17 September

Behind the scenes

 * 1915 - John Witty (the voice of the computer in TV: The Seeds of Death) was born in Bristol.
 * 1917 - Peter Glaze (the Third Sensorite in TV: The Sensorites) was born.
 * 1917 - Peter Bennett (a guard in TV: The Enemy of the World) was born.
 * 1920 - Dinah Sheridan (Flavia in TV: The Five Doctors) was born.
 * 1938 - Richard Kane was born.
 * 1952 - Tomek Bork was born.
 * 1966 - TV: The Smugglers Episode 2 was first broadcast.
 * 1972 - Peter Stephens (Cyril and the Knave of Hearts in TV: The Celestial Toymaker and Lolem in TV: The Underwater Menace) died.
 * 1977 - TV: Horror of Fang Rock Part Three was first broadcast.
 * 1987 - Stephen Jack (John Farrel in TV: Terror of the Autons) died.
 * 2010 - Louis Marks died.