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* [[1 June|1]]-[[2 June|2]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II]] | * [[1 June|1]]-[[2 June|2]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II]] is [[Coronation|crowned]] at [[Westminster]] in [[London]], an event which the [[the Wire|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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* [[Arthur Miller]]'s play ''[[The Crucible]]'', based on the [[witch]] trials at [[Salem Village]], | * [[Arthur Miller]]'s play ''[[The Crucible]]'', based on the [[witch]] trials at [[Salem Village]], is written. The [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s would see a production of the play in [[Bristol]] [[1954|the following year]]. ([[PDA]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters]]'') | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] began his military career. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] began his military career. ([[DW]]: ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]'') | ||
* The [[BBC]] television series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'', starring [[Edmund Trevithick]] as the title character, | * The [[BBC]] television series ''[[Nightshade (series)|Nightshade]]'', starring [[Edmund Trevithick]] as the title character, is first broadcast. It would run for five years and be rebroadcast on BBC2 in [[1968]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'') | ||
* A spacecraft carrying [[Rivesh Mantilax]] on a mission to rescue his wife, [[Seruba Velak]], | * A spacecraft carrying [[Rivesh Mantilax]] on a mission to rescue his wife, [[Seruba Velak]], is shot down over [[Area 51]] in the United States. He is rescued by a group of Native Americans led by [[Night Eagle]] and kept hidden from American authorities for the next five years. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 26 December 2011
| Timeline for 1953 |
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Events
June
- 1-2 - Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at Westminster in London, an event which 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, is written. The First Doctor and his companions would 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, is first broadcast. It would run for five years and be rebroadcast on BBC2 in 1968. (NA: Nightshade)
- A spacecraft carrying Rivesh Mantilax on a mission to rescue his wife, Seruba Velak, is shot down over Area 51 in the United States. He is rescued by a group of Native Americans led by Night Eagle and kept hidden from American authorities for the next five years. (DW: Dreamland)
Behind the scenes
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.
November
December
- 5 - Christopher Guard is born.
