8 August

Events

 * 1951 - Foxgrove Village Fete was held in Foxgrove. Sarah Jane Smith and Luke Smith attended. (SJA: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)

Behind the scenes

 * 1907 - George Cormack (Dalios in DW: The Time Monster and K'anpo Rimpoche in DW: Planet of the Spiders) was born.
 * 1917 - Earl Cameron (Glyn Williams in DW: The Tenth Planet) was born.
 * 1917 - John Baker (a Time Lord in DW: Colony in Space and Ralph in The Visitation) was born.
 * 1930 - Terry Nation was born in Wales, UK.
 * 1939 - Keith Barron (Striker in DW: Enlightenment) was born.
 * 1964 - "A Land of Fear", Episode 1 of DW: The Reign of Terror, was first broadcast.
 * 1979 - Rosanna Lavelle (Barbara Smith in SJA: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith) was born.
 * 1980 - Simon Lack (Kettering in DW: The Mind of Evil and Zadek in DW: The Androids of Tara) died.