January 8th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1908 - William Hartnell (First Doctor; Abbot of Amboise in The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve)
1924 - Ron Moody (Duke of Wellington in Big Finish Productions' audio adventure Other Lives)
1941 - Maurice O'Connell (Cockerill in Frontios)
1945 - Christopher Masters (Libri in The Ark in Space)
1975 - Chris Simmons (Albert Potter in the Big Finish audio Pier Pressure)
Deaths
1972 - Hamilton Dyce (Major-General Scobie in Spearhead from Space) aged 59
1973 - Dudley Foster (Caven in The Space Pirates) aged 48
1997 - Tom Bowman (Sentry in The Highlanders) aged 76
2009 - Bruce Wightman (William de Tornebu in The Crusade, Scott in The Daleks' Master Plan and the Radio Operator in Terror of the Zygons) aged 83
Episodes
1966 - The Daleks' Master Plan, Episode Nine ('Golden Death'): 9.2 million viewers
1972 - Day of the Daleks, Part Two: 10.4 million viewers
1977 - The Face of Evil, Part Two: 11.1 million viewers
Releases
1981 - Issue 49 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1987 - Issue 121 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2001 - Father Time and The Quantum Archangel (BBC Books); The Myth Makers (BBC Audio)
2004 - Issue 339 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2005 - Pocket Essentials: Doctor Who (Pocket Essentials)
2009 - Issue 97 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 404 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
2010 - The Regeneration of Doctor Who (BAFTA YouTube channel)
Behind-the-Scenes
2006 - Doctor Who Up Close exhibition closed in Leicester
2009 - Word got to the BBC that the double decker bus used for Planet of the Dead was damaged en route to overseas filming
2010 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Cradle of the Snake took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Lady of Mercia took place; John Leeson voiced K9 for an edition of Stargazing Live