i) births and deaths

3 November 1910: birth of Richard Hurndall, who played the First Doctor in The Five Doctors (1983).

ii) broadcast anniversaries

3 November 1979: broadcast of second episode of The Creature from the Pit. Adrasta interrogates Romana and K9; the Doctor, now in the Pit, meets Organon and then the Creature.

3 November 2009: broadcast of first episode of Mark of the Berserker (SJA). Clyde's father turns up and takes possession of a peculiar pendant found by Rani and Luke.

NB that Jocelyn Jee Esien, playing Clyde's mother, is only eight years older than Daniel Anthony, playing Clyde.