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City of Death: Part Four premiered on BBC One in 1979 at 6:16pm, watched by 16.10 million viewers.
The Girl in the Fireplace premiered on SyFy (East Coast Feed) in 2006 at 8:00pmTMi - Series 2 Episode 7 (featuring the SJA cast) premiered on BBC2 in 2007 at 9:00am
Secrets of the Stars: Episode One premiered on CBBC in 2008 at 5:15pmDoctor Who Greatest Moments: The Master premiered on BBC Three in 2009 at 7:47pm, watched by 0.32 million viewers.
Birthdays
Christoper Bowen is 60 today - credited as Mordred in BattlefieldSandra Dickinson is 71 today - credited as Maggie in The Ghosts of N Space(Misc)
Anneke Wills is 78 today - 41 credits, including Polly in The War MachinesJack Shepherd is 79 today - credited as Self in The Women of Doctor Who(Factual)
Mary Peach is 85 today - credited as Astrid in The Enemy of the World
Colin Jeavons is 90 today - 2 credits, including Damon in The Underwater Menace
Anton Diffring (died 1989 aged 70) would be 101 today - credited as De Flores in Silver Nemesis
Ian Cullen is 80 today - 4 credits, including Ixta in The Aztecs Deaths
Hubert Rees (died 2009 aged 81) - 3 credits, including Chief Engineer in Fury From the Deep
John Ringham (died 2008 aged 80) - 5 credits, including Ashe in Colony In SpaceRon Tarr (died 1997 aged 60) - 2 credits, including Slave in Destiny of the Daleks
Brian Badcoe (died 1992 aged 67) - credited as Adam in Invasion of the DinosaursKoch Media have announced two new releases for 4th November, both of which feature the unscrupulous reptilian businessman Sil, as played by Nabil Shaban.
20 Oct
Candy Jar Books has announced the second novel in its seventh series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels, to be released in late October:
20 Oct
Doctor Who Magazine celebrates its 40th anniversary in issue 544.
17 Oct
Doctor Who Magazine continues its in-depth chronicle of the show’s production with a 100-page volume dedicated to four memorable episodes of Series 8 starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald:
16 Oct