20 August

On 20 August 1970, Dorothy McShane companion of the Seventh Doctor, was born. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation, Falls the Shadow, Set Piece, PROSE: Relative Dementias)

Behind the scenes

 * 1909 - Actor André Morell was born.
 * 1916 - Actor Bernard Archard was born.
 * 1932 - Actor Anthony Ainley was born.
 * 1934 - Director John Davies was born.
 * 1943 - Actor Sylvester McCoy, who portrayed the Seventh Doctor, was born.
 * 1962 - Actress Sophie Aldred was born.
 * 1962 - Actor James Marsters was born.
 * 1970 - Actor Adrian Bower was born.
 * 1971 - Actor David Walliams was born.
 * 1991 - Actress Betty Bowden died.
 * 1993 - Actor Sydney Arnold died.
 * 1997 - Actor Bill Mitchell died.
 * 2007 - Issue fifty-one of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Prey of the Zenith, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2009 - Issue seventeen of Torchwood Magazine, including part three of comic story Broken, was first published by Titan Magazines.