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'''1941''' was a [[year]].


== Events ==
== Events ==
=== Dated ===
==== January - June ====
On [[1 January]], [[Professor]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrived on [[Guernsey]] in the [[English Channel]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Just War (audio story)}})


===[[Doctor Who Universe]]===
On [[6 January]], [[Amy Johnson]]'s plane crashed was shot down over the [[English Channel]] and crashed in the [[Thames Estuary]] near [[Kent]]. Amy herself was either rescued by [[Gaylord LeFevre]] and taken to the [[Celestial Toyroom]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Divided Loyalties (novel)}}) or by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and taken to [[Cornucopia]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|A Wing and a Prayer (comic story)}})


====[[January]]====
On [[20 January]], [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] and [[Toshiko Sato]] met the real [[Jack Harkness (Captain Jack Harkness)|Captain Jack Harkness]] at the [[Kiss the Boys Goodbye Dance]] at [[the Ritz]] in [[Cardiff]]. Tosh sent a message to [[Torchwood Three]] in the [[21st century]] containing her half of the [[Rift Manipulator]] formula to bring her and Jack back. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)}})
*[[1st January|1]] - Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]] arrives on [[Guernsey Island]], in the [[British Channel]].  ([[BFBS]]: ''[[Just War (audio drama)]]'')
*[[20th January|20]] - [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Toshiko Sato]] meets the real [[Jack Harkness (1940s)|Jack Harkness]] at [[The Ritz]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
*[[21st January|21]]- [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] traces a [[mauve alert]] signal to [[London]], where he finds a sinister child wearing a gas mask, and meets Captain [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]'')


====[[March]]====
On [[21 January]], Captain Jack Harkness was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)}})
* [[1st March |1]] -[[6th March|6]] - Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]], stranded on [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Guernsey Island]], uncovers a secret [[German]] weapon based on technology from the future. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[Just War (audio drama)]]'')


====[[May]]====
In [[London]], another American [[Royal Air Force]] volunteer who was also named [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] failed to report for duty and was never heard from again. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}})
* [[27th May|27]] - The [[German]] battleship ''Bismarck'' is sunk, with a loss of 2200 crew members, after engaging warships in the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. (''known history'') [[The Doctor]] may have witnessed the sinking.  [[DW]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons]]'')


====[[August]]====
From [[1 March]] to [[6 March]], Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]], stranded on [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Guernsey]], uncovered a secret [[German]] weapon based on technology from the future. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Just War (audio story)}})
* [[18th August|18]] - [[Bilis Manger]] contacts [[Tilda Brennan]] and indicates that she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. ([[TWN]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')
* [[22nd August|22]] - [[Jack Harkness]] returns to the Hub to find the personnel of [[Torchwood Three]] incapacitated by [[Tilda Brennan]], who is shot dead when [[the Light]] gives up possession of her body. The Light use the diary of [[Gideon Tarry]] to take the body of [[Greg Bishop]]. ([[TWN]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets]]'')


====[[November]]====
On [[7 June]], [[Clyde Langer]] and [[George Woods]] evaded a group of Nazis after taking a piece of [[Chronosteel]] from them. Shortly afterward, Clyde returned to [[Ealing]] on [[23 November]] [[2010]]. George was inspired by Clyde to join the [[British Army]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (TV story)}})
* [[2nd November|2]] - ''[[The Way of All Flesh]]''
* ''[[Me and My Shadow]]''


====Unknown Dates====
In June, the war spread [[Eastern Front (World War II)|into Eastern Europe]] as Germany attacked the [[Soviet Union]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}, {{cs|Losing the Audience (short story)}})
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] are summoned to [[Earth]] by [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] and find the Daleks are trying to invade Earth. This is thwarted by the Tardis crew. ([[DW]]: [[Victory of the Daleks]])


===Real World===
==== July - December ====
====[[January]]====
[[File:The Way of All Flesh 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Torajenn]] deposit [[human]] [[skeleton]]s into [[Susini]]'s [[configuration vortex]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Way of All Flesh (comic story)}})]]
*[[11th January|11]] - [[Malcolm Terris]] is born.
On [[18 August]], [[Bilis Manger]] contacted [[Tilda Brennan]] and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Twilight Streets (novel)}})


====[[March]]====
On [[22 August]], Jack Harkness returned to the Hub to find the personnel of [[Torchwood Three]] incapacitated by [[Tilda Brennan]], shot dead when [[the Light (The Twilight Streets)|the Light]] gave up possession of her body. The Light used the diary of [[Gideon Tarry]] to take the body of [[Greg Bishop]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Twilight Streets (novel)}})
*[[26th March|26]] - [[Richard Dawkins]], ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer and husband to [[Lalla Ward]], who had a cameo as himself in [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'', is born in Nairobi, [[Kenya]].


