4 April

Events

 * 1938 - River Song, using the pseudonym "Melody Malone", investigated Weeping Angels in New York City, where she met her father Rory Williams, who was sent back in time by the Angels and then later the Eleventh Doctor and her mother Amy Pond. By creating a paradox, River's parents wiped out a hotel full of Angels who used the building to "farm" humans they could send back in time. All of them were returned to 2012, from where the Doctor, Amy and Rory had come. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)
 * 2009 - Easter Sunday: Lady Christina de Souza stole the Cup of Athelstan from the International Gallery and made her getaway on a number 200 London bus, only to be unexpectedly transported to the planet of San Helios in the company of the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Planet of the Dead)

Behind the scenes

 * 1913 - Henry Gilbert (Torbis in TV: The Curse of Peladon) was born.
 * 1931 - Derek Martinus, who directed several Doctor Who television serials, was born.
 * 1952 - Cherie Lunghi, who played Lady Adela in AUDIO: The Emerald Tiger, was born.
 * 1964 - "Assassin at Peking", Episode 7 of TV: Marco Polo, was first broadcast.
 * 1970 - Episode 3 of TV: The Ambassadors of Death was first broadcast.
 * 1976 - George Pastell (Eric Klieg in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen) died.
 * 2008 - TV: Exit Wounds was first broadcast.
 * 2010 - TV: Liberation was first broadcast. TV: The Eleventh Hour was rebroadcast on BBC Three.