Today in 1967 the third instalment of The Faceless Ones made its debut.
The Mutants was also on its third episode in 1972.
In 2006 Series 2 gave us a wonderful werewolf in Tooth and Claw. The Harry Potter movie franchise also delivered a wolfman around the same time - and everyone agreed that the Doctor Who one was far superior, despite the money Warner Brothers threw at theirs.
In 2017 Smile saw the Doctor take Bill to a colony world inhabited by robots that killed you if you weren't happy. Well-intentioned AI's that harmed people whilst trying to help them were becoming a bit ten-a-penny in the series by this time, what with the Siren, the Handbots etc.
Today we wish actor Denis Lill a happy 80th birthday. Best known for his recurring role as Rodney's father-in-law in Only Fools and Horses, he appeared in two Doctor Who stories - as Prof. Fendelman in Image of the Fendahl, and as Sir George Hutchinson in The Awakening. Much of his career was spent in stage adaptations of Agatha Christie stories.
He shares his birthday with Michelle Ryan, who played one-off companion Lady Christina in Planet of the Dead. She is 38 today.
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