====[[April]]====
On [[2 November]], the [[Torajenn]] and [[Susini]] attempted to use of [[Day of the Dead]] celebrations in [[Coyoacan]] to harvest human body parts. The Torajenn used their [[bio-nuclear force field]]s to assume the appearance of dead loved ones and get close enough to humans to strip their flesh and steal their skeletons. The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Izzy Sinclair]] arrived in Coyoacan and were separated. While Izzy helped [[Frida Kahlo]] protect a large celebration in the town's cemetery from the Torajenn, the Doctor met [[Diego Rivera]] and killed the Torajenn and Susini. For a few more days in early [[November]], the Doctor and Izzy stayed with Frida and Diego in their Coyoacan home. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Way of All Flesh (comic story)}})
*[[9th April|9]] - [[Hannah Gordon]], who played [[Kirsty McLaren]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'', is born in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].


====[[May]]====
In [[December]], the [[United States of America]] became involved in the war when [[Japan]]ese forces [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|bombed]] [[Pearl Harbor]]. [[9 December|Two days later]], [[Terrence Moody]] was shot down during the [[Battle of the Philippines]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy (short story)}})
*[[2nd May|2]] - [[Paul Darrow]] is born.


====[[July]]====
[[Reg Arwell]]'s plane crashed, but later landed thanks to [[Madge Arwell|Madge]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}})
*[[8th July|8]] - [[Polly James]] is born.
*[[15th July|15]] - [[Geoffrey Burgon]] is born.
*[[28th July|28]] - [[Patrick Tull]], one of the voices of the [[Kroton]]s in [[DW]]: ''[[The Krotons]]'', is born in [[Sussex]], [[England]].


====[[August]]====
On [[24 December]], Madge Arwell and her children [[Cyril Arwell|Cyril]] and [[Lily Arwell|Lily]] met [[the Doctor]]. Cyril found [[Androzani Minor|a Christmassy land with naturally growing Christmas trees]]. Lily and the Doctor followed him. Madge later followed as well. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}})
*[[4th August|4]] - [[Martin Jarvis]], who has appeared in several guest roles in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', is born in [[Wikipedia:Cheltenham|Cheltenham]], [[Wikipedia:Gloucestershire|Gloucestershire]], [[England]].
*4 - [[John Atterbury]] is born.


====[[October]]====
[[Winter]] arrived in [[Russia]] in December, bringing the German advance to a halt not far from [[Moscow]]. The [[Red Army]] counterattack pushed the [[Wehrmacht]] back, turning Germany's war into a defensive one for the first time. Germany was forced to abandon [[the Blitz]] as well as any plans of [[Operation Sealion|invading Britain]]. The possibility that Germany may lose the war began to be considered in [[Berlin]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}})
*[[16th October|16]] - [[David Ashford]] is born.
*[[20th October|20]] - [[Anneke Wills]], who portrayed companion [[Polly Wright]], is born in [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]].
*[[28th October|28]] - [[John Hallam]] is born.


====[[November]]====
=== Undated ===
*[[8th November|8]] - [[Nerys Hughes]] is born.
[[Tom Flanagan|Thomas Erasmus Flanagan]] was forgotten at a train station. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}})


====[[December]]====
The [[Ninth Doctor]] traced a [[Chula ambulance]] to [[London]], thinking it a warship. He found a boy called [[Jamie (The Empty Child)|Jamie]], who had been partially resurrected by [[nanogene]]s. Jamie pursued the Doctor, [[Rose Tyler]] and Jack Harkness after Jack set off emergency protocols, releasing an army of [[Empty Child|people made to be just like Jamie]] searching for his mother. [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] told Jamie that she was his mother, not his sister, after lying to him all his life. The nanogenes repaired Jamie and returned all the infected to normal. Jack began travelling in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after the Doctor and Rose saved his life. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}} / {{cs|The Doctor Dances (TV story)}}) Shortly afterwards, the Chula ambulance and Jamie's gas mask were found and stored at the [[Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Security Bot (video game)}})
*[[2nd November|2]] - [[Colin McCormack]] is born.
*[[24th December|24]] - [[John Levene]], who portrayed [[Sgt. Benton]], is born John Anthony Woods in [[Salisbury]], [[England]].


