April 20th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1924 - Leslie Phillips (Robert Knox in the Big Finish audios Medicinal Purposes and Assassin in the Limelight)
1939 - Ray Brooks (David in the movie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD and Drax in the Big Finish audio The Trouble with Drax)
1945 - Michael Brandon (General Sanchez in The Stolen Earth and CP Doveday in the Big Finish audio Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge)
1951 - Louise Jameson (Leela; Patricia Haggard in BBV's Doctor Who spin-off PROBE; writer, director and actress for Doctor Who-related audio adventures for Big Finish Productions)
1955 - Andrew Forbes (Omril in Full Circle and Doctor O'Neil in the Big Finish audio Night Thoughts)
1974 - Dan Barratt (Dalek in Army of Ghosts/Doomsday and Jem in the Big Finish audio Doctor Who and the Pirates)
Deaths
1973 - Barbara Bruce (Mollie in The Highlanders and an extra in The Chase) aged 74
2015 - Peter Howell (Investigator in The Mutants [not to be confused with the Doctor Who music composer of the same name]) aged 95
Releases
1968 - Fury from the Deep, Episode Six: 6.9 million viewers
1974 - The Monster of Peladon, Part Five: 7.5 million viewers
2007 - The Infinite Quest, Part Three
2013 - Hide: 6.61 million viewers
Documentaries
2006 - Totally Doctor Who: Series 1: Episode 2
2007 - Totally Doctor Who: Series 2: Episode 3
Departures
1968 - Final regular appearance of Deborah Watling as Victoria Waterfield
Releases
1972 - The Making of Doctor Who (Piccolo Books)
1978 - Doctor Who Discovers: Strange and Mysterious Creatures (Target Books)
1995 - Sanctuary (Target Books)
2017 - The Shining Man, Diamond Dogs and Plague City (BBC Books); Dethras (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Rapture took place
2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Juggernauts took place
2010 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story Escaping the Future took place
2011 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story Power Play took place
2015 - Recording of the Big Finish audios The Shadows of Serenity and Prime Winner took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Hesitation Deviation took place