Timeline for 2023

21st century | 2020s

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In 2023, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

January[]

• 1 January -
  • VOR 167 was first published by Big Finish.
  • The Many Doctors Collection was published by Titan Comics.
• 5 January -
  • The Ice Kings and the audiobook version of The Romans were both first released by BBC Audio.
  • The Dead Star was first released by Big Finish Productions.
  • DWM 586 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 10 January - Double Part 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 January - Friend of the Family was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 January - CD version of Doctor Who - Series 13 - The Specials was released by Silva Screen Records.
• 15 January - A bundle of Curse of the Cyberons, The Weapon and the Warrior, and the bonus comic Before the Storm, was first released by BBV Productions.
• 18 January - Cass, the fifth anthology in the The Eighth Doctor: Time War series, was first released by Big Finish.
• 19 January - Doctor Who at the BBC: The Collection is released by BBC Audio.
• 24 January - Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 January -
  • Defenders of Earth was released on YouTube.
  • Double Part 2 was first released by Big Finish.

February[]

• 1 February - VOR 168 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 February -
  • DWM 587 was first released by Panini Comics.
  • The Renegades Collection and the audiobook version of The Seeds of Death were both first released by BBC Audio.
  • Short Trips: Volume 12 was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 February - Shades of Fear was first released by Big Finish.
• 10 February - The Black Archive reference book Flux was first released by Obverse Books.
• 13 February - Doctor Who: The Collection Season 24 was re-released as standard edition.
• 14 February - The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello was released by Big Finish.
• 16 February -
  • The Demon Song was first released by Big Finish.
  • Doctor Who Chronicles - 1988 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 21 February - All of Time and Space was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 February - The Return of Jo Jones was first released by Big Finish.
• 24 February - Excelis Collected was re-released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 27 February - Enter Wildthyme was released by Big Finish as a digital download.

March[]

• 1 March - VOR 169 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 March -
  • New Frontiers was first released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 588 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 8 March -
  • Strange Chemistry was first released by Big Finish.
  • Lost in Time was launched worldwide.
• 14 March - Terror of the Master was reissued as a standalone download by Big Finish.
• 16 March -
  • The audiobook version of The Time Monster was first released by BBC Audio.
  • DWMSE 63 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 20 March - The Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 9 was released by BBC Studios.
• 23 March - The Torchwood audio story Thirst Trap was first released by Big Finish.
• 29 March - Wildthyme Beyond! was released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 30 March - DWM 589 was first published by Panini Comics.

April[]

• 1 April -
  • The reference book The Girl Who Died in the The Black Archive series was first published by Obverse Books.
  • VOR 170 was first published by Big Finish.
• 5 April - Conflicts of Interest and Gobbledegook were both first released by Big Finish.
• 6 April - The audiobook version of Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil was first released by BBC Audio.
• 13 April - The Robots: Volume Six was first released by Big Finish.
• 18 April - Launch Date was first released by Big Finish.
• 20 April -
  • Beyond Bannerman Road was first released by Big Finish.
  • The Amazing World of Doctor Who was released by BBC Audio.
• 25 April - Iris Wildthyme and the Polythene Terror was released by Big Finish as a digital download.
• 27 April - DWM 590 was first published by Panini Comics.
• 29 April - Operation Fall-Out and Other Stories and The Benton Files 3 were both first published by Candy Jar Books.

May[]

• 3 May - Past Lives was first released by Big Finish.
• 4 May - The audiobook anthology The Alt Reality Collection and the audiobook version of Warriors of the Deep were released by BBC Audio.
• 10 May - Pioneers was first released by Big Finish.
• 11 May - Among Us 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 16 May - Comrades-in-Arms was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 May - Purity Unleashed and The Doctor and His Amazing Technicolour Nightmare Coat were both first released by Big Finish.
• 25 May -
  • DWM 591 was first released by Panini Comics.
  • Daleks! Genesis of Terror was first released by Big Finish.

