The Savages: Episode 4 premiered on BBC One in 1966 at 5:35pm, watched by 4.50 million viewers.

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The Ultimate Guide premiered on BBC One in 2005 at 6:15pm, watched by 2.77 million viewers.

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The Parting of the Ways premiered on BBC One in 2005 at 6:59pm, watched by 6.91 million viewers.

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The Last Battle premiered on BBC Three in 2005 at 7:45pm
Joseph Lippiatt (died 2012 aged 31) would be 38 today - 6 credits, including Crew/Technician in Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways

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Rebecca Thornhill is 50 today - credited as Crystal in The Ultimate Adventure(Stage)

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Stephen Marcus is 57 today - credited as Jailer in The Shakespeare Code

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Dominic Guard is 63 today - credited as Olvir in Terminus

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Cordelia Ditton is 66 today - credited as Older Woman in The Mark of the Rani

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Luan Peters is 73 today - 2 credits, including Chicki in The Macra Terror

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Paul McCartney is 77 today - credited as Himself in The Chase

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Michael Sheard (died 2005 aged 67) would be 81 today - 7 credits, including Dr. Summers in The Mind of Evil

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Llewellyn Rees (died 1994 aged 92) would be 118 today - credited as The President in The Deadly Assassin
Jeffrey Wickham (died 2014 aged 80) - credited as Webster in The Reign Of Terror

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Frederick Jaeger (died 2004 aged 76) - 3 credits, including Jano in The Savages

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Derek Sydney (died 2000 aged 80) - credited as Sevcheria in The Romans

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John Caesar (died 2000 aged 74) - 9 credits, including (extra) in The Daleks' Master Plan

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Aimée Delamain (died 1999 aged 93) - credited as Doña Arana in The Two Doctors

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Harriet Reynolds (died 1992 aged 47) - credited as Tannoy Voice in The Leisure Hive

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Ronald Allen (died 1991 aged 60) - 2 credits, including Ralph Cornish in The Ambassadors of Death

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Roger Delgado (died 1973 aged 55) - 8 credits, including The Master in Terror of the Autons

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New Character Options products for B&M stores this summer
Character Options have announced
12 Jun

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The Doctor Who Companion - The Twelfth Doctor: Volume One
Doctor Who Magazine continues its in-depth chronicle of the show’s production with a 100-page volume dedicated to the first four episodes of Series 8 starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald: Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen.
10 Jun

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The Faceless Ones - New Animated Release
BBC Studios has announced that The Faceless Ones will be the next animated Doctor Who release.
4 Jun

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Paul Darrow 1941-2019
The actor Paul Darrow has died at the age of 78.
3 Jun