Doctor Who On This Day #346

 

1916 - Director John Michael Bazalgette

 Leeston Smith born in Torquay

 1961 - Actress Sarah Sutton born in

Basingstoke
 1964 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth,

Episode 4: The End of Tomorrow first

screened on BBC1

1966 - The Reign of Terror, Episode 4: The Tyrant

of France, Planet of Giants, Episodes 1 and 3, The

Romans, Episode 2: All Roads Lead to Rome, The

Web Planet, Episode 2 and 6 and The Myth Makers,

Episode 2: Small Prophet, Quick Return all repeated

on ABC

1969 - The Ice Warriors, Episode 1 repeated on ABC

1971 - The Invasion, Episode 2 and

The Ambassadors of Death, Episode

6 both repeated on ABC

1974 - The Time Monster, Episode 6, Carnival

of Monsters, Episode 4 and Planet of the Daleks,

Episode 6 all repeated on ABC 

1975 - The Time Monster, Episode

2 first screened on WTTW 11

1981 - The Ark in Space, Part 4

repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Leisure Hive Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1983 - The Robots of Death, Part

1 repeated on ABC

1984 - The Three Doctors, Episode

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1985 - Attack of the Cybermen, Part

4 (of 4) first screened on ABC; and K9

and Company repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - The Aztecs, Episode 1: The

Temple of Secrets repeated on KQED

Plus

1987 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part

3 repeated on KQED Plus; and The Ribos

Operation Omnibus repeated on ABC

1988 - Terror of the Vervoids

Omnibus first screened on WTTW 11

1989 - The Leisure Hive, Part 3

repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - Terror of the Zygons, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - State of Decay, Part 3 repeated

on ABC; and Mindwarp, Part 6 repeated

on KQED Plus

1992 - Terror of the Autons Omnibus screened

 at the NFT; and Four to Doomsday Omnibus

repeated on KQED Plus

1993 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth Omnibus

 repeated on UK Gold; and Time Flight, Part 2

repeated on ABC

1994 - Costume designer John Hearne died in Britain,

aged 68; Invasion of the Dinosaurs Omnibus and 30 

Years in the TARDIS both repeated on KQED Plus; and

Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part

6 repeated on UK Gold

1996 - The Silurians, Episode

6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1997 - The Rescue, Episode 2: Desperate

Measures first screened on Space; and The

 Horns of Nimon, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Daleks Omnibus repeated on UK

 Gold; The Space Museum Omnibus repeated

on MPT; The Silurians, Episodes 3 to 5 all

 repeated on NHPTV; The Sontaran Experiment

 Omnibus repeated on BBC America; The Invisible

 Enemy, Parts 4 and Image of the Fendahl, Part

1 both repeated on BBC Prime; Destiny of the

Daleks and Resurrection of the Daleks Omnibuses

both repeated on UKTV Aus); and Planet of Fire

Omnibus repeated on WUFT

1999 - 100,000 BC, Episode 1, The War Games, Episode 10,
Spearhead from Space, Episode 1, Planet of the Spiders, Part 6,
Robot, Part 1, Logopolis, Part 4, Castrovalva, Part 1, The Caves of 
Androzani, Part 4, The Twin Dilemma, Part 1 and Time and the Rani,
Part 1 all repeated on KUED; The Romans, Episode 1: The Slave 
Traders repeated on Space; Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 3 and
 4 and The Talons of Weng-Chiang Omnibus all repeated on KBTC;
The Time Warrior, Parts 2 and 3 repeated on WCET; The Ark in Space

Omnibus repeated on KNME; The Androids of Tara Omnibus repeated
on KRWG; The Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Sun 
Makers, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MiND; Arc of Infinity Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; The Caves of Androzani, Part 2 repeated on 
WUSF; Timelash Omnibus repeated on KSPS; and 30 Years in the 
TARDIS repeated on Lakeshore PTV

