January 3rd: Today in WHO-story
Births
1912 - William Mervyn (Sir Charles Summer in The War Machines)
1920 - Peter Stephens (Cyril, the Kitchen Boy & the Knave of Hearts in The Celestial Toymaker and Lolem in The Underwater Menace)
1957 - Annie Lambert (Enlightenment in Four to Doomsday)
1958 - Simon Greenall (Mr. Skinner in Love & Monsters)
Deaths
2012 - Jenny Tomasin (Tasambeker in Revelation of the Daleks) aged 73
2014 - Nik Zaran (Lieutenant Sorba in The Space Pirates) aged 80
2017 - Rodney Bennett (director of The Ark in Space, The Sontaran Experiment and The Masque of Mandragora) aged 81
Episodes
1970 - Spearhead from Space, Episode One: 8.4 Million Viewers
1976 - The Brain of Morbius, Part One: 9.5 Millions Viewers
1981 - Warriors' Gate, Part One: 7.1 Million Viewers
1983 - Arc of Infinity, Part One: 7.2 Million Viewers
Documentaries
2009 - Doctor Who Confidential: The Eleventh Doctor
Introductions
1970 - Launch of the seventh series of the 'classic era' of Doctor Who; introduction of Jon Pertwee and Caroline John as Liz Shaw; first appearance of the Autons; first series of Doctor Who to be recorded and transmitted in colour
1976 - First appearance of the Sisterhood of Karn
1983 - Launch of the twentieth series of the 'classic era' of Doctor Who; Colin Baker's Doctor Who debut, but not as the Sixth Doctor
Releases
1980 - Issue 13 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2000 - Parallel 59 and Last of the Gaderene (BBC Books)
2005 - Match of the Day (BBC Books)
2006 - Bernice Summerfield: Something Changed (Big Finish Productions)
2007 - Issue 20 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); The Invasion (DVD - region 4)
2008 - Issue 46 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2012 - When Worlds Collide (IDW Publishing)
Behind-the-Scenes
2009 - Matt Smith was announced as the Eleventh Doctor in a special edition of the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential