8 January

Events
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Behind the scenes

 * 1908 - William Hartnell, the first actor to play the Doctor, was born at St. Pancras, London.


 * 1924 - Ron Moody (the Duke of Wellington in BFA: Other Lives) was born.


 * 1966 - "Golden Death", Episode 9 of DW: The Daleks' Master Plan, was first broadcast.


 * 1972 - Episode 2 of DW: Day of the Daleks was first broadcast.
 * Hamilton Dyce (Scobie in DW: Spearhead from Space) died.


 * 1973 - Dudley Foster (Maurice Caven in DW: The Space Pirates) died.


 * 1977 - Part 2 of DW: The Face of Evil was first broadcast.


 * 1997 - Tom Bowman, who portrayed the part of a sentry in DW: The Highlanders, died.