18 March

Behind the scenes

 * 19?? - Actor Lyn Ashley was born.
 * 1939 - Actor John Fraser was born.
 * 1964 - Musician Courtney Pine was born.
 * 1967 - Episode two of The Macra Terror was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1967 - Part one of TV Comic story The Zombies was first released in issue seven hundred and ninety-six.
 * 1972 - Episode four of The Sea Devils was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1976 - The novelisation of The Ice Warriors was first published by Target Books.
 * 1978 - Part five of TV Comic story The Space Garden was first released in issue 1370.
 * 1980 - Actor Sophia Myles was born.
 * 1993 - New Adventures The Pit was first published by Virgin Books.
 * 1993 - Titan Books, under its Doctor Who: The Scripts line, published the script book for TV: The Power of the Daleks, predating the release of the episode's novelisation later in the year.
 * 1998 - Actor Peter Lawrence died.
 * 2000 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Winter for the Adept began at The Moat Studios.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Excelis Decays took place.
 * 2003 - Writer Lewis Greifer died.
 * 2004 - Novel The Tunnel at the End of the Light was first published by Telos Publishing.
 * 2004 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Medicinal Purposes began at The Moat Studios.
 * 2006 - Actor Michael Attwell died.
 * 2007 - Episode one of The Web of Fear was repeated on BBC Four as part of London Underground Night.
 * 2007 - Issue sixty-six of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story The King of Earth, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
 * 2008 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Death Collectors completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2009 - In a speech to members of BAFTA, Russell T Davies revealed production of series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures had been impacted by BBC budget cuts and had nearly been cancelled on three occasions.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Patient Zero was completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2010 - A BBC press screening was held for The Eleventh Hour, during which producer Piers Wenger officially announced that a 2010 Christmas special was planned, and production of series 6 was set to begin in July.
 * 2010 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story Borrowed Time in issue one hundred and fifty-nine.
 * 2011 - Comic Relief mini-episode Space and Time were first broadcast for Red Nose Day.