2010
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Doctor Who Universe
March
- Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams meet with Jack Harkness outside Cardiff, where Jack (still remoseful over the deaths of his grandson, Ianto, Owen, Tosh and Suzie) uses his recovered vortex manipulator to send a signal to a cold fusion freighter just outside the Sol system. He is beamed up into space. (TW: Children of Earth: Day Five)
April
- Circa Easter, the Number 200 bus travels from London to the planet San Helios via wormhole. Thanks to the Doctor, most of the passengers manage to return safely to Earth. (DW: Planet of the Dead)
- Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane get married in Cheldon Bonniface with many guests from throughout time and space in attendance. (NA: Happy Endings)
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is restored to youth and health by the Fortean Flicker. (NA: Happy Endings)
Unknown dates
- The alien Samarands invade Greece. (DWM: Hotel Historia)
- The alien Androvaxcrash-lands in Ealing, followed by the Judoon called Tybo, which arrests him. (SJA: Prisoner of the Judoon)
- The alien Eve is living in a funfair in Ealingand, along with her adoptive father and boyfriend, take of in her Ship. (SJA: The Mad Woman in the Attic)
- The Trickster manipulates Peter Dalton into marrying Sarah Jane Smith, but the Doctor arrives to defeat the Trickster, with the help of Clyde Langer and Peter Dalton, unfortnately, Dalton is killed. (SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
Other timelines
- Mickey Smith, Jake Simmonds and Pete travel from a parallel world back to the Doctor's universe. They and Rose and Jackie Tyler are stuck in Pete's World after the tear through the Void closes. (DW: Doomsday)
- Due to time differences between the two worlds, they appear in 2007 in the other world. See also Pete's World.
Real World
- The fifth series of Doctor Who is scheduled for broadcast on the BBC this year, consisting of 13 episodes with Steven Moffat taking over from Russell T Davies as executive producer, and Matt Smith taking over the role of the Doctor from David Tennant. Filming for the season began in July 2009, and is expected to carry over into 2010 per the precedent of previous seasons. Although precedent holds that the new season will likely air starting in the spring of 2010 (possibly March or April), until the BBC announces an actual date, this cannot be confirmed. There have also been media reports that the 2010 season may be split into two halves due to conflicts with coverage of the FIFA World Cup; as of September 2009, this too can only be seen as conjecture. It is also not yet known whether a Christmas special will be commissioned for 2010.
- Related to the above, international broadcasters such as BBC America in the US and Space in Canada are also expected to broadcast Series 5 in 2010, however scheduling is not possible until the BBC confirms its broadcast plans.
- Series 5 will introduce (among other expected changes), a new Doctor Who logo, although the logo itself had been unveiled in October 2009.
- Assuming it is renewed, production of Series 6 of Doctor Who will presumably begin in the second half of 2010, for broadcast in 2011.
- BBC America is expected to broadcast the final three David Tennant specials at some point after their UK showing, meaning likely early 2010.[1]
- The first season of the Australian-made spinoff series K9TV: K-9 is expected to debut sometime in early 2010. [2]
Early 2010
- In March 2009 it was learned via a Russell T Davies interview in SFX Magazine that the final three specials of the gap year would air around "Christmas/late 2009".[3] As the exact airdates have yet to be announced as of August 2009, a New Year's Day 2010 broadcast is possible for the final special, entitled DW: The End of Time.
- Scheduled publication of Deborah Watling's autobiography, Daddy's Girl (delayed from the original November 2009 publication date).
January
- BFA: A Thousand Tiny Wings is scheduled for release. This audio will reintroduce Elizabeth Klein, a character who last appeared in the 2001 release BFA: Colditz, as a new companion for the Seventh Doctor.
- CC: Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code is scheduled for release. While previous installments of The Companion Chronicles have featured former TV companions, this story will feature Benny Summerfield, a companion created for the Virgin New Adventures novels.
- Scheduled publication of the second edition of The Writer's Tale by Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook.
