August 22nd: Today in WHO-story
Births
1921 - Robert Marsden (Abraham Lincoln in The Chase and an extra in The Mind of Evil)
1925 - Ivor Salter (Morok Commander in The Space Museum, Odysseus in The Myth Makers and Sergeant Markham in Black Orchid); Honor Blackman (Professor Laskey in The Happiness Patrol and Queen Anahita in the Big Finish audio The Children of Seth)
1959 - Mark Williams (Brian Williams [Rory Williams' father]; Maxwell Edison in the Big Finish audio The Eternal Summer)
1978 - James Corden (Craig Owens)
1997 - Jake Dudman (Big Finish Productions actor - Samuel Computer in The Helliax Rift, UNIT Radio Operator in Storm of the Horofax, Arcking 12 Computer in the War Master story The Good Master and narrator of The Tenth Doctor Chronicles and The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles)
Deaths
2016 - Michael Leader (extra in The Leisure Hive, The Visitation, Mawdryn Undead and The King's Demons) aged 78
Episodes
1964 - The Reign of Terror, Episode Three ('A Change of Identity'): 6.9 million viewers
Releases
1986 - Special Effects (Arrow Books Limited)
2002 - Ghost Ship (Telos Publishing); issue 321 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)
2008 - Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook 2008 (Titan Books)
2013 - Issue 464 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
Behind-the-Scenes
1963 - Verity Lambert met with James Bould to discuss a story which eventually became Planet of Giants, which he eventually didn't write
2002 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story The Dance of the Dead
2003 - Recording of Big Finish's 40th anniversary Doctor Who story Zagreus took place
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Phobos took place
2007 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Return to the Web Planet took place