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'''1938''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== [[May]] ===
=== Dated ===
* [[14 May|14]] - [[Peri Brown]] was abducted from [[Hollywood]] by the [[Threshold]] and returned there by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Curse of the Scarab]]'', ''[[Ground Zero]]'')
[[File:Statue of Liberty at Winter Quay.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Statue of Liberty]] becomes a [[Weeping Angel]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})]]
On [[3 April]], in [[New York City]], [[Rory Williams]] was sent back in time by the [[Weeping Angel]]s from [[2012]]. Later, baby Weeping Angels displaced him in space to [[Winter Quay]], a "battery farm" for humans the Angels could send back in time. Seeing an older Rory die in one of Winter Quay's rooms that day, Rory and his wife, [[Amy Pond|Amy]], created a [[temporal paradox]] by jumping off Winter Quay's roof, undoing the older Rory's death and destroying the hotel. Amy, Rory, their son-in-law, the [[Eleventh Doctor]], and their daughter, [[River Song]], were returned to 2012. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})


=== [[October]] ===
On [[14 May]], [[Peri Brown]] was abducted from [[Hollywood]] by the [[Threshold]]. She was later returned there by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Curse of the Scarab (comic story)}}, {{cs|Ground Zero (comic story)}})
* [[30 October|30]] - [[Orson Welles]] and the Mercury Theatre performed an adaptation of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' on CBS Radio. The broadcast caused nationwide panic across the [[United States|United States of America]]. Although calm soon settled as America realised it was only a play, unknown to the public some elements of the production were based on actual events. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars]]'')


=== [[December]] ===
On [[30 October]], in [[New York City]], [[Orson Welles]] and the Mercury Theatre performed an adaptation of [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' on CBS Radio. The broadcast caused nationwide panic across the [[United States of America]]. Although calm soon settled as the American people realised that it was only a play, the public remained unaware that certain elements of the production were based on actual events. The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]] were present in New York City at the time. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Invaders from Mars (audio story)}})
* [[25 December|25]] - [[Madge Arwell]] met a "Spaceman Angel", really the [[Eleventh Doctor]] stuck back to front in a space suit. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'')


=== Unknown dates ===
Shortly after the ''War of the Worlds'' incident, one of the [[Laiderplacker]] radiation guns was retrieved beneath the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] and taken to the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Security Bot (video game)}})
* [[Adolf Hitler]] obtained the [[Validium]] Arrow, one of the key components of the [[Nemesis]] statue. Around the same time, the Nemesis statue passed [[Earth]], heralding Hitler's annexation of [[Austria]] and the coming outbreak of [[World War II]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'')
* In what became known as "the [[Cambridge University]] Fiasco," an [[archaeological]] team attempted and failed to open the [[Devil's Hump]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'')
* [[Bayles|Mr. Bayles]] began working as a butcher in [[Crook Marsham]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')
* {{w|Joe Louis}} beat [[German]] heavyweight challenger {{w|Max Schmeling}} in a [[New York City|New York]] [[boxing]] match. [[Cody McBride]] was amongst the spectators. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'')
* [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]], damaged by [[Mels|Mels']] gun, crash-landed in Hitler's study in [[Berlin]], inadvertently stopping the [[torture]] of Hitler by the [[Teselecta]]. Hitler was punched by [[Rory Williams]] and forced into a closet. In the confusion, Hitler shot Mels, causing her to regenerate, revealing herself as Melody Pond. Melody poisoned the [[Eleventh Doctor]], shutting down his regenerative abilities. Having later captured Melody, one of the biggest war criminals in history, the Tesselecta computer told the Doctor that a religious order called [[the Silence]] wanted him dead. Amy Pond caused the crew to evacuate from the ship to escape from the [[Teselecta Antibody|antibodies]], releasing her daughter. After the Doctor succumbed to the poison, Melody used up her remaining regeneration energy to revive him, once she learnt that she would become his closest friend River Song one day. The Doctor then took River away to the [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism]] to recover. ([[DW]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
Before Christmas, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] and his parents moved from [[India|British India]] to the [[United Kingdom]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Island of Death (novel)}})
=== [[January]] ===
* [[4 January|4]] - [[Jim Norton]] ([[Thomas Kennet]] in [[WC]]: ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]'') was born.
* [[12 January|12]] - [[Lewis Fiander]] ([[Tryst]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'') was born.
* [[14 January|14]] - [[Spencer Chapman]], the [[Designer (crew)|designer]] for [[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[The Space Museum (TV story)|The Space Museum]]'', was born.
* [[21 January|21]] - [[John Savident]], who played [[the Squire]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]'', was born.
* [[28 January|28]] - [[Christopher Coll]] ([[Phipps]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Seeds of Death]]'' and [[Stubbs]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'') was born.


