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'''1924''' was the year [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] of [[Torchwood Three]] was sent to [[India|British India]] to shut down [[Torchwood India]] and confiscate all of its artefacts. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'')
'''1924''' was a [[year]].
== Events ==
=== October ===
* The [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited [[London]], where they helped innocent [[human]]s against a painted lady and a mysterious [[cat]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Clockwise Man]]'')


=== November ===
== Properties ==
* [[The Doctor]] was with [[Giacomo Puccini]] just before he died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
1924 was a [[leap year]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Golden Age (audio story)}}; [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Imaginary Friends (novel)}})


=== Unknown dates ===
== Events ==
* [[Lawrence Grainger]], the father of [[Edward Grainger]], died. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Direct Action (short story)|Direct Action]]'')
=== Dated ===
 
[[29 February]] marked the beginning of a period in [[India]] including "[[World War II|another world war]], independence, [[Partition of India|partition]]" eventually resulting in the India of [[2009]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Golden Age (audio story)}})
== Behind the scenes ==
=== January ===
* [[7 January|7]] - [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] ([[Organon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]'') was born.
* [[8 January|8]] - [[Ron Moody]] (the [[Arthur Wellesley|Duke of Wellington]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Other Lives]]'') was born.
 
=== February ===
* [[21 February|21]] - [[George Selway]] ([[George Meadows]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'') was born.
 
=== March ===
* [[3 March|3]] - [[John Woodnutt]], who would play four roles in ''Doctor Who'', was born.
* [[19 March|19]] - [[Mary Wimbush]], who played [[Lavinia Smith]] in ''[[A Girl's Best Friend]]'', was born.
* [[28 March|28]] - [[Robert James]] ([[Lesterson]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' and the [[High Priest (The Masque of Mandragora)|High Priest]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') was born.
 
=== April ===
* [[3 April|3]] - [[Peter Hawkins]] ([[Dalek]]s and [[Cybermen]] voices in many ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories) was born.
* [[17 April|17]] - [[Clyde Pollitt]] (a [[Time Lord 3 (The War Games)|Time Lord]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Games]]'' and the [[Lord Chancellor]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors]]'') was born.
* 17 - [[Kevin Lindsay]], who guested several times in ''Doctor Who'', was born.
 
=== May ===
* [[24 May|24]] - [[Freddie Earlle]] ([[Aldo]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors' Gate]]'') was born.
* [[26 May|26]] - [[Leonard Maguire]] ([[Draith]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Full Circle]]'') was born.


=== June ===
On [[21 August]], [[National Radio Silence Day]] was held in the [[USA]], in an attempt to pick up any radio signals that might be coming from [[Mars]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eye of Horus (audio story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}})
* [[2 June|2]] - [[Peter Halliday]], who would appear in twenty-three episodes of ''Doctor Who'', was born.
* [[7 June|7]] - [[Dolores Gray]], who played [[Remington]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Silver Nemesis]]'', was born.


=== July ===
In [[October]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] visited [[London]] to see the [[British Empire Exhibition]]. There, they became involved in [[Katurian]] revolutionary [[Melissa Heart]]'s attempt to find and execute the exiled [[dictator]] [[Shade Vassily]], which was complicated by Heart mistaking [[the Doctor]] for Vassily. Eventually, the dictator was caught and killed before he could escape [[Earth]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Clockwise Man (novel)}})
* [[3 July|3]] - [[Michael Barrington]] (Sir [[Colin Thackeray]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Seeds of Doom]]'') was born.


=== August ===
=== Undated ===
* [[7 August|7]] - Newsreader [[Kenneth Kendall]], who guest starred as himself in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'', was born.
[[Suresh Parekh]] saw [[Susan Foreman|Susan]] in [[Bombay]], [[India]] with her [[First Doctor|grandfather]], who was finally corporeal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Indian Summer (short story)}})
* 7 - [[Dudley Foster]] ([[Maurice Caven]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Pirates]]'') was born.
* [[24 August|24]] - [[Jimmy Gardner]] ([[Chenchu]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' and [[Idmon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Underworld]]'') was born.
* [[31 August|31]] - [[George Sewell]] ([[Ratcliffe]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') was born.


=== September ===
[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] of [[Torchwood Three]] was sent to [[India|British India]] to shut down [[Torchwood India]] and confiscate all of its artefacts. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Golden Age (audio story)}})
* [[9 September|9]] - [[Salvin Stewart]] (a Morok Guard and Messenger in [[TV]]: ''[[The Space Museum]]'') was born.


=== November ===
[[River Song]] investigated a [[Surene]] burial site in [[Mesopotamia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Boundless Sea (audio story)}})
* [[19 November|19]] - [[William Russell]], who played [[companion]] [[Ian Chesterton]], was born.
* [[21 November|21]] - [[Malcolm Hulke]], a prolific writer for ''Doctor Who'', was born.


=== December ===
== Births and deaths ==
* [[1 December|1]] - [[Desmond Cullum-Jones]] (a [[Worker (The War Machines)|worker]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'') was born.
[[Lawrence Grainger]], the father of [[Edward Grainger]], died. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Direct Action (short story)}})
* [[3 December|3]] - [[Robert Keegan]] ([[Sholakh]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Ribos Operation]]'') was born.
* [[14 December|14]] - [[John Franklyn-Robbins]] ([[Ferain]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'')was born.


=== Unknown date ===
== Other ==
* [[Alan White]] ([[Dan Schultz]] in [[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet]]'') was born.
According to one account, [[Iris Wildthyme]]'s [[Celestial Omnibus]] had a space-time link to a [[Canada|Canadian]] lake in 1924 which she used to get water. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Enter Wildthyme (novel)}})


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1924 in

the DWU • vital statistics

Timeline for 1924
20th century | 1920s
1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930
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1924 was a year.

Properties

1924 was a leap year. (AUDIO: Golden Age [+]Loading...["Golden Age (audio story)"]; PROSE: Imaginary Friends [+]Loading...["Imaginary Friends (novel)"])

Events

Dated

29 February marked the beginning of a period in India including "another world war, independence, partition" eventually resulting in the India of 2009. (AUDIO: Golden Age [+]Loading...["Golden Age (audio story)"])

On 21 August, National Radio Silence Day was held in the USA, in an attempt to pick up any radio signals that might be coming from Mars. (AUDIO: The Eye of Horus [+]Loading...["The Eye of Horus (audio story)"], PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])

In October, the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited London to see the British Empire Exhibition. There, they became involved in Katurian revolutionary Melissa Heart's attempt to find and execute the exiled dictator Shade Vassily, which was complicated by Heart mistaking the Doctor for Vassily. Eventually, the dictator was caught and killed before he could escape Earth. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man [+]Loading...["The Clockwise Man (novel)"])

Undated

Suresh Parekh saw Susan in Bombay, India with her grandfather, who was finally corporeal. (PROSE: Indian Summer [+]Loading...["Indian Summer (short story)"])

Captain Jack Harkness of Torchwood Three was sent to British India to shut down Torchwood India and confiscate all of its artefacts. (AUDIO: Golden Age [+]Loading...["Golden Age (audio story)"])

River Song investigated a Surene burial site in Mesopotamia. (AUDIO: The Boundless Sea [+]Loading...["The Boundless Sea (audio story)"])

Births and deaths

Lawrence Grainger, the father of Edward Grainger, died. (PROSE: Direct Action [+]Loading...["Direct Action (short story)"])

Other

According to one account, Iris Wildthyme's Celestial Omnibus had a space-time link to a Canadian lake in 1924 which she used to get water. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme [+]Loading...["Enter Wildthyme (novel)"])

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