30 April

Events

 * 1945 - Adolf Hitler, the Führer of Nazi Germany, committed suicide in a bunker underneath Berlin. His new wife Eva Braun, later to bear a child by him, escaped. (PROSE: The Shadow of the Glass)
 * 1997 - Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at Smithwood Manor, the Doctor's house in Britain. (PROSE: The Dying Days)

Behind the scenes

 * 1947 - Leslie Grantham (Kiston in TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) was born.


 * 1966 - "A Holiday for the Doctor", Episode 1 of TV: The Gunfighters, was first broadcast.


 * 1967 - Steven Mackintosh (Gazak in TV: Timelash) was born.


 * 2004 - Richard Steele, who had guested in several Doctor Who stories, died.


 * 2005 - TV: Dalek was first broadcast.


 * 2010 - AUDIO: Mission to the Unknown was offered as part of a week-long giveaway by The Daily Telegraph.


 * 2011 - TV: Day of the Moon was broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.


 * 2012 - George Murdock (a Preacher in TV: Dead of Night) died.