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.

Doctor Who: 50 Years Trailer (YouTube / BBC iPlayer)

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$18.45

$27.99

Sun 4:00am PST
Arc of Infinity: Part One

Sun 4:30am PST
Arc of Infinity: Part Two

Sat 11:00pm PST
Arc of Infinity: Part Three

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear premiered on BBC One in 1963 at 5:15pm GMT, watched by 6.90 million viewers.

The Invasion: Episode Six premiered on BBC One in 1968 at 5:15pm BST, watched by 6.50 million viewers.

Dragonfire: Part Three premiered on BBC One in 1987 at 7:35pm GMT, watched by 4.70 million viewers.

Silver Nemesis: Part Three premiered on BBC One in 1988 at 7:34pm GMT, watched by 5.20 million viewers.

Homo Aqua premiered on BBC One in 2025 at 8:30pm GMT

Birthdays

Damian Samuels is 53 today - credited as Arthur Lloyd in The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

C Thomas Howell is 59 today - credited as The Gentleman in Escape to L.A.(TW)

Wendy Padbury is 78 today - 34 credits, including Zoe in The Wheel In Space

Rosalind Ayres is 79 today - 2 credits, including Mrs Wintergreen in The House of the Dead(TW)

Haydn Jones (died 1984 aged 63) would be 105 today - 2 credits, including Vosper in The Mind of Evil

Deaths

Peter Brayham (died 2006 aged 70) - 3 credits, including Stunt coordinator for New Earth