5 May

According to the CIA's records, on 5 May 1978, Torchwood Three member Gwen Cooper was born. (TV: The New World) However, other sources suggested that she was in fact born on 16 August. (TV: Children of Earth)

In 1865, Claire Bartlett wrote to Will Johnson and tried to comfort him after the shock of Abraham Lincoln's death, since Johnson had actually known Lincoln. She also accepted Johnson's marriage proposal, which had recently arrived. (PROSE: Blood and Hope)

5 May was also the birthday of Daisy Meadows, daughter of Elizabeth Meadows. The date was used as an access code for Elizabeth Meadows' office. (GAME: Blood of the Cybermen)

In 5147, River Song escaped from the Stormcage Containment Facility to attend a picnic at Asgard with the Eleventh Doctor. (PROSE: Picnic at Asgard)