2000 - The Mutants, Episode 6 repeated on Prime; Robot,

Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus); and Terror of the Zygons,

Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on BBC America

2001 - Planet of Evil, Part 3 repeated on BBC Kids (Can);

The Mark of the Rani, Part 3 (of 4) repeated on BBC

Prime; and Timelash, Part  2 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2002 - Genesis of the Daleks, Part

 6 repeated on BBC Kids (Can)

2003 - The Leisure Hive, Parts 3

and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids

2004 - The Mind of Evil Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Mutants, 
Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; Four to Doomsday, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Battlefield, Parts 3 and 4 both
repeated on MiND; and Survival Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

2005 - The Mark of the Rani, Parts

1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on ABC

2006 - New Earth first screened

on NHK BS2
2007 - Love & Monsters and Fear Her both

repeated on France 4; and Daleks in Manhattan

and Doctor Who Confidential: A New York Story

both repeated on BBC3

2008 - Castrovalva, Part 4 and Black Orchid, Part 1 both first 
screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; The Impossible Planet first
screened on WVPB; Army of Ghosts and Doomsday both

repeated on France 4; The Fires of Pompeii and Doctor

Who Confidential: The Italian Job both repeated on

BBC3; and Silence in the Library repeated on Syfy (US)

2009 - The Long Game repeated on Syfy (Rus);

The Satan Pit repeated on OETA; Last of the Time

Lords repeated on Syfy (Spain); and Dreamland

Omnibus repeated on CBBC

2010 - Utopia repeated on Idaho PTV; The Sontaran

Stratagem and Doctor Who Confidential: Send in

the Clones both repeated on MPTV; and Orbis,

Episode 1 repeated on Radio 7

2011 - Logopolis, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated

on Syfy (Aus); Planet of Fire, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Satan

Pit repeated on Watch; The Shakespeare Code

repeated on UKTV (Aus); Night Terrors first

 screened on Syfy (Spa); The God Complex, Closing

 Time and The Wedding of River Song all repeated

on BBC America; and The Stuff of Nightmares, Part

1 first broadcast on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - The Parting of the Ways repeated on

 BBC Amercia; Planet of the Dead and The Waters

of Mars both first screened on Fox (FRG); and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: Shadow Play

repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - Logopolis, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus); Tooth 
and Claw and School Reunion both repeated on France 4; Evolution 
of the Daleks repeated on Watch; Planet of the Ood repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Doctor's Daughter repeated on BBC America; Flesh and 
Stone repeated on BBC Nordic; The Lodger repeated on Syfy (Port);
The God Complex repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; The 
Snowmen first screened on Syfy (Spa); Doctor Who Confidential: 
Sontar-Ha! repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and
ME; and Doctor Who Confidential: Double Trouble repeated
on BBC Entertainment AP

2014 - The Mind Robber, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on Horror;
Planet of the Spiders, Parts 3 and 4 both first screened on Retro TV;
Planet of the Ood repeated on UKTV (Aus); The Sontaran Stratagem 
repeated on BBC America and UKTV (Aus); The Doctor's Daughter,
The Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library, The Wedding of 
River Song and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe all repeated
 on BBC America; Victory of the Daleks repeated on Watch; The Rebel 
Flesh, The Almost People, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler 
and Night Terrors all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Girl Who Waited 

repeated on Syfy (Ben); The Power of Three repeated on BBC Nordic 
HD and BBC Polska HD; Cold War and Hide both repeated on Watch 
and Jeem TV (ME); and In the Forest of the Night repeated
on DR3

2015 - The Daleks, Episode 7: The Rescue repeated

on KMOS; The Time Monster, Episodes 3 and 4 and

 The Christmas Invasion all 

repeated on UNC-MX; The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 and The 
Invasion of Time, Parts 5 and 6 all both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks and The Time 
of Angels all repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood,
Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens all 
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Big Bang repeated on

