2008 (people)

2008 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2008, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 22 January - Actor Kevin Stoney died.
• 31 January - Film cameraman Brian Langley died.
• 8 February - Actor Jane Lumb died.
• 11 March - Actor David Nettheim died.
• 15 March - Actor Dennis Edwards died.
• 2 April - Writer Johnny Byrne died.
• 24 April - Composer Tristram Cary died.
• 1 May - Actor Bernard Archard died.
• 1 May - Actor Terry Duggan died.
• 12 May - Actor Robert Russell died.
• 5 June - Actor Bruce Purchase died.
• 10 June - Actor David Brierley died.
• 10 June - Actor Derek Murcott died.
• 25 June - Actor Faith Kent died.
• 2 July - Actor Elizabeth Spriggs died.
• 14 July - Controller of BBC One Bryan Cowgill died.
• 14 July - Actor Margot Van der Burgh died.
• 14 July - Actor Hugh Lloyd died.
• 1 August - Actor Gertan Klauber died.
• 11 August - Controller of BBC One Bill Cotton died.
• 26 September - Actor Margot Thomas died.
• 1 October - Actor Ian Collier died.
• 7 October - Actor Peter Copley died.
• 15 October - Actor Joyce Windsor died.
• 20 October - Actor John Ringham died.
• 25 October - Actor Harry Brooks died.
• 26 October - Actor Stacey Tendeter died.
• 27 October - Actor Roy Stewart died.
• 14 November - Actor Margot Van der Burgh died.
• 1 December - Actor James Bree died.
• Unknown - Visual effects designer Michael John Harris died.
• Unknown - Actor Leo Tang was born.

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