7 December

Behind the scenes

 * 1920 - Actor Hayden Jones was born.
 * 1937 - Actor Kenneth Colley was born.
 * 1947 - Actor Wendy Padbury was born.
 * 1963 - "The Forest of Fear" was first broadcast on BBC tv.
 * 1968 - Episode six of The Invasion was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1987 - Part three of Dragonfire was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1988 - Part three of Silver Nemesis was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1998 - Actor Michael Craze died.
 * 1999 - Episode one of Doctor Who and the Silurians was repeated on BBC Two.
 * 2006 - Stunt co-ordinator Peter Brayham died.
 * 2007 - Smith and Jones was repeated on BBC Three.