17 March

Events

 * 1898 - Mary Eliza Millington died. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

Behind the scenes

 * 1937 - Michael Napier-Brown (Arturo Villar in the Doctor Who serial The War Games) was born.
 * 1947 - Petra Markham, who played Safiya in DW: The Crusade, was born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England.
 * 1973 - Episode 4 of DW: Frontier in Space was first broadcast.
 * 1976 - Stephen Gately (Tommy Tomorrow in BFA: Horror of Glam Rock) was born.
 * 1984 - John Dearth, who provided the voice of BOSS in DW: The Green Death and portrayed Lupton in DW: Planet of the Spiders, died.
 * 2011 - Michael Gough, who played the Celestial Toymaker in DW: The Celestial Toymaker and Councilor Hedin in DW: Arc of Infinity, died. He was once married to Anneke Wills.