September 2nd: Today in WHO-story
Births
1899 - Martin Miller (Kublai Khan in Marco Polo)
1911 - Eileen Way (Old Mother in An Unearthly Child, Madame Karela in The Creature from the Pit and the Old Woman in the movie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD)
1912 - Jim Tyson (extra in The Chase)
1925 - Neil Seiler (Radio Operator in The Sea Devils and Commander Stewart in Death to the Daleks)
1941 - Kay Patrick (Poppaea in The Romans and Flower in The Savages)
1950 - Stuart Blake (Zoldaz in State of Decay, the Commander in The Five Doctors and Scibus in Warriors of the Deep)
1954 - Gai Smith (Presta in The Invasion of Time)
1965 - Sean Gallagher (Chip in New Earth)
Deaths
1979 - Derek Seaton (Commander Hilred in The Deadly Assassin) aged 35
1994 - Roy Castle (Ian Chesterton in the movie Dr. Who and the Daleks) aged 62
Episodes
1967 - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Episode One (BBC One): 6.0 million viewers
1978 - The Ribos Operation, Part One: 8.3 million viewers
2011 - Torchwood: Miracle Day, Episode Nine ('The Gathering') (STARZ)
Introductions
1967 - Launch of the fifth series of classic Who; first appearance of the Cybermats
1978 - Launch of the sixteenth series of classic Who; first appearance of Mary Tamm as the first incarnation of Romana and Cyril Luckham as the White Guardian; launch of the 26-part Key to Time story arc
1995 - First appearance of Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, then played by Beverley Cressman
Releases
1993 - Issue 304 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1995 - Downtime (Reeltime Pictures)
1997 - Down (Virgin Books)
1999 - The Nine Lives of Doctor Who (Headline)
2002 - Time Zero (BBC Books); The Invisible Enemy (VHS): Carnival of Monsters (DVD - region 4)
2010 - Demon Quest, Episode One ('The Relics of Time') (BBC Audio); issue 182 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Eleventh Doctor - Volume One (Panini Comics UK)
2013 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 30 (Big Finish Productions)
2015 - Four Doctors, Part Four (Titan Comics); The Third Doctor Adventures - Volume One (Big Finish)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 183 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2001 - Recording of Big Finish's Dalek Empire story "Death to the Daleks!" took place
2003 - Recording of Big Finish's 40th anniversary Doctor Who story Zagreus took place
2011 - Recording of the fourth series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Gallifrey took place
2014 - Recording of the Big Finish audios Flywheel Revelation and Etheria took place