March 6th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1927 - John Rees (Hardy in Frontier in Space)
1928 - Glyn Owen (Rohm-Dutt in The Power of Kroll and Harlon in the Big Finish audio Nekromanteia)
1939 - Jonathan Newth (Orfe in Underworld)
1942 - David Wolliscroft (Xeron in The Space Museum; extra in The Time Warrior, The Monster of Peladon, Genesis of the Daleks, The Hand of Fear, The Sun Makers and Meglos)
1972 - Julian Simpson (director of Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)
1986 - Kyle Redmond-Jones (James Foster in the Big Finish audio Binary)
Deaths
1995 - Alan Haywood (Hector in The Myth Makers) aged 65
1999 - Graham Armitage (Barney in The Macra Terror) aged 62
2002 - Donald Wilson (BBC Head of Serials who oversaw the origins of Doctor Who) aged 91
Episodes
1965 - The Web Planet, Episode Four ('Crater of Needles'): 13.0 million viewers
1971 - The Mind of Evil, Episode Six: 7.3 million viewers
1976 - The Seeds of Doom, Part Six: 11.5 million viewers
Releases
1980 - Issue 22 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1995 - Carnival of Monsters and The Android Invasion (VHS)
2000 - Short Trips and Side Steps and The Fall of Yquatine (BBC Books); The Paradise of Death (BBC Audio)
2002 - Short Trips: Zodiac (Big Finish Productions)
2003 - Issue 328 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2007 - The Invasion and The Sontaran Experiment (DVD - region 1)
2008 - Something in the Water, Trace Memory and The Twilight Streets (BBC Books - Torchwood); Lost Luggage, Second Skin, The Dragon King and The Horror of Howling Hill (BBC Books - Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny); issue 393 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini); Cuddlesome (Big Finish)
2013 - Jago & Litefoot: Series 5 and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 9 (Big Finish)
2014 - Salt of the Earth (BBC Digital); issue 471 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
Behind-the-Scenes
1999 - Recording of Big Finish's first Doctor Who audio adventure The Sirens of Time took place
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio ...ish took place
2006 - Rewrites to Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel took place; shooting scripts for Tardisode 10 were prepared
2007 - Dennis Hooper expressed an interest of appearing in Doctor Who. Russell T. Davies considered him for the role of Mr. Copper in Voyage of the Damned before Clive Swift took on the role. Billie Piper expressed an interest of returning to the role of Rose Tyler
2012 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Queen of Time took place
2015 - Recording of the Big Finish audios Dark Convoy and Washington Burns took place