March 7th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1925 - George A. Cooper (Cherub in The Smugglers)
1931 - Brian Hayles (writer of The Celestial Toymaker, The Smugglers, The Ice Warriors, The Seeds of Death, The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon and the unfinished TV stories-turned-Big Finish audios The Dark Planet, The Queen of Time and Lords of the Red Planet; creator of the Ice Warriors, Alpha Ceturi and the Celestial Toymaker)
1933 - Donald Douglas (Vural in The Sontaran Experiment)
1934 - Gordon Flemyng (director of the movies Dr. Who & the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD)
1950 - Judith Lloyd (Teresa in The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
1965 - Victoria Alcock (Angela Whittaker in Planet of the Dead; Big Finish Productions actress - Marion Tudor in Power Play and Winnie O'Connor in the Jago & Litefoot story The Lonely Clock)
1974 - Tobias Menzies (Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War)
Episodes
1964 - Marco Polo, Episode Three ('Five Hundred Eyes'): 9.4 million viewers
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode Six: 7.2 million viewers
1981 - Logopolis, Part Two: 7.7 million viewers
Releases
1994 - Arc of Infinity and The Colin Baker Years (VHS)
2002 - Issue 315 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2005 - The Mind Robber (DVD - region 2)
2011 - Department X and Ghost Train (BBC Audio - Torchwood); Mara Tales (DVD box set - region 2)
2013 - Issue 310 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); The Seeds of War and The Scorchies (Big Finish); issue 458 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 46 (Big Finish)
2017 - Doom Coalition 4 (Big Finish); Supremacy of the Cybermen (Titan Comics)
Behind-the-Scenes
1985 - Recording of the protest/charity single Doctor in Distress took place. With lyrics by Fiachra Trench and Ian Levine, and music by Hans Zimmer, the record featured contributions by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Nicholas Courtney and Anthony Ainley alongside Earlene Bentley, comedian Faith Brown, Miquel Brown, Warren Cann (Ultravox), Hazell Dean, Floid Pearce (Hot Gossip), Bobby G (Bucks Fizz), Jona Lewie, Phyllis Nelson, Richie Pitts (from the stage musical Starlight Express), John Rocca (Freeez), actress Sally Thomsett, David Van Day (Dollar), Members of Matt Bianco (Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White), Members of The Moody Blues (Justin Hayward and John Lodge), Members of Tight Fit (Steven Grant and Julie Harris), Members of Time UK (Rick Buckler [The Jam], Ronnie Ball, Fletcher Christian, Jimmy Richards, Ray Simone and Nick Smith). The song was aimed as a protest against the controversial 18-month hiatus set by Michael Grade (with proceeds going to Cancer Research UK)
1999 - Recording of Big Finish's first Doctor Who audio adventure The Sirens of Time took place
2002 - Recording of Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith story Comeback took place
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Robophobia took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Uncertainty Principle took place
2013 - Recording of the seventh series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot took place