December 1st: Today in WHO-story
Births
1890 - Bart Allison (Maximus Pettulian in The Romans)
1920 - Eric Dobson (Headman in The Visitation)
1924 - Desmond Cullum-Jones (Worker in The War Machines and an extra in The Keys of Marinus)
1932 - Dennis Spooner (Script editor from The Rescue to The Chase and writer of The Reign of Terror, The Romans, The Time Meddler, The Daleks' Master Plan [episodes 6 & 8-12] and The Power of the Daleks [uncredited])
1946 - Maggie Steed (Madame Rana Zandusia in the Big Finish audio Mission to Magnus)
1952 - Jonathan Battersby (Winder in The Beast Below)
1955 - Kelly A. Manners (Producer of the Torchwood story Miracle Day)
1971 - Simon Reglar (editor on The Curse of the Black Spot)
1981 - Kathryn Drysdale (Bliss in Love & Monsters)
Deaths
2008 - James Bree (Security Chief in The War Games, Nefred in Full Circle, the Keeper of the Matrix in The Trial of a Time Lord and the Lama in Reeltime Pictures' Doctor Who spin-off Downtime) aged 85
Episodes
1979 - Nightmare of Eden, Part Two: 9.6 million viewers
2001 - Regenerations (BBC Radio 3)
2008 - The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane, Part One (CBBC): 1.36 million viewers
Introductions
2008 - First appearance of UNIT's Black Archive
Releases
1983 - The Unfolding Text (Macmillan Publishers Limited)
1994 - Parasite and State of Change (Virgin Books); Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (VHS)
1997 - Mean Streets (Virgin Books)
2011 - Issue 246 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 80 (Big Finish Productions)
Behind-the-Scenes
1972 - The BBC tv Special Effects Exhibition opened in Kensington, London
2007 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story The Adolescence of Time took place
2015 - The BBC Christmas Ident 2015 launched, featuring elements of Doctor Who, BBC EastEnders, Sherlock, The Great British Bake Off, The Graham Norton Show, LUTHER, BBC Strictly Come Dancing and The Voice UK