27 February

Behind the scenes

 * 1921 - Actor Richard McNeff was born.
 * 1938 - Fight arranger Derek Ware was born.
 * 1940 - Actor Bill Hunter was born.
 * 1946 - Actor Tom Chadbon was born.
 * 1965 - "Escape to Danger" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1965 - Part six of TV Comic story The Therovian Quest was first released.
 * 1970 - The BBC's Audience Research Department filed an audience research report on episode one of Spearhead from Space. The episode rated a reaction index of 54, with new Doctor Jon Pertwee having been "accepted without question."
 * 1971 - Episode five of ''The Mind of Evil' was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1980 - Issue twenty of Doctor Who Magazine, including comic stories Doctor Who and the Star Beast and Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer, was first published by Marvel Comics UK.
 * 1985 - The 1985/86 hiatus of Doctor Who was announced.
 * 2000 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Apocalypse Element completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Tao Connection took place, and recording for Neverland and The Time of the Daleks completed.
 * 2008 - A Day in the Death was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 2008 - Film Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough was first released by BBV Productions.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories Outsiders, Terror, Machines and Extinction completed at The Moat Studios.