8 July

Behind the scenes

 * 1907 - Erik Chitty (Charles Preslin in TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and Engin in TV: The Deadly Assassin) was born.
 * 1941 - Polly James (Jane Hampden in TV: The Awakening) was born.
 * 2006 - TV: Doomsday was first broadcast.
 * 2006 - Peter Hawkins (Daleks and Cybermen voices in many Doctor Who stories) died.
 * 2011 - The New World, the first episode of Series 4 of Torchwood (known as Miracle Day), was first broadcast in the US on cable network Starz.