December 17th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1929 - Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright [First Doctor's companion]; Lexa in Meglos); Tony Harwood (Cyberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Wheel in Space [uncredited], Yeti in The Abominable Snowmen, Ice Warrior in The Ice Warriors [Rintan], The Seeds of Death and The War Games [uncredited] and Flynn in The Ambassadors of Death)
1938 - Del Henney (Colonel Archer in Resurrection of the Daleks)
1945 - Ernie Hudson (Stuart Owens in the Torchwood story Miracle Day)
1956 - Owen Brenman (Jerry Cooper in the Big Finish audio Human Resources)
Deaths
2000 - Maurice Quick (Gold Usher in The Deadly Assassin and an extra in Spearhead from Space and The Masque of Mandragora) aged 89
2003 - Alan Tilvern (Forester in Planet of Giants) aged 85
2009 - James Cairncross (Lemaitre in The Reign of Terror and Beta in The Krotons) aged 93
Episodes
1966 - The Highlanders, Episode One: 6.7 million viewers
1977 - The Sun Makers, Part Four: 8.4 million viewers
1993 - UNIT Recruitment Film (BBC One - spoof mini-documentary)
2006 - Torchwood: Out of Time: 1.03 million viewers
2012 - Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (online mini-episode)
Introductions
1966 - First appearance of Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon
Releases
1998 - Issue 273 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2009 - Issue 146 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines);
The Doctor on My Shoulder, Part One (online short story)
2010 - Snowfall, Parts Three & Four (online short story)
2013 - Afterlife and Trial of the Valeyard (Big Finish Productions)
2014 - The Rani Elite and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 95 (Big Finish)
2015 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 151 (Big Finish); Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The 2016 Yearbook (Panini Comics UK)
Behind-the-Scenes
1967 - Nicholas Countney recorded his first scenes as Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, the battle scene with the Yeti in The Web of Fear
1994 - Robert deLaurentis submitted the first draft of his proposed script for the TV Movie
2009 - Recording of the first series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot took place
2010 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Heroes of Sontar took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish/AudioGO story Smoke and Mirrors took place