18 February

Behind the scenes
2012 - Actor Peter Halliday died.
 * 1925 - Actor Russell Hunter was born.
 * 1934 - Actor Geraldine Newman was born.
 * 1943 - Actor Graeme Garden was born.
 * 1953 - Actor Giles Watling was born.
 * 1966 - Director Guy Ferland was born.
 * 1967 - Episode two of The Moonbase was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1967 - Part one of TV Comic story The Doctor Strikes Back was first released in issue seven hundred and ninety-two.
 * 1978 - Part three of The Invasion of Time was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1978 - Part one of TV Comic story The Space Garden was first released in issue 1366.
 * 1988 - The novelisation of Terror of the Vervoids was first published by Target Books.
 * 1988 - The Early Years was first published in paperback by W.H. Allen & Co.
 * 1989 - Actor John Bailey died.
 * 1993 - Actor Jacqueline Hill died.
 * 2002 - Actor Joseph Darcey-Alden was born.
 * 2007 - Head writer Russell T Davies and Doctor Who Magazine writer Benjamin Cook began exchanging emails in a project to document the production of several episodes of the upcoming fourth series for DWM. The project eventually grew into what became the book release Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale.
 * 2007 - Issue sixty-four of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Dark Side of the Moon, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2009 - Cast read-through for TV: The Waters of Mars took place.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Mission to Magnus began.
 * 2010 - Issue twenty of Torchwood Magazine, including comic story Fated to Pretend, was first published by Titan Magazines.
 * 2013 - Actor Elspet Gray died.
 * 2013 - A special edition of The Ark in Space was first released on Region 2 DVD.