16 February

Behind the scenes

 * 1927 - Actress June Brown was born.
 * 1929 - Dalek Operator Kevin Manser was born.
 * 1936 - Actor Harry Brooks was born.
 * 1942 - Actress Patricia Maynard was born.
 * 1945 - Actor Jeremy Bulloch was born.
 * 1957 - Writer Alison Bingeman was born.
 * 1964 - Actor Christopher Eccleston, who portrayed the Ninth Doctor, was born.
 * 1974 - Episode six of Invasion of the Dinosaurs was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1978 - Book four of the Doctor Who Discovers series, Doctor Who Discovers: The Conquerors, was first published by Target Books.
 * 1982 - Part two of The Visitation was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1983 - Part two of Terminus was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1985 - Part one of The Two Doctors was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1986 - Narrator Howard Da Silva died.
 * 1995 - New Adventures novel Set Piece and the novelisation of audio story The Ghosts of N-Space were first published by Virgin Books.
 * 1997 - Actor Arthur Hewlett died.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Stealers from Saiph took place.
 * 2012 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story Faster Than Light was first released by Immediate Media Company London Limited in issue two hundred and fifty-six.