August 24th: Today in WHO-story:
Births
1911 - Maurice Quick (Gold Usher in The Deadly Assassin and an extra in Spearhead from Space and The Time Monster)
1924 - Jimmy Gardner (Chenchu in Marco Polo and Idmon in Underworld)
1932 - William Morgan Sheppard (Older Canton Everett Delaware III in The Impossible Astronaut; father of the younger Canton Everett Delaware III actor Mark Sheppard)
1957 - Stephen Fry (Minister of Chance in the webcast Death Comes to Time)
1962 - Gordon Warnecke (Tuza in The Trial of a Time Lord)
1971 - Gary Hoptrough (stunt performer in The Runaway Bride, Let's Kill Hitler and the Torchwood episode Ghost Machine)
1975 - James D'Arcy (Michael in the Big Finish audio Paradise 5)
Episodes
1968 - The Dominators, Episode Three: 5.4 million viewers
Releases
1994 - The Five Doctors (laserdisc)
2000 - Issue 295 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)
2006 - Issue 11 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2010 -
Wish You Were Here (online short story)
2017 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 217 (Big Finish Productions); issue 516 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
Behind-the-Scenes
1994 - John Leekley submitted the first draft of his proposed script for the TV Movie
2001 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Primeval took place
2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Next Life took place
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio No More Lies took place