Tom Baker, in character as the Doctor, was the guest presenter of BBC 1's Disney Time today in 1975. This show appeared only at Bank Holidays, and featured clips from the animation studio's movies. Jon Pertwee had also presented previously, in 1973. He got to go to Stockholm, whilst Baker only got as far as Upper St Martin's Lane, near London's Covent Garden.
The programme ended with the Doctor being handed a message from the Brigadier, asking for his help. This tied in with the opening episode of Terror of the Zygons which was due to be screened on the 30th August - although Revenge of the Cybermen had already set this up.
In 2011, Torchwood: Miracle Day gave us Immortal Sins.
Today's birthdays include Tracy-Ann Oberman (Army of Ghosts / Doomsday), who is 56, and Jessica Martin (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and voice of the Queen in Voyage of the Damned) who is 60.
Keegan Joyce who played Starkey, the young male lead in the Australian K9 series, turns 33.
We also remember actor Christopher Burgess who appeared in three stories - all directed by Barry Letts.
He was Swann in The Enemy of the World, Prof. Phillips in Terror of the Autons, and Barnes in Planet of the Spiders. He died in 2003, aged 87.
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