Season Four drew to a close today in 1967 with the final end of the Daleks, in Episode 7 of The Evil of the Daleks. At least that was what we were being lead to believe, as Terry Nation was taking them off to their own series. The BBC turned him down and he was prepared to go to the USA and sell the idea there.
This season had started with William Hartnell, but ended with Patrick Troughton. When they finally get round to releasing it as a Blu-ray Collection box set, it will be presented as a Patrick Troughton season, as he is Doctor for most of it, though it will have two Hartnell stories at the beginning. It will also comprise a heck of a lot of animation. There isn't a single complete story in the archives from this season.
Back in 1968 Nation had forbidden any story in which the Daleks met the Cybermen. This no longer applied in 2006 when Army of Ghosts was produced. It made its debut on this date.
Another season ending was the 10th of the revived series in 2017. Peter Capaldi was all set to regenerate at the conclusion of The Doctor Falls, after first being electrocuted then shot by Cybermen - but he held it off until after Chris Chibnall had got his act together and actually written something.
Fans weren't complaining as it meant we got to see the meeting of the First and Twelfth Doctors that Christmas.
Marsh also played Princess Joanna in The Crusade, and Morgaine in Battlefield. She also turned down the role of Chessene in The Two Doctors.
She shares her birthday with Ace Bhatti, who played Rani's dad in The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 - 5. He is 52.
Matthew Jacobs, who wrote the 1996 TV Movie, also has a birthday. He turns 66. His dad played Doc Holliday in The Gunfighters.
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