List of posthumous releases

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Occasionally, there have been releases that have occurred posthumously.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Death of a cast member[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story Release date Actor Role Date of death
TV: "The Waking Ally" 19 December 1964 Jean Conroy[1] Woman in the wood 14 November 1964[2]
AUDIO: Slipback 25 July - 8 August 1985 Valentine Dyall Slarn 24 June 1985[3]
The Pilot Episode 26 August 1991 William Hartnell First Doctor 23 April 1975[4]
AUDIO: The Paradise of Death (Episodes 4 & 5 only) 17 Septermber - 24 September 1993 Harold Innocent Freeth 12 September 1993[5]
AUDIO: Zagreus 21 November 2003 Jon Pertwee[6] Third Doctor 20 May 1996[7]
TV: Sky 3 - 4 October 2011 Elisabeth Sladen Sarah Jane Smith 19 April 2011[8]
TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer 10 - 11 October 2011
TV: The Man Who Never Was 17 - 18 October 2011
AUDIO: The Last Post 25 October 2012 Caroline John Liz Shaw 5 June 2012[9]
AUDIO: The Auntie Matter 14 January 2013 Mary Tamm Romana I 26 July 2012[10]
AUDIO: The Sands of Life 11 February 2013
AUDIO: War Against the Laan 11 March 2013
AUDIO: The Justice of Jalxar
AUDIO: Phantoms of the Deep May 2013
AUDIO: The Dalek Contract June 2013
AUDIO: The Final Phase July 2013
AUDIO: Pretty Lies 23 February 2017 John Hurt War Doctor 25 January 2017[11]
AUDIO: The Lady of Obsidian
AUDIO: The Enigma Dimension
AUDIO: The Bad Penny 16 May 2018 Keith Barron Lord Tulip 15 November 2017[12]
AUDIO: Jago & Litefoot Forever 24 May 2018 Trevor Baxter[13] George Litefoot 16 July 2017[14]
PROSE: Marco Polo 6 December 2018 Zienia Merton Narrator 14 September 2018[15]
AUDIO: The Bekdel Test 22 January 2019 Laurence Kennedy Director 24 October 2018[16]
AUDIO: The Vardan Invasion of Mirth 18 September 2019 Paul Spragg[17] Additional voices 8 May 2014[18]
AUDIO: Smashed 23 October 2019 Helen Griffin Rhian 29 June 2018[19]
AUDIO: Toos and Poul 23 July 2020 David Collings Ander Poul 23 March 2020[20]
AUDIO: Circuit Breaker 15 December 2020
AUDIO: Closed Loop 8 June 2021
AUDIO: The Janus Deception
AUDIO: Willkommen 20 September 2022 David Warner Unbound Doctor 24 July 2022[21]
AUDIO: Wulf
AUDIO: Übermensch
AUDIO: Auf Wiedersehen
AUDIO: The Wizard of Time 21 June 2023 Ronald Pickup Jacob Harmer 24 February 2021[22]
AUDIO: Cuckoo 29 June 2023 Murray Melvin Bilis Manger 14 April 2023[23]
AUDIO: Sigil 10 August 2023
AUDIO: Time Lord Immemorial 5 October 2023 David Warner Unbound Doctor 24 July 2022[24]
AUDIO: The Sublime Porte 9 November 2023 Murray Melvin Bilis Manger 14 April 2023[25]
TV: Wild Blue Yonder 2 December 2023 Bernard Cribbins Wilfred Mott 27 July 2022[26]
AUDIO: The War Master 2 July 2024 David Warner Unbound Doctor 24 July 2022[27]
AUDIO: Nowhere, Never 16 October 2024 Jon-Paul Rowden Soldier 30 June 2024[28]
AUDIO: Borrow or Rob

Death of a writer or crew member[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story Release date Person Role Date of death
PROSE: Doctor Who and the War Games 25 September 1979 Malcolm Hulke Writer 6 July 1979[29]
TV: The Mysterious Planet 6 - 27 September 1986 Robert Holmes 24 May 1986[30]
TV: The Ultimate Foe 29 November 1986
PROSE: The Reign of Terror 20 August 1987 Ian Marter 28 October 1986[31]
PROSE: The Rescue 21 January 1988
The Pilot Episode 26 August 1991 Anthony Coburn 28 April 1977[32]
