2 January

Events

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

Behind the scenes

 * 1948 - Deborah Watling, who played companion Victoria Waterfield, was born in Fulmer Chase, Buckinghamshire, England.
 * 1965 - "The Powerful Enemy", episode one of DW: The Rescue was first broadcast.
 * 1971 - Episode 1 of DW: Terror of the Autons was first broadcast.
 * 1974 - Toby Hadoke was born.
 * 1981 - Victor Carin (Virgil Earp in DW: The Gunfighters) died from cancer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 * 2006 - John Woodnutt died.
 * 2011 - The Land's End Doctor Who Exhibition closed.