BBC Entertainment AP and UKTV (Aus); A Christmas Carol and
 The Impossible Astronaut both repeated on UKTV (Aus);

Hide repeated on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME;
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and The Crimson Horror both
repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD, BBC Entertainment EU,

Romania, ME and Syfy (Port); Nightmare in Silver repeated on BBC

Entertainment EU, Rom, ME and Syfy (Port); The Name of the

 Doctor repeated on Syfy (Port); The Day of the Doctor repeated 

BBC First (RSA); Deep Breath repeated on OETA; Time Heist and 

The Caretaker both repeated on RAI4; Flatline first screened on 

Jeem TV (ME); The Zygon Inversion repeated on DR3; Face

the Raven repeated on FX (Ind); Heaven Sent repeated on

BBC First (Ben); and Hell Bent first screened on BBC First

(RSA) and repeated on BBC Entertainment AP

2016 - The Twin Dilemma Omnibus repeated on WETA-UK; The 
Empty Child repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Unicorn and the Wasp 
repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Stolen Earth, Journey's End and 
The Waters of Mars all repeated on BBC America; Day of the Moon 
first screened on TLC TV; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 
repeated on Syfy (LA); Nightmare in Silver repeated on 
The Zone; Mummy on the Orient Express repeated on BBC First 
(ME); and The Woman Who Lived repeated on Syfy (Bra)

2017 - The Horns of Nimon, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro 
TV; Mawdryn Undead, Part 3 repeated on Jones! too; Tooth and 
Claw repeated on ABC and ABC ME; Daleks in Manhattan repeated
on The Box; Midnight repeated on BBC Polska HD and Syfy (Aus); 
The Rebel Flesh repeated on Syfy (Bra); Asylum of the Daleks, 
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and A Town Called Mercy all repeated 
on One ARD; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson 

Horror and Nightmare in Silver all repeated on BBC America;

Listen repeated on RAI4; Time Heist repeated on W and RAI4;

The Caretaker and Kill the Moon both repeated on Space; In 

the Forest of the Night and Dark Water both repeated on DR3; 

Hell Bent repeated on BBC First (ME); and The Husbands of 

River Song repeated on ABC

2018 - The Wedding of River Song and The Doctor, the Widow

and the Wardrobe both repeated on RAI4; and Doctor Who

Extra: The Caretaker and Kill the Moon both repeated on BBC

Polska HD

2019 - The Fires of Pompeii repeated on Syfy (Fra);

and Kill the Moon repeated on BBC Polska HD

2020 - The Space Museum, Episodes 3 and 4 and

The Mark of the Rani, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) all repeated

on Retro TV; The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on

ABC ME; Knock Knock repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU; Oxygen and Extremis both repeated on RAI4; The

Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, Resolution, Orphan 55 and

Behind the Lens: The Time of the Doctor all repeated

on BBC Polska HD

2021 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

6 and The Aztecs, Episode 1 both

repeated on KBTC; Genesis of the

Daleks Omnibus repeated on Iowa

PTV; The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and

2 and Castrovalva, Parts 3 and 4 all

repeated on Retro TV; The Fires of

Pompeii repeated on One ARD;

Victory of the Daleks and The Time

of Angels both repeated on W and W

+1; Flesh and Stone repeated on W,

W +1 and One ARD; Night Terrors,

The Girl Who Waited and Village of the

Angels all repeated on BBC Polska HD;

 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS,

The Crimson Horror Nightmare in Silver

and The Name of the Doctor all repeated

on BBC First Turkey; Ascension of the

Cybermen and The Timeless Children

both repeated on RAI4; and The

Vanquishers repeated on BBC2

2022 - Gridlock repeated on Fox SciFi

2023 - Frontios, Parts 2 and 3 both

repeated on Retro TV; and The Curse

 of the Black Spot repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - The Pyramid at the End of the

World repeated on ABC Family; and The

Lie of the Land repeated on ABC Entertains

Doctor Who Vs. Coronation Street @ 65, Part 8: 1979-1982

1968: Carson photographed in
Moss Side by John Madden

By the end of the Seventies, Corrie

had scant competition in its prime-

time slot. But some critics suggested

that the programme had grown com-

placent, whilst moving away from

 socially aware storylines, and was

again accused of portraying a dated view of working-class life. The late

1970's however, saw the show's

popularity grow, and the Street

regularly topped the TV ratings.

