What's your birth story?

[Admiral_Young]

It would seem that I was born during the second episode of "The Horns of Nimon" that's the closest that I can get. Pretty cool as it's a Fourth Doctor and Romana era episode.

 

[Captain Pike]

'Weakling Scum!'

Only kidding! It's one of my all time faves...

 

[Orcus]

Hmmm... It really depends upon which country's (first) airdate you go by:

In UK, I was born one day before The Mutants: Episode 2
In NZ, the episode transmitted closest to my birthdate was The Wheel in Space: Episode 6

I guess that makes me a Troughton/Pertwee kid...

 

[Valin]

I was one when Doctor Who began.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The fourth episode of The Abominable Snowmen aired the day after I was born.

from wikipedia:

The Abominable Snowmen proved to be very popular with viewers, which pleased the producers enough that they brought the monsters back very quickly in The Web of Fear, and intending a third story in the next season until falling out with the production over The Dominators. This was partly an effort to provide a new 'signature enemy' for the series to replace the Daleks. At the time of production, Dalek creator Terry Nation was trying to create an American television show based around the Daleks, and as a result refused to grant the show permission to use the Daleks during this period.

Is the part about Terry Nation true?

 

[Bones2]

^
Yeah, so far as I know.

 

[Peacemaker]

I was born between seasons 6 and 7...more on The War Games side of Season 6b .

 

[Cutter John]

^
Yeah, so far as I know.

Seconded. Apparently all that money/popularity went straight to Terry's head.

Kinda the same situation with K-9's creators. Though at least they have the good sense to let the BBC keep using the character.

 

[Marc]

Doctor Who wasn't showing in the U.K at the time I was born (but could on been on in Australia) - 6 days after the end of season 8

 

[RogerWaters]

Between the last of season five, The Wheel is Space, and the first of season six, The Dominators. I've only seen of episode with the 2nd Doctor, but I rather liked him.

 

[Bones2]

^
Memorable enough to nab the bassline rhythm for One of These Days, eh Rodgy?

 

[RogerWaters]

Damn right!

 

[Captain Pike]

Between the last of season five, The Wheel is Space, and the first of season six, The Dominators. I've only seen of episode with the 2nd Doctor, but I rather liked him.

Troughton is pure class. My second fave after Tom Baker. I highly recommend you see more of what little remains of his era..

 

[Shatnertage]

I just found out that I was born the night that episode three of Planet of the Daleks aired.

I've never seen that episode, though I've got it in my Netflix Queue.

 

[The Sonic Mole]

I was born the day before the last episode of The Stones of Blood aired...

 

[Jamee999]

I have a feeling this post is going to make me unpopular, but...

I was born ~half way between "Survival" and the TV Movie. (3 years after the main series run, 3.5 years before the Movie)

 

[OmahaStar]

I have a feeling this post is going to make me unpopular, but...

I was born ~half way between "Survival" and the TV Movie. (3 years after the main series run, 3.5 years before the Movie)

As long as Colin Baker is your favorite Doctor, you'll be fine.

 

[Snaploud]

I was born between the last of the short episodes (The Twin Dilemma) and the first of the 45-minute episodes (Attack of the Cybermen).

 

[GabeHimself]

I share a birthday with Rowan Atkinson and was born during Castrovalva. I was born the day after Episode 2 and five days before Episode 3 aired.

And I am absolutely splendid.

 

[GabeHimself]

The fourth episode of The Abominable Snowmen aired the day after I was born.

from wikipedia:

The Abominable Snowmen proved to be very popular with viewers, which pleased the producers enough that they brought the monsters back very quickly in The Web of Fear, and intending a third story in the next season until falling out with the production over The Dominators. This was partly an effort to provide a new 'signature enemy' for the series to replace the Daleks. At the time of production, Dalek creator Terry Nation was trying to create an American television show based around the Daleks, and as a result refused to grant the show permission to use the Daleks during this period.

Is the part about Terry Nation true?

He was trying to create a spin-off about human defenders fighting the Daleks -- I believe the show would have been called The Destroyers. It would have been a spin-off of The Daleks' Masterplan.

That snippet fails to mention that this era had TWO of the best Dalek stories. But neither Power of the Daleks nor Evil of the Daleks had been written by Nation, Dalekmania had faded, and the BBC wanted enemies who they owned the rights to: CYBERMEN. So why should he not take his idea and pitch it to the US? Nation was a class act, I think it's unfair to say anything "went to his head". If it had then Power and Evil would not have been made in 1967.

But the BBC thought a fight between Daleks and Cybermen might be good and they wanted Wheel in Space to be a fight between the Daleks and the Cybermen. Nation refused that particular proposal.