29 January

Behind the scenes

 * 1929 - Actress Stephanie Bidmead was born.
 * 1930 - Writer William Emms was born.
 * 1933 - Actor Geoffrey Frederick, was born.
 * 1934 - Actor Patrick O'Connell was born.
 * 1943 - DJ Tony Blackburn was born.
 * 1947 - Actress Ann Holloway was born.
 * 1966 - "Destruction of Time" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1972 - Episode one of The Curse of Peladon was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1973 - Actor Henry Gilbert died.
 * 1976 - Writer Mark Clapham was born.
 * 1977 - Part one of The Robots of Death was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1977 - Part seven of TV Comic story Dredger was first released in issue 1311.
 * 2001 - Spearhead from Space was released on Region 2 DVD.
 * 2002 - Actor Stratford Johns died.
 * 2004 - Film cameraman A. A. Englander died.
 * 2005 - Big Finish Productions announced the production of three standalone hardback novels as part of its Big Finish New Worlds range. These were Wildthyme on Top, Project: Valhalla and The Coming of the Queen. Big Finish also announced it would produce two single audio stories featuring Iris Wildthyme.
 * Sophie Okonedo, who provided the voice of Alison Cheney in the webcast WC: Scream of the Shalka, was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda. Okonedo became the first actor to have played a Doctor or companion in an official Doctor Who production to have been nominated for an Oscar. She did not win.
 * 2007 - DVD box set New Beginnings, including TV: Castrovalva, The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis, was released in Region 2 by BBC Video.
 * 2009 - Novels one and two of The Darksmith Legacy, The Dust of Ages and The Graves of Mordane, were released by BBC Books.
 * 2010 - Film editor Adam Dawson died.
 * 2012 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Love and War completed.
 * 2013 - Issue one of IDW comic story Prisoners of Time was first released on iTunes, a day ahead of original schedule.
 * 2013 - Actor Bernard Horsfall died.