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[iank]

Completely agree there.

[Susan Foreman]

September 24th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1930 - Angelo Muscat (Chumbley in Galaxy 4)

1939 - Maurice Colbourne (Lytton in Resurrection of the Daleks and Attack of the Cybermen)

1943 - Jonina Scott (Marn in The Sun Makers; wife of Timelash guest actor David Ashton)
1950 - Harriet Walter (Beatrice Mapp in the Big Finish audio The Boy That Time Forgot)
1951 - David Banks (Cyberleader in Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Attack of the Cybermen, Silver Nemesis and the Big Finish audio Hour of the Cybermen, Karl in the stage show/Big Finish audio The Ultimate Adventure and the Doctor in limited performances of The Ultimate Adventure; Author of 'The Cybermen' (Virgin Publishing)

1954 - Helen Lederer (Zygon duplicate of Auntie Pat in the Big Finish audio Death in Blackpool)
1972 - Kate Fleetwood (Ship in the Sarah Jane Adventures story The Mad Woman in the Attic)

Deaths
1975 - Clive Morton (Colonel Trenchard in The Sea Devils) aged 71

2004 - John Beardmore (extra in Genesis of the Daleks, Snakedance and Frontios) aged 84

Episodes
1966 - The Smugglers, Episode Three: 4.2 million viewers
1977 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part Four: 9.9 million viewers
1993 - The Paradise of Death, Episode Five (BBC Radio 5 live)
2007 - The Sarah Jane Adventures: Revenge of the Slitheen, Part One (CBBC): 1.40 million viewers
2011 - Closing Time: 6.93 million viewers; The Wedding of River Song prequel

Documentaries
2011 - Doctor Who Confidential Open All Hours (BBC Three)

Introductions
2007 - Launch of the first series of the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures; first appearance of Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer

Departures
1993 - Conclusion to the radio story The Paradise of Death

Releases
1998 - Issue 270 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2009 - Issue 134 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2013 - Prisoners of Time: Volume Two (IDW Publishing)

2014 - Issue 355 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2015 - Etheria (Big Finish Productions)

Behind-the-Scenes
1993 - During filming of the BBC Children in Need special Dimensions in Time, Sophie Aldred mislaid some jewellery for Ace. A similar one was used instead
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Mutant Phase took place
2009 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Song of Megaptera took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes 2 took place

[Susan Foreman]

It's been confirmed that the first episode of the new series will air on BBC America at 2pm (East Coast)

Because the episode is due to be screened simultaneously around the world, 'The Woman Who Fell to Earth' should be airing at 7pm on BBC One in the UK

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Hoix from 2006's Love and Monsters

[Susan Foreman]

25th September: Today in WHO-story

Births
1915 - Johnson Bayly (Balan in The Dominators)

1931 - Peter Woodthorpe (Joey Oxenford in the BBC Radio 4 spoof Whatever Happened to Susan Fusan Foreman?)
1946 - Felicity Kendal (Clemency Edison in The Unicorn and the Wasp)
1953 - Deborah Manship (Morgana in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
1957 - Ian Reddington (Chief Clown in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and Nobody No-One in the Big Finish audio A Death in the Family)

1971 - Sasha Behar (Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii and Presidential Aide, Tessno & Ladonne in the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes 4)

1975 - Daniel Hyde (Lead Workman in The Snowmen)

Deaths
1967 - Jack Bligh (Gaptooth in The Smugglers) aged 67

1981 - Eric Elliot (Commander in The Ark) aged 78

1997 - Paul Bernard (director of Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster and Frontier in Space) aged 68

2006 - Bill Hutchinson (Sergeant Thompson in The War Games) aged 86

Episodes
1965 - Galaxy 4, Episode Three ('Air Lock'): 11.3 million viewers
1976 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part Four: 10.6 million viewers

Releases
1979 - The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures (Target Books)

1997 - Issue 257 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2003 - Fallen Gods (Telos Publishing)
2008 - Issue 83 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); The Writer's Tale (BBC Books); Dalek Pop-up Model Kit and Space Travels (Penguin Character Books); Quiz Book 4 (BBC Children's Books)

2013 - Issue 330 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); Iris: Fifteen (Obverse Books); Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 33 (Big Finish Productions)
2014 - The Doctor Who Annual 2015 (BBC Children's Books)

Behind-the-Scenes
1996 - A fire broke out at the Longleat House Doctor Who Exhibition, attributed to the K9 prop's electrics. It destroyed many of the original props that were on display there [NOTE - The quoted article mistakenly states the fire occurred on September 15th]

2008 - Recording of the Big Finish audios The Eight Truths/Worldwide Eeb took place
2011 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story Legion took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes 2 took place
2017 - Recording of Big Finish's Gallifrey box set Time War Volume One took place

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The snake like remains of the Master (I don't know, don't ask) about to take over the body of ambulance driver Bruce, in Doctor Who (1996)

[Susan Foreman]

September 26th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1902 - Vi Delmar (Queen Xanxia in The Pirate Planet)
1907 - Ralph Michael (Balaton in The Pirate Planet)

