2016 (releases)

2016 in

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Timeline for 2016

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In 2016, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January

1 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 153 was released online.
4 January - Doctor Who - Series 9 Part 2 was released on DVD.
6 January - 12DY2 1 and 10DY2 4 was released by Titan Comics.
7 January - DWM 495 and DWA15 10 were first released by Panini Comics.
7 January - The audiobook versions of Doctor Who and the State of Decay and The Witch Hunters were first released by BBC Audio.
11 January - The Waters of Amsterdam was released by Big Finish.
12 January - Wave of Destruction was released by Big Finish.
13 January - The Isos Network was released by Big Finish.
13 January - 8D 3 was first released by Titan Comics.
13 January - Truth or Consequences was first published to the Doctor Who Facebook page.
14 January - The Churchill Years: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
14 January - Tales from the Tardis 2 was released by Titan Comics.
14 January - DWFC 63 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
15 January - The Roundheads was released as a special edition by BBC Books.
18 January - Into the Unknown, the first Erimem anthology, was first published by Thebes Publishing.
18 January - Uncanny Valley and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 154 were first released by Big Finish.
20 January - Doctor Who Archives: Prisoners of Time was released by Titan Comics.
22 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 155 was released online.
25 January - The Husbands of River Song was released on Blu-ray and DVD.
27 January - 10DY2 5 and 11DY2 5 was released by Titan Comics.
27 January - TCH 5 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
28 January - Gardens of the Dead was released by Big Finish.
28 January - Doctor Who Comic 2.5 was released by Titan Comics.
28 January - Doctor, Doctor, Doctor was first released.
28 January - DWFC 64 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
29 January - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 156 was released online by Big Finish.

February

4 February - Rain of Terror and Terrible Lizards were re-released on kindle.
4 February - DWM 496 and DWA15 11 was released by Panini Comics.
4 February - The audiobook version of The Space Museum was first released by BBC Audio.
5 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 157 was released by Big Finish.
9 February - The graphic novel Four Doctors was released.
10 February - More Than This was released by Big Finish.
10 February - 10DY2 6 and 12DY2 2 were released by Titan Comics.
10 February - TCH 48 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
11 February - The Legends of River Song was first published by BBC Books.
17 February - Aquitaine was released by Big Finish.
17 February - 8D 4 was released.
18 February - The Labyrinth of Buda Castle was released by Big Finish.
19 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 158 was released by Big Finish.
22 February - Infernal Devices was released by Big Finish.
24 February - The first TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
24 February - TCH 45 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
25 February - Prime Winner was released by Big Finish.
26 February - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 159 was released by Big Finish.

March

March - The Black Eggs of Khufu was released by Candy Jar Books.
1 March - Rose, The Massacre, The Ambassadors of Death and Dark Water / Death in Heaven were first published by Obverse Books.
2 March - The graphic novel Weapons of Past Destruction was released by Titan Comics.
2 March - 11DY2 6 was released.
3 March - Doom Coalition 2 was released by Big Finish.
3 March - DWM 497 and DWA15 12 were released by Panini Comics.
3 March - Death to the Daleks and The Shadow in the Glass were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
7 March - The Forgotten Son was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
9 March - TCH 26 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
9 March - 12DY2 3 and the graphic novel Hyperion was released by Titan Comics.
10 March - The Victorian Age was released by Big Finish.
10 March - DWFC 67 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
14 March - Prime Imperative and Home were first published by Thebes Publishing.
15 March - The Peterloo Massacre was first released by Big Finish.
15 March - Life on Mars on Mars was first released online by Thebes Publishing.
16 March - The Paradox Planet was released by Big Finish.
16 March - 8D 5 was released by Titan Comics.
18 March - A Stitch in Time was released in Doctor Who: Comic Creator.
23 March - 10DY2 7, 11DY2 7 and 4D 1 were released by Titan Comics.
23 March - TCH 56 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
24 March - Washington Burns was released by Big Finish.
25 March - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 162 was released by Big Finish.
31 March - DWA15 13 and DWM 498 was published by Panini Comics.