June[]

• 1 June -
  • The audiobook version of The Nightmare Fair was released by BBC Audio.
  • VOR 172 was first published by Big Finish.
• 4 June - The reference book The Myth Makers was first published by Obverse Books.
• 6 June - Solitary Confinement was first released by Big Finish.
• 8 June -
  • The Ark was first released by Big Finish.
  • Doctor Who Chronicles - 1963-64 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 14 June - The Artist at the End of Time was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 June - Angels and Demons was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 June - DWM 592 was released by Panini Comics.
• 27 June - Far from Home and Frozen Worlds were both first released by Big Finish.
• 29 June - Among Us 2 was first released by Big Finish.

July[]

• 3 July - VOR 173 was first published by Big Finish.
• 4 July - The universe's greatest assassin has just 24 hours to escape Death and find the Doctor - where will Doom's Day take her next? was released by the BBC on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
• 5 July - Prisoners of London was first released by Big Finish.
• 6 July - The audiobook version of Silver Nemesis was first released by BBC Audio.
• 12 July -
  • Masters of Time was first released by Big Finish.
  • Come on TARDIS, let's go party was released online.
• 13 July -
  • The novelisation of Kerblam! was first released by Target Books.
  • The novelisation of Planet of the Ood was first released by Target Books. The audiobook reading was also released by BBC Audio.
  • The novelisation of The Zygon Invasion was first released by Target Books.
  • The novelisation of The Waters of Mars was first released by Target Books. The audiobook reading was also released by BBC Audio.
  • The three-story novelisation Warriors' Gate and Beyond was first released by Target Books.
  • The Passenger was released on YouTube.
• 20 July -
  • A Genius for War was first released by Big Finish.
  • DWM 593 was first released by Panini Comics.
• 25 July -
  • James Robert McCrimmon was first released by Big Finish.
  • Doom’s Day #2 was first released by Titan Comics.
• 27 July - Among Us 3 was first released by Big Finish.

August[]

• 1 August - VOR 174 was first published by Big Finish.
• 3 August -
  • The Teeth of Ice and the audiobook version of Kerblam! were first released by BBC Audio.
  • Travel in Hope was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 August -
  • Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who by Paul Hayes was first released.
  • The reference book The Greatest Show in the Galaxy was first published by Obverse Books.
• 10 August -
  • Sigil was first released by Big Finish.
  • Extraction Point was first released by BBC Books.
• 16 August - Two's Company was first released by Big Finish.
• 22 August - The Orphan Quartet was first released by Big Finish.
• 24 August -
  • The Doom's Day anthology Four From Doom's Day was released by BBC Audio.
  • Josephine and the Argonauts was first published by BBC Books.
• 30 August - Purity Unbound was first released by Big Finish.

September[]

• 1 September -
  • VOR 175 was first published by Big Finish.
  • Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection was released by Panini Comics.
• 5 September - In the Night was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 September -
  • The Beast of Scar Hill was first released by BBC Audio.
  • The audiobook version of The Zygon Invasion was first released by BBC Audio.
  • Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 was first released by BBC Children's Books.
• 12 September - The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 was first released by Big Finish.
• 14 September -
  • DWM 595 was released by Panini Comics.
  • The Torchwood audio story Dog Hop was first released by Big Finish.
• 15 September - Vinyl box set The Tom Baker Collection was released by Demon Music Group.
• 18 September -
  • The Blu-ray box set The Collection: Season 20 was first released by BBC Studios.
  • Redacted: Series 2 was first released on BBC Sounds.
• 19 September - Trapped was first released by Big Finish.
• 21 September - Dying Hours was first released by Big Finish.
• 28 September -
  • Rebellion on Treasure Island was first published by BBC Books.
  • Gallifrey: War Room audio anthology Manoeuvres was first released by Big Finish.

