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On '''4 February''' [[1814]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Bill Potts]] arrived in [[Regency era]] [[England]] and discovered that a [[sea creature (Thin Ice)|creature]] under the [[Thames]] was eating people. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Thin Ice (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
 
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== Behind the scenes ==
* [[1919]] - Actor [[Peter Butterworth]] was born.
* [[1933]] - Actor [[James Mellor]] was born.
* [[1944]] - Actress [[Paula Topham]] was born.
* [[1948]] - [[Writer]] [[Stephen Wyatt]] was born.
* [[1964]] - [[Writer]] [[Robert Gould]]'s script for the future ''[[Planet of Giants (TV story)|Planet of Giants]]'' proceeded slowly. On this day, [[script editor]] [[David Whitaker]] released Gould from that idea{{what}}, and requested a replacement story — which would also never reach the synopsis stage. ([[REF]]: ''[[The First Doctor Handbook]]'')
* 1964 - On the same day, Robert Gould had a story conference with David Whitaker, in which he revealed his idea of plants being at the top of the [[evolution]]ary chain, and of "plants treat[ing] people as people treat plants." When his exact idea would used in the script [[TV]]: "[[The Screaming Jungle]]," Gould would press charges against Whitaker for plagiarising his work.
* [[1967]] - Episode four of ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[1978]] - Episode one of ''[[The Invasion of Time]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
* [[1980]] - [[Script editor]] [[David Whitaker]] died.
* [[1985]] - Studio production concluded on [[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', concluding ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production for [[Season 22|the season]]. The announcement of [[27 February]] would imply that this was the final production session ever. However, production resumed [[1986|after eighteen months]].
* [[2002]] - [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]'' and [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[Drift (novel)|Drift]]'' were first published by [[BBC Books]].
* 2002 - The soundtrack to [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'' was released on [[CD]], with linking narration by [[Frazer Hines]].
* [[2003]] - Recording for [[Big Finish]] [[audio story (BF)|audio story]] ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'' began at [[The Moat Studios]].
* [[2007]] - Recording for Big Finish audio story ''[[The Judas Gift (audio story)|The Judas Gift]]'' took place.
* 2007 - [[DWBIT 63|Issue sixty-three]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)|Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'', including [[comic story (DWBIT)|comic story]] ''[[About Last Night (comic story)|About Last Night]], was first released by [[GE Fabbri Ltd]].
* [[2008]] - Direct-to-[[CD]] [[BBC Torchwood audio stories|''Torchwood'' audio stories]] ''[[Everyone Says Hello (audio story)|Everyone Says Hello]]'' and ''[[Hidden (audio story)|Hidden]]'' were first released by [[BBC Audio]].
* 2008 - ''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]'' was released on [[Region 2]] [[DVD]].
* [[2010]] - ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' [[Doctor Who Adventures comic stories|comic story]] ''[[Dead-line (comic story)|Dead-line]]'' was first released in [[DWA 152|issue one hundred and fifty-two]].
* 2010 - Recording for Big Finish audio story ''[[Find and Replace (audio story)|Find and Replace]]'' took place.
* 2010 - [[DVD]] box set ''[[Dalek War]]'', including ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'', was first released in [[Region 4]].
* [[2012]] - The [[Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular (Melbourne)|''Doctor Who'' Symphonic Spectacular]] was performed twice by the {{w|Melbourne Symphony Orchestra}} at the {{w|Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre#Melbourne Convention Centre|Melbourne Convention Centre}}.
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On 4 February 1814, the Twelfth Doctor and Bill Potts arrived in Regency era England and discovered that a creature under the Thames was eating people. (TV: Thin Ice [+]Loading...["Thin Ice (TV story)"], PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])