Gridlock premiered on SyFy (East Coast Feed) in 2007 at 9:00pm
Sinead Michael is 19 today - 3 credits, including Sky in Sky(SJA)

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Rory Jennings is 34 today - 6 credits, including Tommy in The Idiot's Lantern

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Cosima Shaw is 45 today - 2 credits, including Steffi Ehrlich in The Waters of Mars

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Julian Rhind Tutt is 49 today - credited as Rance in The Paradise Of Death(Misc)

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Johnathon Morris is 57 today - credited as Chela in Snakedance

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Jeff Rawle is 66 today - 3 credits, including Plantagenet in Frontios

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Wendy Richard (died 2009 aged 65) would be 74 today - credited as Pauline Fowler in Dimensions In Time(Misc)

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Dame Diana Rigg is 79 today - credited as Mrs Gillyflower in The Crimson Horror

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Roy Skelton (died 2011 aged 79) would be 86 today - 21 credits, including Dalek Voice in The Evil of the Daleks

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John Maxim (died 1990 aged 64) would be 92 today - 2 credits, including Cyberman in The Moonbase (as John Wills)

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James Bree (died 2008 aged 85) would be 94 today - 3 credits, including Security Chief in The War Games

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Robert Wentworth (died 1997 aged 81) would be 102 today - credited as Prof. Horner in The Dæmons
David Spenser (died 2013 aged 79) - credited as Thonmi in The Abominable Snowmen

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BBC Responds to Complaints About Casting
The BBC has issued a formal response to complaints about the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the thirteenth Doctor. Since the news was released on Sunday, the Corporation has received a number of complaints about the casting decision. As part of its complaints procedure it has now responded.Since the first Doctor regenerated back in 1966, the concept of the Doctor as a constantly evolving being has been central to the programme. The continual input of fresh ideas and new voices across the cast and the writing and production teams has been key to the longevity of the series. The Doctor is an alien from the planet Gallifrey and it has been established in the show that Time Lords can switch gender. As the Controller of BBC Drama has said, Jodie is not just a talented actor but she has a bold and brilliant vision for her Doctor. She aced it in her audition both technically and with the powerful female life force she brings to the role. She is destined to be an utterly iconic Doctor. We hope viewers will enjoy what we have in store for the continuation of the story. Doctor Who News
19 Jul

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Chris Chibnall Becomes A Doctor
Incoming Doctor Who Showrunner Chris Chibnall has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Edge Hill University.
19 Jul

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Peter Capaldi's Salary Revealed
Peter Capaldi was paid between £200,000 and £250,000 for his work on Doctor Who in the previous financial year, according to figures published by the BBC today. The BBC has been instructed by government to publish the salaries of all on screen staff members who earn more than £150,000 each year, as part of the 2016 charter renewal. The BBC has 96 staff members who fit into this category with Radio 2 and Top Gear presenter Chris Evans topping the chart with a salary of over 2 million pounds. The highest paid actor is Derek Thompson from Casualty who earned between £350,000 and £400,000 in the year. The list only includes those working directly for the BBC and not those working on independent productions comissioned by the corporation, such as Sherlock. The figure just reflects the amount of licence fee money paid to the actor and does not include any money paid by the commercial company BBC Worldwide for any other work undertaken. Doctor Who News
19 Jul

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Lethbridge-Stewart: The Two Brigadiers
Candy Jar Books has announced its third free Lethbridge-Stewart short story of 2017, to accompany the newly released The Daughters of Earth:
18 Jul