October[]

• 1 October - The reference book The Edge of Destruction was first published by Obverse Books.
• 2 October - VOR 176 was first published by Big Finish.
• 3 October - Series 1 of The Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller, a collection of the originally individually released stories from the first series in The Eighth Doctor Adventures.
• 5 October -
  • The Third Monsters Collection and The Lagoon Monsters was released by BBC Audio.
  • Time Lord Immemorial was first released by Big Finish.
• 11 October - Intelligence for War was first released by Big Finish.
• 12 October -
  • DWM 596 was first released by Panini Comics.
  • Ten Days of Christmas was first published by Penguin Books.
• 17 October -
  • And Today, You was first released by Arcbeatle Press.
  • Rogues Gallery was first released by Big Finish.
• 19 October - The Torchwood audio story Odyssey was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 October - The Union was first released by Big Finish.
• 26 October -
  • The Decades Collection of novels were all first released by Puffin Books.
  • The novelisation of The Evil of the Daleks and the audiobook reading were both first released by BBC Books and BBC Audio.
• 31 October -
  • Faction Paradox website was brought back online and a number of entries in The Spiral Politic Database are released.
  • The Whoniverse ident was first released on social media platforms.

November[]

• 1 November -
  • Tales of the TARDIS was first released on BBC iPlayer.
  • The Whoniverse channel was launched on BBC iPlayer.
  • VOR 177 was first published by Big Finish.
  • Talking Doctor Who and Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration were transmitted on BBC Four.
• 2 November -
  • Audacity was first released by Big Finish.
  • The Fourth Doctor Anthology was first released by Panini Comics.
• 7 November -
  • The Torchwood audio story Oodunnit was released by Big Finish.
  • Once Upon a Time Lord was first released by Titan Comics.
• 8 November - Mission: Find Lilith ^[+]Trevor Spencer, Hellscape (BBV Productions, TikTok, 2023). was first released.
• 9 November -
  • DWM 597 was first released by Panini Comics.
  • 60 Moments in Time was first released by Panini Comics.
  • The War Master audio anthology Rogue Encounters was first released by Big Finish.
• 13 November - The animated recreation of The Underwater Menace was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
• 15 November - The Art of the Audio Adventures was first published by Big Finish.
• 16 November - Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse was first published by BBC Books.
• 17 November -
  • United Nations was first published by Candy Jar Books.
  • Destination: Skaro was broadcast on BBC One as part of the Children in Need telethon.
• 18 November -
  • Doctor Who @ 60: The Classic Years was broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
  • Doctor Who @ 60: The Modern Era was broadcast on BBC Radio Two.
• 19 November - Doctor Who: The Wilderness Years was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
• 21 November - Defender of the Earth was first released by Big Finish.
• 23 November -
  • The Box of Terrors was first released by Big Finish.
  • The Daleks in Colour was first broadcast on BBC Four.
  • A new version of the 2013 docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time, was first broadcast on BBC Four.
  • The graphic novel Liberation of the Daleks was first released by Titan Comics.
• 24 November -
  • Revenge of the Cybermen was released by Silva Screen Records.
  • Time and the Rani was released by Silva Screen Records.
• 25 November -
  • The Star Beast was first broadcast on BBC One.
  • Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets and Scandals was first broadcast on Channel 5.
• 28 November - Broken Hearts was first released by Big Finish.
• 30 November - The novelisation of The Star Beast was first published as an e-book by BBC Books.

December[]

• 1 December - VOR 178 was first published by Big Finish.
• 2 December - Wild Blue Yonder was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 5 December - In the Bleak Midwinter was first released by Big Finish.
• 7 December -
  • The novelisation of Wild Blue Yonder was first published as an e-book by BBC Books.
  • The Cuckoo and The Romanov Project were first released by BBC Audio.
  • DWM 598 was first released by Panini Comics.
  • The Torchwood audio story Oracle was first released by Big Finish.
• 9 December - The Giggle was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 13 December - Enemy Mine was first released by Big Finish.
• 14 December -
  • Children of the Circus was first released by AUK Studios.
  • The novelisation of The Giggle was first published as an e-book by BBC Books.
• 19 December - Everywhere and Anywhere was first released by Big Finish.
• 20 December - The Revenge of Wormwood was first released by Big Finish.
• 25 December - The Church on Ruby Road was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 26 December - The Book of the Snowstorm was first released by Arcbeatle Press.
• 28 December - The Last Day 1 was first released by Big Finish.
• 29 December - The Hoxteth Time Capsule was first released by Big Finish.