3 May

Behind the scenes

 * 1944 - Carl Forgione (Land in TV: Planet of the Spiders and Nimrod in TV: Ghost Light) was born.
 * 1969 - TV: The War Games Episode 3 was first broadcast.
 * 1975 - TV: Revenge of the Cybermen Part 3 was first broadcast.
 * 1988 - David Garth (Grey in TV: The Highlanders and the Time Lord messenger in Terror of the Autons) died.
 * 1989 - William Squire (the Shadow in TV: The Armageddon Factor) died.
 * 2002 - Bernard Wilkie (a visual effects designer on six Doctor Who stories) died.
 * 2004 - Anthony Ainley ( from 1981 to 1989) died at Harrow in London.
 * 2008 - TV: The Poison Sky was first broadcast.
 * 2010 - Jimmy Gardner (Chenchu in TV: Marco Polo and Idmon in TV: Underworld) died.