1950

Events

December

• 25 - The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey. (ST: Set in Stone)

Unknown dates

• Professor Zaroff disappeared from public life and began his efforts to find and raise Atlantis. (DW: The Underwater Menace)
• Squadron Leader Ian Gilmore was assigned to Berlin, where he befriended a Czech medic named Nadia Červenka. They shared several drinks as well as rations. He and his troops rendered assistance to the Berliners in rebuilding their city in the aftermath of World War II. Due to the increasingly contentious Cold War, his troops were eventually airlifted out of Germany with Červenka's assistance. (CM: Artificial Intelligence)

Behind the scenes

January

• 1 - Hugh Hayes (Anithon in DW: Time-Flight) was born.
• 17 - Sharon Duce (Control in DW: Ghost Light) was born.
• 20 - Liza Goddard (Kari in DW: Terminus) was born.
• 22 - Pamela Salem, who appeared in several Doctor Who stories, was born.
• 25 - Christopher Ryan, who would play several guest roles in Doctor Who, was born.

March

• 22 - Mary Tamm, who originated the role of Romana, was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
• 30 - Stephen Jenn (Secker in DW: Nightmare of Eden) was born.

April

• 17 - Peter Mantle (a Kaled guard in DW: Genesis of the Daleks) was born.
• 25 - Peter Jurasik (Peter Sandoz in BFA Winter for the Adept) was born.

May

• 17 - Catherine Howe (Ara in DW: The Underwater Menace) was born.
• 25 - Eric Deacon (Mykros in DW: Timelash) was born.

June

• 9 - David Troughton, son of Patrick Troughton and a Doctor Who guest star, was born.
• 25 - Nitza Saul was born.

July

• 1 - Ben Roberts was born.
• 23 - Cheryl Hall (Shirna in DW: Carnival of Monsters) was born.
• 27 - Nigel Plaskitt (Unstoffe in DW: The Ribos Operation) was born.

September

• 24 - Harriet Walter (Beatrice Mapp in BFA: The Boy That Time Forgot) was born.

October

• 2 - Ian McNeice (Winston Churchill in DW: Victory of the Daleks et al.) was born.

November

• 7 - Lindsay Duncan (Adelaide Brooke in DW: The Waters of Mars) was born.

December

• 17 - Michael Cashman was born.

Date unknown

• Annette Badland was born.
• Rachel Bell was born.
• Robert Pugh was born.