21 February

On 21 February, 1968, the Sixth Doctor left Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot in the Red Tavern in London, mistakenly believing that it was the 1890s. (AUDIO: Voyage to the New World)

Behind the scenes

 * 1900 - Sydney Arnold (Perkins in TV: The Highlanders) was born.


 * 1924 - George Selway (George Meadows in TV: The Faceless Ones) was born.


 * 1931 - Kenneth Seeger (a Cyberman in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) was born.


 * 1964 - Huw Higginson (Mr Cunningham in TV: The Day of the Clown and TV: The Mark of the Berserker) was born.


 * 1970 - TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode 4, was first broadcast.


 * 1976 - TV: The Seeds of Doom, Episode 4, was first broadcast.


 * 1981 - TV: The Keeper of Traken, Episode 4, was first Broadcast.


 * 1981 - Ron Grainer, composer of the Doctor Who theme, died.


 * 1996 - Filming on TV: Doctor Who is completed.