Whoniversaries 16 March

i) births and deaths

15 March 1928: birth of Mervyn Haisman, who co-wrote The Abominable Snowmen (1967), The Web of Fear (1968) and The Dominators (1968).

15 March 1947: birth of Tony Osoba, who played Lan in Destiny of the Daleks (1979) and Kracauer in Dragonfire (1987).

ii) broadcast anniversaries

15 March 1969: broadcast of second episode of The Space Pirates. With the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe trapped on on eof the fragments of the beacon, Milo Clancey is arrested as a suspected pirate.

15 March 1975: broadcast of second episode of Genesis of the Daleks. The Doctor and Harry meet Davros and his team, including the newly-invented Daleks. Sarah, captive in the Thal dome, tries to escape.

15 March 1982: broadcast of third episode of Earthshock. The Cybermen take over the space freighter.

15 March 1983: broadcast of first episode of The King’s DemonsThe Caves of Androzani. Morgus kills the President; The Doctor, captured by Stotz, manages to take control of Stotz’s ship and bring it back to Androzani Minor for a crash landing.

15 March 2003: webcast of “The Child, part 2”, sixth episode of Death Comes to Time.

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    All you have said is good to know… but no-one is making the case here, and misrepresentation of the EU serves the short-tern interests of many politicians.

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