Doctor Who On This Day #59

 

1912 - Director Reginald Mervyn

Pinfield born in Evesham, Worcs.

1966 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

6: Flashpoint and The Romans, Episode 3:

Conspiracy both repeated and The Web

Planet, Episode 3: Escape to Danger first

screened, all on ABC

1968 - The Crusade, Episode 3: The Wheel of Fortune,

The Space Museum, Episode 3: The Search, The Chase,

Episode 3: Flight Through Eternity, The Time Meddler,

Episode 1: The Watcher and Galaxy 4, Episode 1: Four

Hundred Dawns all repeated on ABC

1969 - Composer Murray Gold born in

Portsmouth
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians,

Episode 5 first screened on BBC1

1976 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 5

first screened on BBC1

1978 - Pyramids of Mars, Part 2 repeated 

and The Android Invasion, Part 1 first

screened, both on ABC

1979 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 1 repeated 

and Part 3 first screened, both on ABC

1980 - Robot, Part 3 first screened on

WTTW 11; and City of Death, Part 4 first

screened on ABC

1981 - Logopolis, Part 1 first screened

 on BBC1

1983 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus

repeated on WTTW 11

1984 - The Ark in Space, Part 4 repeated

 on KQED Plus; and Image of the Fendahl,

Part 1 repeated on ABC

1985 - Inferno, Episode 2 repeated

on KQED Plus

1986 - The Power of Kroll, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - The War Machines, Episode 4 repeated on KQED Plus;

and Mindwarp, Parts 7 and 8 both first screened on ABC

1988 - The Krotons Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus; and 

The Ark in Space, Part 2 repeated on Super Channel UK
1989 - The Mutants, Episode 2 repeated on KQED Plus;

and Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1990 - Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - The Invisible Enemy, Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1992 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 repeated on BBC2; and 
The Ambassadors of Death, Episode 1 repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - Spearhead from Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1994 - Underworld, Part 3 repeated on UK Gold; and

Timelash, Part 4 (of 4) and Revelation of the Daleks,

Part 1 (of 4) both repeated on ABC

1995 - Revelation of the Daleks, Part 2 first

screened on VOX; and Delta and the

Bannermen, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold
1997 - The Mutants, Episode 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Seeds of Death, Episode 1 first screened on

Space; and Time Flight Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1999 - Inferno, Episode 7 and Terror of the Autons, Part

1 both repeated on WCET; The Mind of Evil Omnibus

repeated on NHPTV; Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Parts 4

and 5 both repeated on LPB; Robot, Part 1 repeated on

Lakeshore PTV; Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Horror of Fang Rock Omnibus repeated on

WQED; The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated on

KSPS; Snakedance, Part 1 repeated on WUSF; and 

Survival, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on KBTC

2000 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Episode

1: World's End repeated on UKTV (Aus); and

The Silurians, Episode 5 repeated on Space

2001 - The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on 

Prime; The Deadly Assassin, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus) and

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America; and Arc of Infinity,

Part 2 repeated on BBC Prime

2002 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part 1 repeated on BBC

Kids (Can); and Mindwarp, Part 8 repeated on BBC Prime

2003 - The Robots of Death, Parts 1

and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2004 - The Ark in Space Omnibus repeated on UK Gold;

The Mind of Evil, Episode 6 repeated on Colorado PTV; and 

Snakedance, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2005 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 3 repeated on ABC

2007 - The Parting of the Ways first screened on BBC America
2009 - Time and the Rani, Parts 3 and 4, Paradise Towers and 
Delta and the Bannermen Omnibuses and Dragonfire, Part 1 all 
repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Empty Child and Doctor 

Who Confidential Cutdown: Special Effects both repeated on 

UKTV (Aus); Bad Wolf repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Parting

 of the Ways repeated on WQLN, Syfy (Rus) and Syfy (FRG);

The Christmas Invasion repeated on KQED Plus; The

Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit

all repeated on Syfy (Spa); Doomsday repeated  on OETA;

Evolution of the Daleks and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Making Manhattan both repeated on WGVU; and The

