2017 (people)

2017 in

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

In 2017, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 3 January - Director Rodney Bennett died.
• 5 January - Actor Peter Thomas died.
• 17 January - Actor Philip Bond died.
• 25 January - Actor John Hurt died.
• 10 February - Actor Carl Conway died.
• 25 February - Actor Neil Fingleton died.
• 27 March - Actor Richard Beale died.
• 4 April - Actor Gordon Sterne died.
• 7 April - Actor Tim Piggott-Smith died.
• 13 April - Writer Eric Pringle died.
• 2 May - Actor Moray Watson died.
• 10 May - Actor Geoffrey Bayldon died.
• 2 June - Actor Peter Sallis died.
• 19 June - Actor Brian Cant died.
• 9 July - Film Editor Clare Douglas died.
• 16 July - Actor Trevor Baxter died.
• 21 July - Actor Deborah Watling died.
• 25 July - Actor Hywel Bennett died.
• 10 August - Actor Patrick O'Connell died.
• 13 August - Writer Victor Pemberton died.
• 5 October - Actor Trevor Martin died.
• 12 October - Actor Valerie Stanton died.
• 2 November - Director Paddy Russell died.
• 4 November - Composer Dudley Simpson died.
• 6 November - Actor Scott Fredericks died.
• Unknown - Actor Royston Farrell died.
• Unknown - OB sound man Chris Holcombe died.
• Unknown - Make-up designer Elisabeth Moss died.