====unknown date====
[[File:EleventhDoctorDalekVOTD1.jpg|thumb|The [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovers the [[Ironside Project]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}})]]
*[[Elaine Ives-Cameron]] is born.
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] were summoned to the [[Cabinet War Rooms]] in [[London]] by [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]]. The Doctor discovered [[Dalek]]s working for Churchill. Increasingly frustrated by their charade as "soldiers", he shouted his name at them. This testimony unwittingly activated the [[Progenitor]], awakening the [[New Dalek Paradigm]], who killed the older Daleks. The new Daleks distracted the Doctor by arming their robot [[Edwin Bracewell|Bracewell]] with [[Oblivion Continuum|a bomb]] that would destroy the [[Earth]]. The Doctor saved the Earth, but the Daleks escaped. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}})


''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'' was found in an attic in [[France]]. Bracewell showed it to Churchill, who called [[River Song]] about it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pandorica Opens (TV story)}})


In [[Shanghai]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] helped a group of stranded [[Alpha Centauran]]s return home. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)}})


The [[United States of America|United States]] was in the process of developing [[sonar]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dark Convoy (audio story)}})


The [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] visited the [[Sahara Desert]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Instruments of War (comic story)}})


The [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]] visited London during the Blitz. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Alchemists (audio story)}})


[[Kenneth James Valentine]] joined the [[Royal Dragoon Guards]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Trace Memory (novel)}})


== Births and deaths ==
[[Geoff Cooper]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Entropy Composition (audio story)}})


[[Emil Hartung]] was killed while test piloting the [[Nazi]] stealth plane ''[[Hugin]]'' in [[Guernsey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}})


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1941 was a year.

Events

Dated

January - June

On 1 January, Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel. (AUDIO: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (audio story)"])

On 6 January, Amy Johnson's plane crashed was shot down over the English Channel and crashed in the Thames Estuary near Kent. Amy herself was either rescued by Gaylord LeFevre and taken to the Celestial Toyroom (PROSE: Divided Loyalties [+]Loading...["Divided Loyalties (novel)"]) or by the Eleventh Doctor and taken to Cornucopia. (COMIC: A Wing and a Prayer [+]Loading...["A Wing and a Prayer (comic story)"])

On 20 January, Captain Jack Harkness and Toshiko Sato met the real Captain Jack Harkness at the Kiss the Boys Goodbye Dance at the Ritz in Cardiff. Tosh sent a message to Torchwood Three in the 21st century containing her half of the Rift Manipulator formula to bring her and Jack back. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)"])

On 21 January, Captain Jack Harkness was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)"])

In London, another American Royal Air Force volunteer who was also named Captain Jack Harkness failed to report for duty and was never heard from again. (TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"])

From 1 March to 6 March, Professor Bernice Summerfield, stranded on Nazi-occupied Guernsey, uncovered a secret German weapon based on technology from the future. (AUDIO: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (audio story)"])

On 7 June, Clyde Langer and George Woods evaded a group of Nazis after taking a piece of Chronosteel from them. Shortly afterward, Clyde returned to Ealing on 23 November 2010. George was inspired by Clyde to join the British Army. (TV: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (TV story)"])

In June, the war spread into Eastern Europe as Germany attacked the Soviet Union. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"], Losing the Audience [+]Loading...["Losing the Audience (short story)"])

July - December

Torajenn deposit human skeletons into Susini's configuration vortex. (COMIC: The Way of All Flesh [+]Loading...["The Way of All Flesh (comic story)"])

On 18 August, Bilis Manger contacted Tilda Brennan and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"])

