The War Machines: Episode 1 premiered on BBC One in 1966 at 5:35pm, watched by 5.40 million viewers.
Sheridan Smith is 38 today - 33 credits, including Lucie Miller in Blood of the Daleks Part 1(BF)

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Sunetra Sarker is 46 today - credited as Indira in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

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Lucy Benjamin is 49 today - credited as Nyssa as a child in Mawdryn Undead

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Phill Jupitus is 57 today - 2 credits, including Team Captain in Never Mind the Buzzcocks(Related)

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Michael McShane is 64 today - 2 credits, including Grayle in The Angels Take Manhattan

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Nitza Saul is 69 today - credited as Karina in Warriors of the Deep

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Roger Murray-Leach is 76 today - 7 credits, including Designer for The Ark In Space

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Roy Marsden is 78 today - 3 credits, including Dr B. Stoker in Smith and Jones

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Roger Brierley (died 2005 aged 70) would be 84 today - 2 credits, including Drathro in The Trial Of A Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet)

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Rhoda Lewis is 86 today - credited as Marta in State of Decay

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George Murdock (died 2012 aged 81) would be 89 today - credited as Preacher in Dead of Night(TW)

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Moray Watson (died 2017 aged 88) would be 91 today - credited as Sir Robert Muir in Black Orchid

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Doctor Who - Star Tales
BBC Books have announced a new hardback fiction book to tie in with the return of Doctor Who in 2020.
21 Jun

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The End Of Time: 10th Anniversary screening for US cinemas
Fathom Events have announced a special theatrical outing for the Tenth Doctor's finale, The End Of Time, which itself celebrates its tenth anniversary this Christmas.
20 Jun

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Doctor Who: The Collection: Season 23
BBC Studios have announced that the next instalment in their collection of remastered Blu-ray Doctor Who boxed sets will see the Doctor on trial as Colin Baker's last season is released on 23rd September 2019.
18 Jun

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Lethbridge-Stewart: Bloodlines
Candy Jar Books has announced the seventh series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels, a five-book series with an overall title of Bloodlines.
18 Jun