27 November

Behind the scenes

 * 1894 - Actor Gladys Spencer was born.
 * 1918 - Actor Peter Tuddenham was born.
 * 1935 - Verity Lambert, the very first Doctor Who producer was born.
 * 1935 - Johnny Byrne was born.
 * 1946 - Actor Howard Attfield was born.
 * 1954 - Actor Arthur Smith was born.
 * 1963 - The Programme Review board decided to repeat the first episode of TV: An Unearthly Child immediately before the second episode to gain more viewers. This worked, with ratings of 6 million compared to the original broadcast's 4.4 million.
 * 1965 - "Devil's Planet" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1993 - Part two of NOTDWU: Dimensions in Time was first broadcast on BBC1.