The anniversary season isn't quite over yet, as the documentary 30 Years in the TARDIS was first broadcast today in 1993, as part of the 30th birthday celebrations. Narrated by Nichols Courtney, this comprised clips from the programme, cast and celebrity interviews, plus some recreations (Daleks on Westminster Bridge - one of whom is inhabited by Mark Gatiss - and Cybermen at St Paul's).
It was released on VHS as More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS, with about half an hour of extra material, and this subsequently received a DVD release alongside Shada in "The Legacy" box set. It really ought to have appeared on the Season 26 Blu-ray box set but wasn't included.
As for episodes that made their debut on this date, first of all we have Part Two of The Android Invasion in 1975.
It was a day for second episodes, as we also had Part Two of State of Decay in 1980, and of Survival in 1989.
In 1985, Trial of a Time Lord reached the 13th episode - the first part of The Ultimate Foe (which is also known by some as "Time Inc."). This was the final broadcast episode to be written by Robert Holmes before his death. Holmes had also written the 14th episode, but the breakdown in the relationship between Producer JNT and Script Editor Eric Saward meant that this script was withdrawn and never produced.
Today's birthday of note is Naoko Mori, who played Toshiko Sato in Aliens of London and Torchwood Series 1 & 2. Happy 50th Birthday!
On this day in 1942 Michael Craze who played Ben Jackson companion of the first and second doctors was born, sadly he passed away on 8th December 1998.
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