8 January

History of the Doctor Who Universe

 * 1642 - Galileo Galilei dies under house arrest at Arceti, Italy.

History of Doctor Who

 * 1908 - William Hartnell, the first actor to play the Doctor, is born at St. Pancras, London.


 * 1966 - "Golden Death" First Broadcast (The Daleks' Master Plan Episode 9)


 * 1972 - Day of the Daleks Episode 2 First Broadcast.


 * 1977 - The Face of Evil Episode 2 First Broadcast.


 * 1997 - Tom Bowman, who portrayed the part of a sentry in The Highlanders, dies.