30 November

Behind the scenes

 * According to The Brilliant Book 2011, a non-canonical REF book; Winston Churchill was born today in 1874.

History of Doctor Who

 * 1922 - Graham Crowden, who played Soldeed in the 1980 Doctor Who story The Horns of Nimon, was born.


 * 1928 - John Bay, who played the Earl of Leicester in DW: The Crusade, was born in Chicago, Illinois.


 * 1963 - "An Unearthly Child," the first episode of DW: An Unearthly Child, was broadcast for the second time as many viewers missed the original screening as a result of a power cut. Episode 2 of An Unearthly Child, "The Cave of Skulls," was also first broadcast.


 * 1968 - DW: The Invasion, Episode 5, was first broadcast.


 * 1982 - Eric Thompson died. He portrayed Gaston de Leran in the 1966 story DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve.


 * 1988 - Part 2 of DW: Silver Nemesis was first broadcast.