5 June 1908: birth of Bill Fraser, who played General Grugger in Meglos (1980) and Bill Pollock in K9 and Company (1981).
5 June 1919: birth of Lawrence Payne, who played Johnny Ringo in The Gunfighters (1966), Morix in The Leisure Hive (1980), and Dastari in The Two Doctors (1985).
5 June 1917: birth of Anne Tirard, who played Locusta in The Romans (1965) and the Seeker in The Ribos Operation (1978).
5 June 1921: birth of Bill Sellars, who directed The Celestial Toymaker (1966).
ii) broadcast anniversaries
5 June 1966: broadcast of “Flight Through Eternity”, third episode of the story we now call The Chase. First appearance of Peter Purves, though not as Steven Taylor. The Tardis, pursued by the Daleks, lands on the Empire State Building and the Mary celeste.
5 June 1971: broadcast of third episode of The Dæmons. The Doctor and the Brigadier try to penetrate the heat shield around the village.
5 June 2010: broadcast of Vincent and the Doctor. The Doctor investigates a mysterious creature in one of van Gogh’s paintings and gets entangled with the Krafayis.
date specified in canon
5 June 1994: birth of Clyde Langer (as in the Sarah Jane Adventures).
For me, you’ve hit the nail on the head about enjoying and liking Torchwood, despite its flaws and much more than it possibly deserves. But then I probably have no taste in anything either. 🙂
I’ve always assumed that the Torchwood we encounter shooting down the Sycorax and the battle of Canary Wharf are Torchwood London, and Torchwood Cardiff is a maverick group under Harkness and his predecessors.