23 February

Events

 * 1633 - Samuel Pepys was born in London.

Behind the scenes

 * 1918 - Bill Strutton, who would write TV: The Web Planet, was born.


 * 1928 - Bernard Kay, a frequent Doctor Who guest actor, was born.


 * 1974 - Part 1 of TV: Death to the Daleks was first broadcast.


 * 1982 - Part 4 of TV: The Visitation was first broadcast.


 * 1983 - Part 4 of TV: Terminus was first broadcast.


 * 1984 - Part 1 of TV: Planet of Fire was first broadcast.


 * 1985 - Part 2 of TV: The Two Doctors and A Fix with Sontarans were broadcast.


 * 1987 - Esmond Knight (Dom Issigri in TV: The Space Pirates) died.


 * 2009 - Laurence Payne (Johnny Ringo in TV: The Gunfighters, Morix in TV: The Leisure Hive and Dastari in TV: The Two Doctors) died.