September 5th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1899 - Jack Melford (Menelaus in The Myth Makers)
1945 - Marc Boyle (Kronos in The Time Monster; stuntman & extra on The Ambassadors of Death, Terror of the Autons to The Claws of Axos, The Sea Devils, The Time Warrior and Death to the Daleks; fight arranger on The Time Warrior)
1964 - Stephen Greenhorn (writer of The Lazarus Experiment, The Doctor's Daughter and the online comic strip Mind Shadows)
1981 - Elize Du Toit (Miss Dexter in 42 and The Sound of Drums)
Deaths
1987 - Bill Fraser (General Grugger in Meglos and Bill Pollock in the one-off Doctor Who spin-off K9 & Company) aged 79
1999 - Ivor Roberts (Mogran in Genesis of the Daleks) aged 74
Episodes
1964 - The Reign of Terror, Episode Five ('A Bargain of Necessity'): 6.9 million viewers
Releases
1991 - Issue 178 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1994 - The Rescue and The Romans (VHS - double bill)
2005 - Doctor Who at the BBC: Volume Three (BBC Audio)
2014 - Philip Hinchcliffe Presents (Big Finish Productions)
Behind-the-Scenes
1999 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Fearmonger took place
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Church and the Crown took place
2005 - Doctor Who Magazine attended the storyboard meeting for Tooth and Claw
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish's The Fourth Doctor Box Set took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Spaceport Fear took place