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[[File:Chinese soldier.jpg|thumb|A Chinese combatant in the Korean War. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Good Soldier (comic story)|The Good Soldier]]'')]]
'''1950''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[25 December]] - The [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] stole the [[Stone of Scone]] from [[Westminster Abbey]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Set in Stone]]'')
=== Dated ===
On [[5 July]], [[John Smith (Numb)|John Smith]] was killed by an exploding alien device on the [[Isle of Wight]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Numb (short story)}})


=== Unknown dates ===
In [[December]], [[Rhodes (The Good Soldier)|Rhodes]] fought with the [[US Army]] against the [[Communism|Red]] [[Chinese]], who came across the [[Yalu]] out of [[Manchuria]], on a frozen [[hilltop]] [[south]] of the [[Changjin Reservoir]] in [[Korea]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Good Soldier (comic story)}})
* [[Professor]] [[Zaroff]] disappeared from public life and began his efforts to find and raise [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'')
* The [[Royal Air Force]] officer [[Ian Gilmore|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. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Artificial Intelligence (audio story)|Artificial Intelligence]]'')
* [[1 January (people)|1]] - Actor [[Hugh Hayes]] was born.
* [[17 January (people)|17]] - Actor [[Sharon Duce]] was born.
* [[20 January (people)|20]] - Actor [[Liza Goddard]] was born.
* [[22 January (people)|22]] - Actor [[Pamela Salem]] was born.
* [[25 January (people)|25]] - Actor [[Christopher Ryan]] was born.
* [[22 March (people)|22]] - Actor [[Mary Tamm]] was born.
* [[30 March (people)|30]] - Actor [[Stephen Jenn]] was born.
* [[17 April (people)|17]] - Actor [[Peter Mantle]] was born.
* [[25 April (people)|25]] - Actor [[Peter Jurasik]] was born.
* [[17 May (people)|17]] - Actor [[Catherine Howe]] was born.
* [[25 May (people)|25]] - Actor [[Eric Deacon]] was born.
* [[9 June (people)|9]] - Actor [[David Troughton]], son of [[Patrick Troughton]], was born.
* [[25 June (people)|25]] - Actor [[Nitza Saul]] was born.
* [[1 July (people)|1]] - Actor [[Ben Roberts]] was born.
* [[23 July (people)|23]] - Actor [[Cheryl Hall]] was born.
* [[27 July (people)|27]] - Actor [[Nigel Plaskitt]] was born.
* [[24 September (people)|24]] - Actor [[Harriet Walter]] was born.
* [[2 October (people)|2]] - Actor [[Ian McNeice]] was born.
* [[7 November (people)|7]] - Actor [[Lindsay Duncan]] was born.
* [[17 December (people)|17]] - Actor [[Michael Cashman]] was born.


=== Date unknown ===
On [[25 December]], the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] stole the [[Stone of Scone]] from [[Westminster Abbey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Set in Stone (short story)}})
* Actor [[Annette Badland]] was born.
* Actor [[Robert Pugh]] was born.
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[[Category:Years]]
=== Undated ===
The [[Royal Air Force]] officer [[Ian Gilmore|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. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Artificial Intelligence (audio story)}})
 
[[Professor]] [[Zaroff]] disappeared from public life and began his efforts to find and raise [[Atlantis]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Underwater Menace (TV story)}})
 
[[Stephanie Wilton|Stephanie]] and [[James Wilton]] found [[Rees|Mr Rees']] [[skeleton]] and music box, in which he placed his [[mind]], at the bottom of his [[well]] in [[London]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Reesinger Process (audio story)}})
 
== Other ==
[[New York City]]'s total population was 7,891,957, 1,784,200 of whom were foreign-born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
 
[[Rose Tyler]] jokingly asked her boyfriend [[Mickey Smith]] if he was from 1950 when Mickey said he would "knock <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Clive Finch]]'s] block off". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Rose (novelisation)}})
 
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1950 in

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Timeline for 1950
20th century | 1950s

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A Chinese combatant in the Korean War. (COMIC: The Good Soldier)

1950 was a year.

Events

Dated

On 5 July, John Smith was killed by an exploding alien device on the Isle of Wight. (PROSE: Numb [+]Loading...["Numb (short story)"])

In December, Rhodes fought with the US Army against the Red Chinese, who came across the Yalu out of Manchuria, on a frozen hilltop south of the Changjin Reservoir in Korea. (COMIC: The Good Soldier [+]Loading...["The Good Soldier (comic story)"])

On 25 December, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey. (PROSE: Set in Stone [+]Loading...["Set in Stone (short story)"])

Undated

The Royal Air Force officer 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. (AUDIO: Artificial Intelligence [+]Loading...["Artificial Intelligence (audio story)"])

Professor Zaroff disappeared from public life and began his efforts to find and raise Atlantis. (TV: The Underwater Menace [+]Loading...["The Underwater Menace (TV story)"])

Stephanie and James Wilton found Mr Rees' skeleton and music box, in which he placed his mind, at the bottom of his well in London. (AUDIO: The Reesinger Process [+]Loading...["The Reesinger Process (audio story)"])

Other

New York City's total population was 7,891,957, 1,784,200 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

Rose Tyler jokingly asked her boyfriend Mickey Smith if he was from 1950 when Mickey said he would "knock [Clive Finch's] block off". (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])