April

2 April - Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who was first released by Obverse Books.
5 April - Zone 10 was released by Big Finish.
6 April - 10DY2 8 and 12DY2 4 was released by Titan Comics.
6 April - TCH 20 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
7 April - The Memory of Winter and the audiobook versions of The Invasion and Amorality Tale were first released by BBC Audio.
7 April - DWFC 69 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
12 April - And You Will Obey Me was released by Big Finish.
12 April - The HAVOC Files was first published by Candy Jar Books.
13 April - Legacy of Death was released by Big Finish.
13 April - 9DO 1 was released by Titan Comics.
14 April - Nightshade was released by Big Finish.
14 April - DWMSE 43 was first published by Panini Comics.
15 April - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 165 was released by Big Finish.
19 April - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 1 was released by Titan Comics.
20 April - TCH 67 was first released by Hachette Partworks.
20 April - 11DY2 8 and 4D 2 were released by Titan Comics.
21 April - The Curse of the Fugue was released by Big Finish.
21 April - DWFC 70 and DWFC RD 6 were first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
27 April - Night of the Kraken was first published by BBC Children's Books.
28 April - The eleventh series of Jago & Litefoot was released by Big Finish.
28 April - DWM 499 was published.
28 April - DWA15 14 was published.
30 April - Keep Counting was first released.

May

2 May - Image of the Fendahl was first published by Obverse Books.
3 May - Ghost Mission was released by Big Finish.
3 May - The Schizoid Earth was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
4 May - 10DY2 9 was released.
5 May - The King's Demons and Shakedown were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
7 May - Free Comic Book Day 2016 was released by Titan Comics.
7 May - The Lock-In was first published by Candy Jar Books.
9 May - Vampire of the Mind was released by Big Finish.
10 May - Gallery of Ghouls was released by Big Finish.
11 May - 12DY2 5 was released.
12 May - In the Blood was first published by BBC Books.
16 May - Technophobia, Time Reaver, and Death and the Queen were released by Big Finish.
17 May - Moon Blink was first published by Candy Jar Books.
17 May - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 2 was released by Titan Comics.
18 May - 11DY2 9 was released.
18 May - The graphic novel A Matter of Life and Death was released.
23 May - Top Trumps (pack 9) was first released by Winning Moves UK Ltd.
24 May - Enemy Lines was released by Big Finish.
24 May - The graphic novels The Then and the Now and The Endless Song were released by Titan Comics.
24 May - Travels in Time Colouring Book was first published by BBC Children's Books.
25 May - 9DO 2 was released.
25 May - 10DY2 10 was released.
25 May - 12DY2 6 was released.
26 May - DWM 500 was published.
26 May - DWA15 15 was published.
31 May - This Sporting Life was released by Big Finish.

June

June - Beast of Fang Rock was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
1 June - 4D 3 was released.
4 June - Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos and Scream of the Shalka were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
6 June - Moving Target was released by Big Finish.
8 June - 11DY2 10 was released.
13 June - The Two Masters was released by Big Finish. The Monkey House was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
14 June - The Trouble with Drax was released by Big Finish.
15 June - 10DY2 11 was released.
16 June - Lost and Found was released by Big Finish.
23 June - The Second Doctor: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
23 June - The Showstoppers was first published by Candy Jar Books.
23 June - DWA15 16 was published.
25 June - The Showstoppers was first published by Candy Jar Books.
29 June - 9DO 3 was released.
29 June - 12DY2 7 was released.
30 June - Shutdown was released by Big Finish.
30 June - DWM 501 was published.

