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| On '''5 February''' [[1811]], the [[British Regency]] began when [[King]] [[George III]] lapsed into "permanent madness." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
| | In [[1811]], the [[British Regency]] began when [[King]] [[George III]] lapsed into "permanent [[madness]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Frostfire (audio story)}}) |
| * [[1929]] - Actor [[John Nettleton]] was born.
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| * [[1951]] - Actor [[Robin Sachs]] was born.
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| * [[1966]] - "[[War of God]]" was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
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| * [[1972]] - Episode two of ''[[The Curse of Peladon]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
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| * [[1973]] - [[Tom Baker]] wrote to [[Head of Serials]] [[Bill Slater]] looking for work — Slater had previously [[Director|directed]] Baker in a ''{{w|Play of the Month}}'' called ''{{w|The Millionairess (play)|The Millionairess}}''. The letter arrived just when Slater was looking for a person to recommend to [[Barry Letts]] and [[Terrance Dicks]], who were effectively in charge of the casting, to play the [[Fourth Doctor]]. Conveniently, Baker was then appearing in ''{{w|The Golden Voyage of Sinbad}}'', which was playing in a cinema proximate to [[BBC Television Centre]]. Slater recommended that Letts and Dicks go there to see if they thought, like him, that Baker would make an ideal [[the Doctor|Doctor]]. Liking what they saw, they cast Baker as the Fourth Doctor shortly thereafter.<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/ Tom Baker at screenonlin.org.uk]</ref><ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html Mark Gatiss interview of Tom Baker]</ref><ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/yyy.html Shannon Sullivan's take on ''The Monster of Peladon'']</ref>
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| * [[1977]] - Part two of ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
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| * 1977 - Part one of ''[[TV Comic]]'' story ''[[The False Planet (comic story)|The False Planet]]'' was first released in issue 1312.
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| * [[1989]] - Actor [[Emrys James]] died.
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| * [[1993]] - [[Stunt performer]] [[Tip Tipping]] died.
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| * [[1998]] - Actor [[Wilfred Carter]] died.
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| * [[2000]] - Recording for [[Big Finish]] [[audio story (BF)|audio story]] ''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor (audio story)|The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'' began.
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| * [[2001]] - [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]'' and [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[Bunker Soldiers (novel)|Bunker Soldiers]]'' were first published by [[BBC Books]].
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| * [[2003]] - Recording for Big Finish audio story ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'' completed at [[The Moat Studios]].
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| * [[2007]] - Recording for Big Finish audio story ''[[Exotron (audio story)|Exotron]]'' began at The Moat Studios.
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| * [[2009]] - The official trailer for ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'': ''[[Children of Earth]]'' was unveiled at the [[New York City|New York]] [[Comic Con]] and [[Internet|online]].
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| * 2009 - ''[[Battlefield]]'' was released on [[Region 4]] [[DVD]].
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| == References ==
| | In [[1814]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Bill Potts]] set free a [[sea creature (Thin Ice)|creature]] that lived under the [[Thames]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Thin Ice (TV story)}}) |
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| {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|5 February|{{cat|Days of the year}}{{DateSort}}|}} | | In [[8891]], the [[Ellarchon Dyson Sphere]] collapsed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) |
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