2 January

Events

 * 2600 - Bernice Summerfield and Daglan Straklant visited the planet Habadoss in their search for the Doomsday Manuscript. (PROSE: The Doomsday Manuscript)

Behind the scenes

 * 1947 - Eiji Kusuhara, Toshio Shimura in AUDIO: Enemy of the Daleks, was born.
 * 1948 - Deborah Watling, who played companion Victoria Waterfield, was born in Fulmer Chase, Buckinghamshire, England.
 * 1965 - "The Powerful Enemy", episode one of TV: The Rescue, was first broadcast.
 * 1971 - Episode 1 of TV: Terror of the Autons was first broadcast.
 * 1974 - Toby Hadoke. a voice actor for Big Finish Productions, was born.
 * 1981 - Victor Carin (Virgil Earp in TV: The Gunfighters) died from cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 * 2006 - John Woodnutt, who had played four roles in Doctor Who, died.
 * 2011 - The Land's End Doctor Who Exhibition closed.