News Happy Birthday Kai Owen

Penblwydd hapus Kai,

Did you know on this day in 1976, episode 1 of The Masque of Mandragora was broadcast?  It was Season 14 and starred Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor with Elisabeth Sladen as his companion.  It also featured actor Tim Pigott-Smith as Marco. 

Writer was Louis Marks and Director was Rodney Bennett.

Filmed in the Italianate Village of Portmeirion, the story set in Renaissance Italy, told of the Mandragora energy trying to drag the world back into the Dark Ages...

Others with birthdays today are:  Wes Bentley, Dick York (1928-1992), Jennifer Metcalfe, Damon Wayans

Have a fantastic Day Kai, from everyone at Project: Torchwood

Resources 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-The-Masque-Mandragora/dp/B002SZQCB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409823023&sr=8-1&keywords=the+masque+of+mandragora

BBC Doctor Who  1963

Campbell (2000) Doctor Who Pocket Essential Guide