19 December

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Simon Lack (Kettering in TV: The Mind of Evil and Zadek in TV: The Androids of Tara) was born.
 * 1915 - Lewis Greifer (writer of the first script for TV: Pyramids of Mars) was born.
 * 1923 - Elwyn Jones (co-writer of TV: The Highlanders) was born.
 * 1942 - Ian Talbot (Travis in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians and Klout in The Leisure Hive) was born.
 * 1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, who played Adric, companion to the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, was born.
 * 1964 - "The Waking Ally," episode 5 of TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, was first broadcast.
 * 1978 - Duncan Lamont died.
 * 2002 - Alan Johns (Ted Rogers in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) died.
 * 2005 - Don McKillop (Bert the Landlord in TV: The Dæmons) died from natural causes in the UK.
 * 2009 - Donald Pickering died.
 * 2010 - TV: Liberation was first broadcast on Five in the UK.