4 April

On Easter Sunday, 4 April 2009, Lady Christina de Souza stole the Cup of Athelstan from the International Gallery and made her getaway on a number 200 London bus, only to be unexpectedly transported to the planet of San Helios, by means of a wormhole, in the company of the Tenth Doctor. Eventually, the Doctor flew the damaged bus back through the wormhole, and Christina made her escape from the police on the now-flying bus. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

4 April 1938 was the date to which Rory Williams was transported whilst holding coffee he had bought in the 21st century. In the Manhattan of that date, he met his daughter and ultimately was reunited with his wife and the Eleventh Doctor. He then worked out that the only way to defeat the Weeping Angels that were feasting on the humans of this period was if he committed suicide, thus snapping the Angels' tether to the period. After he and Amy jumped off the Winter Quay building on this date, they found themselves back in the 21st century with the Angels mostly vanquished. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Actor Henry Gilbert was born.
 * 1931 - Director Derek Martinus was born.
 * 1952 - Actor Cherie Lunghi was born.
 * 1964 - "Assassin at Peking" was first broadcast on BBC tv.
 * 1969 - Stunt performer Dani Biernat was born.
 * 1970 - Episode three of The Ambassadors of Death was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1970 - Part one of TV Comic story Insect was first released in issue nine hundred and fifty-five.
 * 1976 - Actor George Pastell died.
 * 1987 - Production for Time and the Rani, the very first story of the Sylvester McCoy era, began.
 * 1988 - Filming for Remembrance of the Daleks caused a brief panic when a large explosion set off on a London side street during filming of a Dalek battle scene was mistaken as a possible bombing. (DVD: Remembrance of the Daleks)
 * 2005 - The BBC retracted part of its 30 March announcement of the departure of Christopher Eccleston, indicating it released the information with incorrect attribution and without the actor's consent.
 * 2007 - Issue fifteen of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Lonely Planet, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2008 - Exit Wounds was first broadcast on BBC Two, ending series two of Torchwood.
 * 2010 - Liberation was first broadcast on Disney XD, six months later than its original planned broadcasts, 9 October.
 * 2010 - The Eleventh Hour was rebroadcast on BBC Three.
 * 2013 - Destiny of the Doctor audio story Babblesphere was first released on CD by Big Finish Productions.
 * 2013 - E-book Summer Falls was first published by BBC Digital.