27 October

Behind the scenes

 * 1923 - Peter Bryant, Doctor Who producer and script editor, was born.
 * 1939 - John Cleese was born.
 * 1945 - John Kane (Tommy in TV: Planet of the Spiders) was born.
 * 1979 - Part 2 of TV: The Creature from the Pit was first broadcast.
 * 1991 - Paul Erickson, who wrote TV: The Ark with Lesley Scott, as well as its novelisation, died.
 * 1993 - October 27 was the cover date for DWM 205.
 * 2008 - Part 2 of TV: Secrets of the Stars was first broadcast.
 * 2008 - Roy Stewart (Toberman in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen and Tony in TV: Terror of the Autons) died.