9th September 1960: birth of Hugh Grant who played the Twelfth Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death (1999). (What do you mean, it’s not canon?)
9th September 1968: birth of Julia Sawalha, who played Emma in The Curse of Fatal Death (1999). (Exactly.)
9th September 1967: broadcast of episode 2 of Tomb of the Cybermen. The expedition explores the vaults, and the Cybermen awake!
9th September 1978: broadcast of episode 2 of The Ribos Operation. The Doctor and Romana escape the shrivenzale, but are captured by the Graff Vynda-K, who orders their immediate execution.
Wow – thanks for letting me know this. I actually rather like Colgan’s chicklit and it was obvious way back when she had a geek streak – several well drawn sympathetic geek heros/pals. They should get Kate Atkinson who is even more so , tho she’s a huge Buffy fan, not so sure about Who!