=== [[February]] ===
On [[25 December]], [[Madge Arwell]] met a "Spaceman Angel", in actuality the [[Eleventh Doctor]], stuck back to front in a [[impact suit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}})
* [[18 February|18]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] made his film debut in a bit part in the Robert Taylor film ''A Yank at Oxford''.
* [[25 February|25]] - [[Malcolm Tierney]] ([[Doland]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'') was born.
* [[26 February|26]] - [[Tony Selby]] ([[Sabalom Glitz]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' and [[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') was born.


=== [[March]] ===
Also on this date, the eight-year-old Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was given a box of toy soldiers by his [[Alistair Conall Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|namesake paternal grandfather]], who promptly asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Alistair was not pleased with his present. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)}})
* [[13 March|13]] - [[David McKail]] ([[Kyle (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|Kyle]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]'') was born.


=== [[April]] ===
=== Undated ===
* [[13 April|13]] - [[Julian Fox]] ([[Peter Hamilton (Death to the Daleks)|Peter Hamilton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'') was born.
[[Adolf Hitler]] obtained the [[Validium]] Arrow, one of the key components of the [[Nemesis]] statue. Around the same time, the Nemesis statue passed [[Earth]], heralding Hitler's annexation of [[Austria]] and the coming outbreak of [[World War II]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Silver Nemesis (TV story)}})


=== [[May]] ===
[[File:RiverRegenerates.jpg|thumb|left|[[River Song]] regenerates in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}})]]
* [[13 May|13]] - [[Milton Johns]] was born.
The [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], damaged by [[River Song|Mels]]' gun, crash-landed in Hitler's study in [[Berlin]], inadvertently stopping the [[torture]] of Hitler by the [[Teselecta]]. In the confusion, Hitler shot Mels, causing her to regenerate, revealing herself as Melody Pond. Hitler was punched by [[Rory Williams]] and forced into a closet. Melody poisoned the [[Eleventh Doctor]], shutting down his regenerative abilities. Having later captured Melody, one of the biggest war criminals in history, the ''Teselecta'' computer told the Doctor that a religious order called [[the Silence]] wanted him dead. Amy Pond caused the crew to evacuate from the ship to escape from the [[Teselecta antibody|antibodies]], releasing her daughter. After the Doctor succumbed to the poison, Melody used up her remaining regeneration energy to revive him, once she learnt that she would become his closest friend River Song one day. The Doctor then took River away to the [[Sisters of the Infinite Schism]] to recover. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}})
* [[29 May|29]] - [[Barry Jackson]], who played [[Drax]] and several other guest characters on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', was born in [[Birmingham]], [[England]].
* [[30 May|30]] - [[Christopher Robbie]] (the [[Karkus]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Mind Robber]]'' and the [[Cyber-Leader (Mondas)|Cyber-Leader]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'') was born.


=== [[June]] ===
In what became known as "the [[Cambridge University]] Fiasco", an [[archaeological]] team attempted and failed to open the [[Devil's Hump]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dæmons (TV story)}})
* [[18 June|18]] - [[Michael Sheard]], who portrayed many memorable characters in one-off roles on ''[[Doctor Who]]'', was born in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]].
* [[28 June|28]] - [[John Tillinger]], who played [[Simon Duval]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', was born in {{w|Tabriz}}, [[Iran]].


=== [[July]] ===
[[Bayles|Mr Bayles]] began working as a [[butcher]] in [[Crook Marsham]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Nightshade (novel)}})
* [[14 July|14]] - [[Lionel Sansby]] (a passenger in [[DW]]: ''[[Nightmare of Eden]]'' and a [[Krarg]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'') was born.
* [[28 July|28]] - [[David Weston]], who played [[Nicholas Muss]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'' and [[Biroc]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'', was born.