On 22 August, Jack Harkness returned to the Hub to find the personnel of Torchwood Three incapacitated by Tilda Brennan, shot dead when the Light gave up possession of her body. The Light used the diary of Gideon Tarry to take the body of Greg Bishop. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"])

On 2 November, the Torajenn and Susini attempted to use of Day of the Dead celebrations in Coyoacan to harvest human body parts. The Torajenn used their bio-nuclear force fields to assume the appearance of dead loved ones and get close enough to humans to strip their flesh and steal their skeletons. The Eighth Doctor and Izzy Sinclair arrived in Coyoacan and were separated. While Izzy helped Frida Kahlo protect a large celebration in the town's cemetery from the Torajenn, the Doctor met Diego Rivera and killed the Torajenn and Susini. For a few more days in early November, the Doctor and Izzy stayed with Frida and Diego in their Coyoacan home. (COMIC: The Way of All Flesh [+]Loading...["The Way of All Flesh (comic story)"])

In December, the United States of America became involved in the war when Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor. Two days later, Terrence Moody was shot down during the Battle of the Philippines. (PROSE: Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy [+]Loading...["Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy (short story)"])

Reg Arwell's plane crashed, but later landed thanks to Madge. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])

On 24 December, Madge Arwell and her children Cyril and Lily met the Doctor. Cyril found a Christmassy land with naturally growing Christmas trees. Lily and the Doctor followed him. Madge later followed as well. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])

Winter arrived in Russia in December, bringing the German advance to a halt not far from Moscow. The Red Army counterattack pushed the Wehrmacht back, turning Germany's war into a defensive one for the first time. Germany was forced to abandon the Blitz as well as any plans of invading Britain. The possibility that Germany may lose the war began to be considered in Berlin. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])

Undated

Thomas Erasmus Flanagan was forgotten at a train station. (TV: Ghost Machine [+]Loading...["Ghost Machine (TV story)"])

The Ninth Doctor traced a Chula ambulance to London, thinking it a warship. He found a boy called Jamie, who had been partially resurrected by nanogenes. Jamie pursued the Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness after Jack set off emergency protocols, releasing an army of people made to be just like Jamie searching for his mother. Nancy told Jamie that she was his mother, not his sister, after lying to him all his life. The nanogenes repaired Jamie and returned all the infected to normal. Jack began travelling in the TARDIS after the Doctor and Rose saved his life. (TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"] / The Doctor Dances [+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"]) Shortly afterwards, the Chula ambulance and Jamie's gas mask were found and stored at the Leamington Spa Lifeboat Museum. (GAME: Security Bot [+]Loading...["Security Bot (video game)"])

The Eleventh Doctor discovers the Ironside Project. (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond were summoned to the Cabinet War Rooms in London by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Doctor discovered Daleks working for Churchill. Increasingly frustrated by their charade as "soldiers", he shouted his name at them. This testimony unwittingly activated the Progenitor, awakening the New Dalek Paradigm, who killed the older Daleks. The new Daleks distracted the Doctor by arming their robot Bracewell with a bomb that would destroy the Earth. The Doctor saved the Earth, but the Daleks escaped. (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"])

The Pandorica Opens was found in an attic in France. Bracewell showed it to Churchill, who called River Song about it. (TV: The Pandorica Opens [+]Loading...["The Pandorica Opens (TV story)"])

In Shanghai, the Fourth Doctor helped a group of stranded Alpha Centaurans return home. (PROSE: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Shadow of Weng-Chiang (novel)"])

The United States was in the process of developing sonar. (AUDIO: Dark Convoy [+]Loading...["Dark Convoy (audio story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald visited the Sahara Desert. (COMIC: The Instruments of War [+]Loading...["The Instruments of War (comic story)"])

The First Doctor and Susan Foreman visited London during the Blitz. (AUDIO: The Alchemists [+]Loading...["The Alchemists (audio story)"])

Kenneth James Valentine joined the Royal Dragoon Guards. (PROSE: Trace Memory [+]Loading...["Trace Memory (novel)"])

Births and deaths

Geoff Cooper was born. (AUDIO: The Entropy Composition [+]Loading...["The Entropy Composition (audio story)"])

Emil Hartung was killed while test piloting the Nazi stealth plane Hugin in Guernsey. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"])