Whoniversaries 16 June

Jun 16, 2021 09:30

i) births and deaths

16 June 1932: birth of Norman Jones, who played Khrisong in The Abominable Snowmen (Second Doctor, 1967), Major Baker in Doctor Who and the Silurians (Third Doctor, 1970) and Hieronymous in The Masque of Mandragora (Fourth Doctor, 1976)





16 June 1937: birth of Michael Kilgarriff, who played the Cyber-Controller in The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and Attack of the Cybermen (1985), an Ogron in Frontier in Space (1973), and the Robot in Robot (1974-75). (Face never visible, so no photos.)

16 June 1940: birth of Carole Ann Ford, who played the First Doctor’s granddaughter Susan in 1963-64. Crikey, she’s 81!


16 June 1994: death of Eileen Way who played the Old Mother in An Unearthly Child (1963), the old woman in the woods in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) and Karela in The Creature from the Pit (1979).




ii) broadcast anniversaries

16 June 1973: broadcast of fifth episode of The Green Death. The Doctor confronts BOSS, which takes control of Mike Yates. Cliff has been infected by the slime.


16 June 2007: broadcast of Utopia; first and last appearance of Derek Jacobi as the Master, first appearance of John Simm as the Master. In the far future, the Doctor, Martha and Jack encounter Professor Yana, who is more than he thinks he is.

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