9 May

On 9 May 1984, Peri Brown met the Fifth Doctor and Turlough in Lanzarote. (AUDIO: The Reaping)

Behind the scenes

 * 1891 - Actor May Warden was born.
 * 1917 - Actor John Arnatt was born.
 * 1930 - Actor Joan Sims was born.
 * 1940 - Director John Black was born.
 * 1943 - Actor Virginia Wetherell was born.
 * 1952 - Actor Patrick Ryecart was born.
 * 1964 - "Sentence of Death" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1970 - Episode one of Inferno was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1972 - Actor Anna-Louise Plowman was born.
 * 1986 - The UK press launch for the Doctor Who USA Tour took place. Following the press launch, the truck was loaded onto a ship bound for the United States. It arrived later on in May, was given a US press launch, and then effectively opened for business.
 * 2003 - Actor Bernard Spear died.