January 19th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1933 - Nik Zaran (Lieutenant Sorba in The Space Pirates)
1938 - Michael J. Jackson (Sir Geoffrey de Lacy in The King's Demons)
1957 - Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Quayle in Robots of Sherwood and Mr. Garret in the Torchwood episode Random Shoes)
Deaths
2006 - Gary Downie (assistant floor manager on Underworld; choreographer on Black Orchid; production manager on The Two Doctors, Silver Nemesis and the BBC Children in Need special Dimensions in Time; writer of The Doctor Who Cookbook; partner to 1980's Doctor Who producer John Nathan-Turner) aged 65
2016 - Rita Davies (Big Finish Productions actress - Janneus in Primeval and Tashek in the I, Davros story Innocence) aged 82
Episodes
1974 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Part Two: 10.1 million viewers
1982 - Four to Doomsday, Part Two: 8.8 million viewers
1983 - Snakedance, Part Two: 7.7 million viewers
1984 - The Awakening, Part One: 7.9 million viewers
1985 - Vengeance on Varos, Part One: 7.2 million viewers
Introductions
1985 - First appearance of Nabil Shaban as Sil
Releases
1978 - The Face of Evil (Target Books)
1989 - The Doctor Who File (W.H. Allen - paperback edition)
1995 - Warlock and The Romance of Crime (Virgin Books); issue 222 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2004 - The Visitation (DVD - region 2)
2009 - The Next Doctor (DVD - region 2)
2012 - Issue 252 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2017 - Torchwood One: Before the Fall (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2001 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Seasons of Fear took place
2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Project: Lazarus took place
2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Roof of the World took place
2006 - Rewrites to The Idiot's Lantern and Fear Her took place
2009 - Rumours circulated that former BBC EastEnders star Michelle Ryan and actor & comedian Lee Evans had been cast in Planet of the Dead. The rumours were confirmed to be true
2010 - The US media stated that plans were made for an American version of the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. The rumours were partly confirmed to be true in 2011 for a British-American co-production as a ten-part story called Miracle Day
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Butcher of Brisbane took place
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audios A Full Life and The Ingenious Gentleman Adric of Alzarius took place