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On Friday 29 March 1963, when Games class was called off due to frozen pipes disabling the showers, the female fourth year students of Coal Hill School listened and danced to songs like "Bobby's Girl", "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", "Christmas Caroline" and "Love Me Do" in the assembly hall. Susan Foreman, not joining them, instead played Snakes & Ladders.

Meanwhile, the First Doctor was curious about the extreme cold in late March. At that point, even his TARDIS was freezing over. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

On the same day, the 17-year-old Lizzie Lewis was raped and murdered by Ed Morgan on Penfro Street under the bridge. (TV: Ghost Machine)

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+On [[Friday]] '''29 March''' [[1963]], when [[Games]] class was called off due to frozen pipes disabling the [[shower]]s, the female fourth year students of [[Coal Hill School]] listened and danced to songs like "[[Bobby's Girl]]", "[[Breaking Up is Hard to Do]]", "[[Christmas Caroline]]" and "[[Love Me Do]]" in the [[assembly hall]]. [[Susan Foreman]], not joining them, instead played [[Snakes & Ladders]].
+Meanwhile, the [[First Doctor]] was curious about the extreme cold in late [[March]]. At that point, even [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] was freezing over. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'')
-== Behind the scenes ==
-* [[1925]] - Actor [[Frederick Treves]] was born.
+On the same day, the 17-year-old [[Lizzie Lewis]] was raped and murdered by [[Ed Morgan]] on [[Penfro Street]] under the bridge. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]''){{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|29 March|{{cat|Days of the year}}{{cat|DWU days}}{{DateSort}}|}}
-* [[1928]] - Actor [[Philip Locke]] was born.
-* [[1931]] - Actor [[Peter Russell]] was born.
-* [[1936]] - [[Composer]] [[Richard Rodney Bennett]] was born.
-* [[1947]] - Actress [[Leslie Meadows]] was born.
-* [[1957]] - Actress [[Yolande Palfrey]] was born.
-* [[1963]] - [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] [[Head of Drama]] [[C. E. Webber]], on orders from [[Sydney Newman]], sent a report to [[Donald Wilson]], in which he described a potential [[science fiction]] programme which would eventually become ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The report described suitable characters for the "five-o’clock Saturday audience:" the handsome young man (later [[Ian Chesterton]]), the handsome well-dressed heroine aged about 30 (later [[Barbara Wright]]) and the mature man (later the [[First Doctor]]). The initial thought was of a [[laboratory]]-set programme with scientists for protagonists, although this was eventually scrapped in the next report. The complete report, with hand-written notes from Newman, can be found [http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/doctorwho/6402.shtml here].
-* [[1969]] - Episode four of ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
-* 1969 - Part four of ''[[TV Comic]]'' story '[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was first released in issue nine hundred and two.
-* [[1975]] - Part four of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
-* 1975 - Part one of ''[[TV Comic]]'' story ''[[Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)|Return of the Daleks]]'' was first released in issue 1215.
-* [[1979]] - [[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy|The novelisation of ''The Invisible Army'']] was first published by [[Target Books]].
-* [[1982]] - Part three of ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
-* [[1984]] - Part three of ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
-* [[1998]] - [[BBC America]], a [[US]]-based cable network with a relationship to the main [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]], was launched. It aired classic ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. The network would later be the main US broadcaster of the ''Doctor Who'' revival series between [[2009]] and [[2011]].
-* [[2000]] - Actor [[John Baskcomb]] died.
-* [[2002]] - Part one of [[WC]]: "[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|No Child of Earth]]" was first released.
-* [[2005]] - Documentary "[[Project Who|Reverse the Polarity]]" was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]].
-* [[2007]] - Part one of ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' [[comic story (DWA)|comic story]] ''[[The Snag Finders (comic story)|The Snag Finders]]'' was first released by [[BBC Magazines]] in [[DWA 26|issue twenty-six]].
-* 2007 - Actor [[John Gill]] died.
-* [[2008]] - Production on [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'' completed, ending production [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|the fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
-* [[2010]] - For the first time since the original series ended, the stars of ''Doctor Who'' embarked on a promotional tour for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|an upcoming season]], with [[Matt Smith]] and [[Karen Gillan]] scheduled to make personal appearances in several cities accompanied by special screenings of [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. An appearance in {{w|Belfast}} occurred this day.
-* 2010 - Production for [[Series 4 (SJA)|the fourth series]] of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' began under new series [[producer]] [[Brian Minchin]]. [[Russell T Davies]] and new ''Doctor Who'' producer [[Nikki Wilson]] were [[executive producer]]s.<ref>[http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-jane-adventures-series-4-and-5.html The Doctor Who News Page: Sarah Jane Adventures 4 (and 5!) confirmed]</ref>
-* 2010 - Recording for [[Big Finish]] [[Audio story (BF)|audio stories]] ''[[Litefoot and Sanders (audio story)|Litefoot and Sanders]]'', ''[[The Necropolis Express (audio story)|The Necropolis Express]]'', ''[[The Theatre of Dreams (audio story)|The Theatre of Dreams]]'' and ''[[The Ruthven Inheritance (audio story)|The Ruthven Inheritance]]'' continued.
-* 2010 - ''[[Alien Avatar (TV story)|Alien Avatar]]'' was first broadcast on [[Five]].
-* 2010 - [[DVD]] box set ''[[Myths and Legends]]'', including ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'', ''[[Underworld (TV story)|Underworld]]'' and ''[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]'', was first released in [[Region 2]].
-* 2010 - Comic story collection ''[[Doctor Who Classics Volume 5]]'', including ''[[Lunar Lagoon (comic story)|Lunar Lagoon]]'', ''[[4-Dimensional Vistas (comic story)|4-Dimensional Vistas]]'', ''[[The Moderator (comic story)|The Moderator]]'' and ''[[Skywatch-7 (comic story)|Skywatch-7]]'', was first released by [[IDW Publishing]].
-* [[2011]] - [[Stephen A. Willis]] posted in the world's main ''Doctor Who'' online forum, suggesting a virtual orchestra and choir called the [[Doctor Who fan music|Doctor Who Fan Orchestra]]. He offered his arrangement of [[Murray Gold]]'s "[[I Am the Doctor]]" and mixed together the audio recordings and video recordings. Since then, it has come up with many well known ''Doctor Who'' soundtracks by Murray Gold, such as "[[This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home|This is Gallifrey]]", "[[Vale Decem]]", "[[Rose's Theme]]", "[[Doomsday (song)|Doomsday]]", all main [[Dalek]] themes and music from ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''.
-* [[2012]] - ''Doctor Who Adventures'' comic story ''[[Buy, Buy, Baby! (comic story)|Buy, Buy, Baby!]]'' was first released by [[Immediate Media Company London Limited]] in [[DWA 262|issue two hundred and sixty-two]].
-== References ==
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