June 5th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1908 - Bill Fraser (General Grugger in Meglos and Bill Pollock in the one-off Doctor Who spin-off K9 & Company)
1917 - Anne Tirard (Locusta in The Romans and the Seeker in The Ribos Operation)
1919 - Laurence Payne (Johnny Ringo in The Gunfighters, Morix in The Leisure Hive and Dastari in The Two Doctors)
1921 - Bill Sellars (director of The Gunfighters)
1923 - William Symon (film editor of Spearhead from Space, Colony in Space, The Time Warrior and The Monster of Peladon)
1957 - Steven Pacey (Trevor in the Big Finish audio The Zygon Who Fell to Earth)
1968 - Gareth Roberts (writer of The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp, Planet of the Dead, The Lodger, Closing Time and The Caretaker, the interactive game Attack of the Graske, regular writer of The Sarah Jane Adventures and several Doctor Who-related books, audio adventures and comic strips)
1980 - Andrew Swann (sound designer on Big Finish Productions' Bernice Summerfield stories The Mirror Effect and The Bellotron Incident)
Obituaries
1988 - Michael Barrington (Sir Colin Thackeray in The Seeds of Doom) aged 63
2008 - Bruce Purchase (Captain in The Pirate Planet) aged 69
2012 - Caroline John (Liz Shaw [Third Doctor companion]; Madame Salvadori in the Big Finish audio Dust Breeding) aged 71
Episodes
1965 - The Chase, Episode Three ('Flight Through Eternity'): 9.0 million viewers
1971 - The Daemons, Episode Three: 8.1 million viewers
2010 - Vincent and the Doctor: 6.76 million viewers
Documentaries
2010 - Doctor Who Confidential: A Brush with Genius
Introductions
1965 - Peter Purves' Doctor Who debut, though not as Steven Taylor
Releases
1980 - Issue 35 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1989 - The Daleks and omnibus editions of The Time Warrior and The Ark in Space (VHS)
1995 - The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor (VHS)
1997 - Issue 253 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2000 - The Banquo Legacy and Heart of TARDIS (BBC Books); The Ghosts of N-Space (BBC Audio)
2008 - Mad Martha (online comic strip); issue 67 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
Behind-the-Scenes
2008 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the stage show The Ultimate Adventure took place
2017 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Middle took place