17 April

Events
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Behind the scenes

 * 1920 - Arnold Yarrow, who played Bellal in TV: Death to the Daleks, was born in London.
 * 1924 - Kevin Lindsay, who guested several times in Doctor Who, was born.
 * 1924 - Clyde Pollitt (a Time Lord in TV: The War Games and the Lord Chancellor in TV: The Three Doctors) was born.
 * 1950 - Peter Mantle (a Kaled guard in TV: Genesis of the Daleks) was born.
 * 1963 - Terry Weaver, who acted as property master for TV: Doctor Who, was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.
 * 1965 - "The Warlords", Episode 4 of TV: The Crusade, was first broadcast.
 * 1971 - TV: Colony in Space Episode 2 was first broadcast
 * 2010 - TV: Victory of the Daleks was first broadcast.