- 04 - Scheduled UK DVD release of DW: The Curse of Peladon and DW: The Monster of Peladon, to be released together as a box set.
- 05 - Scheduled North American DVD release of DW: The Keys of Marinus and DW: The Twin Dilemma.
- 07 - Scheduled release of the audio adaptation of DWN: Doctor Who - The Three Doctors.
- 11 - Scheduled UK DVD/Blu-Ray release of the 2009 Specials, including DW: The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and the final two David Tennant specials.
- 31 - BFA: Leviathan (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
February
- BFA: Survival of the Fittest is scheduled for release. This release is also expected to include the 12th and final chapter of the serialized story CC: The Three Companions.
- CC: Yet-to-be-titled First Doctor story is scheduled for release.
- 01 - Scheduled UK release of a Doctor Who DVD box set entitled Myths and Legends, which is expected to include at least three stories from the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras (story titles TBA).
- 02 - Scheduled North American DVD/Blu-Ray release of DW The Waters of Mars and the specials finale. A "5-disc collection" also including Planet of the Dead and The Next Doctor is also scheduled for release.[4]
- 08 - Scheduled UK DVD release of DW: The Masque of Mandragora
- 28 - BFA: The Hollows of Time (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
March
- BFA: The Architects of Memory is scheduled for release.
- CC: Yet-to-be-titled Second Doctor story is scheduled for release.
- The Canadian cable network Space is scheduled to take over the Canadian broadcast licence for season 1-4 and related Christmas Specials (save DW: Voyage of the Damned) from the CBC.
- Scheduled UK DVD release of the Myths and Legends box set, including DW: The Time Monster, Underworld and The Horns of Nimon.
- 01 - Scheduled UK DVD release of DW: Time and the Rani.
- 02 - Scheduled North American DVD release of the Dalek War box set featuring DW: Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks.
- Scheduled North American DVD release of DW: Remembrance of the Daleks, more than two years after it was first announced.
- 04 - Scheduled publication of NSA: Code of the Krillitanes, the fifth Quick Reads novella. This book will feature the Tenth Doctor, despite it being published several months after DW: The End of Time, and as such may end up being the final Tenth Doctor original novel under the BBC New Series Adventures line.
- 15 - Scheduled publication of REF: Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, an essay collection by Mad Norwegian Press. Contributors include Lisa Bowerman, Kate Orman, India Fisher, Sophie Aldred and Carole E. Barrowman (sister of John Barrowman and co-author of his autobiography).
- 26 - Fifth anniversary of the return of Doctor Who to television.
- 31 - BFA: Paradise 5 (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
April
- The Canadian cable network Space is scheduled to take over the Canadian broadcast licence for the 2007 Christmas special DW: Voyage of the Damned from the CBC, officially ending the CBC's association with the Doctor Who franchise.
- Big Finish Productions is scheduled to release the first of several audio dramas (titles yet to be announced) pairing the Sixth Doctor with Jamie McCrimmon. At least three are scheduled.
- CC: Yet-to-be-titled Third Doctor story is scheduled for release.
- 30 - BFA: Point of Entry (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
May
- Scheduled release of the second of at least three Big Finish Productions audio dramas featuring the Sixth Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.
- CC: Yet-to-be-titled Sixth Doctor story is scheduled for release.
- 31 - BFA: The Macros (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
June
- Scheduled release of the third of at least three Big Finish Productions audio dramas featuring the Sixth Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon.
- CC: Yet-to-be-titled Sixth Doctor story is scheduled for release.
- 30 - BFA: The Song of Megaptera (The Lost Stories) is scheduled for release.
July
- Scheduled release of BBCR: The Last Voyage, which is expected to be the first exclusive-to-audio adventure of the Eleventh Doctor.
December
- According to an announcement made by IDW Publishing at the New York Comic Con in February 2009, the comic book series IDW: Doctor Who Ongoing is scheduled to begin publishing original adventures featuring the Eleventh Doctor as of its 18th issue, scheduled for publication this month.
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