30 January

 was notable for a number of highly varied events on Earth and its parallels:


 * 1649 - Charles I, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland was executed for treason by the Rump Parliament. (PROSE: The Roundheads)
 * 1918 to 2009 - The Torchwood Institute in Cardiff brought young soldier Tommy Brockless out of stasis annually for tests and evaluation. (TV: To the Last Man)
 * 1933 - Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. (AUDIO: Neverland)
 * 1969 - The Beatles performed an impromptu concert on the roof of the Apple Records building on Abbey Road in London. Ace prevented the killing of John Lennon during this concert. Huitzilin had hoped to feed upon the psychic energy released by the violence. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird) The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones attempted to witness the concert but ended up in 1669 instead. (COMIC: Black Death White Life)
 * 2025 - The Fourth Doctor and Leela attended an energy activist protest, led by Jack Coulson, against the GlobeSphere Corporation in Trafalgar Square. They then encountered the Daleks in London. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)

Behind the scenes

 * 1929 - Actor Victor Winding was born.
 * 1947 - Composer Paddy Kingsland was born.
 * 1956 - Actor Jeremy Gittins was born.
 * 1963 - Actress Daphne Ashbrook was born.
 * 1965 - "Conspiracy" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1966 - Actress Daphne Ashbrook was born.
 * 1971 - Episode one of The Mind of Evil was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1974 - Actress Olivia Colman was born.
 * 1980 - Issue sixteen of Doctor Who Weekly was released by Marvel Comics, including part eight of comic story City of the Damned and part two of comic story Deathworld.
 * 1997 - Director Nicholas Mallett died.
 * 2005 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Longest Night completed.
 * 2006 - DVD box set The Beginning, including the first three Doctor Who stories, TV: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks and The Edge of Destruction, was released in Region 2 by BBC DVD.
 * 2008 - To the Last Man was first broadcast on BBC Two.
 * 2009 - Big Finish audio story The Prisoner's Dilemma was first released.
 * 2012 - Actor Frederick Treves died.
 * 2013 - Issue one of IDW comic story Prisoners of Time was scheduled to be released. It ended up being released a day in advance by iTunes.