Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 21st.

Events on this day: March 21st.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1902 – Carl Jaffe, actor who has made appearances in First Man in Space, Battle Beneath the Earth, The Electronic Monster, Satellite in the Sky, and The Atomic Man.



Born on this day in 1902 – Gustav Frohlich, Metropolis actor.

Born on this day in 1931 – Al Williamson, Flash Gordon illustrator.

Born on this day in 1958 – Gary Oldman, actor he mas made appearances in Lost in Space, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, RoboCop, and The Fifth Element.



Born on this day in 1968 – Greg Ellis, actorhe has appeared in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: DS9, The X-Files, and The Omega Code 2.

In Star Trek he played played Ekoor in the finale of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "What You Leave Behind". He most recently played Chief Engineer Olson in 2009's Star Trek.

Doctor Who Trivia:

In Doctor Who on this day in 1970 the theme tune ‘sting’ is used for the first time to emphasise the cliffhanger ending of each episode. This was suggested by Michael Ferguson.

On this day in 1981 Tom Baker makes his final appearance as the Doctor.



On his day in 1981 Peter Davison’s credit in the closing titles is the last time an actor in the role is credited as ‘Doctor Who’ rather than ‘The Doctor’ until 2005.

Born on this day in 1983 Bruno Langley who played Adam Mitchell. Mitchell was a young English researcher in the employ of the American GeoComTex billionaire Henry van Statten in the year 2012.

 
After van Statten was outed from GeoComTex for the "Metaltron" incident, Adam become a companion to the Ninth Doctor, at Rose Tyler's urging. However, Adam disgraced himself by filching information from the future with intent to alter his timeline, and the Doctor spurned Adam from accompanying him any further.

From: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_Mitchell

On this day in 2012 a press conference is held to announce that Jenna Louise-Coleman will be the new companion.

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