The Time Meddler: Checkmate premiered on BBC One in 1965 at 5:40pm, watched by 8.30 million viewers.

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Doctor Who Prom (2010): Concert Performance premiered on BBC Radio 3 in 2010 at 7:30pm
Jack Tarlton is 43 today - credited as Reporter in Aliens of London / World War Three

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Eugene Mirman is 45 today - credited as Self in The Women of Doctor Who(Factual)

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David Langham is 49 today - credited as Guard in Robot Of Sherwood

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Julie Graham is 54 today - 3 credits, including Ruby White in Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith(SJA)

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Valentine Palmer is 84 today - credited as Monia in Day of the Daleks
Harry Towb (died 2009 aged 83) - 3 credits, including McDermott in Terror of the Autons

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Maurice Denham OBE (died 2002 aged 92) - 2 credits, including Edgeworth in The Twin Dilemma

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Brian Glover (died 1997 aged 63) - credited as Griffiths in Attack of the Cybermen

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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

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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

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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

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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