Timeline for 1996

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In 1996, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 5 January - Actor Maxim Baldry was born.^[1]
• 6 February - Actor Patsy Smart died.^[2]
• 9 February - BBC Head of Serials Gerald Savory died.^[3]
• 16 February - Writer Georgia Cook was born.^[4]
• 19 February - Actor Brenda Bruce died.^[5]
• 23 February - Actor Roy Heymann died.^[6]
• 15 March - Actor Francesca Mills was born.^[7]
• 22 March - Actor Andre Boulay died.^[8]
• 11 April - Supervising sound editor John Peverill died.^[9]
• 24 April - Actor Preston Lockwood died.^[10]
• 20 May - Actor Jon Pertwee died.^[11]
• 3 July - Actor John Herrington died.^[12]
• 21 July
  • Actor Wolfe Morris died.^[13]
  • Actor Anya Chalotra was born.^[14]
• 10 August - Director Rex Tucker died.^[15]
• 13 October - Actor Beryl Reid died.^[16]
• 1 November - Actor David Dodimead died.^[17]
• 6 November - Actor Madalena Nicol died.^[18]
• 15 November - Actor Ronald Gough died.^[19]
• 26 November - Actor Michael Bentine died.^[20]
• 5 December - Actor Keith James died.^[21]
• 30 December - Actor Vivian Oparah was born.^[22]