February 26th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1932 - Michael Goldie (Jack Craddock in The Dalek Invasion of Earth and Elton Laleham in The Wheel in Space)
1938 - Tony Selby (Sabalom Glitz in The Trial of a Time Lord and Dragonfire)
1963 - Chase Masterson (Big Finish Productions actress - Vienna Salvatori in The Shadow Heart and the Doctor Who spin-off Vienna and Peggy Brooks in The Shadow Heart)
Deaths
1981 - Gerald Cross (voices of the Megara and the White Guardian in The Stones of Blood) aged 69
2004 - Russell Hunter (Uvanov in The Robots of Death and Magic Bullet Productions' Doctor Who spin-off Kaldor City) aged 79
Episodes
1966 - The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, Episode Four ('Bell of Doom'): 5.8 million viewers
1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode One: 6.4 million viewers
1977 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part One: 11.3 million viewers
Introductions
1966 - First appearance of Jackie Lane as new companion Dorothea 'Dodo' Chaplet
1972 - First appearance of the Sea Devils
1977 - Debut of Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter as Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot
Releases
2001 - Remembrance of the Daleks (DVD - region 2); The Daleks (VHS - re-release)
2004 - The New Audio Adventures: The Inside Story (Big Finish)
2007 - Torchwood: Series 1, Part 2 (DVD - region 2)
2009 - The Sontaran Games (BBC Books); The Colour of Darkness (BBC Children's Books); issue 104 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2014 - Issue 340 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2015 - Lethbridge-Stewart: The Forgotten Son (Candy Jar Books)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 159 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Apocalypse Element took place
2002 - Recording of Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith story Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre took place
2009 - Recording of the second series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Cyberman took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish audios Rulebook and The Authentic Experience took place