11 May

Behind the scenes

 * 1919 - Maurice Browning, who played Karlton in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan, was born.
 * 1952 - Frances Fisher, who played the Mother in TV: The Gathering, was born.
 * 1968 - TV: The Wheel in Space Episode 3 was first broadcast.
 * 1974 - TV: Planet of the Spiders Episode 2 was first broadcast.
 * 2001 - Douglas Adams died from a heart attack in California. Adams wrote the stories TV: The Pirate Planet and Shada and co-wrote City of Death with producer Graham Williams under the pseudonym David Agnew. He also served as script editor for Season 17.