Ron Grainer Composer 21 February 1981[33]
Peter Brachacki Designer 14 November 1980[34]
Mervyn Pinfield Associate Producer 20 May 1966[35]
David Whitaker Story Editor 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: Rennigan's Record 13 May 1993 Writer
AUDIO: ScrapeJane 19 June 2019 Robin Bell 7 May 2019[37]
PROSE: Save Yourself 24 October 2019 Terrance Dicks 29 August 2019[38]
AUDIO: What Lurks Down Under 31 July 2020 Tommy Donbavand 14 May 2019[39]
COMIC: Pluto's Gate February 2022 James Hudnall 9 April 2019[40]

Posthumous adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story Release date Person Role Date of death
PROSE: An Unearthly Child 18 October 1979 Anthony Coburn Writer 28 April 1977[32]
PROSE: The Sensorites 6 December 1979 Peter R. Newman 22 February 1975
PROSE: Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon 4 December 1980 Brian Hayles 30 October 1978[41]
PROSE: The Enemy of the World 16 April 1981 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child 15 October 1981 Anthony Coburn 28 April 1977[32]
PROSE: The Celestial Toymaker 20 November 1986 Brian Hayles 30 October 1978[42]
PROSE: The Seeds of Death 4 December 1986
PROSE: The Faceless Ones 21 May 1987 David Ellis 30 June 1978
Malcolm Hulke 6 July 1979[43]
PROSE: The Sensorites 16 July 1987 Peter R. Newman 22 February 1975
PROSE: The Reign of Terror 20 August 1987 Dennis Spooner 20 September 1986[44]
PROSE: The Romans 17 September 1987
PROSE: The Ambassadors of Death 1 October 1987 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
The Tribe of Gum January 1988 Anthony Coburn 28 April 1977[32]
PROSE: The Rescue 21 January 1988 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: The Time Meddler 17 March 1988 Dennis Spooner 20 September 1986[44]
PROSE: The Mysterious Planet 21 April 1988 Robert Holmes 24 May 1986[45]
PROSE: The Underwater Menace 21 July 1988 Geoffrey Orme 21 January 1978[46]
PROSE: The Wheel in Space 18 August 1988 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: The Ultimate Foe 15 September 1988 Robert Holmes 24 May 1986[47]
PROSE: The Edge of Destruction 20 October 1988 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: The Smugglers 17 November 1988 Brian Hayles 30 October 1978
The Tomb of the Cybermen 29 August 1989 Kit Pedler 27 May 1981[48]
PROSE: Mission to the Unknown 21 September 1989 Dennis Spooner 20 September 1986[44]
PROSE: The Mutation of Time 19 October 1989
The Talons of Weng-Chiang November 1989 Robert Holmes 24 May 1986[49]
PROSE: The Space Pirates 15 March 1990
The Masters of Luxor 27 August 1992 Anthony Coburn 28 April 1977[32]
The Power of the Daleks 18 March 1993 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
PROSE: The Power of the Daleks 15 July 1993
AUDIO: The Power of the Daleks 2 August 1993
PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks 19 August 1993
Galaxy 4 14 July 1994 William Emms May 1993[50]
The Crusade 17 November 1994 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
WC: Shada 2 May- 6 June 2003 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
AUDIO: Shada 21 November 2003
HOMEVID: Marco Polo 30 January 2006 John Lucarotti 20 November 1994
PROSE: Doctor Who Meets Scratchman 1 February 2007 Ian Marter 28 October 1986[52]
AUDIO: The Curse of the Daleks November 2008 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
Terry Nation 9 March 1997[53]
AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair November 2009 Graham Williams 17 August 1990[54]
AUDIO: Leviathan January 2010 Brian Finch 27 June 2007[55]
HOMEVID: Planet of Fire The Movie 14 June 2010 Peter Grimwade 15 May 1990
AUDIO: The Destroyers December 2010 Terry Nation 9 March 1997[53]
HOMEVID: Day of the Daleks 12 September 2011 Louis Marks 17 September 2010[56]
AUDIO: Hexagora November 2011 Peter Ling 14 September 2006[57]
PROSE: Shada 15 March 2012 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
AUDIO: The Guardians of Prophecy May 2012 Johnny Byrne 2 April 2008[58]
AUDIO: The Masters of Luxor 16 August 2012 Anthony Coburn 28 April 1977[59]
HOMEVID: Planet of Giants 20 August 2012 Louis Marks 17 September 2010[60]
AUDIO: The Dark Planet 12 September 2013 Brian Hayles 30 October 1978[61]
AUDIO: The Queen of Time 29 October 2013
AUDIO: Lords of the Red Planet 15 November 2013
AUDIO: The Mega 18 December 2013 Bill Strutton 23 November 2003[62]
PROSE: The Shakespeare Notebooks 12 June 2014 William Shakespeare 23 April 1616[63]
PROSE: City of Death 21 May 2015 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
Graham Williams 17 August 1990[54]
TV: Shada 2017 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
Pennant Roberts Director 22 June 2010[64]
Graham Williams Producer 17 August 1990[54]
John Nathan-Turner Production unit manager 1 May 2002[65]
Rupert Jarvis Costume designer 26 April 2013[66]
John Hartshorn Studio sound 12 May 2003[67]
Alec Wheal Studio Camera Supervisor 18 May 2016[68]
David Brierley Actor (K9) 10 June 2008[69]
Denis Carey Actor (Chronotis) 28 September 1986[70]
Gerald Campion Actor (Wilkin) 9 July 2002[71]
Derek Pollitt Actor (A. St. John D. Caldera) 11 July 2010[72]
PROSE: The Pirate Planet 5 January 2017 Douglas Adams Writer 11 May 2001[51]
TV: Twice Upon a Time 25 December 2017 Kit Pedler 27 May 1981[73]
Gerry Davis 31 August 1991[74]
PROSE: Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen 18 January 2018 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
PROSE: Scratchman 24 January 2019 Ian Marter 28 October 1986[75]
HOMEVID: Terror of the Vervoids 23 September 2019 Jane Baker 8 September 2014[76]
WC: Mission to the Unknown 9 October 2019 Terry Nation 9 March 1997[53]
PROSE: Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet 11 March 2021 Douglas Adams 11 May 2001[51]
AUDIO: Return of the Cybermen 17 March 2021 Gerry Davis 31 August 1991[74]
AUDIO: Daleks! Genesis of Terror 25 May 2023 Terry Nation 9 March 1997[53]
AUDIO: The Ark 8 June 2023 John Lucarotti 20 November 1994
PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks 26 October 2023 David Whitaker 4 February 1980[36]
TV: The Mind Robber 1 November 2023 Peter Ling 14 September 2006[77]
TV: Vengeance on Varos Philip Martin 13 December 2020[78]
TV: The Three Doctors Bob Baker 3 November 2021[79]
Dave Martin 30 March 2007[80]
TV: The Time Meddler Dennis Spooner 20 September 1986[44]
HOMEVID: Mindgame Requiem 23 November 2023 Terrance Dicks 29 August 2019[81]
TV: The Daleks in Colour Terry Nation 9 March 1997[53]
TV: Pyramids of Mars 20 June 2024 Lewis Greifer 18 March 2003[82]
Robert Holmes 24 May 1986[83]
AUDIO: Operation Werewolf 24 July 2024 Douglas Camfield 27 January 1984[84]
Robert Kitts May 2002
AUDIO: Deathworld 16 August 2024 Bob Baker 3 November 2021[85]
Dave Martin 30 March 2007[86]
  1. ↑ Conroy was altogether the first person associated with the Doctor Who franchise to pass away.
