25 February

Behind the scenes

 * 1934 - Actor Bernard Bresslaw was born.
 * 1938 - Actor Malcolm Tierney was born.
 * 1945 - Actor Bill Lyons was born.
 * 1964 - Actor Lee Evans was born.
 * 1966 - John Wiles wrote a memo to Gerald Savory about Gerry Davis's new script for The Celestial Toymaker. In it, he claimed that the central battle of wills between the First Doctor and the Celestial Toymaker had been downplayed to the benefit of new elements involving a more childish confrontation between the companions and the Toymaker's creations. Ultimately, Wiles would have liked to have seen the entire production halted, since its commissioning producer and script editor had gone — and with them, the original, more adult intent of the story. (REF: The First Doctor Handbook)
 * 1960 - Actor Douglas Hodge was born.
 * 1967 - Episode three of The Moonbase was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1968 - Actor Mark Griffin was born.
 * 1971 - Actor Christien Anholt was born.
 * 1978 - Part four of The Invasion of Time was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1985 - Actress Sadie Miller was born.
 * 1987 - Actor John Collin died.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish Sarah Jane Smith audio story Ghost Town took place.
 * 2007 - Recording for Big Finish Bernice Summerfield audio story Freedom of Information took place.
 * 2009 - Comic story The Whispering Gallery was first released by IDW Publishing. This was the first of a series of single-issue stand-alones that IDW would publish throughout the year.