May 12th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1942 - Pam St. Clements (BBC EastEnders character Pat Butcher in the BBC Children in Need special Dimensions in Time); Royce Mills (Dalek voices [1984-1988])
1945 - Nicky Henson (Big Finish Productions - Pieter Stubbe in Loups-Garoux, Dick Turpin in The Doomwood Curse and Gregson Grenville in Deimos)
1956 - Christopher Good (Morgan in The Beast Below)
1957 - Sneh Gupta (Osborn in Resurrection of the Daleks)
1968 - Catherine Tate (Donna Noble)
Deaths
1982 - Humphrey Searle (music composer on The Myth Makers) aged 66
2001 - Norman Kay (music composer on An Unearthly Child, The Keys of Marinus and The Sensorites) aged 72
2008 - Robert Russell (Guard in The Power of the Daleks and the Caber in Resurrection of the Daleks) aged 71
2010 - David Kincaid (Lane in Warriors Gate) aged 70
Episodes
1973 - Planet of the Daleks, Episode Six: 8.5 million viewers
1996 - The TV Movie (CityTV, Canada)
Releases
1983 - Issue 77 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1988 - Issue 137 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1994 - Issue 213 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2011 - Issue 217 of Doctor Who Adventures BBC Magazines); The Dalek Handbook (BBC Books)
2016 - In the Blood (BBC Books)
Behind-the-Scenes
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Raptures took place
2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Natural History of Fear took place
2013 - The region 1 DVD of Series 7: Part 2 was accidentally released ahead of the series finale, The Name of the Doctor. Doctor Who's official social media pages and many fan sites and pages requested fans to not give away spoilers of the episode
2017 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Behemoth took place