Lazarus Experiment repeated on HRT2

2010 - The Girl in the Fireplace repeated on WTVP; The Satan

 Pit repeated on Ozarks PTV; Gridlock first screened on WVPB; 

Human Nature repeated and Doctor Who Confidential: Alter

Ego first
screened, both on WXXI; The Family of Blood repeated on WTTW 
11; The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor Who Confidential; The Italian 
Job both first screened on MPTV; The Poison Sky and Doctor Who 
Confidential: Sontar-Ha! both first screened on KERA; The Unicorn
 and the Wasp and Doctor Who Confidential: Nemesis both first 
screened on Houston PM; Forest of the Dead and Doctor Who 
Confidential: River Runs Deep both first screened on Idaho

PTV; and Planet of the Dead repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2011 - The Brain of Morbius, Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7;
The Masque of Mandragora, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on

MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Stolen Earth repeated on 

WGVU; and Journey's End and Doctor Who Confidential:

The End of an Era both repeated on WTTW 11

2012 - Fear Her repeated on BBC America; Voyage of the 

Damned repeated on ABC2; The Stolen Earth repeated on 

Watch; A Christmas Carol and Doctor Who Confidential 

Cutdown: The End of an Era both repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and Resistance is Useless repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4

2013 -  Voyage of the Damned repeated on UKTV (NZ);

Midnight repeated on Watch; and Amy's Choice and

The Beast Below both repeated on BBC America

2014 - The Sun Makers, Parts 1 and 2 and The Visitation,

 Parts 3 and 4 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Fear Her and

Army of Ghosts both repeated on BBC America; Blink

and Utopia both repeated on Really; Turn Left both

repeated on France 4; The Eleventh Hour and The 

Beast Below both repeated on BBC3; The Vampires

of Venice repeated on Syfy (Port); The Hungry

Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: After Effects

both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska

HD; The Girl Who Waited repeated on Watch; and

Cold War repeated on Ztélé

2015 - Colony in Space, Episodes 2 to 5 all repeated on Retro

 TV; The Time Warrior Omnibus repeated on Horror; Genesis 

of the Daleks, Parts 1 and 2, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's 

Daughter, The 
Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead
all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Androids of Tara, Parts 3 and 4 both
first screened on Retro TV; Love & Monsters repeated on KCPT2;
Blink repeated on UKTV (NZ); The End of Time,  Parts 1 and 2 both 
repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; The

Hungry Earth repeated on Jeem TV (ME); The Impossible 
Astronaut, The Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife

 all repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Girl Who 

Waited and The God Complex both repeated on Space; Into the 
Dalek repeated on TLC TV; The Caretaker repeated on RAI4;

and Doctor Who Confidential: River Runs Wild repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Romans, Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro

 TV; The Mind of Evil, Episodes 3 to 6 all repeated on WVPB; 

Pyramids of Mars, Part 4 repeated on KRWG; The Hand of Fear,

Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on KPTS; The Mysterious Planet, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Human Nature and The Family of Blood both 
repeated EBRU; The Wedding of River Song repeated on Syfy (Aus);
 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on Watch; A Town Called Mercy 
and The Power of Three both repeated on BBC Polska HD; Hide 
repeated on Iowa PTV; Deep Breath repeated on Idaho PTV and 

Syfy (Aus); Robot of Sherwood repeated on MPTV; Time Heist 
repeated on KLRU; The Caretaker repeated on WPT; Kill the Moon 
repeated on KERA; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on 
KCPT; In the Forest of the Night repeated on WILL and WXXI;
Death in Heaven repeated on OETA; The Witch's Familiar and 
Under the Lake both repeated on BBC First (ME); Before the

Flood repeated on BBC First (Ben); Sleep No More and Face the 

Raven both repeated on BBC America; Heaven Sent repeated 

on BBC Entertainment AP; and An Adventure in Space and 
Time repeated on RAI4

2017 - The Silurians, Episode 2 repeated on The Zone; The

Visitation, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated on Retro TV; Smith

and Jones repeated on FX (Ind); The Time of Angels repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Amy's Choice, 

