This story entry is used for programmes related to Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, which saw a wide variety of interviews, event coverage, history and fan activity reported on the BBC's local radio stations.
See the Broadcast Tab for specific 50th Anniversary shows.
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Planet of Giants: Crisis premiered on BBC One in 1964 at 5:15pm, watched by 8.90 million viewers.
The Night of the Doctor premiered on BBC Online in 2013 at 1:00pm
The Science Of Doctor Who premiered on BBC2 in 2013 at 9:00pm, watched by 3.19 million viewers.
Children in Need: 2014 premiered on BBC One in 2014 at 7:30pm
Sleep No More premiered on BBC One in 2015 at 8:14pm, watched by 5.61 million viewers.Sleep No More premiered on BBC America in 2015 at 9:00pm, watched by 0.65 million viewers.
The Power of the Daleks (animation): theater presentation premiered on US Venues in 2016 at 7:00pm
Dimitri Leonidas is 32 today - credited as Howie Spragg in The God Complex
Brendan Patricks is 35 today - credited as Edmund in The Crimson Horror
Russell Tovey is 38 today - 19 credits, including Midshipman Alonso Frame in Voyage of the Damned
Paul McGann is 60 today - 98 credits, including The Doctor in The TV Movie
Keith Drinkel is 75 today - 3 credits, including Flight Engineeer Scobie in Time-Flight
Michael Robbins (died 1992 aged 62) would be 89 today - credited as Richard Mace in The Visitation
Don McKillop (died 2005 aged 76) would be 90 today - credited as Bert the Landlord in The Dæmons
John Hallam (died 2006 aged 65) - credited as Light in Ghost Light
Jean Conroy (died 1964 aged 29) - credited as Woman in the Wood in The Dalek Invasion of Earth
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