17 April

Behind the scenes

 * 1920 - Actor Arnold Yarrow was born.
 * 1924 - Actor Kevin Lindsay was born.
 * 1924 - Actor Clyde Pollitt was born.
 * 1941 - Actor Brian Miller was born.
 * 1950 - Actor Peter Mantle was born.
 * 1963 - Property master Terry Weaver was born.
 * 1965 - "The Warlords" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1971 - Episode two of Colony in Space was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 2008 - Issue four of Torchwood Magazine, including comic story Rift War! Part One, was first published by Titan Magazines.
 * 2010 - Victory of the Daleks was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, War Games aired on BBC Three.