July

July - Mutually Assured Domination was released as an audiobook by Fantom Audio.
4 July - Broken was released by Big Finish.
4 July - Ghost Light was first published by Obverse Books.
6 July - SOTC 1 was released.
6 July - 9DO 4 was released.
7 July - Who Killed Toby Kinsella? was released by Big Finish.
7 July - Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
12 July - A Life of Crime was released by Big Finish.
12 July - The Tenth Doctor Archives: Volume 3 was released by Titan Comics.
13 July - 4D 4 was released.
13 July - The Pursuit of History was released by Big Finish.
13 July - 10DY2 12 was released.
14 July - The graphic novel Evening's Empire was released by Panini Comics.
21 July - DWA15 17 was published.
21 July - 2016 Convention Special was released at San Diego Comic-Con.
25 July - Wilde Stories 2016 was published by Lethe Press.
26 July - The Blame Game was released by Big Finish.
27 July - 11DY2 11 was released.
28 July - Classic Doctors, New Monsters: Volume One was released by Big Finish.
28 July - DWM 502 was published.
28 July - Illegal Alien was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
29 July - The Grandfather Infestation was first published by Candy Jar Books.

August

2 August - Made You Look was released by Big Finish.
3 August - TW 1 was released.
3 August - SOTC 2 was released.
3 August - 12DY2 8 was released.
4 August - The Macra Terror was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
4 August - DWMSE 44 was first published by Panini Comics.
4 August - The Tenth Doctor Adventures was released by BBC Physical Audio.
9 August - Fiesta of the Damned was released by Big Finish.
10 August - Casualties of Time was released by Big Finish.
10 August - 10DY2 13 was released.
17 August - The graphic novel The School of Death was released by Titan Comics.
18 August - DWA15 18 was published.
20 August - Buccaneer and Arrrr... were first published by Thebes Publishing.
25 August - Tales from the Tardis 10 was released by Titan Comics.
25 August - DWM 503 was published.
25 August - The Unbound Universe was released by Big Finish.
30 August - Damascus was released by Big Finish.
30 August - The Official Cookbook was published by Harper Design.
31 August - 11DY2 12 was released.
31 August - The graphic novels The One and Arena of Fear were released.

September

September - The HAVOC Files 2 was first published by Candy Jar Books.
September - TW 2 was released.
1 September - Torchwood Tales was released by BBC Physical Audio.
1 September - Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
1 September - The Mind Robber was first published by Obverse Books.
1 September - Doodle Book was first published by BBC Children's Books.
1 September - Terror Moon was released as part of the Choose the Future range.
6 September - The Genesis Chamber was released by Big Finish.
7 September - 9DO 5 was released.
7 September - 10DY2 14 was released.
8 September - DWFC 80 and DWFC RD 7 was first released by Eaglemoss Collections.
9 September - The Last Duty was released online by Candy Jar Books.
13 September - Maker of Demons was released by Big Finish. The Shrine of Sorrows was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
14 September - The Age of Endurance was released by Big Finish.
14 September - 3D 1 was released.
14 September - SOTC 3 was released.
14 September - Supergirl Meets E.T. was released.
15 September - The Chimes of Midnight was released by Big Finish on vinyl.
15 September - DWA15 19 was published.
21 September - 4D 5 was released.
22 September - Doom Coalition 3 was released by Big Finish.
22 September - DWM 504 was published.
27 September - Dot-to-Doc was first published by BBC Children's Books.
28 September - 11DY2 13 was released.
28 September - 12DY2 9 was released.
29 September - A Full Life was released by Big Finish.
30 September - The Toy, Museum Peace, Lepidoptery for Beginners, The Little Drummer Boy and Sound the Siren And I'll Come To You Comrade were re-released by Big Finish in the Short Trips Rareties series.
30 September - The videogame adaptation of Doctor Who Pinball: Time Streams was released.

