5 March

On 5 March 2005, after her first encounter with him the day before, Rose Tyler investigated the identity of the Ninth Doctor, talking to conspiracy theorist Clive Finch about his website on the Doctor at whoisdoctorwho.co.uk. Rose's boyfriend, Mickey Smith, was abducted by Autons and replaced with an Auton duplicate. Using the head of this Auton, the Doctor tracked the the Nestene Consciousness' signal. It had been rendered a scavenger without protein plants by a war the Doctor fought in. Rose rescued Mickey (and later, the Doctor) and destroyed the Consciousness with anti-plastic. She joined the Doctor on his travels. Meanwhile, Clive was killed by the Autons. (TV: Rose)

On the exact same day, Ellie Oswald, mother of future companion Clara Oswald, died. The Eleventh Doctor watched her funeral in the background. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)

Behind the scenes

 * 1925 - Actor Bruce Wightman was born.
 * 1932 - Actor Gertan Klauber and designer Stuart Walker were born.
 * 1934 - Actor Nicholas Smith was born.
 * 1966 - "The Steel Sky" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1966 - Part one of TV Comic story The Rogue Planet was first released in issue fifty-nine.
 * 1974 - Actor Matt Lucas was born.
 * 1977 - Part two of The Talons of Weng-Chiang was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1981 - Actress Miranda Borman was born.
 * 2001 - Eighth Doctor Adventures novel EarthWorld and Past Doctor Adventures novel Rags were published by BBC Books.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Sandman completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2005 - The first episode of the revived series, Rose, was leaked.
 * 2008 - Something Borrowed was first broadcast on BBC Three.
 * 2008 - Issue thirty-nine of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Cold Assassin, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2008 - DVD box set Beneath the Surface, including Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep, was first released in Region 4.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Glorious Revolution took place.
 * 2009 - The Next Doctor (including Music of the Spheres) was released on Region 4 DVD.
 * 2009 - DVD box set The E-Space Trilogy, including Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate, was first released in Region 4.
 * 2012 - Special editions of The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Three Doctors and The Robots of Death were released on Region 2 DVD, originally as part of the Revisitations 3 box set.
 * 2012 - Actor Philip Madoc died.