August 10th: Today in WHO-story:
Births
1929 - Peter Diamond (Delos in The Romans, Morok Guard & Morok Technician in The Space Museum, Sailor in The Highlanders and Davis in The Ice Warriors; extra & stuntman on The Daleks, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Highlanders, The Enemy of the World, The War Games and The Dæmons; fight arranger on The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Romans, The Space Museum, The Chase, The Highlanders, The Evil of the Daleks, The War Games and The Dæmons)
1939 - Kate O'Mara (The Rani in The Mark Of The Rani, The Time Of The Rani; Children In Need special Dimensions In Time; Big Finish audio The Rani Reaps The Whirlwind)
1965 - Claudia Christian (Janine Foster in the Big Finish audio The Reaping)
Deaths
1984 - Michael Mulcaster (extra in The Highlanders, Frontier in Space and The Masque of Mandragora; husband to The Deadly Assassin's co-costume designer Joan Ellacott) aged 72
1996 - Rex Tucker (director of The Gunfighters; co-author of The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon)
2002 - Colin Eggleston (film editor on The Smugglers) aged 60
2017 - Patrick O'Connell (Ashton in The Dalek Invasion of Earth) aged 83
Episodes
1968 - The Dominators, Episode One: 6.1 million viewers
Introductions
1968 - Launch of the sixth series of the 'classic era' of Doctor Who, the last series of the show's black-and-white era
Releases
1983 - The Doctor Who Quiz Book of Science (Magnet Books)
1989 - Issue 152 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2006 - Issue 10 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: Series Two (Panini Comics UK)
2013 - The Official 50th Anniversary Annual (BBC Children's Books)
2016 - Casualties of Time (Big Finish Productions)
2017 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 212 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2005 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Singularity took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Council of War took place