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Kinda was a 1982 Fifth Doctor story that was important to the development of the character of companion Tegan Jovanka. It established her as susceptible to the psychological horror of the Mara, a recurring villain that plagued her in several other stories. Behind the scenes, Kinda was interesting for its shifting fate amongst audience members. Doctor Who fans initially rejected the effort, ranking it low in the DWM 69 poll of viewer opinion of season 19. However, its appreciation by fans steadily rose over the years, and in 2009's DWM poll to rank the then-200 stories of Doctor Who, it ranked a respectable 69. Meanwhile, 21st century writers Steven Moffat and Rob Shearman have both sung its praises in various documentaries, and the British National Film Archive bought a copy in order to preserve it as example of Doctor Who at its finest.
Think Doctor Who is just for boys? Don't you believe it. Not only was the show's very first producer a woman, but it would never have come back without the fierce advocacy of Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. Considering her importance to Doctor Who it's somewhat ironic that Tranter's only on-screen credits are for Torchwood: Miracle Day. But Gardner, her "partner in crime", is tied only with Russell T Davies as the most prolific producer in Doctor Who history.
The careers of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors are significantly longer in audio than on television. Check out their latest works at category:2020 audio stories
Officially, only The Lodger has been explicitly adapted from a comic strip — also called The Lodger.
However, several stories have clearly taken material from comic strips — often those in Doctor Who Magazine. The Shakespeare Code contains a good amount of material from A Groatsworth of Wit, and the notion of the Doctor absorbing the time vortex in order to spare a companion was explored in both The Parting of the Ways and The Flood.
Donald Baverstock was the BBC executive who set the the wheels in motion that eventually led to the creation of Doctor Who. Essentially the original commissioner of the programme, he hired Sydney Newman and later imposed a sense of financial responsibility upon producer Verity Lambert.
But Baverstock wasn't the only BBC executive to have a profound impact on the development of Doctor Who. Make sure you read about Lorraine Heggessey, Mark Thompson, Danny Cohen, George Entwistle, Tony Hall, Shaun Sutton, Sydney Newman and others.- 1967 - Episode four of The Abominable Snowmen was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1967 - Part three of the TV Comic story The Coming of the Cybermen was first published.
- 1972 - Part ten of the TV Action comic story The Ugrakks was first published.
- 1976 - The novelisation of Planet of the Daleks was released by Target Books.
- 1978 - Part four of The Pirate Planet was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1982 - The novelisation of Logopolis was first released by Target Books.
- 1989 - Part two of the Incredible Hulk Presents comic story Hunger from the Ends of Time! was first published.
- 1993 - Blood Heat was first published by Virgin Books.
- 1993 - Timeframe: The Illustrated History was first published by Doctor Who Books.
- 1999 - DWM 284 was first published by Marvel Comics.
- 2002 - The Aztecs was released on Region 2 DVD.
- 2009 - DWDVDF 21 was first published by GE Fabbri Ltd.
- 2010 - The Doctor Who Adventures comic story Cell Shock was first published.
- 2010 - The Torchwood Magazine comic story Hell House was first published.
- 2010 - DWM 427 was first released by Panini Comics.
- 2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 71 was released online.
- 2015 - The tenth series of Jago & Litefoot was first released by Big Finish.
- 2015 - Part two of the Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor comic story The Singer Not the Song was first published by Titan Comics.
- 2016 - The Torchwood Archive was first released by Big Finish.
- 2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 190 was released online.
- 2018 - Rosa was first broadcast on BBC One.
- ... that the televised episode Blink began its life as a Christmas-themed short story in the 2006 annual called, What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow?
- ... that Professor Saurian is a dinosaur-like sentient whom the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond have met in several Doctor Who Adventures stories? (COMIC: Extinction Event, Dinosaurs in New York! and Dino World)
- ... that the creation of Stonehenge was witnessed by the Doctor and Sam Jones, (PROSE: The People's Temple) although the Monk claimed to have assisted with its construction using anti-gravity lifts? (TV: "The Meddling Monk")
- ... that the Tenth Doctor and Donna once pretended to be Bjorn and Freida, two members of the Swedish rock group, ABBA? (AUDIO: Dead Air)
- ... that the Voords fought the Marinusians for control of the planet Marinus? (TV: The Keys of Marinus)
- 1938 - Actor Barbara Bermel was born.[1]
- 1945 - Actor Adam Kurakin was born.[2]
- 1992 - Actor Ben Presley was born.
- 2000 - Actor Alan Rowe died.[3]
- 2006 - Actor Peter Barkworth died.[4]
- 2007 - Director Peter Moffatt died.[5]
- 2009 - Production unit manager Chris D'Oyly-John died.
- 2009 - Writer Louise Cooper died.[6]
- 1967 - Episode one of The Ice Warriors was recorded at Lime Grove Studios D. (TCH 11)
- 2008 - Recording for The Scapegoat took place at The Moat Studios.
- 2010 - Recording for The Selachian Gambit took place at The Moat Studios.
- 2015 - Recording for Time Reaver took place at the Moat Studios.
