17 August

Events
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Behind the scenes

 * 1968 - Episode 2 of DW: The Dominators was first broadcast.
 * 1968 - Helen McCrory (Rosanna Calvierri in the Doctor Who story The Vampires of Venice) was born.
 * 1990 - Graham Williams, who produced Seasons 15-17 (1977-79), was killed in a shooting accident in Devon, England.
 * 2007 - George Giles (the Guard Captain in DW: The Curse of Peladon) died.