27 March

Behind the scenes

1906 - Actor Henry McCarthy was born.
1920 - Visual effects designer Bernard Wilkie was born.
1931 - Actor Tony Calvin was born.
1932 - Actor Patrick Newell was born.
1935 - Actor Julian Glover was born.
1937 - Film cameraman Tony Imi was born.
1958 - Actor Adrian Rawlins was born.
1964 - Actor Clive Rowe was born.
1965 - "The Lion" was first broadcast on BBC1.
1965 - Part one of TV Comic story On the Web Planet was first released in issue six hundred and ninety-three.
1965 - Part seven of TV Century 21 comic story Power Play was first released by City Magazines in issue ten.
1971 - Episode three of The Claws of Axos was first broadcast on BBC1.
1971 - Part one of TV Action comic story Timebenders was first released in issue thirteen.
1976 - Actress Jasmine Breaks was born.
1984 - Actor Derek Francis died.
2002 - Recording for Big Finish audio story Spare Parts completed at The Moat Studios.
2004 - Fight arranger Peter Diamond died.
2006 - Recording for Big Finish audio stories The Nowhere Place and Year of the Pig began.
2010 - According to some sources, the BBC Red Button service previewed the first scene of The Eleventh Hour. According to others, this took place on 24 March.^[1]
2011 - The Cardiff Doctor Who exhibition closed.^{[source needed]}