Destiny of the Daleks Part One launched Season 17 today in 1979.
It was the final story to be written by Terry Nation, and began Graham Williams' final season as producer. It also introduced Lalla Ward as the regenerated Romana, and marked the start of Douglas Adams' brief tenure as script editor. K9 was voiced by Roy Skelton for the one and only time, as John Leeson had left the series and it wasn't worth getting David Brierley in just for a single croak.
Another series got underway with another Dalek story today in 2012. The first half of Series 7 launched with Asylum of the Daleks.
The much hyped Daleks-from-every-era turned out to be waste of time as you couldn't see any of them other than the RTD bronze ones. First appearance by Jenna Coleman, and the last time we had to put up with the colour-coded recycle bin New Paradigm.
In 2011 Torchwood: Miracle Day had reached the End of the Road.
Today we wish a happy birthday to Torchwood's Burn Gorman, who turns 48. He played Dr Owen Harper in the first two series, leaving before it actually got quite good.
Debbie Chazen, who is 51 today, turned down a role as a Slitheen in the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, in the hope of a role in Doctor Who proper. She got the part of Foon van Hoff, opposite Kylie Minogue, in The Voyage of the Damned - still the most watched episode of the revived series - so it was a smart move on her part.
It is also the birthday of Steve Pemberton, of The League of Gentlemen / Inside No.9, who featured as Strackman Lux in Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead. He is 55.
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