Whoniversaries 9 May

i) births and deaths

9 May 1940: birth of John Black, who directed The Keeper of Traken (1981), K9 and Company (1981) and Four to Doomsday (1982).

ii) broadcast anniversaries

9 May 1964: broadcast of “Sentence of Death”, the fifth episode of the story we now call The Keys of Marinus. Ian is accused of murder, and the Doctor is his defence lawyer.

9 May 1970: broadcast of first episode of Inferno. The Doctor is tapping energy from the controversial Inferno project; meanwhile people contaminated by subterranean gas are turning into monsters.

9 May 2003: webcast of second episode of Shada. The Doctor examines the mysterious book from Professor Chronotis’ laboratory.

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  1. Oh, that last 20¢ is Finnish.

    So, coin breakdown: France is ahead by 32% to Belgium’s 28%, followed by Germany at 16% and Spain at 8%. Slovakia, Finland and Portugal share a last place tie of 4%.

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