On 24 May, a number of people important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs either died or were born.

• 1924 - Actor Freddie Earlle was born.^[1]
• 1936 - Actor Robert Russell was born.^[2]
• 1944 - Actor Fiona Walker was born.^[3]
• 1945 - Producer Graham Williams was born.^[4]
• 1949 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.^[5]
• 1949 - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.^[6]
• 1962 - Actor Denica Fairman was born.^[7]
• 1967 - Actor Stephen Beckett was born.^[8]
• 1973 - Writer Rachel Redhead was born.
• 1974 - Actor Bindya Solanki was born.^[9]
• 1975 - Actor Will Sasso was born.^[10]
• 1977 - Actor Jo Joyner was born.^[11]
• 1977 - Actor Naomi Ryan was born.^[12]
• 1986 - Writer and script editor Robert Holmes died.^[13]
• 2016 - Actor Burt Kwouk died.^[14]
• 2016 - Actor Lewis Fiander died.^[15]