User:Tim!/2006 in Doctor Who

This is a list of events related to the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

After his first appearance in the 2005 Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion, David Tennant appeared for his first full series as the Tenth Doctor. Billie Piper remained as companion Rose Tyler for the whole series before leaving in the season finale, Doomsday. The Cybermen appeared for the first time since 1988's Silver Nemesis in the two parter Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel. The series ended with a dramatic confrontation between two of the Doctor's oldest enemies, the Daleks and the Cybermen — the first time the two had crossed swords.

A second Christmas special entitled The Runaway Bride is due to be broadcast on Christmas Day, and the spin-off series Torchwood is scheduled to debut in the autumn. After the appearance of two old companions, Sarah Jane Smith and K-9, in April's School Reunion, two other spin-off series have been announced: K-9 Adventures and Sarah Jane Investigates.

Events

• January — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama Pier Pressure
• February — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama Night Thoughts
• March — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama Time Works
• April
  • — publication of New Series Adventures novels The Stone Rose, The Feast of the Drowned, The Resurrection Casket
  • — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama The Kingmaker
• April 15 — first broadcast of New Earth
• April 22 — first broadcast of Tooth and Claw
• April 29 — first broadcast of School Reunion
• May
  • — publication of Quick Reads Initiative novella I am a Dalek
  • — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama The Settling
• May 6 — first broadcast of The Girl in the Fireplace
• May 13 — first broadcast of Rise of the Cybermen
• May 20 — first broadcast of The Age of Steel
• May 27 — first broadcast of The Idiot's Lantern
• June — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama Something Inside
• June 3 — first broadcast of The Impossible Planet
• June 10 — first broadcast of The Satan Pit
• June 15 — announcement that Billie Piper would be departing the series
• June 17 — first broadcast of Love & Monsters
• June 24 — first broadcast of Fear Her
• July — release of Big Finish Productions audio drama The Nowhere Place
• July 1 — first broadcast of Army of Ghosts
• July 8 — first broadcast of Doomsday
• August 17 — Series 2 broadcast in Canada on CBC
• September — Series 2 broadcast in the United States on Sci Fi Channel
• October — expected premiere of Torchwood
• December 25 — first broadcast of The Runaway Bride

Deaths

• January 2 — John Woodnutt, actor (Hibbert in Spearhead from Space, Draconian Emperor in Frontier in Space, Broton/Duke of Forgill Terror of the Zygons, Seron in The Keeper of Traken)
• January 19 — Gary Downie, production manager and partner of John Nathan-Turner
• March 18 — Michael Attwell, actor (Isbur in The Ice Warriors, Bates in Attack of the Cybermen)
• May 19 — Peter Bryant, producer and script editor (Patrick Troughton era)