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The Wheel In Space: Episode 5 premiered on BBC One in 1968 at 5:16pm, watched by 6.80 million viewers.
Planet of the Spiders: Part Four premiered on BBC One in 1974 at 5:31pm, watched by 8.20 million viewers.Totally Doctor Who (#1.7) premiered on BBC One in 2006 at 4:59pm, watched by 0.77 million viewers.
Totally Doctor Who (#2.7) premiered on BBC One in 2007 at 4:59pm, watched by 0.82 million viewers.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Series 12 Episode 9) premiered on BBC One in 2007 at 10:35pm
Birthdays
Jamie Foreman is 60 today - credited as Eddie Connolly in The Idiot's LanternCorinne Hollingworth is 66 today - 3 credits, including Production Manager for The Caves of Androzani
Eric Deacon is 68 today - credited as Mykros in Timelash
Sir Ian McKellen is 79 today - 2 credits, including Voice of the Snowman in The Snowmen (as Ian McKellen)Peggy Dixon (died 2005 aged 84) would be 97 today - credited as Dancer in The Masque of Mandragora
Wilfred Carter (died 1998 aged 89) would be 110 today - credited as Sir Reginald Styles in Day of the Daleks Deaths
Pamela Stirling (died 2013 aged 93) - credited as Louvre Guide in City of DeathTerence de Marney (died 1971 aged 63) - credited as Churchwarden in The Smugglers
Social video service Twitch has today announced that over 500 classic episodes of Doctor Who will air worldwide from May 29 to July 23
23 May
Graham Strong, the man responsible for the survival of many high-quality audio recordings of missing Doctor Who episodes, has died at the age of 69.
18 May
NERVA is a special event organised by the Ark in Space Facebook group celebrating the visual effects and other designers who brought Doctor Who to our screens.
17 May
BBC Worldwide has confirmedthat the Blu-Ray release of Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 12, has been delayed by one week.
16 May