7 May

Events

 * 1915 - The RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by the U-20. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
 * 1997 - Alexander Christian escaped from his military captors and managed to contact Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. The United Kingdom submitted to Martian rule and set up a provisional government. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
 * 2157 - The Seventh Doctor and Roz Forrester appeared on Mars, while Chris Cwej appeared on Charon. (PROSE: GodEngine)

Behind the scenes

 * 1905 - John Wilcox, the cinematographer of the Dalek movies, was born.
 * 1908 - Valentine Dyall (the Black Guardian) was born.
 * 1908 - John Cox, the sound supervisor for the Dalek movies, was born.
 * 1964 - Craig Hinton was born.
 * 1966 - "Don't Shoot the Pianist", Episode 2 of TV: The Gunfighters, was first broadcast.
 * 1972 - Writer Jonathan Blum was born.
 * 1998 - Seymour Green (Hargreaves in TV: The Seeds of Doom and the Chamberlain in TV The Twin Dilemma) died.
 * 2005 - TV: The Long Game was first broadcast.
 * 2011 - TV: The Curse of the Black Spot was first broadcast.