2 February

On 2 February 2007, the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, trapped in an alternate universe dubbed 'Pete's World' since the day before, escaped the Cyberman attack with the Preachers, Mickey Smith and Peter Tyler. They infiltrated the Cyberman factory, where every Londoner in EarPods was being upgraded, including Pete's wife, Jackie Tyler. After a Cyberman whose emotional inhibitor was broken died of shock, the Doctor sent a signal that deactivated every one of them. Mickey and Jake destroyed the transmitter controls so the hypnotised EarPod bearers could escape. Mickey also sent the Doctor the codes to break the inhibitor controls, destroying the Cybermen. The survivors of the resistance escaped the burning factory in a zeppelin. With the TARDIS cells charged (they were broken the day before), the Doctor and Rose returned to their universe. Mickey stayed behind, taking his deceased counterpart's place in shutting down more Cyberman factories with the Preachers. (TV: The Age of Steel)

Behind the scenes

 * 1930 - Writer Don Houghton was born.
 * 1944 - Actor Geoffrey Hughes was born.
 * 1971 - Actor Brad McMurray was born.
 * 1974 - Part four of Invasion of the Dinosaurs was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1974 - Part one of TV Comic story The Disintegrator was released in issue 1155.
 * 1979 - Part one of the reprinted TV Comic story Moon Exploration, was first released in issue 1416.
 * 1982 - Part two of Kinda was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1983 - Part two of Mawdryn Undead was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1984 - Part three of Frontios was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1985 - Part one of The Mark of the Rani was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1986 - Actor Donald Eccles died.
 * 1993 - Actor Ryan Watson was born.
 * 1993 - Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Option Lock was first published by BBC Books.
 * 2003 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Mirror Effect took place.
 * 2010 - The Waters of Mars and The End of Time were released on Region 1 DVD.
 * 2011 - Actress Margaret John died.
 * 2012 - CD box set The Lost TV Episodes - Collection Four, including the soundtracks of TV: The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen and The Ice Warriors, was first released by BBC Audiobooks.
 * 2012 - Quick Reads novel Magic of the Angels was first published by BBC Books.
 * 2012 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story The Home Store was first released by Immediate Media Company London Limited.