25 April 1923: birth of Paul Whitsun-Jones, who played the Squire in The Smugglers (1966) and the Marshal in The Mutants (1972).
ii) broadcast anniversaries
25 April 1964: broadcast of "The Screaming Jungle", third episode of the story we now call The Keys of Marinus. The second Key is hidden in a jungle full of mobile carnivorous plants.
25 April 1970: broadcast of sixth episode of The Ambassadors of Death. The Doctor finds that the aliens are keeping the original astronauts hostage, but is kidnapped by Carrington on his return.
The Laertian Gamble (Star Trek) by Robert Sheckley – AVOID AT ALL COSTS! It’s one of the worst books I’ve tried to read in a long time. I bought it second-hand and the only reason it’s still in the house is that I keep meaning to post why it’s so bad. Either the guy lost the plot in more ways than one or he hired a very, very bad ghost writer. A pity as his books have given me a lot of pleasure in the past.
[Edit] BTW there’s something wrong with this poll. Only one of my answers gets recorded and I’ve tried twice now.