20 January

Events

 * 1941 - Jack Harkness and Toshiko Sato met the real Jack Harkness at The Ritz in Cardiff. (TW: Captain Jack Harkness) A younger version of "Captain Jack" was in London on the very same night.  According to a detailed search of UK records performed by Gwen Cooper's police colleague, Yvonne, Captain Jack Harkness failed to report for duty on the morning of 21 January 1941, and he was never heard from again. (TW: Everything Changes)   This mostly likely indicated that Jack's first encounter with the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler (DW: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances) occurred on the evening of the 20th January.

Behind the scenes

 * 1934 - Tom Baker, the fourth actor to portray the Doctor, was born in Liverpool, England.


 * 1968 - Episode 5 of DW: The Enemy of the World was first broadcast.


 * 1973 - Episode 4 of DW: The Three Doctors was first broadcast.


 * 1979 - Part 1 of DW: The Armageddon Factor was first broadcast.


 * 1984 - Part 2 of DW: The Awakening was first broadcast.


 * 1990 - John Maxim, who played Frankenstein's Monster in DW: The Chase, as well as a Cyberman in The Moonbase (under the name John Wills) died in Brighton.