December 8th: Today in WHO-story
Births
1933 - Hugh Martin (Munro in Terror of the Zygons and the Priest in Vengeance on Varos); Jocelyn Birdsall (Hlynia in The Web Planet)
1939 - Jennie Linden (Barbara in the movie Dr. Who and the Daleks and Professor Klyst in the Big Finish audio Unregenerate!)
1965 - David Harewood (Joshua Naismith in The End of Time and President Vallan in the Big Finish audio Army of Death)
Deaths
2016 - Peter Messaline (Dalek voices in Day of the Daleks) aged 72
Episodes
1979 - Nightmare of Eden, Part Three: 9.6 million viewers
2008 - The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane, Part Two (CBBC): 1.26 million viewers
Departures
2008 - Conclusion to the second series of the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures; Nicholas Countney's final on-screen appearance as Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
Releases
1982 - The Second Doctor Who Quiz Book (Target Books)
1983 - Issue 84 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
1988 - Issue 144 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)
2005 - Issue 364 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini Comics UK)
2008 -
Cosmic Collider (online game)
2011 - Serpent Crest, Parts Four and Five ('The Hexford Invasion' and 'Survivors in Space'); issue 247 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 87 (Big Finish Productions)
Behind-the-Scenes
2015 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Two Masters took place
2017 - Recording of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter took place