October

October - The videogame Don't Blink was released on BBC Taster.
October - TW 3 was released.
5 October - 9DO 6 was released.
6 October - Agents of Chaos was released by Big Finish.
6 October - Twelve Doctors of Christmas was published by BBC Books.
6 October - The American Adventures was first published by Penguin Books.
6 October - Time Lord Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition was first published by Penguin Character Books, including the new short story, The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes.
6 October - A History of Humankind was first published by BBC Children's Books.
6 October - Doctor Who The Official Annual 2017 was first published by BBC Children's Books.
6 October - The Time Meddler was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
6 October - The Eleventh Doctor Adventures was released by BBC Physical Audio.
12 October - The Memory Bank and Other Stories was released by Big Finish.
12 October - 3D 2 was released.
13 October - The Fifth Traveller was released by Big Finish.
19 October - Rulebook was released by Big Finish.
19 October - SOTC 4 was released.
19 October - 12DY2 10 was released.
20 October - DWM 505 was released.
21 October - The Torchwood Archive was released by Big Finish.
22 October - Class premiered with the release of For Tonight We Might Die and The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo on BBC Three.
24 October - The Robot Reveal was first broadcast on CBBC.
25 October - The Whoniverse was published by Harper Design.
26 October - The twelfth series of Jago & Litefoot was released by Big Finish.
26 October - 10DY2 15 was released.
26 October - 11DY2 14 was released.
27 October - The novels Joyride, The Stone House and What She Does Next Will Astound You were published by BBC Books.
29 October - Nightvisiting was first released on BBC Three.
29 October - "Nightvisitor" was released as a single on Spotify and iTunes.
30 October - Times Squared was released.

November

November - TW 4 was released.
1 November - Black Orchid was first published by Obverse Books.
3 November - The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 2 was released by Big Finish.
3 November - Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks was released as an audiobook by BBC Physical Audio.
3 November - Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One was re-released on CD.
5 November - Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart was first released on BBC Three.
9 November - Order of the Daleks was first released by Big Finish.
10 November - The Ravelli Conspiracy was first released by Big Finish.
10 November - DWA15 20 was published.
12 November - Brave-ish Heart was first released on BBC Three.
15 November - Outbreak was first released by Big Finish.
16 November - 12DY2 11 was released.
16 November - SOTC 5 was released.
17 November - DWM 506 was published.
18 November - Looking for Pudsey was first broadcast.
18 November - The graphic novel The Highgate Horror was released by Panini Comics.
19 November - Detained was first released on BBC Three.
23 November - Silenced was released by Big Finish.
23 November - 9DO 7 was released.
23 November - 10DY2 16 was released.
23 November - 12DY2 12 was released.
26 November - The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did was first released on BBC Three.
26 November - The last TARDIS Index Files episode was released.
30 November - The Man Who Wasn't There was first released by Big Finish.
30 November - 3D 3 was released.

December

1 December - The Space Pirates and The Scales of Injustice were released as audiobooks by BBC Physical Audio.
1 December - Blood of Atlantis was first published by Candy Jar Books.
3 December - The Lost was first released on BBC Three.
12 December - Moments of Passing was first published by Thebes Publishing.
13 December - Absolute Power and Quicksilver were first released by Big Finish. The Christmas Dimension was included as a subscriber-exclusive download.
14 December - The Sontarans was first released by Big Finish.
14 December - All I Want for Christmas was released online by Thebes Publishing.
15 December - Original Sin and Cold Fusion were first released by Big Finish.
15 December - DWMSE 45 was first published by Panini Comics.
15 December - The XMAS Files was first published by Candy Jar Books.
15 December - DWM 507 was published.
16 December - Mind of Stone was first released.
19 December - The New Counter-Measures: Series One was first released by Big Finish.
21 December - 9DO 8 was released.
21 December - 10DY2 17 was released.
21 December - 11DY2 15 was released.
23 December - The Hesitation Deviation was first released by Big Finish.
23 December - Master of Time was released.
24 December - Christmas Special was released online.
25 December - The Return of Doctor Mysterio was first broadcast on BBC One.
25 December - Audio anthology The Diary of River Song: Series Two was first released by Big Finish.
26 December - GS 1 was first published.
29 December - Forever Fallen was first released by Big Finish.

Unknown dates

Unknown - The Dalek Extermination of Earth was first screened at an official LEGO event.