9 January

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Actor Steve Plytas was born.
 * 1939 - Actress Susannah York was born.
 * 1956 - Actress Imelda Staunton was born.
 * 1965 - "Desperate Measures" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1980 - Issue thirteen of Doctor Who Weekly was first released, containing part one of COMIC: Warlord of the Ogrons.
 * 1986 - The novelisation of TV: The Gunfighters was first released in paperback by Target Books.
 * 1971 - Episode two of Terror of the Autons was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1981 - Peter Davison filmed his first scene as the Fifth Doctor, his regeneration scene, almost a full year before the actual broadcast of the scene.
 * 2006 - The soundtrack to TV: The Tenth Planet was released in the form of one, single CD.
 * 2007 - Issue thirty-five of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Quarsian Mission, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2008 - Cast read-through for Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead took place.
 * 2012 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion were released on Region 2 DVD in the UNIT box set.
 * 2012 - Big Finish audio story Protect and Survive began recording.