29 March

Behind the scenes

 * 1925 - Actor Frederick Treves was born.
 * 1928 - Actor Philip Locke was born.
 * 1931 - Actor Peter Russell was born.
 * 1936 - Composer Richard Rodney Bennett was born.
 * 1947 - Actor Leslie Meadows was born.
 * 1957 - Actor Yolande Palfrey was born.
 * 1963 - BBC Head of Drama C. E. Webber, on orders from Sydney Newman, sent a report to Donald Wilson, in which he described a potential science fiction programme which would eventually become Doctor Who. The report described suitable characters for the "five-o’clock Saturday audience:" the handsome young man (later Ian Chesterton), the handsome well-dressed heroine aged about 30 (later Barbara Wright) and the mature man (later the First Doctor). The initial thought was of a laboratory-set programme with scientists for protagonists, although this was eventually scrapped in the next report. The complete report, with hand-written notes from Newman, can be found here.
 * 1969 - Episode four of The Space Pirates was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1969 - Part four of TV Comic story 'The Duellists'' was first released in issue nine hundred and two.
 * 1975 - Part four of Genesis of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1975 - Part one of TV Comic story Return of the Daleks was first released in issue 1215.
 * 1979 - The novelisation of The Invisible Army was first published by Target Books.
 * 1982 - Part three of Time-Flight was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1984 - Part three of The Twin Dilemma was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1998 - BBC America, a US-based cable network with a relationship to the main BBC, was launched. It aired classic Doctor Who and Torchwood. The network would later be the main US broadcaster of the Doctor Who revival series between 2009 and 2011.
 * 2000 - Actor John Baskcomb died.
 * 2002 - Part one of WC: "No Child of Earth" was first released.
 * 2005 - Documentary "Reverse the Polarity" was first broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
 * 2007 - Part one of Doctor Who Adventures comic story The Snag Finders was first released by BBC Magazines in issue twenty-six.
 * 2007 - Actor John Gill died.
 * 2008 - Production on TV: Journey's End completed, ending production the fourth series of Doctor Who.
 * 2010 - For the first time since the original series ended, the stars of Doctor Who embarked on a promotional tour for an upcoming season, with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan scheduled to make personal appearances in several cities accompanied by special screenings of TV: The Eleventh Hour. An appearance in occurred this day.
 * 2010 - Production for the fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures began under new series producer Brian Minchin. Russell T Davies and new Doctor Who producer Nikki Wilson were executive producers.
 * 2010 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories Litefoot and Sanders, The Necropolis Express, The Theatre of Dreams and The Ruthven Inheritance continued.
 * 2010 - Alien Avatar was first broadcast on Five.
 * 2010 - DVD box set Myths and Legends, including The Time Monster, Underworld and The Horns of Nimon, was first released in Region 2.
 * 2010 - Comic story collection Doctor Who Classics Volume 5, including Lunar Lagoon, 4-Dimensional Vistas, The Moderator and Skywatch-7, was first released by IDW Publishing.
 * 2011 - Stephen A. Willis posted in the world's main Doctor Who online forum, suggesting a virtual orchestra and choir called the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. He offered his arrangement of Murray Gold's "I Am the Doctor" and mixed together the audio recordings and video recordings. Since then, it has come up with many well known Doctor Who soundtracks by Murray Gold, such as "This is Gallifrey", "Vale Decem", "Rose's Theme", "Doomsday", all main Dalek themes and music from The Impossible Astronaut.
 * 2012 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story Buy, Buy, Baby! was first released by Immediate Media Company London Limited in issue two hundred and sixty-two.