30 April
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On 30 April 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 of the Glass)
Amongst the other notable things that occurred on this day was:
- 1997 - Bernice Summerfield was dropped off at Smithwood Manor, the Doctor's house in Britain. (PROSE: The Dying Days)
Behind the scenes
- 1947 - Actor Leslie Grantham was born.
- 1947 - Writer John Flanagan was born.
- 1966 - "A Holiday for the Doctor" was first broadcast on BBC1.
- 1967 - Actor Steven Mackintosh was born.
- 2004 - Actor Richard Steele died.
- 2005 - Dalek was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, The Daleks aired on BBC Three.
- 2007 - Issue forty-three of Doctor Who: Battles in Time, including comic story Any Old Iron, was first released by GE Fabbri Ltd.
- 2010 - Big Finish audio story Mission to the Unknown was offered as part of a week-long give-away by The Daily Telegraph.
- 2011 - Day of the Moon was broadcast on BBC One. Later, Breaking the Silence aired on BBC Three.
- 2012 - Actor George Murdock died.