January 31st: Today in WHO-story
Births
1918 - John Crockett (director of Marco Polo [episode four] and The Aztecs)
1937 - Davyd Harries (Shapp in The Armageddon Factor)
Deaths
2008 - Brian Langley (film cameraman on The Ice Warriors) aged 98
Episode
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode One: 8.8 million viewers
1976 - The Seeds of Doom, Part One: 11.4 million viewers
1981 - The Keeper of Traken, Part One: 7.6 million viewers
Introductions
1970 - First appearance of the Doctor's vintage car Bessie
1981 - First appearance of Sarah Sutton as Nyssa
Releases
1980 - Issue 17 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2003 - Rip Tide (Telos Publishing)
2007 - Issue 22 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2008 - Issue 49 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines)
2011 - The Mutants and K9 OFFICIAL PAGE: Series 1: Volume 1 (DVD - region 2)
2013 - Issue 305 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 39 (Big Finish Productions)
2017 - The World Beyond the Trees (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2003 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield stories The Bellotron Incident and The Draconian Rage took place
2006 - Rewrites to Fear Her took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Jigsaw War took place
2013 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story Lords of the Red Planet took place