=== [[August]] ===
[[Joe Louis]] beat [[German]] heavyweight challenger [[Max Schmeling]] in a [[New York City|New York]] [[boxing]] match. [[Cody McBride]] was amongst the spectators. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Illegal Alien (novel)}})
* [[5 August|5]] - [[Tim Preece]] ([[Codal]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'') was born.
* [[18 August|18]] - [[Roy Boyd]] ([[Driscoll]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]'') was born.


=== [[September]] ===
In the [[Spanish Civil War]], the [[Battle of the Ebro River]] was a decisive Nationalist victory over the Republicans. It was the crucial battle of the war and paved the way for [[Francisco Franco]] to seize power in [[1939]]. He ruled [[Spain]] until his death in [[1975]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)}})
* [[3 September|3]] - [[Tom Adams]] ([[Vorshak]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'') was born.
* [[8 September|8]] - [[Louis Mahoney]] was born.
* [[17 September|17]] - [[Richard Kane]], who played [[Valmar]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'', was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[28 September|28]] - [[Tina Packer]] ([[Anne Travers]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Web of Fear]]'') was born.
* [[30 September|30]] - [[Lawrence Harrington]] was born.


=== [[October]] ===
The [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Ace]] and [[Melanie Bush]] arrived in Spain during the Civil War. The Doctor intended to give his companions "a taste of the real Spain". They ended up with a group of Republicans who were on the run from Franco's fascist army and also fought an alien seeding device, the [[God Seed]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)}})
* [[2 October|2]] - [[Bruce Purchase]] was born.
* [[22 October|22]] - [[Derek Jacobi]] ([[Yana]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') was born.
* [[30 October|30]] - [[Orson Welles]]' real-life radio broadcast of ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' occurred. It inspired the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio story [[BFA]]: ''[[Invaders from Mars]]''.


=== [[November]] ===
[[Seth Barnes Nicholson]] discovered two of the [[Ancient Twelve]] [[moon]]s of [[Jupiter]], [[Lysithea]] and [[Carme]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|To the Slaughter (novel)}})
* [[1 November|1]] - [[Frances White]], who played [[Cassandra (The Myth Makers)|Cassandra]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Myth Makers]]'', was born in [[Leeds]].
* [[19 November|19]] - [[Nicholas Pennell]] ([[David Winton]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Colony in Space]]'') was born.
* [[27 November|27]] - [[Rodney Bewes]] was born.


=== [[December]] ===
The Podesta family, which included [[Victor Podesta]] and his sister [[Emmeline Pankhurst]], disappeared entirely. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
* [[5 December|5]] - [[Elaine Ives-Cameron]] was born.
* [[9 December|9]] - [[Director]] [[Waris Hussein]] was born. In [[1963]] he directed the first-ever ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story, [[DW]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child]]''.
* [[12 December|12]] - [[Leslie Schofield]] ([[Leroy]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The War Games]]'' and [[Calib]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]'') was born.
* [[17 December|17]] - [[Del Henney]] (Colonel [[Archer (Resurrection of the Daleks)|Archer]] in [[DW]] ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') was born.
* [[23 December|23]] - [[George Gallaccio]] was born.


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An [[Artefact (The Beauty of Our Weapons)|alien artefact]] was found near [[Ystrad Mynach]] after drifting through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]]. It was picked up by [[Torchwood Three]] and stored in the [[Torchwood Archive|archive]] at [[the Hub]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Beauty of Our Weapons (short story)}})
 
== Births and deaths ==
[[Casey Ward|Casey]] and [[Marie Ward]] died on the same [[day]], one [[year]] after their [[wedding]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins (short story)}})
 
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1938 was a year.

Events

Dated

The Statue of Liberty becomes a Weeping Angel. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"])

On 3 April, in New York City, Rory Williams was sent back in time by the Weeping Angels from 2012. Later, baby Weeping Angels displaced him in space to Winter Quay, a "battery farm" for humans the Angels could send back in time. Seeing an older Rory die in one of Winter Quay's rooms that day, Rory and his wife, Amy, created a temporal paradox by jumping off Winter Quay's roof, undoing the older Rory's death and destroying the hotel. Amy, Rory, their son-in-law, the Eleventh Doctor, and their daughter, River Song, were returned to 2012. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"])

