Did you know . . .
- ... that The Ratings War included the first, and only, appearance of Beep the Meep — a Doctor Who Magazine comic character — in performed Doctor Who?
- ... that without the last-minute inspiration of un-credited vision mixer Shirley Coward, the first regeneration scene would have simply involved William Hartnell pulling a cloak over his face and Patrick Troughton lowering it? (REF: The Second Doctor Handbook)
- ... that horrorkons were huge, two-headed, metal-loving beasts whom Andy and Mary Stone once tricked into literally eating a whole squad of Daleks? (DAN: Monsters of Gurnian)
- ... that Edward K. Gibbon, who made his Doctor Who costume designing debut on The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, had previously worked with Billie Piper on The Secret Diary of a Call Girl?
- ... that the Atomon has — just in the past couple of months — twice faced down the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory? (DWA: The Frankenstein Particle, The Atomon Invasion)
To suggest a DYK fact, see DYK nominations. ✍