30 March

Events

 * 1853 - Painter Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands. He encountered the Eleventh Doctor in 1890. (Known history, TV: Vincent and the Doctor)

Behind the scenes

 * 1922 - Peter Welch (a Sergeant in TV: The Highlanders and Morgan in TV: The Android Invasion) was born.
 * 1950 - Stephen Jenn (Secker in TV: Nightmare of Eden) was born.
 * 1968 - TV: Fury from the Deep Episode 3 was first broadcast.
 * 1974 - TV: The Monster of Peladon Part Two was first broadcast.
 * 1982 - TV: Time-Flight Part Four was first broadcast.
 * 1984 - Part Four of TV: The Twin Dilemma was first broadcast.
 * 1985 - Part Two of TV: Revelation of the Daleks was first broadcast.
 * 2005 - Christopher Eccleston announced that he would not return for a second series as the Doctor.
 * 2007 - Seventies writer Dave Martin, who co-wrote many stories and co-created K9 with Bob Baker, died from lung cancer.