On 14 May, Peri Brown was abducted from Hollywood by the Threshold. She was later returned there by the Seventh Doctor. (COMIC: The Curse of the Scarab [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Scarab (comic story)"], Ground Zero [+]Loading...["Ground Zero (comic story)"])

On 30 October, in New York City, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre performed an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS Radio. The broadcast caused nationwide panic across the United States of America. Although calm soon settled as the American people realised that it was only a play, the public remained unaware that certain elements of the production were based on actual events. The Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard were present in New York City at the time. (AUDIO: Invaders from Mars [+]Loading...["Invaders from Mars (audio story)"])

Shortly after the War of the Worlds incident, one of the Laiderplacker radiation guns was retrieved beneath the Brooklyn Bridge and taken to the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME: Security Bot [+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"])

Before Christmas, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart and his parents moved from British India to the United Kingdom. (PROSE: Island of Death [+]Loading...["Island of Death (novel)"])

On 25 December, Madge Arwell met a "Spaceman Angel", in actuality the Eleventh Doctor, stuck back to front in a impact suit. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])

Also on this date, the eight-year-old Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart was given a box of toy soldiers by his namesake paternal grandfather, who promptly asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Alistair was not pleased with his present. (COMIC: The Warkeeper's Crown [+]Loading...["The Warkeeper's Crown (comic story)"])

Undated

Adolf Hitler obtained the Validium Arrow, one of the key components of the Nemesis statue. Around the same time, the Nemesis statue passed Earth, heralding Hitler's annexation of Austria and the coming outbreak of World War II. (TV: Silver Nemesis [+]Loading...["Silver Nemesis (TV story)"])

River Song regenerates in Nazi Germany. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS, damaged by Mels' gun, crash-landed in Hitler's study in Berlin, inadvertently stopping the torture of Hitler by the Teselecta. In the confusion, Hitler shot Mels, causing her to regenerate, revealing herself as Melody Pond. Hitler was punched by Rory Williams and forced into a closet. Melody poisoned the Eleventh Doctor, shutting down his regenerative abilities. Having later captured Melody, one of the biggest war criminals in history, the Teselecta computer told the Doctor that a religious order called the Silence wanted him dead. Amy Pond caused the crew to evacuate from the ship to escape from the antibodies, releasing her daughter. After the Doctor succumbed to the poison, Melody used up her remaining regeneration energy to revive him, once she learnt that she would become his closest friend River Song one day. The Doctor then took River away to the Sisters of the Infinite Schism to recover. (TV: Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"])

In what became known as "the Cambridge University Fiasco", an archaeological team attempted and failed to open the Devil's Hump. (TV: The Dæmons [+]Loading...["The Dæmons (TV story)"])

Mr Bayles began working as a butcher in Crook Marsham. (PROSE: Nightshade [+]Loading...["Nightshade (novel)"])

Joe Louis beat German heavyweight challenger Max Schmeling in a New York boxing match. Cody McBride was amongst the spectators. (PROSE: Illegal Alien [+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"])

In the Spanish Civil War, the Battle of the Ebro River was a decisive Nationalist victory over the Republicans. It was the crucial battle of the war and paved the way for Francisco Franco to seize power in 1939. He ruled Spain until his death in 1975. (AUDIO: Fiesta of the Damned [+]Loading...["Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)"])

The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Melanie Bush arrived in Spain during the Civil War. The Doctor intended to give his companions "a taste of the real Spain". They ended up with a group of Republicans who were on the run from Franco's fascist army and also fought an alien seeding device, the God Seed. (AUDIO: Fiesta of the Damned [+]Loading...["Fiesta of the Damned (audio story)"])

Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered two of the Ancient Twelve moons of Jupiter, Lysithea and Carme. (PROSE: To the Slaughter [+]Loading...["To the Slaughter (novel)"])

The Podesta family, which included Victor Podesta and his sister Emmeline Pankhurst, disappeared entirely. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

An alien artefact was found near Ystrad Mynach after drifting through the Cardiff Space-Time Rift. It was picked up by Torchwood Three and stored in the archive at the Hub. (PROSE: The Beauty of Our Weapons [+]Loading...["The Beauty of Our Weapons (short story)"])

Births and deaths

Casey and Marie Ward died on the same day, one year after their wedding. (PROSE: The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins [+]Loading...["The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins (short story)"])

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