Season 8 (1971)
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The Reign Of Terror: A Change of Identity premiered on BBC One in 1964 at 5:29pm, watched by 6.90 million viewers. Birthdays
Megan Duffy is 39 today - credited as Claire in End of the Road(TW)
James Corden is 40 today - 4 credits, including Craig Owens in Closing Time
Mark Williams is 59 today - 4 credits, including Brian Williams in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Ivor Salter (died 1991 aged 65) would be 93 today - 3 credits, including Odysseus in The Myth Makers
Honor Blackman is 93 today - 2 credits, including Professor Lasky in The Trial Of A Time Lord (Terror of the Vervoids)
Robert Marsden (died 2007 aged 85) would be 97 today - credited as Abraham Lincoln in The Chase Deaths
Michael Leader (died 2016 aged 78) - 4 credits, including Terileptil in The VisitationBBC Studios have announced Doctor Who Season 19 will be the next release in the Doctor Who: The Collection range.
21 Aug
The BBC has announced the team behind the new series of Doctor Who, launching this autumn on BBC One and around the world. In revealing the list, showrunner Chris Chibnall saysWe have a team of writers who’ve been working quietly and secretly for a long time now, crafting characters, worlds and stories to excite and move you. A set of directors who stood those scripts up on their feet, bringing those ideas, visuals and emotions into existence with bravura and fun.
20 Aug
Big Finish is to celebrate 20 years of creating Doctor Who stories on audio with The Legacy of Time – the biggest audio crossover event ever.
20 Aug
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society, DWAS has announced the first in a series of fund raising events, raising money to pay for a Blue Plaque to honour first Doctor William Hartnell.
17 Aug