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| {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|29 March|{{DayNav}}|}} | | '''29 March''' was a [[Calendar date|date]]. |
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| == Behind the scenes == | | == Events == |
| * [[1925]] - Actor [[Frederick Treves]] was born.
| | 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]]. |
| * [[1928]] - Actor [[Philip Locke]] was born.
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| * [[1931]] - Actor [[Peter Russell]] was born.
| | 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]]: {{cs|Time and Relative (novel)}}) |
| * [[1936]] - [[Composer]] [[Richard Rodney Bennett]] was born.
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| * [[1947]] - Actress [[Leslie Meadows]] was born.
| | In [[1974]], the [[Terracotta Army]] was discovered in [[Shaanxi]] [[province]], [[China]]. Five hundred years later, the [[Silver Army]] was discovered on the [[planet]] [[Telos]] with disastrous results. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}) |
| * [[1957]] - Actress [[Yolande Palfrey]] was born.
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| * [[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].
| | == Births and deaths == |
| * [[1969]] - Episode four of ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
| | In [[1963]], the 17-year-old [[Lizzie Lewis]] was raped and murdered by [[Ed Morgan]] on [[Penfro Street]] under the bridge. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}) |
| * 1969 - Part four of ''[[TV Comic]]'' story '[[The Duellists (comic story)|The Duellists]]'' was first released in issue nine hundred and two.
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| * [[1975]] - Part four of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
| | {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|29 March|{{cat|Days of the year}}{{cat|DWU days}}{{DateSort}}|}} |
| * 1975 - Part one of ''[[TV Comic]]'' story ''[[Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)|Return of the Daleks]]'' was first released in issue 1215.
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| * [[1979]] - [[Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy|The novelisation of ''The Invisible Army'']] was first published by [[Target Books]].
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| * [[1982]] - Part three of ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
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| * [[1984]] - Part three of ''[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]'' was first broadcast on [[BBC1]].
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| * [[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]].
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| * [[2000]] - Actor [[John Baskcomb]] died.
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| * [[2002]] - Part one of [[WC]]: "[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|No Child of Earth]]" was first released.
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| * [[2005]] - Documentary "[[Project Who|Reverse the Polarity]]" was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]].
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| * [[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]].
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| * 2007 - Actor [[John Gill]] died.
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| * [[2008]] - Production on [[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End]]'' completed, ending production [[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|the fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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| * [[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.
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| * 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>
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| * 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.
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| * 2010 - ''[[Alien Avatar (TV story)|Alien Avatar]]'' was first broadcast on [[Five]].
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| * 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]].
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| * 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]].
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| * [[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]]''.
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| * [[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]].
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| == References ==
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