31 March

Behind the scenes

 * 1928 - Actor John Lee was born.
 * 1973 - Episode six of Frontier in Space was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1973 - Part one of TV Action comic story The Glen of Sleeping was first released in issue one hundred and seven.
 * 1978 - Actor Daniel Mays was born.
 * 1980 - Voice actor Maaya Sakamoto was born.
 * 1981 - London exhibition The Doctor Who Experience at Madame Tussaud's was initially closed. However, due to its popularity, it was greatly extended.
 * 1983 - Actor Anthony Lewis was born.
 * 2001 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories Dust Breeding and Bloodtide began. Recording for The Harvest completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2007 - Five exclusive previews of TV: Smith and Jones took place at the Cardiff Odeon, Swansea Odeon, Wrexham Odeon, the Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Pwllheli Neuadd Dwyfor, followed by its first television broadcast on BBC One in the evening. Later, CON: Meet Martha Jones aired on BBC Three.
 * 2007 - Manchester exhibition Doctor Who Up Close was opened.
 * 2009 - Recording for Big Finish audio story The Hollows of Time completed.
 * 2010 - Matt Smith and Karen Gillan visited Salford and, concluding a promotional tour for the upcoming series 5.
 * 2010 - Audio stories Paradise 5 and The Architects of History were first released by Big Finish Productions.
 * 2011 - The New Eighth Doctor Adventures audio story To the Death was first released by Big Finish Productions.
 * 2011 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story Chasing Rainbows was first released by BBC Magazines in issue two hundred and eleven.
 * 2013 - The Doctors Revisited - The Third Doctor, a documentary celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who, was first broadcast on BBC America, followed by a rebroadcast of Third Doctor story Spearhead from Space.