  2. ↑ Theatre World Annual (London): A Pictorial Review of West End Productions with a Record of Plays and Players, Issue 16
  3. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  4. ↑ http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f591f09
  5. ↑ http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Times_(15/Sep/1993)_-_Obituary:_Harold_Innocent
  6. ↑ Produced entirely after his death. Pertwee's inclusion makes use of audio from the fan film Devious.
  7. ↑ The Independent
  8. ↑ Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen dies. BBC News (20 April 2011). Retrieved on 2 February 2012.
  9. ↑ BBC Doctor Who Official Twitter account
  10. ↑ Hadoke, Toby (26 July 2012). Mary Tamm obituary. The Guardian. Retrieved on 12 November 2018.
  11. ↑ Sommer, Tim (31 January 2017). John Hurt: January 22, 1940-January 25, 2017. Observer. Retrieved on 4 March 2017.
  12. ↑ The Guardian
  13. ↑ Produced entirely after his death. Baxter's inclusion makes use of archive footage.
  14. ↑ Doctor Who News
  15. ↑ The Guardian
  16. ↑ DWMSE 51
  17. ↑ Produced entirely after his death. Spragg's inclusion makes use of audio from a comedy sketch.
  18. ↑ Big Finish
  19. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-44670588
  20. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/mar/26/david-collings-obituary
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  22. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ronald-pickup-death-the-crown-age-b1807390.html
  23. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/15/murray-melvin-actor-director-and-theatre-archivist-dies-aged-90
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  27. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62219839
  28. ↑ DWM 611
  29. ↑ Find a Grave
  30. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  31. ↑ Find a Grave
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=AnthonyCoburn
  33. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40757966/ron-grainer
  34. ↑ https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=PeterBrachacki
  35. ↑ https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=152922
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 36.7 36.8 36.9 Find a Grave
  37. ↑ The Leader
  38. ↑ The Guardian
  39. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/05/20/tommy-donbavand-childrens-writer-entertainer-gift-making-people/
  40. ↑ https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/04/09/comic-book-veteran-and-creator-of-harsh-realm-and-the-psycho-james-hudnall-has-passed-away/
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  42. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  43. ↑ Find a Grave
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22231/dennis-spooner
  45. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  46. ↑ https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=GeoffreyOrme
  47. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  48. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  49. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  50. ↑ https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=158350
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6 Doctor Who Guide
  52. ↑ Find a Grave
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 Chamberlain, Laura (8 March 2012). Remembering Terry Nation. BBC Blogs - Wales. Retrieved on 10 November 2018.
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 Aveleyman
  55. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1555954/Brian-Finch.html
  56. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/07/louis-marks-obituary
  57. ↑ The Independent
  58. ↑ TCH 36
  59. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  60. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/07/louis-marks-obituary
  61. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  62. ↑ TCH 4
  63. ↑ https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/when-was-shakespeare-born/
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  65. ↑ Bodle, Andy (11 May 2002). John Nathan-Turner obituary. The Guardian. Retrieved on 17 December 2016.
  66. ↑ DWM 461
  67. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  68. ↑ DWMSE 45
  69. ↑ David Brierley Obituary. Legacy.com. Retrieved on 12 November 2018.
  70. ↑ Aveleyman
  71. ↑ Aveleyman
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  73. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 Doctor Who Guide
  75. ↑ Find a Grave
  76. ↑ https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a595637/doctor-who-writer-jane-baker-dies-colin-baker-reveals/
  77. ↑ The Independent
  78. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jan/25/philip-martin-obituary
  79. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/07/bob-baker-obituary
  80. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/03/guardianobituaries.media
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  82. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  83. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  84. ↑ TCH 5
  85. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/07/bob-baker-obituary
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