17 March

Events

 * 1898 - Mary Eliza Millington died. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

Behind the scenes

 * 1947 - Petra Markham, who played Safiya in DW: The Crusade, was born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England.


 * 1973 - Episode 4 of DW: Frontier in Space was first broadcast.
 * 1984 - John Dearth, who provided the voice of BOSS in DW: The Green Death and portrayed Lupton in Planet of the Spiders died.
 * 2011 - Michael Gough, who played the Celestial Toymaker in DW: The Celestial Toymaker and Councilor Hedin in DW: Arc of Infinity, dies. He was once married to Anneke Wills.