18 May

Behind the scenes

 * 1896 - Walter Fitzgerald, who played Senex in TV: The Dominators, was born at Keyhan, Derby, England.
 * 1928 - John Abineri, who played Ranquin in TV: The Power of Kroll, Richard Railton in TV: Death to the Daleks, General Carrington in TV: The Ambassadors of Death, and Van Lutyens in TV: Fury from the Deep, was born in London.
 * 1931 - John Fraser, who played the Monitor in TV: Logopolis, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
 * 1940 - Ray Lonnen, who played Gardiner in TV: Frontier in Space, was born in Bournemouth, England.
 * 1968 - Episode 4 of TV: The Wheel in Space was first broadcast.
 * 1974 - Episode 3 of TV: Planet of the Spiders was first broadcast.