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BBC Trailer Celebrates 50 Years of Doctor Who

Saturday, 19 October 2013 - Reported by Harry Ward
A trailer celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who has premiered on BBC One this evening and is now available to watch online.

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The Daleks: The Ordeal premiered on BBC One in 1964 at 5:15pm GMT, watched by 10.40 million viewers.

The Seeds of Death: Episode One premiered on BBC One in 1969 at 5:16pm BST, watched by 6.60 million viewers.

The Ark In Space: Part One premiered on BBC One in 1975 at 5:36pm GMT, watched by 9.40 million viewers.

Four To Doomsday: Part Three premiered on BBC One (Not Wales) in 1982 at 6:56pm GMT, watched by 8.80 million viewers.

Snakedance: Part Three premiered on BBC One in 1983 at 6:50pm GMT, watched by 6.60 million viewers.

 Birthdays
Chris Johnson is 35 today - 5 credits, including Camera Assistant for The Day of The Doctor

Tom Hopper is 41 today - credited as Jeff in The Eleventh Hour

Emma Freud OBE is 64 today - credited as Script Editor for Vincent and the Doctor

Bill Turnbull (died 2022 aged 66) would be 70 today - credited as Self in The Wedding of River Song

Christopher Ryan is 76 today - 8 credits, including Kiv in The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp)

John Owens is 84 today - credited as Thorpe in The Dæmons

Richard Davies (died 2015 aged 89) would be 100 today - credited as Burton in Delta and the Bannermen

 Deaths
Gordon Faith (died 2025 aged 93) - credited as Guard Captain in The Enemy of the World

John Hurt (died 2017 aged 77) - 11 credits, including The War Doctor in The Day of The Doctor

Fred Ferris (died 1978 aged 72) - credited as Bert Rowse in Planet of Giants



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