26 June

Events

 * 1284 - The Pied Piper, in reality an energy entity from the Jeggorabax Cluster, kidnapped a hundred thirty children from the town of Hamelin, Germany to instil fear in the populace. (TV: The Day of the Clown)
 * 1965 - Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright returned to Earth using the Dalek time machine. (TV: The Chase, PROSE: The Time Travellers)
 * 1890 - The Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond and Rory Williams to the recently opened Savoy Hotel. He assured them there would be no complications, only to discover there was a Zygon ship under the Savoy, and half of the staff were imposters. Though the Doctor managed to deal with this. (TV: The Power of Three)
 * 2010 - The explosion of the TARDIS caused cracks in the universe. Amy Pond and Rory Williams got married. (TV: The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang)

Behind the scenes

 * 1912 - John Bailey, who guested in several Doctor Who serials, was born.
 * 1965 - "The Planet of Decision", Episode 6 of TV: The Chase, was first broadcast.
 * 2002 - Dolores Gray (Remington in TV: Silver Nemesis) died.
 * 2004 - The Web of Fear, episode one, was repeated on BBC Four as part of a night dedicated to cult TV from the sixties.
 * 2010 - TV: The Big Bang was first broadcast.