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* [[1 June|01]]-[[2 June|02]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II]] was crowned at [[Westminster]] in [[London]], an event [[the Wire]] attempted to exploit by absorbing the identities of everyone watching the event on live [[television]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] stopped and trapped her. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]'') No one in the [[Welsh]] village of [[Llanfer Ceiriog]] had a [[television]], so the townsfolk travelled by [[bus]] to [[Doctor Snape]]'s house in [[Gwydyr]] to watch it on his set. ([[NA]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'') | |||
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===[[December]]=== | ===[[December]]=== | ||
* [[18 December|18]] - The airplane ''[[Sky Gypsy]]'' vanished. It actually [[time travel]]led to [[2007]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Out of Time]]'') | |||
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==Real World== | ==Real World== | ||
===[[January]]=== | |||
*[[10 January|10]] - [[Maya Woolfe]] is born. | |||
*[[15 January|15]] - [[Gareth Hale]] is born. | |||
===[[February]]=== | |||
*[[12 February|12]] - [[Nabil Shaban]] is born. | |||
*[[17 February|17]] - [[Norman Pace]] is born. | |||
===[[May]]=== | |||
*[[21 May|21]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] is born. | |||
===[[July]]=== | ===[[July]]=== | ||
* [[ | * [[18 July|18]] - ''The Quatermass Experiment'', written by Nigel Kneale, the first of the [[Quatermass]] television plays, debuts on BBC Television. Many of the ideas and situations in the serial were later used in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Quatermass himself arguably exists in the [[Doctor Who Universe]]. | ||
===[[August]]=== | |||
*[[9 August|9]] - [[Roberta Tovey]] is born. | |||
*[[17 August|17]] - [[Stephen Flynn]] is born. | |||
*[[29 August|29]] - [[Doña Croll]] is born. | |||
===[[September]]=== | |||
*[[9 September|9]] - [[Janet Fielding]] is born., | |||
===[[November]]=== | |||
*[[21 November|21]] - [[Jon Older]] is born. | |||
===[[December]]=== | |||
*[[5 December|5]] - [[Christopher Guard]] is born. | |||
Revision as of 08:22, 24 October 2011
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Doctor Who Universe
June
- 01-02 - Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster in London, an event the Wire attempted to exploit by absorbing the identities of everyone watching the event on live television. The Tenth Doctor stopped and trapped her. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern) No one in the Welsh village of Llanfer Ceiriog had a television, so the townsfolk travelled by bus to Doctor Snape's house in Gwydyr to watch it on his set. (NA: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
December
- 18 - The airplane Sky Gypsy vanished. It actually time travelled to 2007. (TW: Out of Time)
Unknown dates
- Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, based on the witch trials at Salem Village, was written. The First Doctor and his companions wouls see a production of the play in Bristol the following year. (PDA: The Witch Hunters)
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart began his military career. (DW: Mawdryn Undead)
- The BBC television series Nightshade starring Edmund Trevithick as the title character was first broadcast. It ultimately ran for five years and was rebroadcast on BBC2 in 1968. (NA: Nightshade)
- A spacecraft carrying Rivesh Mantilax, on a mission to rescue his wife, Seruba Velak, was shot down over Area 51 in the United States. He was rescued by a group of Native Americans led by Night Eagle and kept hidden from American authorities for the next five years. (DW: Dreamland)
Real World
January
- 10 - Maya Woolfe is born.
- 15 - Gareth Hale is born.
February
- 12 - Nabil Shaban is born.
- 17 - Norman Pace is born.
May
- 21 - Trevor Cooper is born.
July
- 18 - The Quatermass Experiment, written by Nigel Kneale, the first of the Quatermass television plays, debuts on BBC Television. Many of the ideas and situations in the serial were later used in Doctor Who. Quatermass himself arguably exists in the Doctor Who Universe.
August
- 9 - Roberta Tovey is born.
- 17 - Stephen Flynn is born.
- 29 - Doña Croll is born.
September
- 9 - Janet Fielding is born.,
November
December
- 5 - Christopher Guard is born.
