9 October

Behind the scenes

 * 1912 - Actor Seymour Green was born.
 * 1936 - Actor Brian Blessed was born.
 * 1940 - Musician John Lennon was born.
 * 1963 - Filming resumed at Ealing Studios for An Unearthly Child, the very first Doctor Who story.
 * 1965 - Mission to the Unknown was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1968 - Actor James Dreyfus was born.
 * 1976 - Part two of The Hand of Fear was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 2008 - Issue ten of Torchwood Magazine, including comic story The Man Who Fell to Earth, was first published by Titan Magazines.
 * 2009 - Producer, writer and director Barry Letts died.