Advent Calendar - Day Sixteen

Saturday, 16 December 2017 - Reported by Willy Phantom

Willy Phantom, 16th December 2017

FILTER: - Advent

Galaxy 4 (2021 Animated Release)

Blake's 7 - The Classic Audio Adventures: Vol 5.3: Restoration - Part 3

Sat 11:00pm PDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 4

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

Sat 11:30pm PDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 5

(Repeated: Sun 4:30am)

Sat 11:00pm PDT
The Krotons: Episode One

(Repeated: Sun 4:00am)

The Categories of Life premiered on BBC One in 2011 at 9:02pm BST, watched by 5.17 million viewers.

Birthdays

Gray O'Brien is 54 today - credited as Rickston Slade in Voyage of the Damned

Charles Cecil MBE is 60 today - 2 credits, including Voice Director for Blood Of The Cybermen (as Charles Cecil)(Games)

Mickey Edwards is 73 today - credited as Visual Effects Designer for Four To Doomsday

Clive Doig is 82 today - 15 credits, including Vision Mixer for The Daleks

Ian Thompson is 83 today - 2 credits, including Hetra in The Web Planet

John Gorrie is 90 today - 2 credits, including Director for The Keys of Marinus

Brian Badcoe (died 1992 aged 67) would be 97 today - credited as Adam in Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Ron Grainer (died 1981 aged 58) would be 100 today - 322 credits, including Title Music for An Unearthly Child

Hugh Martin (died 1997 aged 82) would be 108 today - 2 credits, including Munro in Terror of the Zygons

Deaths

Eddie Powell (died 2000 aged 73) - 2 credits, including Stunt Double for Doctor Who in The Deadly Assassin

Derek Newark (died 1998 aged 65) - 2 credits, including Greg Sutton in Inferno

Peter Cushing (died 1994 aged 81) - 2 credits, including Dr. Who in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.(Aaru)