8 January

Behind the scenes

 * 1908 - Actor William Hartnell, who portrayed the First Doctor, was born.
 * 1924 - Actor Ron Moody was born.
 * 1961 - Actress Susannah Constantine was born.
 * 1966 - "Golden Death" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1966 - Part five of The Dalek Chronicles comic story Eve of War was first released in issue fifty-one of TV Century 21.
 * 1972 - Episode two of Day of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1972 - TV Comic story '' *Sub Zero was first released.
 * 1972 - Actor Hamilton Dyce died.
 * 1973 - Actor Dudley Foster died.
 * 1977 - Part two of The Face of Evil was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1997 - Actor Tom Bowman died.
 * 2001 - BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures story Father Time and Past Doctor Adventures story The Quantum Archangel were first released by BBC Books.
 * 2001 - BBC Audio released an audio recording of TV: The Myth Makers.
 * 2006 - exhibition Doctor Who Up Close closed.
 * 2009 - Word reached the Doctor Who production team that a transportation mishap had resulted in the London double-decker bus being shipped to Dubai for use in location filming for TV: Planet of the Dead being heavily damaged. Russell T Davies convened an emergency meeting to discuss how to proceed; the damage was written into the script. (REF: Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter)
 * 2009 - The audio adaptation of PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen was first released.
 * 2009 - Actor Bruce Wightman died.
 * 2010 - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts posted The Regeneration of Doctor Who, a twenty-five-minute discussion with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, to its YouTube channel.
 * 2010 - Big Finish audio story The Cradle of the Snake finished recording.