27 March

Behind the scenes

 * 1906 - Actor Henry McCarthy was born.
 * 1920 - Visual effects designer Bernard Wilkie was born.
 * 1931 - Actor Tony Calvin was born.
 * 1932 - Actor Patrick Newell was born.
 * 1935 - Actor Julian Glover was born.
 * 1937 - Film cameraman Tony Imi was born.
 * 1958 - Actor Adrian Rawlins was born.
 * 1964 - Actor Clive Rowe was born.
 * 1965 - "The Lion" was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1965 - Part one of TV Comic story On the Web Planet was first released in issue six hundred and ninety-three.
 * 1965 - Part seven of TV Century 21 comic story Power Play was first released by City Magazines in issue ten.
 * 1971 - Episode three of The Claws of Axos was first broadcast on BBC1.
 * 1971 - Part one of TV Action comic story Timebenders was first released in issue thirteen.
 * 1976 - Actor Jasmine Breaks was born.
 * 1984 - Actor Derek Francis died.
 * 2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Spare Parts completed at The Moat Studios.
 * 2004 - Fight arranger Peter Diamond died.
 * 2006 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories The Nowhere Place and Year of the Pig began.
 * 2010 - According to some sources, the BBC Red Button service previewed the first scene of The Eleventh Hour. According to others, this took place on 24 March.
 * 2011 - The Cardiff Doctor Who exhibition closed.