On this day Friday, January 27, 2012

Today in the 'Whoniverse'

Behind the scenes
1968 - Episode 6 of DW: The Enemy of the World was first broadcast.
1973 - Episode 1 of DW: Carnival of Monsters was first broadcast.
1979 - Part 2 of DW: The Armageddon Factor was first broadcast.
1984 - Part 2 of DW: Frontios was first broadcast.
1984 - Douglas Camfield died.
1996 - Episode 2 of BBCR: The Ghosts of N-Space, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 2.

Today in History

Historical Events
98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
1880 - Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1918 - "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater

Famous Birthdays
1915 - Jack Brymer, clarinettist
1950 - Derek Acorah, English spirit medium

Famous Deaths
1901 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)

Todays UK TV and Radio

Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Friday 27th January 2012
Time: 11:40 to 12:40
The Shakespeare Code. Series 29, episode 2.
The Doctor takes Martha to Elizabethan England, where Shakespeare is controlled by witch-like creatures.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman

Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Friday 27th January 2012
Time: 16:40 to 17:40
The Shakespeare Code. Series 29, episode 2.
The Doctor takes Martha to Elizabethan England, where Shakespeare is controlled by witch-like creatures.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman

The House That Dripped Blood
On: horror channel
Date: Friday 27th January 2012
Time: 22:55 to 00:50
Horror anthology with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing a host of recognisable faces. A policeman investigates curious cases including an eerie waxwork woman and a cloak that bestows vampiric powers.
(Edited for Broadcast, 1971, 12, 3 Star)
Director: Peter Duffell
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Nyree Dawn Porter, Denholm Elliott, Jon Pertwee, Joanna Dunham