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== Events ==
'''30 April''' was a [[Calendar date|date]].
* [[1997]] - [[Bernice Summerfield]] was dropped off at [[Smithwood Manor]], the Doctor's house in Britain. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Dying Days]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Holidays and observances ==
* [[1947]] - [[Leslie Grantham]] ([[Kiston]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') was born.
30 [[April]] was the [[Gaelic]] [[festival]] of [[Beltane]], described by [[Gilbert Horner]] as "the greatest occult festival of the year, bar [[Halloween]]." It began at [[midnight]], in the first [[minute]] of the first [[day]] of [[May]]. A guide for [[time travel]]lers advised to beware of possible [[incursion]]s from [[Dæmon]]s on this [[calendar date|date]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Who Killed Kennedy (novel)}}, {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})


* [[1966]] - "A Holiday for the Doctor", Episode 1 of [[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'', was first broadcast.
== Events ==
 
In [[1945]], [[Adolf Hitler]], the [[Führer]] of [[Nazi]] [[Germany]], committed [[suicide]] in a [[Führerbunker|bunker underneath Berlin]]. His new wife [[Eva Braun]], later to bear [[Adolf Hitler, Jr.|a child]] by him, escaped. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadow in the Glass (novel)}}) The Germans were therefore forced to surrender [[9 May|just over a week later]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}})
* [[1967]] - [[Steven Mackintosh]] ([[Gazak]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'') was born.
 
* [[2004]] - [[Richard Steele]], who had guested in several ''Doctor Who'' stories, died.
 
* [[2005]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' was first broadcast.
 
* [[2010]] - [[AG]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown]]'' was offered as part of a [[Telegraph Audio Giveaways|week-long giveaway]] by [[The Daily Telegraph]].


* [[2011]] - [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]'' was broadcast on BBC One and BBC America.
In [[1997]], [[Bernice Summerfield]] was dropped off at [[Smithwood Manor]], [[the Doctor]]'s house in [[Britain]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}})


* [[2012]] - [[George Murdock]] (a [[Preacher (Dead of Night)|Preacher]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'') died.
== Births and deaths ==
In 1945, on [[Germania I]], [[August Hitler]] was born to [[Adolf Hitler (Germania I)|Adolf Hitler]] and [[Eva Braun#Parallel universe|Eva Braun]]. The celebrations of his [[birth]] lasted for [[month]]s and, according to official statements, he was endowed with [[supernatural]] abilities. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Warlords of Utopia (novel)}})


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30 April was a date.

Holidays and observances

30 April was the Gaelic festival of Beltane, described by Gilbert Horner as "the greatest occult festival of the year, bar Halloween." It began at midnight, in the first minute of the first day of May. A guide for time travellers advised to beware of possible incursions from Dæmons on this date. (TV: The Dæmons [+]Loading...["The Dæmons (TV story)"]; PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"], Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

Events

In 1945, Adolf Hitler, the Führer of Nazi Germany, committed suicide in a bunker underneath Berlin. His new wife Eva Braun, later to bear a child by him, escaped. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass [+]Loading...["The Shadow in the Glass (novel)"]) The Germans were therefore forced to surrender just over a week later. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

In 1997, Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at Smithwood Manor, the Doctor's house in Britain. (PROSE: The Dying Days [+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"])

Births and deaths

In 1945, on Germania I, August Hitler was born to Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The celebrations of his birth lasted for months and, according to official statements, he was endowed with supernatural abilities. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia [+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"])