Season 8 (1971)
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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 61 today - credited as Eddie Connolly in The Idiot's LanternCorinne Hollingworth is 67 today - 3 credits, including Production Manager for The Caves of Androzani
Eric Deacon is 69 today - credited as Mykros in Timelash
Sir Ian McKellen is 80 today - 2 credits, including Voice of the Snowman in The Snowmen (as Ian McKellen)Peggy Dixon (died 2005 aged 84) would be 98 today - credited as Dancer in The Masque of Mandragora
Wilfred Carter (died 1998 aged 89) would be 111 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
When Jodie Whittaker returns to Doctor Who next series, the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends won’t be the only familiar faces. The show, currently filming, is set to welcome back The Judoon as one of the Doctor’s fearsome adversaries.
21 May
Written by Charles Martin Doctor Who raconteur and mega-fan Paul Condon has died at the age of 48.
20 May
Candy Jar Books has announced the winner of the Lethbridge-Stewart Short Story Competition. The winning story, Gone Fishin’, is written by Megan Fizell from Maine, USA.
20 May
A brand new Doctor Who virtual reality experience lets fans step inside a VR version of the TARDIS for the first time. Doctor Who: The Runaway, is out for free in the UK today on the Oculus Store, Vive Port and on the BBC VR App, and can be viewed on a range of VR headsets.
16 May