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== Events == | == Events == | ||
=== [[April]]-[[May]] === | === [[April]]-[[May]] === | ||
* [[The Doctor]] was wounded at [[Gallipoli]]. ([[ | * [[The Doctor]] was wounded at [[Gallipoli]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sea Devils]]'') | ||
=== [[May]] === | === [[May]] === | ||
* [[7 May|7]] - The ''[[RMS Lusitania]]'' was torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'', an act that helped provoke the [[United States]] into entering [[World War I]] two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named [[Eric Charles Vincent]]. ([[ | * [[7 May|7]] - The ''[[RMS Lusitania]]'' was torpedoed by the ''[[U-20]]'', an act that helped provoke the [[United States]] into entering [[World War I]] two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named [[Eric Charles Vincent]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time]]'') | ||
=== [[August]] === | === [[August]] === | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived in [[Haiti]]. ([[ | * The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived in [[Haiti]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness]]'') | ||
=== Alternative timelines === | === Alternative timelines === | ||
* In [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith's]] [[Alternate timeline|possible future]], he married [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]] this year. ([[ | * In [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith's]] [[Alternate timeline|possible future]], he married [[Joan Redfern (novel character)|Joan Redfern]] this year. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') | ||
* In another alternative timeline, the ''Lusitania'' did not sink on [[7 May]] due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. [[Eric Charles Vincent]], having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt in [[December]] [[1927]] before the biologist discovered [[penicillin]]. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to new strains of [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] were not defeated by the [[Earth Alliance]] in [[36th century|3562]] as they otherwise would have been. ([[ | * In another alternative timeline, the ''Lusitania'' did not sink on [[7 May]] due to the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s intervention. [[Eric Charles Vincent]], having survived, went on to kill [[Alexander Fleming]] in a botched robbery attempt in [[December]] [[1927]] before the biologist discovered [[penicillin]]. Without the protection offered by penicillin, [[Earth]] fell prey to new strains of [[meningitis]] and [[pneumonia]] in [[1956]]. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the [[Knights of Velyshaa]] were not defeated by the [[Earth Alliance]] in [[36th century|3562]] as they otherwise would have been. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'') | ||
=== Unknown dates === | === Unknown dates === | ||
* [[The Doctor]] met [[Harry Houdini|Harry Houdini.]] ([[ | * [[The Doctor]] met [[Harry Houdini|Harry Houdini.]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== [[March]] === | === [[March]] === | ||
* [[16 March]] - [[Eric Hilyard]] (Dr. [[Reeves]] in [[ | * [[16 March]] - [[Eric Hilyard]] (Dr. [[Reeves]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') was born. | ||
* [[21 March|21]] - [[Ian Stuart Black]], who wrote and novelised three stories for ''Doctor Who'', was born. | * [[21 March|21]] - [[Ian Stuart Black]], who wrote and novelised three stories for ''Doctor Who'', was born. | ||
=== [[May]] === | === [[May]] === | ||
* [[20 May|20]] - [[Peter Copley]] ([[Warlock (Pyramids of Mars)|Warlock]] in [[ | * [[20 May|20]] - [[Peter Copley]] ([[Warlock (Pyramids of Mars)|Warlock]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') was born. | ||
=== [[July]] === | === [[July]] === | ||
* [[20 July|20]] - [[Robin Wentworth]] ([[Gilbert Horner]] in [[ | * [[20 July|20]] - [[Robin Wentworth]] ([[Gilbert Horner]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') was born. | ||
=== [[August]] === | === [[August]] === | ||
* [[26 August|26]] - [[Humphrey Searle]], who provided [[incidental music]] for [[ | * [[26 August|26]] - [[Humphrey Searle]], who provided [[incidental music]] for [[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'', was born. | ||
=== [[September]] === | === [[September]] === | ||
* [[13 September|13]] - [[Alan Bromly]], [[director]] of [[ | * [[13 September|13]] - [[Alan Bromly]], [[director]] of [[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'', was born. | ||
* [[17 September|17]] - [[John Witty]], the voice of the [[Computer (The Seeds of Death)|Computer]] in [[ | * [[17 September|17]] - [[John Witty]], the voice of the [[Computer (The Seeds of Death)|Computer]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'', was born in [[Bristol]]. | ||
* [[22 September|22]] - [[Emrys Jones]] ([[Master of the Land]] in [[ | * [[22 September|22]] - [[Emrys Jones]] ([[Master of the Land]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'') was born. | ||
=== [[December]] === | === [[December]] === | ||
* [[13 December|13]] - [[Mary Morris]], who played [[Panna]] in [[ | * [[13 December|13]] - [[Mary Morris]], who played [[Panna]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]'', was born. | ||
* [[19 December|19]] - [[Lewis Greifer]] (writer of the first script for [[ | * [[19 December|19]] - [[Lewis Greifer]] (writer of the first script for [[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') was born. | ||
* [[21 December|21]] - [[James Cairncross]], who played [[Lemaitre]] in [[ | * [[21 December|21]] - [[James Cairncross]], who played [[Lemaitre]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'' and [[Beta (The Krotons)|Beta]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Krotons]]'', was born in [[Wikipedia:Dunfermline|Dunfermline]], [[Fife]], [[Scotland]]. | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 16 September 2012
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Events
April-May
- The Doctor was wounded at Gallipoli. (TV: The Sea Devils)
May
- 7 - The RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by the U-20, an act that helped provoke the United States into entering World War I two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named Eric Charles Vincent. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
August
- The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice Summerfield arrived in Haiti. (PROSE: White Darkness)
Alternative timelines
- In John Smith's possible future, he married Joan Redfern this year. (PROSE: Human Nature)
- In another alternative timeline, the Lusitania did not sink on 7 May due to the Fifth Doctor's intervention. Eric Charles Vincent, having survived, went on to kill Alexander Fleming in a botched robbery attempt in December 1927 before the biologist discovered penicillin. Without the protection offered by penicillin, Earth fell prey to new strains of meningitis and pneumonia in 1956. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the Knights of Velyshaa were not defeated by the Earth Alliance in 3562 as they otherwise would have been. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
Unknown dates
Behind the scenes
March
- 16 March - Eric Hilyard (Dr. Reeves in TV: The Dæmons) was born.
- 21 - Ian Stuart Black, who wrote and novelised three stories for Doctor Who, was born.
May
- 20 - Peter Copley (Warlock in TV: Pyramids of Mars) was born.
July
- 20 - Robin Wentworth (Gilbert Horner in TV: The Dæmons) was born.
August
- 26 - Humphrey Searle, who provided incidental music for TV: The Myth Makers, was born.
September
- 13 - Alan Bromly, director of TV: The Time Warrior and TV: Nightmare of Eden, was born.
- 17 - John Witty, the voice of the Computer in TV: The Seeds of Death, was born in Bristol.
- 22 - Emrys Jones (Master of the Land in TV: The Mind Robber) was born.
December
- 13 - Mary Morris, who played Panna in TV: Kinda, was born.
- 19 - Lewis Greifer (writer of the first script for TV: Pyramids of Mars) was born.
- 21 - James Cairncross, who played Lemaitre in TV: The Reign of Terror and Beta in TV: The Krotons, was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
