24 January

Events
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Behind the scenes

 * 1930 - Terence Bayler, who played Yendom in TV: The Ark and Major Barrington in TV: The War Games, was born in Wanganui, New Zealand.
 * 1970 - TV: Spearhead from Space episode 4 was first broadcast.
 * 1975 - Neil Wilson (Sam Seeley in TV: Spearhead from Space) died.
 * 1976 - TV: The Brain of Morbius episode 4 was first broadcast.
 * 1981 - TV: Warriors' Gate episode 4 was first broadcast.
 * 1987 - Ruth Bradley, who played the Eighth Doctor's companion Molly O'Sullivan, was born.
 * 1992 - "Checkmate", episode 2 of TV: The Time Meddler, was repeated on BBC2.