October 4th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1922 - Dudley Simpson (Doctor Who's music composer [1964-1980])
1944 - Martin Potter (Eirak in Terminus)
1946 - Roger Davenport (Trooper in Resurrection of the Daleks)
1947 - Ann Widdecombe (Herself in The Sound of Drums)
1953 - Christopher Fairbank (Fenton in Flatline; Big Finish Productions actor - Pierre Aronnax in The Wreck of the Titan, Doc Baroque in The Scapegoat and Marc Brunel in Iron Bright)
1987 - Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures and Delong in the Big Finish audio Wirrn Dawn)
Deaths
1972 - Colin Gordon (Commandant in The Faceless Ones) aged 61
1978 - Catherine Fleming (Animus voice in The Web Planet) aged 46
Episodes
1975 - Planet of Evil, Part Two: 9.9 million viewers
1976 - Exploration Earth [NOTE: This was originally an educational radio show produced by the BBC for use in schools. The animation was added to the audio much later]
1980 - Meglos, Part Two: 4.2 million viewers
1986 - The Trial of a Time Lord, Part Five [Mindwarp, Part One]: 4.8 million viewers
1989 - Ghost Light, Part One: 4.2 million viewers
2011 - The Sarah Jane Adventures: Sky, Part Two (CBBC): 0.53 million viewers
2014 - Kill the Moon: 6.91 million viewers
Releases
1990 - Issue 166 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1999 - The Taking of Planet 5 and Divided Loyalties (BBC Books)
2003 - The Deadstone Memorial (BBC Books)
2007 - The Crystal Snare, War of the Robots, Dark Planet and The Haunted Wagon Train (BBC Books - Decide Your Destiny series); The Encyclopedia (BBC Books); Quiz Book 3 (BBC Children's Books)
2012 - The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (BBC Digital); issue 289 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); The Official Doctionary (BBC Children's Books)
Behind-the-Scenes
2009 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Prisoner of the Sun took place
2010 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story Earth Aid took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Luna Romana took place