27 July

Events

 * 1890 - The Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself. (TV: Vincent and the Doctor)
 * 1928 - The Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka and Turlough met Edward Grainger near Mount Lishan in China. (PROSE: ''Falling from Xi'an)
 * 2012 - The Olympic Games opened in London. (TV: Fear Her)

Behind the scenes

 * 1925 - Harry Towb (Osgood in TV: The Seeds of Death and McDermott in TV: Terror of the Autons) was born.


 * 1944 - Matthew Robinson, who would direct TV: Resurrection of the Daleks and TV: Attack of the Cybermen, was born.


 * 1950 - Nigel Plaskitt (Unstoffe in TV: The Ribos Operation) was born.