3 February

On 3 February 1872, Joseph Sundvik died. The Seventh Doctor and Ace read his tombstone in 1943. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)

Behind the scenes

 * 1968 - Episode one of The Web of Fear was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1968 - Part one of TV Comic story Cyber-Mole was first released in issue 842.
 * 1970 - Actor Warwick Davis was born.
 * 1973 - Episode two of Carnival of Monsters was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1973 - Part three of TV Action comic story Deadly Choice in issue one hundred and three.
 * 1975 - Director Mat King was born.
 * 1979 - Part three of The Armageddon Factor was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1980 - Actor Ben Turner was born.
 * 1984 - Part four of Frontios was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1996 - Episode three of radio drama The Ghosts of N-Space was first broadcast on BBC Radio.
 * 2003 - Resurrection of the Daleks was released on Region 4 DVD.
 * 2005 - Ghost Light was released on Region 4 DVD.
 * 2010 - Doctor Who DVD Files moved beyond the 2005 revival and began featuring classic-series stories on DVD, beginning with TV: Remembrance of the Daleks.
 * 2011 - Audio story The Runaway Train was scheduled to be released, after an initial release date of 3 June 2010. However, it ended up being released earlier, on 6 October 2010.
 * 2011 - Novels The Good, the Bad and the Alien, System Wipe, Heart of Stone and Death Riders were first published by BBC Books.
 * 2013 - Actor Peter Gilmore died.