1949

Events

• Honoré Lechasseur was employed by Emily Blandish to find the Doctor. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
• Julia Hardwick, later known as Julia Baker, died more than sixty years after being transported into the past from the early 21st century by the Weeping Angels. (WC: A Ghost Story for Christmas)
• Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet, a future companion of the First Doctor, was born in the north of England. (PROSE: Salvation)

Behind the scenes

January

• 16 - Actress Caroline Munro was born.

February

• 6 February - Actress Carmen Gómez was born.

March

• 15 - Actor John Duttine was born.

April

• 14 - Actor Christopher Whittingham was born.
• 29 - Actress Anita Dobson was born.

May

• 13 - Actress Zoë Wanamaker was born in New York City.
• 22 - Actress Cheryl Campbell was born.
• 24 - Actor Jim Broadbent was born.
• 24 - Actor Rob Edwards was born.

June

• 3 - Actor Ian Gelder was born.
• 10 - Actor Andrew Johns was born.
• 13 - Actor Simon Callow was born.
• 21 - Actress Stacey Tendeter was born.

July

• 3 - Actress Susan Penhaligon was born.
• 11 - Actor Eden Phillips was born.

August

• 4 - Assistant floor manager Russ Karel was born.
• 11 - Visual effects designer Mickey Edwards was born.
• 23 - Actor Christopher Blake was born.

September

• 23 - Actress Floella Benjamin was born.
• 26 - Actress Anne Robinson was born.

October

• 14 - Actress Katy Manning was born in Guildford, Surrey.

December

• 10 - Actor Martyn Whitby was born.
• 12 - Actor Bill Nighy was born.
• 18 - Actress Jeananne Crowley was born.