The series was again affected by

industrial action when the whole ITV

 network was blacked out for 75 days,

 from August 10th to October 24th

1979. The early 1980's would prove

 to be one of the soap's most popular

periods, and earned its highest view-

ing figures since its heyday. Ena Sharples (played by Violet Carson since

1960) left Corrie in 1980, and the wedding of Ken Barlow and Deirdre

Langton in 1981 was watched by over 24 million viewers.

 Then in 1982, a brand-new exterior set finally replaced the original,

which was little more than a dated facade. These four years on the

cobbles featured a total of twenty Doctor Who cast connections:

• Michael Melia (Cummings) was the Terileptil leader in The Visitation
• Bill McGuirk (Wilson here; DC Banks, 1984) was a Guard in The Enemy of the World, and Policeman in (episode 3 of) Terror of the Autons
• Paul Seed (Harris) was the Graff Vynda-Ka in The Ribos Operation
• Christian Rodska [born Rodskjaer] (Newton) voiced Laan Carder for Big Finish's Faith Stealer (2004), and Reverend Small for AudioGo's The Dead Shoes (2009)
• Sue Wallace (Mrs. Fletcher here; Jean, 2005) voiced Mrs. Baddeley for The Chimes of Midnight, Edith for Season of Fear (both 2002), and Mertil for The Whispering Forest (2010)
• [Max] Richard Shaw (Johnson) was Lobos in The Space Museum, Cross in Frontier in Space, and Lakh in Underworld
• Jonathan Caplan (Cheveski) was Roskal in Planet of Fire
• [Walter] Tenniel Evans (DI Vaughan) was Major Daly in Carnival of Monsters
• Kenny McBain was director of The Horns of Nimon too
• Paul Lowther (Jackson) was a Knight in The King's Demons, and Orderly in Frontios
• Gilbert Wynne (Dodds) was Thara in The Krotons
• Brian [Reginald] Miller (Elliott here; Pughes, 2012) [husband of Elizabeth Sladen and father of Sadie Miller] was Dugdale in Snakedance, provided Dalek voices for Resurrection of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks and Time Streams, and was Barney in Deep Breath
• Graham Seed (Solicitor) voiced Bevan for The Forgotten Village (2014), Pyrepoint for The Romance of Crime (2015), Gramoryan 2/Taverner/Squire for Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated (2019), Franz for The Gloaming (2024), and Sir Gordon Carmichael for The Caller (2025)
• David [John] Simeon [born Townsend] (Simpson here; Dr. Bird, 1998) was Private Latimer in Inferno, and Alastair Fergus in The Daemons (1)
• Dave Hill (Hurst) voiced Nessican for Death Comes to Time
• Tony Osoba (McGregor here; Peter Ingram, 1990) was Lan in Destiny of the Daleks, Kracauer in Dragonfire, and was Duke in Kill the Moon
• Philip Jackson (Smitty) voiced Laxton for Valhalla (2007), Peabody for The Contingency Club (2017), and Harry Price for The Dalby Spook (2022) 
• Brian Capron (Worthington here; Richard Hillman, 2001-03; Dickie in A Knight's Tale) voiced Lesley Kulcade for Subterfuge (2020)
• Mark Eden [born Douglas John Malin] (Randle here; Alan Bradley, 1986-89) and Lesley [Ann] Manville (Jill) both appeared in An Adventure in Space and Time, as Donald Baverstock and Heather Hartnell - Eden was also the eponymous Marco Polo