The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, Vincent and the Doctor and The 

Pandorica Opens all repeated on BBC America; The Lodger repeated 

on BBC America and Syfy (Aus); The Angels Take Manhattan, The 

Bells of Saint John and The Zygon Invasion all repeated on Syfy 

(Bra); Into the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood both repeated on

BBC Polska HD; and Last Christmas repeated on France 4

2018 - The Idiot's Lantern repeated on Syfy (Aus); Silence in

the Library repeated on Star World Premiere; The Hungry Earth

 repeated on ABC and ABC ME; The Big Bang and The Impossible 

Astronaut both repeated on RAI4; Into the Dalek repeated on 

BBC Polska HD; Listen repeated on BBC First (ME); and

Extremis repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2019 - The Tsuranga Conundrum first

screened on Fox (FRG); and The Battle of

Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on BBC First

(ME)

2020 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; The Crimson

Horror repeated on Syfy (Fra); The Eaters

of Light repeated on Star World Premiere;

The Doctor Falls repeated on ABC; and

Ascension of the Cybermen first screened

on YLE TV2 and repeated on ABC ME

2021 - The Time Meddler, Episodes 3 and

4 and The Curse of Fenric, Parts 1 and 2 all

repeated on Retro TV; The Two Doctors,

Parts 5 and 6 (of 6) both repeated on

KBTC; New Earth, Tooth and Claw,

Kerblam!, The Witchfinders and It Takes

You Away all repeated on W; The Battle

of Ranskoor Av Kolos repeated on W and

 One ARD; and Resolution repeated on

One ARD

2025 - The Savages Omnibus first

screened at BFI Southbank

Doctor Who Vs. Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors

Shown on Legend last night, this British

thriller was the first of seven anthology features from Amicus Productions. Released by Regal in 1965, the movie was produced

by the American studio founders Milton

Subotsky and Max Rosenberg, and

directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer

Freddie Francis. Subtsky originally wrote all

five portmanteau tales in 1948, and utilised gothic staples here (entitled Werewolf,

Creeping Vine, Voodoo, Disembodied Hand

and Vampire) within a framing story.

The production featured Peter Cushing,

Roy Castle, Christopher Lee, Donald

Sutherland, and eighteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• [Francis] Michael Gough (Landor) played the titular role of The Celestial Toymaker, then Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity
• Max Adrian [born Bor] (Dr. Blake) was King Priam in The Myth Makers
• Faith Kent [born Heaslip] voiced Maven for Big Finish's Omega (2003)
• Ann [Forrest] Bell (Ann) voiced Sylvia O'Donnell for A Thousand Tiny Wings (2010), Professor Gesima Cazalet for Night of the Stormcrow (2013), and Lisa Burrows for Five Twenty-Nine (2016)
• [Charles] Edward Underdown (Tod) was Zastor in Meglos
• Judy [Valerie] Cornwell (Nurse) was Maddy in Paradise Towers
• Isla Blair (Girl) was Lady Isabella in The King's Demons, then voiced Paula Taylor for Exotron (2007), Margerie Hopshaw for Out of This World, Charn for Palindrome (both 2020), Old Mary Mortimer for Friend of the Family (2023), and Pars for Unknown Soldiers (2024)
• Rodney Cardiff (Patron) and John [Ernest Clotworthy] Moore (Man) both appeared in Frontier in Space, as Draconian Emperor/Prisoner - Cardiff was also Guard in The Androids of Tara and The Mysterious Planet, and Gendarme in City of Death
• Paul [Alfred] Phillips (Patron) was Egyptian in The Daleks' Master Plan, Extra in The Highlanders, Scientist in The Macra Terror and The Time Warrior, Sentry in The War Games, and Miner in The Monster of Peladon
• Bill Constable (art director), Buster Ambler (sound recordist) and Roy Hyde (sound editor) all worked on Dr. Who and the Daleks
• Ted Wallis was production manager on Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
• Joe Vegoda (executive producer), John Cox (sound director), Ted Samuels (SFX) and Maurice Gillett (electrician) all worked on both Dalek films