16 December

Behind the scenes

 * 1929 - Actor Nicholas Courtney was born.
 * 1930 - Actor Ronald Allen was born.
 * 1946 - Actor Richard Ireson was born.
 * 1948 - Actor Christopher Biggins was born.
 * 1967 - Episode six of The Ice Warriors was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1974 - The stage play Doctor Who and the Daleks in The Seven Keys to Doomsday premièred at the Adelphi Theatre.
 * 1974 - Voice actor Setsuji Satō was born.
 * 1978 - Episode four of The Androids of Tara was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1995 - Actor Tony Then died.
 * 2003 - Actor Alfred Lynch died from cancer.