April 18th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1928 - 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 many Doctor Who-related books, stage shows, comic strips and films)
1929 - Peter Jeffry (Pilot in The Macra Terror and Count Grendal in The Androids of Tara)
1930 - Angus Lennie (Storr in The Ice Warriors and Angus MacRanald in Terror of the Zygons)
1935 - Harold Innocent (Gilbert M in The Happiness Patrol and Freeth in the BBC Radio 5 live story The Paradise of Death)
1937 - Robin Squire (script editor on Spearhead from Space [uncredited]; extra in Spearhead from Space, The Dæmons, Full Circle and Logopolis)
1956 - Eric Roberts (the Master in the TV Movie)
1965 - Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler)
1971 - David Tennant (Tenth Doctor)
1981 - Jamie Davis (Davey in the Sarah Jane Adventures story Invasion of the Bane)
Deaths
1984 - Francis de Wolff (Vasor in The Keys of Marinus and Agamemnon in The Myth Makers) aged 71
1993 - Alan Wells (Scientist in The Moonbase)
2009 - Michael Crane (Blor in The Monster of Peladon and an extra in Genesis of the Daleks) aged 72
Episodes
1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode Two ('The Velvet Web'): 9.4 million viewers
1970 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode Five: 7.1 million viewers
Releases
1991 - Issue 173 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1996 - Death and Diplomacy, The Eye of the Giant and Who Killed Kennedy (Virgin Books)
1997 - The Dying Days (Virgin Books)
2012 - The Wanderer (Big Finish Productions)
2013 - Issue 316 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 13 (Big Finish)
2017 - Torchwood: The Dollhouse (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2005 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Council of Nicaea took place at The Moat Studios