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| Timeline for 1981 |
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In 1981, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.
January
- January - DWM 49 was published.
- 3 January - Warriors' Gate Part One debuted on BBC1.
- 10 January - Warriors' Gate Part Two debuted on BBC1.
- 15 January - Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit was first published.
- 17 January - Warriors' Gate Part Three debuted on BBC1.
- 24 January - Warriors' Gate Part Four debuted on BBC1.
- 31 January - The Keeper of Traken Part One debuted on BBC1.
February
- February - DWM 50 was published.
- February - Marvel Comics published Marvel Premiere issue 58.
- 7 February - The Keeper of Traken Part Two debuted on BBC1.
- 14 February - The Keeper of Traken Part Three debuted on BBC1.
- 21 February - The Keeper of Traken Part Four debuted on BBC1.
- 28 February - Logopolis Part One debuted on BBC1.
March
- 7 March - Logopolis Part Two debuted on BBC1.
- 12 March - DWM 51 was published.
- 14 March - Logopolis Part Three debuted on BBC1.
- 21 March - Logopolis Part Four debuted on BBC1.
April
- April - Marvel Comics published Marvel Premiere issue 59.
- 9 April - DWM 52 was published.
- 17 April - Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World was first published.
May
- May - DWM 53 was published.
- 21 May - REF: The Doctor Who Programme Guide, Volumes 1 and 2, were first published in hardcover.
June
- June - Marvel Comics published Marvel Premiere issue 60.
- 11 June - DWM 54 was published.
July
- Summer - Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special 1981 was published.
- 9 July - DWM 55 was published.
August
- August - The Doctor Who Annual 1982 was published.
- 13 August - DWM 56 was published.
September
October
- October - Paperback editions of REF: The Doctor Who Programme Guide Volumes 1 and 2 was published.
- 15 October - Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child, an adaptation of the very first Doctor Who serial, was first published.
- 8 October - DWM 58 was published.
November
- 2 November - "The Five Faces of Doctor Who" special re-broadcast series commenced with the third television broadcast of the first part of An Unearthly Child, the first episode of Doctor Who. It aired in the UK on BBC Two.
- 12 November - DWM 59 was published.
- 14 November - The Lord Mayor's Show was first broadcast.
December
- December - DWM 60 was published.
- Winter - Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special 1981 was published.
- 10 December - REF: The Doctor Who Quiz Book by Nigel Robinson was published.
- 28 December - A Girl's Best Friend, a pilot episode for the proposed spin-off K9 and Company, debuted on BBC1.