8 February

Behind the scenes

 * 1920 - Actor Reginald Jessup was born.
 * 1944 - Actor Roger Lloyd Pack was born.
 * 1952 - Actress Carolyn Pickles was born.
 * 1964 - "The Edge of Destruction" was first broadcast on BBC tv.
 * 1969 - Episode three of The Seeds of Death was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1970 - Actor Alastair Mackenzie was born.
 * 1975 - Part three of The Ark in Space was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1982 - Part three of Kinda was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1983 - Part three of Mawdryn Undead was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1984 - Part one of Resurrection of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1989 - Actor Cyril Luckham died.
 * 1997 - Actor Elroy Josephs died.
 * 2011 - Doctor Who, the 1996 made-for-television film, was released on Region 1 DVD for the first time.