Whoniversaries 16 February

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i) births and deaths

16 February 1926: birth of Rex Robinson, who played Dr Tyler in The Three Doctors (Third Doctor plus guests, 1972), Gebek in The Monster of Peladon (Third Doctor, 1974) and Dr Carter in The Hand of Fear (Fourth Doctor, 1977). All three of his appearances were directed by Lennie Mayne.

16 February 1945: birth of Jeremy Bulloch, who played Tor in The Space Museum (1965), Hal in The Time Warrior (1973-74), and is best known as Boba Fett in the first two Star Wars films.

16 February 1964: birth of Christopher Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor in 2005.

We sang Happy Birthday to him at Gallifrey One last year, the last time I was in the USA; a very happy memory.

16 February 1973: birth of Colm McCarthy, who directed The Bells of Saint John (Eleventh Doctor, 2013).

ii) broadcast anniversaries

16 February 1974: broadcast of sixth episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs

16 February 1982: broadcast of second episode of The Visitation. The Doctor, Nyssa and Mace find cages full of rats; Adric and Tegan are captured by the Terileptils but Adric escapes; the Doctor is threatened with execution by the villagers.

16 February 1983: broadcast of second episode of Terminus. Tegan and Turlough are threatened by gas, the Doctor heads for Terminus, and Nyssa takes her skirt off.

16 February 1985: broadcast of first episode of The Two Doctors. The Second Doctor is captured by Sontarans and taken to Spain; the Sixth Doctor senses a disturbance in the time stream and starts looking for him; Peri is attacked by a ragged Jamie.


16 February 2020: broadcast of The Haunting of Villa Diodati. I watched it with a thousand other fans at Gallifrey One. Hopefully those days will come again.