October 6th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1933 - Stanley Myers (music composer on The Reign of Terror)
1979 - Lex Shrapnel (Big Finish Productions actor - Robin Sharpall in Shadow of the Past and Toby in the Jago & Litefoot story The Spirit Trap; son of fellow Big Finish actor John Shrapnel)
Deaths
1994 - John Rees (Hardy in Frontier in Space) aged 67
1997 - Adrienne Hill (Katarina [First Doctor companion]) aged 60
Episodes
1979 - City of Death, Part Two: 14.1 million viewers
2008 - The Sarah Jane Adventures double-bill: The Last Sontaran, Part Two, and The Day of the Clown (CBBC): 0.6 million viewers, 0.5 million viewers
Introductions
2008 - First appearance of Anjli Mohindra, Mina Anwar and Ace Bhatti as Rani Chandra and her parents Gita and Haresh Chandra; Bradley Walsh's debut in a Doctor Who-related production (The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Day of the Clown)
Departures
2008 - Final regular appearances as Yasmin Paige, Joseph Millson and Juliet Cowan as Maria Jackson and her parents Alan & Chrissie Jackson (The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Day of the Clown)
Releases
1994 - The Age of Chaos (Marvel)
1997 - War of the Daleks and Illegal Alien (BBC Books - novels); The Book of Lists and A Book of Monsters (BBC Books - non-fiction)
2003 - Emotional Chemistry (BBC Books); The Curse of Fenric (DVD - region 2)
2008 - The Betrothal of Sontar (Panini Comics UK)
2010 - The Runaway Train (BBC Audio)
2011 - Serpent Crest, Part Two ('The Broken Crown') (AudioGO); issue 238 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); 100 Scariest Monsters and When's the Doctor? (BBC Books)
2016 - The Twelve Doctors of Christmas (BBC Books); The American Adventures (Penguin Books); Time Lord Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition (Penguin Character Books); A History of Humankind (BBC Children's Books)
Behind-the-Scenes
2009 - The Eleventh Doctor-era Doctor Who logo was revealed; recording of the Big Finish audio The Suffering took place
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Justice of Jalxar took place
2013 - Matt Smith recorded his final scenes as the Eleventh Doctor for that year's Christmas special The Time of the Doctor
2015 - Recording of Big Finish's Gallifrey story Enemy Lines took place