21 January

On 21 January, 1941, the "real" Captain Jack Harkness died in combat. (TV: Everything Changes)

Events

 * 1941 - In London, the ex-Time Agent masquerading as Jack Harkness failed to report for duty. According to a detailed search of UK records performed by Gwen Cooper's police colleague Yvonne, he was never heard from again. (TV: Everything Changes) The evening of the 20th/21st January 1941 was therefore the time when "Captain Jack" began travelling in the TARDIS with the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (TV: The Doctor Dances)

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Heron Carvic, who voiced Morpho in TV: "The Velvet Web", was born.
 * 1938 - John Savident, who played the Squire in TV: The Visitation, was born.
 * 1967 - Episode 2 of TV: The Underwater Menace was first broadcast.
 * 1978 - Part 3 of TV: Underworld was first broadcast.
 * 1978 - Geoffrey Orme, who wrote TV: The Underwater Menace, died.
 * 1979 - Kevin Wickenden, who played Cybermen in Doctor Who, was born.
 * 1993 - David Blake Kelly, who played Captain Benjamin Briggs in TV: The Chase and Jacob Kewper in The Smugglers, died.
 * 1999 - Leslie French (the mathematician in TV: Silver Nemesis) died.