John Simm

The Wheel In Space: Episode 5 was broadcast in 1968 at 5:16pm, watched by 6.80 million viewers.

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Planet of the Spiders: Part Four was broadcast in 1974 at 5:31pm, watched by 8.20 million viewers.
Jamie Foreman is 55 today - credited as Eddie Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern

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Eric Deacon is 63 today - credited as Mykros in Timelash

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Sir Ian McKellen CH, CBE is 74 today - credited as Voice of the Snowman in The Snowmen(credited as Ian McKellen)(credited as Ian McKellen)

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Peggy Dixon (died 2005 aged 84) would be 92 today - credited as Dancer in The Masque of Mandragora

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Wilfrid Carter (died 1998 aged 89) would be 105 today - credited as Sir Reginald Styles in Day of the Daleks

Terence de Marney (died 1971 aged 63) - credited as Churchwarden in The Smugglers

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Nightmare in Silver: Official Viewing Figures
Full ratings data for the week ending 12th May 2013 is now available and give Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver an official rating of 6.64 million viewers, a share of 27.1% of the total television audience.
24 May

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Troughton's Hitch In Time To Get DVD Release
The BFI is to release on DVD the film A Hitch In Time starring Patrick Troughton as a time-travelling professor.
24 May

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BFI Screenings: Seventh Doctor Title Announced
Remembrance of the Daleks is the story that has been chosen to represent the Seventh Doctor's era for the BFI's Doctor Who At 50 season.
24 May

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The Ice Warriors: original trailer to be included on DVD
The DVD release of The Ice Warriors is to include the original in-character trailer, with brand new animation. Producer Chris Chapman explained on Twitter:
23 May