February 4h - Today in WHO-story
Births
1919 - Peter Butterworth (the Monk in The Time Meddler and The Daleks' Master Plan)
1928 - Vincent Wong (Ho in The Talons of Weng-Chiang and an extra in Day of the Daleks and Englishment)
1933 - James Mellor (Sean Flanagan in The Wheel in Space and Varan in The Mutants)
1944 - Paula Topham (Vamp in The Daleks' Master Plan)
1948 - Stephen Wyatt (writer of Paradise Towers and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
Deaths
1980 - David Whitaker (script editor [1963-1964]; writer of The Edge of Destruction, The Rescue, The Crusade, The Power of the Daleks, The Evil of the Daleks, The Enemy of the World, The Wheel in Space, The Ambassadors of Death and several Doctor Who books, comic strips, movies and stage shows) aged 51
Episode
1967 - The Underwater Menace, Episode Four: 7.0 million viewers
1978 - The Invasion of Time, Part One: 11.2 million viewers
Releases
1985 - Pyramids of Mars (VHS - omnibus edition)
1991 - The Krotons and The Curse of Fenric (VHS)
2002 - Hope and Drift (BBC Books); The Faceless Ones (BBC Audio)
2008 - Hidden and Everyone Says Hello (BBC Audio - Torchwood)
2010 - Issue 254 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); Dalek War (DVD box set - region 4); issue 418 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 40 (Big Finish Productions)
2016 - Issue 496 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
Behind-the-Scenes
1964 - Robert Gould met with David Whitaker regarding script ideas living vegetation (unaware that Terry Nation was later to include it in episode three of The Keys of Marinus) and the storyline which eventually became Planet of Giants
1985 - Studio recording of Revelation of the Daleks concluded. As a result of Doctor Who's 18-month hiatus, this was the last episode of Doctor Who to be recorded until a year later
2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Omega took place
2007 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story The Judas Gift took place
2010 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Find and Replace took place