5 November

Events

 * 1605 - Guy Fawkes attempted to bomb Parliment. (PROSE: The Plotters, GAME: The Gunpowder Plot, WC: The Night After Hallowe'en, TV: Galaxy 4, TV: Sky)

Behind the scenes

 * 1918 - Alan Tilvern was born.
 * 1927 - Kenneth Waller (Hedges in TV: The Invisible Enemy) was born.
 * 1966 - Episode 1 of TV: The Power of the Daleks was first broadcast.
 * 1977 - Part 2 of TV: Image of the Fendahl was first broadcast.
 * 1981 - "The Firemaker", Episode 4 of TV: An Unearthly Child, was repeated on BBC2.
 * 1983 - Andrew Hayden-Smith was born.
 * 1993 - Michael Bilton, a frequent guest actor on Doctor Who, died.
 * 2003 - Brian McDermott (Sheard in TV: Time-Flight) died.
 * 2006 - TV: Cyberwoman was first broadcast.
 * 2006 - R.J. Bell (The Garm in TV: ''Terminus) died.
 * 2007 - Part 2 of TV: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? was first broadcast.