February - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 3, "Planet of Blood, Part 2" was released.
• 25 February - AUDIO: The Chimes of Midnight and The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy were first released.

March

• 1 March - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 4, "Planet of Blood, Part 3" was released.
• 4 March - Anachrophobia was first published.
• 4 March - Palace of the Red Sun was first published.
• 6 March - Short Trips: Zodiac was first published.
• 7 March - DWM 315 was released.
• 8 March - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 5, "The Child, Part 1" was released.
• 15 March - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 6, "The Child, Part 2" was released.
• 22 March - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 7, "The Child, Part 3" was released.
• 25 March - AUDIO: Seasons of Fear was first released.
• 28 March - The novella Citadel of Dreams was first published by Telos Publishing.
• 29 March - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 8, "No Child of Earth, Part 1" was released.

April

• 1 April - The Tomb of the Cybermen was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 2 April - The Caves of Androzani was released to DVD in Region 1.
• 4 April - DWM 316 was released.
• 5 April - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 9, "No Child of Earth, Part 2" was released.
• 8 April - Trading Futures was first published.
• 8 April - Amorality Tale was first published.
• 8 April - The Ark in Space was released to DVD in the UK.
• 8 April - AUDIO: Excelis Rising was first released.
• 12 April - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 10, "No Child of Earth, Part 3" was released.
• 15 April - Spearhead from Space was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 19 April - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 11, "Death Comes to Time, Part 1" was released.
• 20 April - AUDIO: Death's Head was first released.
• 26 April - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 12, "Death Comes to Time, Part 2" was released.
• 29 April - AUDIO: Embrace the Darkness was first released.

May

• 2 May - DWM 317 was released.
• 3 May - WC: Death Comes to Time Episode 13, "Death Comes to Time, Part 3" was released.
• 6 May - The Book of the Still was first published.
• 6 May - Warmonger was first published.
• 6 May - BBC Audio released an audio recording of The Smugglers.
• 13 May - Remembrance of the Daleks was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 21 May - AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks was first released.
• 22 May - Nightdreamers was first published.
• 30 May - DWM 318 was released.

June

• 3 June - PROSE: The Crooked World was first published.
• 3 June - Ten Little Aliens was first published.
• 3 June - The Ark in Space was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 27 June - DWM 319 was released.

July

• 1 July - Combat Rock was first published.
• 1 July - AUDIO: Excelis Decays and The Plague Herds of Excelis were first released.
• 3 July - History 101 was first published.
• 12 July - AUDIO: Neverland and The Maltese Penguin were first released.
• 15 July - Carnival of Monsters was released on DVD in the UK.
• 25 July - DWM 320 was released.
• 31 July - AUDIO: Comeback and Spare Parts were first released.

August

• August - Ooh, it's the one with... was launched online on the Doctor Who website.
• 2 August - WC: Real Time episode 1, an original six-episode story featuring the Sixth Doctor, was released on the BBC website.
• 5 August - Camera Obscura was first published.
• 5 August - The Suns of Caresh was first published.
• 5 August - BBC Audio released an audio recording of The Enemy of the World.
• 6 August - The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Ark in Space were released to DVD in Region 1.
• 8 August - AUDIO: The Tao Connection was first released.
• 9 August - WC: Real Time Episode 2 was released.
• 16 August - WC: Real Time Episode 3 was released.
• 22 August - Ghost Ship was first published.
• 22 August - AUDIO: The Green-Eyed Monsters was first released.
• 22 August - DWM 321 was released.
• 23 August - WC: Real Time Episode 4 was released.
• 29 August - AUDIO: ...ish was first released.
• 30 August - WC: Real Time Episode 5 was released.

September

• 2 September - Time Zero was first published.
• 2 September - Carnival of Monsters was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 5 September - Big Finish Productions, as part of its Big Finish Talks Back line, released A Soldier in Time: The Nicholas Courtney Memoirs and The Eighth Doctor Writers.
• 5 September - AUDIO: Test of Nerve was first released.
• 6 September - WC: Real Time Episode 6 was released.
• 17 September - The Book of the War was first released.
• 19 September - DWM 322 was released.
• 26 September - AUDIO: The Rapture was first released.

October

• 1 October - DVD box set The Key to Time was released on Region 1 DVD.
• 4 October - PROSE: A Life of Surprises was first published.
• 7 October - Heritage was first published.
• 10 October - The Dalek Survival Guide was first published.
• 10 October - AUDIO: Ghost Town was first released.
• 17 October - DWM 323 was released.
• 21 October - The Aztecs was released on Region 2 DVD.
• 24 October - AUDIO: The Sandman and The Dance of the Dead were first released.

November

• 4 November - The Infinity Race was first published.
• 4 November - BBC Audio released an audio recording of The Savages.
• 7 November - AUDIO: Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre was first released.
• 14 November - The subscriber special AUDIO: The Maltese Penguin was first made available as a general release.
• 14 November - DWM 324 was released.
• 18 November - Resurrection of the Daleks was released to DVD in the UK.
• 23 November - Foreign Devils was first published.
• 28 November - AUDIO: The Church and the Crown was first released.
• 30 November - AUDIO: Hidden Persuaders was first released.

December

• December - The Time Lord Collection was first released.
• 2 December - The Aztecs was released to DVD in Region 4.
• 12 December - The audio adaptation of Real Time was first released.
• 12 December - DWM 325 was released.
• 19 December - AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! was first released.
• 23 December - Blue Veils and Golden Sands was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
• 31 December - Short Trips: Zodiac was first published.