28 January

On 28 January 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad, PROSE: Father Time)

Behind the scenes

 * 1937 - Actor John Normington was born.
 * 1938 - Actor Christopher Coll was born.
 * 1940 - Actor Tony Holland was born.
 * 1967 - Episode three of The Underwater Menace was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1976 - Actor James Mellor died, and voice actor Lee Ingleby was born.
 * 1978 - Episode four of Underworld was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1981 - Production of TV: Logopolis concluded, bringing an end to the Tom Baker era.
 * 1989 - Actor Lara Goodison born.
 * 2000 - Actor Kenneth Waller died.
 * 2003 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Davros completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2007 - The Big Finish New Eighth Doctor Adventures audio story Phobos was first broadcast on BBC7.
 * 2009 - Media in the UK and  reported on the damage to the double-decker bus earlier in the month prior to filming the Easter special Planet of the Dead. The BBC News report served as confirmation to earlier rumours that Doctor Who was filming at least part of Planet of the Dead in the Middle Eastern country, making the episode the first full-scale production of a Doctor Who instalment outside Europe since the 1996 telefilm was shot in Canada.
 * 2010 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story Junk Food was first released by BBC Magazines in issue one hundred and fifty-one.
 * 2010 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Farewell, Great Macedon completed, and recording for The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance took place.
 * 2012 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Love and War began.
 * 2012 - Big Finish audio story The Davros Mission was released for purchase as a download only on Big Finish Productions' website.
 * 2013 - The Reign of Terror  was released on Region 2 DVD, with episodes four and five restored with animation.