November 17th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1929 - Trevor Martin (Time Lord in The War Games, the alternative Fourth Doctor in the stage show/Big Finish audio Seven Keys to Doomsday, Kaido, Guard, Ungar, Custodian of the Data Store & Jenhegger in the BBC Radio 5 live story The Paradise of Death and Professor Capra in the Big Finish audio Flip-Flop)
1940 - William Simons (Mandrel in The Sun Makers)
1947 - James Warwick (Lieutenant Scott in Earthshock)
1983 - Harry Lloyd (Jeremy Baines & Son of Mine in Human Nature/The Family of Blood; great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens)
Deaths
1997 - Roma Woodnutt (Nola in The Underwater Menace) aged 72
2000 - Victor Lucas (Andor in The Face of Evil) aged 81
Episodes
1979 - The Creature from the Pit, Part Four: 9.6 million viewers
2008 - The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, Part One (CBBC): 1.18 million viewers
2013 - Strax Field Report: Queen Elizabeth (webcast)
Documentaries
2013 - Doctor Who Greatest Monsters and Villains: Night Three (BBC Three)
Releases
1977 - Early Man, Prehistoric Animals and Space Travel (Target Books - Doctor Who Discovers)
1988 - 25 Glorious Years (W. H. Allen & Co)
1994 - Falls the Shadow, The Crystal Bucephalus and The First Doctor Handbook (Virgin Books); The Crusade (Titan Comics)
2005 - Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: In Their Own Words 1963-1969 (Panini Comics UK)
2008 - Doctor Who Official Soundtracks: Series Four (Silva Screen Records)
2011 - Issue 244 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); issue 441 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics)
2014 - Dark Eyes 3 and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 73 (Big Finish Productions); The Complete Eighth Series (DVD and Blu-ray - region 2)
2015 - The Black Hole (Big Finish)
2016 - Issue 506 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics)
Behind-the-Scenes
2004 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Unregenerate! took place
2005 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Time Works took place
2014 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Triumph of Sutekh took place