As the programme approached its first birthday, the general public were on tenterhooks for the return of the Daleks. Little did they know that Terry Nation liked to save their first appearance for the Part One cliff-hanger, so the first glimpse of a Dalek wasn't until the closing seconds of World's End - the first instalment of The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
49 years later to the day, the Doctor's closing speech from that story formed part of An Adventure in Space and Time - in which David Bradley portrayed William Hartnell in a drama about the creation of Doctor Who and its first star. It made its debut today in 2013 as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations.
Blue Peter helped to celebrate the series on a number of occasions - including today in 2003 for the 40th, and in 2013 for the 50th. They had a habit of using the same set of clips, and even the same script - first shown for the 10th anniversary, and repeated verbatim for the 20th.
The Weakest Link presented a Doctor Who special today in 2003 for the 40th anniversary.
There was one other Doctor Who story broadcast on this day. Face the Raven made its debut today in 2015.
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