2 April

Behind the scenes

 * 1926 - Script editor Robert Holmes was born.
 * 1934 - Actor Brian Glover was born.
 * 1940 - Writer Peter Haining was born.
 * 1951 - Actor David McAllister was born.
 * 1966 - "The Celestial Toyroom" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1977 - Part six of The Talons of Weng-Chiang was first broadcast on BBC1, ending the fourteenth season of Doctor Who.
 * 1984 - Actor Frank Crawshaw died.
 * 1989 - Actor Clare Thomas was born.
 * 1998 - PROSE: The Medusa Effect was first published.
 * 2001 - Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Vanishing Point and Past Doctor Adventures novel The Shadow in the Glass were first published by BBC Books.
 * 2001 - BBC Audio released audio recordings of TV: The Moonbase, The Savages and The Celestial Toymaker.
 * 2002 - The Caves of Androzani and Vengeance on Varos were first released on Region 1 DVD.
 * 2005 - The End of the World was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, CON:  the Good, the Bad and the Ugly aired on BBC Three.
 * 2007 - Episode one of animated serial The Infinite Quest was first released by CBBC.
 * 2007 - Issue forty-one of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story A Suitable Showdown, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2008 - The cast readthrough for The Next Doctor took place.
 * 2008 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Great Space Elevator took place.
 * 2008 - The Time Meddler was released to Region 4 DVD.
 * 2009 - A DVD box set including The Rescue and The Romans was first released in Region 2.
 * 2010 - Karen Gillan was interviewed on the CBBC programme ; when queried about the exact nature of the bow tie, she revealed that Smith's bow tie wasn't a "proper" bow tie, but instead a.
 * 2010 - Douglas and the Doctor, a documentary on Douglas Adams's influence on Doctor Who, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
 * 2012 - Nightmare of Eden was released on Region 2 DVD.