November 2nd: Today in WHO-story
Births
1936 - Andrew Staines (Sergeant to Benik in The Enemy of the World, Goodge in Terror of the Autons, the Captain in Carnival of Monsters and Keaver in Planet of the Spiders; nephew to Doctor Who writer, producer & director Barry Letts)
1947 - Michael Gordon (Xeron in The Space Museum)
1952 - Michael Kerrigan (director of Battlefield and the Sarah Jane Adventures stories The Day of the Clown and Secrets of the Stars)
1964 - Loraine Velez (Spanish Maid in Turn Left)
1977 - John Pickard (Thomas Brewster [Fifth & Sixth Doctors' companion, Big Finish Productions])
Deaths
1983 - Michael Spice (Morbius voice in The Brain of Morbius and Magnus Greel in The Talons of Weng-Chiang) aged 52
1998 - Tommy Duggan (Senator Alcott in The Mind of Evil) aged 89
Episodes
1968 - The Invasion, Episode One: 7.3 million viewers
1987 - Delta and the Bannermen, Part One: 5.3 million viewers
1988 - The Happiness Patrol, Part One: 5.3 million viewers
Introductions
1968 - First appearance of John Levene as Benton
Releases
1992 - The Aztecs and Mawdryn Undead (VHS)
2017 - The Five Doctors (BBC Audio); 100 Illustrated Adventures (Penguin Character Books); Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 224 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
1982 - Launch of BBC Two's Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat season
2001 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Maltese Penguin took place
2009 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Macro Men (retitled The Macros) took place
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Phantoms of the Deep took place