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The Wheel In Space: Episode 5 premiered on BBC One in 1968 at 5:16pm BST, watched by 6.80 million viewers.
Planet of the Spiders: Part Four premiered on BBC One in 1974 at 5:31pm BST, watched by 8.20 million viewers.Totally Doctor Who (#1.7) premiered on BBC One in 2006 at 4:59pm BST, watched by 0.77 million viewers.
Totally Doctor Who (#2.7) premiered on BBC One in 2007 at 4:59pm BST, watched by 0.82 million viewers.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Series 12 Episode 9) premiered on BBC One in 2007 at 10:35pm BST
Birthdays
Jamie Foreman is 62 today - credited as Eddie Connolly in The Idiot's LanternCorinne Hollingworth is 68 today - 3 credits, including Production Manager for The Caves of Androzani
Eric Deacon is 70 today - credited as Mykros in Timelash
Sir Ian McKellen is 81 today - 2 credits, including Voice of the Snowman in The Snowmen (as Ian McKellen)Peggy Dixon (died 2005 aged 84) would be 99 today - credited as Dancer in The Masque of Mandragora
Wilfred Carter (died 1998 aged 89) would be 112 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
The latest edition of the Fanzine Tales from the Matrix is now available.
25 May
BBC Studios have announced the launch of their high definition channel BBC Prime in Turkey via Türk Telekom’s Tivibu platform from 27th May, with Doctor Who featuring prominently on the new service:
23 May
It’s been 24 years since Eric Roberts first appeared as The Master fighting Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor. Now he’s back in a new audio adventure for Big Finish.
22 May
BBC Books have announced a new hardback book that delves into the background of one of the key elements of Doctor Who:
20 May