21 January

On 21 January 1941, the "real" Captain Jack Harkness died in combat. (TV: Everything Changes)

In London, the ex-Time Agent masquerading as Jack Harkness failed to report for duty. According to a detailed search of UK records performed by Gwen Cooper's police colleague Yvonne, he was never heard from again. (TV: Everything Changes) The evening of 20 January 1941 was therefore the time when "Captain Jack" began travelling in the TARDIS with the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

On 21 January 1979, Dan Hodges was born.

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Actor Heron Carvic was born.
 * 1932 - Actor James Appleby was born.
 * 1938 - Actor John Savident was born.
 * 1967 - Episode two of The Underwater Menace was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1967 - Part one of TV Comic story The Trodos Ambush was first released.
 * 1978 - Part three of Underworld was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1978 - Writer Geoffrey Orme died.
 * 1979 - Actor Kevin Wickenden was born.
 * 1988 - The novelisation of The Rescue was first released in paperback by Target Books.
 * 1993 - Actor David Blake Kelly died.
 * 1999 - Actress Leslie French died.
 * 2007 - Issue sixty-two of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Metal Mania, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2010 - Audio documentary Doctor Who at the BBC: A Legend Reborn was first released by BBC Audio on CD.
 * 2010 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story The Unwelcome Visitors was first released by BBC Magazines.
 * 2010 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Time Vampire took place.