August 5th: Today in WHO-story:
Births
1933 - Jeffry Wickham (Webster in The Reign of Terror)
1935 - Wanda Ventham (Jean Rock in The Faceless Ones, Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl and Faroon in Time and the Rani)
1938 - Tim Preece (Codal in Planet of the Daleks and the President in the Big Finish audio He Jests at Scars)
1942 - Derek Keller (Kaufman in Remembrance of the Daleks)
1948 - Barbara Flynn (Sister Chalice in the Big Finish audio The Skull of Sobek)
1968 - Matt Jones (writer of The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, the Torchwood episode Dead Man Walking, the Virgin novels Bad Therapy and Beyond the Sun [later adapted as a Big Finish audio adventure] and the short stories The Nine-Day Queen [published in Decalog 2: Consequences], Mother's Little Helper [published in Short Trips] and Step Back in Time [published in The Dead Men Diaries])
1978 - Brian Minchin (executive producer [2013-2017]; producer on the Doctor Who spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures; Torchwood's script editor; executive producer on Class; writer of the BBC novel The Forgotten Army and Torchwood comic strips and audio adventures)
1980 - Sophie Winkleman (Big Finish Productions actress - Kelly Westwood in the Big Finish audio The Eight Truths/Worldwide Web and Rachel Allen in the Torchwood story Before the Fall)
Deaths
1981 - James Murray (Camper in The Stones of Blood) died the day before his 29th birthday
Episodes
2011 - Torchwood: Miracle Day, Episode Five ('The Categories of Life'): 5.17 million viewers
Releases
1991 - The Three Doctors and The Masque of Mandragora (VHS)
1993 - Issue 203 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2002 - Camera Obscura and The Suns of Caresh (BBC Books)
2004 - The Green Death (DVD - region 4)
2008 - The Time Meddler and Black Orchid (DVD - region 1)
2010 - The Ring of Steel and The Lost TV Episodes: Collection One (BBC Audio); issue 178 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2013 - The Green Death (DVD - region 1)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 179 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
1966 - Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD was released in UK cinemas
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Holy Terror took place