2 April

Behind the scenes

 * 1926 - Script editor Robert Holmes was born.
 * 1934 - Actor Brian Glover was born.
 * 1940 - Writer Peter Haining was born.
 * 1966 - "The Celestial Toyroom" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1977 - Part six of The Talons of Weng-Chiang was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1984 - Actor Frank Crawshaw died.
 * 1989 - Actress Clare Thomas was born.
 * 2005 - The End of the World was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, CON:  the Good, the Bad and the Ugly aired on BBC Three.
 * 2007 - Issue forty-one of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story A Suitable Showdown, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.