5 May

Events

 * Unknown Year: Daisy Meadows, the daughter of Elizabeth Meadows is born. The date is used as an access code for Elizabeth Meadows' office. (VG: Blood of the Cybermen)

Behind the scenes

 * 1937 - Delia Derbyshire, music arranger for the original title theme and early stories of Doctor Who, was born.
 * 1939 - Ian McCulloch (Nilson in DW: Warriors of the Deep) was born.
 * 1957 - Richard E. Grant, who played two BBC-authorised yet non-canonical Doctors, was born.
 * 1973 - Episode 5 of DW: Planet of the Daleks was first broadcast.
 * 2007 - DW: The Lazarus Experiment was first broadcast.
 * 2007 - Peter Pocock died.
 * 2008 - DW: The Invasion of Time was released on DVD.