1st April - Today in WHO-story
Births
1917 - Sydney Newman (Doctor Who creator)
1926 - John Scott Martin (Dalek [1965-1988]; Zarbi in The Web Planet, a Mechanoid in The Chase, Colony in Space, a Mutt in The Mutants and The Brain of Morbius ['Kriz'], Ted Hughes in The Green Death, the Nucleus in The Invisible Enemy and an extra in The Dæmons, The Three Doctors and Robot
1931 - George Baker (Login in Full Circle)
1960 - Michael Praed (Big Finish Productions actor - Professor Slyde in The Dark Flame and John Lavider in The Curse of the Daleks)
1964 - Marcus Hutton (Sergeant Leigh in The Curse of Fenric; Big Finish actor - George Villiers in The Church and the Crown, Henry Stafford in The Kingmaker, Leonidas in the Bernice Summerfield stories Epoch and Many Happy Returns and Thomas Carnacki in the Iris Wildthyme story Iris Rides Out)
1978 - JJ Feild (David McCallister in the Big Finish audio Blue Forgotten Planet); Anamaria Marinca (Darla von Karlsen in Asylum of the Daleks)
Deaths
1967 - Michael Peake (Tavius in The Romans) aged 48
2007 - George Sewell (Ratcliffe in Remembrance of the Daleks) aged 82
2016 - Alan Tucker (Latep in Planet of the Daleks) aged 79
Episodes
1967 - The Macra Terror, Episode Four: 8.4 million viewers
1972 - The Sea Devils, Episode Two: 8.5 million viewers
2006 - Tardisode 1 (mini-episode)
Releases
2002 - The Tomb of the Cybermen (DVD - region 4)
2004 - Issue 342 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2008 - The Time Warrior and Timelash (DVD - region 1)
2010 - Issue 160 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); The Masque of Mandragora (DVD - region 4); issue 420 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
2013 - Babblesphere (Big Finish and AudioGO)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 53 (Big Finish)
2016 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 163 (Big Finish)
Behind-the-Scenes
2001 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Bloodtide took place
2009 - As an April's Fool prank, word went around that Michael Jackson was to visit the Doctor Who set; the BBC confirmed that Planet of the Dead was to be transmitted on 11th April
2010 - Guiness World Record recognised Doctor Who Magazine as the Longest Running Magazine Based on a Television Series
Guinness World Record for Doctor Who Magazine