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Last updated 17 July 2017

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The announcement of Jodie Whittaker was the fifth item on the programme, with a new feature by Lizo Mzimba (20:18 on BBC iPlayer).

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On This Day: 21st July

Rendition premiered on BBC One in 2011 at 9:02pm, watched by 5.75 million viewers.

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars: 21 Jul 2013 (Colin Baker) premiered on ITV in 2013 at 7:00pm

Birthdays

Zawe Ashton is 35 today - 2 credits, including Journey Blue in Into the Dalek

Godfrey is 50 today - credited as Self in The Science of Doctor Who(Factual)

Ross Kemp is 55 today - credited as Grant Mitchell in Dimensions In Time(Misc)

Brian Ellis is 82 today - 2 credits, including Brother in The Masque of Mandragora

Vilma Hollingbery is 87 today - credited as Mrs Hardcourt in The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

John Woodvine is 90 today - 2 credits, including Marshal in The Armageddon Factor

Lorne Cossette (died 2001 aged 75) would be 94 today - credited as Maitland in The Sensorites

Deaths

Deborah Watling (died 2017 aged 69) - 18 credits, including Victoria in The Evil of the Daleks

Marc Boyle (died 1999 aged 53) - 7 credits, including Stunt Man in The Sea Devils

Kenneth Watson (died 1998 aged 66) - 2 credits, including Bill Duggan in The Wheel In Space

Wolfe Morris (died 1996 aged 71) - credited as Padmasambhava in The Abominable Snowmen

Doctor Who News

Countermeasures: Birds of Passage (Credit: Candy Jar Books)

New Countermeasures Novel for 2020
Candy Jar Books have announced a brand new two-book novel, based on the Intrusion Countermeasures Group that first featured on television in 1988's Remembrance of The Daleks. The first part is due to be published in 2020:
21 Jul

20 Years of Big Finish - Special Offer
Today marks 20 years since Big Finish released their first Doctor Who audio adventure, The Sirens of Time.
19 Jul

New portraits of all Thirteen Doctors
New portraits of all Thirteen Doctors, from the very first incarnation played by William Hartnell through to Jodie Whittaker, the current Doctor, have been commissioned to one artist for the very first time. Launched at San Diego Comic-Con, they celebrate each of the Thirteen regenerations of the world’s most famous Time Lord.
18 Jul

Torchwood: Serenity (Credit: Big Finish)

Torchwood: Serenity
Big Finish Productions have released a new Torchwood Audio play marking ten years since the character of Ianto Jones was killed in the BBC Television series
10 Jul

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