16 October

Behind the scenes

 * 1920 - Actor John Dearth was born.
 * 1941 - Actor David Ashford was born.
 * 1946 - Actor Tariq Yunus was born.
 * 1947 - Actor Guy Siner was born.
 * 1965 - "Temple of Secrets" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1967 - Actress Davina McCall was born.
 * 1976 - Part three of The Hand of Fear was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 2009 - Actor Denys Hawthorne died.
 * 2010 - Doctor Who Live: The Monsters Are Coming! was performed twice at the SECC in Glasgow. (once at 11:00am in a performance open only to readers of the Scottish Sun who collected tokens for free tickets, and again in the evening)