17 October

Events

 * 2010 - The alien outlaw Androvax crash-landed in Ealing. He was followed by the Judoon Tybo, who arrested him. (TV: Prisoner of the Judoon)

Behind the scenes

 * 1966 - Mark Gatiss was born
 * 1979 - The first issue of Doctor Who Weekly was published.
 * 1979 - John Stuart (a Didonian in TV: The Rescue) died.
 * 2011 - TV: The Man Who Never Was, Part One, was first broadcast on the CBBC channel.