1909 - Leonard Sachs (Admiral de Coligny in The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve and Borusa in Arc of Infinity)

1944 - Anne Robinson (Anne Droid in Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways)
1946 - Togo Igawa (Secretary General in The Pyramid at the End of the World and Doctor Tanizaki in the Torchwood story Cyberwoman)
1963 - Lysette Anthony (Big Finish Productions actress - Clara Harris in Assassin in the Limelight, Hazel Bright in Hothouse and Sophia in The Secret History)

1984 - Chandra Ruegg (Clare Pope in Partners in Crime)
1985 - Talulah Riley (Miss Evangelista in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead)

Deaths
2008 - Margot Thomas (Stall Holder in The Romans) aged 89

2014 - Maggie Stables (Evelyn Smythe [Sixth Doctor companion for Big Finish's audio adventures]; Lenora in the BBV audio The Choice; Big Finish actress - Ruthley in The Sirens of Time, the Great Mother in Zagreus, Ma Doras in the Bernice Summerfield story Just War and Mrs. Lythe in the Sarah Jane Smith story The Tao Connection)

Episodes
2015 - The Witch's Familiar: 5.71 million viewers

Releases
1996 - Issue 244 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2013 - Issue 3 of Doctor Who Figurine Collection (Eaglemoss Publications Limited); The Doctor: His Lives and Times (BBC Books)

Behind-the-Scenes
1994 - At the request of Steven Spielberg, Philip Segal asked writer John Leekley to step down from pre-production of the TV Movie and to hire a new writer
2003 - The BBC announced that Doctor Who was to return to the TV screens in 2005 for its first series since 1989 and the first official episode since 1996
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Nocturne took place

2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes 2 took place
2017 - Recording of Big Finish's Gallifrey box set Time War: Volume One took place

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

It's been confirmed that the first episode of the new series will air on BBC America at 2pm (East Coast)

Because the episode is due to be screened simultaneously around the world, 'The Woman Who Fell to Earth' should be airing at 7pm on BBC One in the UK

15 minutes out!

"Episode one of Doctor Who series 11 will air on BBC1 from 6.45pm to 7.45pm on Sunday 7th October 2018, the BBC has confirmed. American fans can watch the episode on BBC America from 1.45pm EST.

The new slot places Doctor Who directly after BBC stalwart Countryfile (airing 5.45-6.45pm) and before the weekly results show for Strictly Come Dancing, which moves to the later time of 7.45pm."

BBC reveals time slot for first episode of Doctor Who series 11 | Radio Times

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Colony Sarf from 2015's The Magician's Apprentice.

[Susan Foreman]

September 27th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1911 - John Harvey (Professor Brett in The War Machines and Officia in The Macra Terror)

1915 - David Harcourt (cameraman on the 1960s Dalek movies)

1916 - Denis McCarthy (Rinberg in The Moonbase)
1921 - Milton Subotsky (Writer and producer of the Dalek movies)
1929 - Barbara Murray (Lady Cranleigh in Black Orchid); Kismet Delgado (Eight Legs voice in Planet of the Spiders; wife of original Master actor Roger Delgado, before marrying William Marlowe [The Mind of Evil and Revenge of the Cybermen])

1935 - Frank Whylie (Ruther in Castrovalva)
1939 - Garrick Hagon (Ky in The Mutants, Abraham in A Town Called Mercy and the Jester in the Big Finish audio The Axis of Insanity)

Deaths
2000 - Daphne Dare (costume designer [1963-1967]) aged 71

2016 - Jon Croft (Tom Girton in The Daemons) aged 81

Episodes
1975 - Planet of Evil, Part One: 10.34 million viewers
1980 - Meglos, Part One: 5.0 million viewers
1986 - The Trial of a Time Lord, Part Four [The Mysterious Planet, Part Four]: 3.7 million viewers
1989 - Battlefield, Part Four: 4.0 million viewers
2014 - The Caretaker: 6.82 million viewers

Departures
1989 - Nicholas Countney made his final appearance as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in "mainstream" Doctor Who. Prior to his death in 2011, he continued to play the role for the BBC Children in Need special Dimensions in Time, audio adventures from the BBC and Big Finish Productions, spin-off productions from Reeltime Pictures and the Sarah Jane Adventures story Enemy of the Bane, although ill-health prevented him from appearing in TV Doctor Who again when the show came back in 2005

Releases
2007 - Issue 39 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)

2012 - Issue 288 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2016 - Dot-to-Doc (BBC Children's Books)

2017 - A Heart on Both Sides (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
1963 - The "Pilot Episode" version of the first episode of An Unearthly Child was recorded, although it wouldn't be transmitted until 1991 due to Sydney Newman's dissatisfaction to the episode and requesting for it to be re-recorded
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Nocturne took place
2011 - Recording of the first series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Counter-Measures took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes 2 took place
2015 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Only the Monstrous took place
2016 - Recording of the second series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Charlotte Pollard took place