31 May

Events

 * 5000000057 - The Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones defeated a Cyberman and Judoon plot to upgrade the inhabitants of New Earth, which was in the process of rebuilding after the opening of the Motorway four years before. (WC: In-Flight Entertainment)

Behind the scenes

 * 1940 - Peter Mayock (Ibrahim Namin in TV: Pyramids of Mars and Solis in TV: The Deadly Assassin) was born.
 * 1948 - Lynda Bellingham, who played Darkel in Doctor Who and in Big Finish Productions Gallifrey audio series, was born.
 * 1969 - Episode 7 of TV: The War Games was first broadcast.
 * 1973 - Daniel Evans was born.
 * 1979 - John Wilcox, the cinematographer of the Dalek movies, died.
 * 1986 - Sylvia Coleridge (Amelia Ducat in TV: The Seeds of Doom) died.
 * 2008 - TV: Silence in the Library was first broadcast.