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'''1940''' was a [[year]].
 
== Events ==
== Events ==
===[[May]]===
=== Dated ===
* [[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]], near the Dover cliffs in the UK, worked to prevent a [[Nemonite]] invasion from derailing a Second World War counterattack called Operation Dynamo. ([[BBCR]]: ''[[The Nemonite Invasion]]'')
In [[May]], the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Donna Noble]], near the [[Dover]] cliffs in the [[UK]], worked to prevent a [[Nemonite]] invasion from derailing a British counterattack called [[Operation Dynamo]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)}})
 
* [[27 May]]-[[4 June]] - [[British Army]] soldiers were evacuated from [[Dunkirk]] (this event was noted by [[the Matrix]] as a significant part of the [[Web of Time]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[Neverland]]'') The [[Seventh Doctor]] convinced [[Adolf Hitler]] to allow the evacuation to proceed. ([[NA]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') The [[First Doctor]] was present at the evacuation itself. ([[NA]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'', [[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')


===[[October]]===
The [[Battle of Dunkirk]] took place between [[26 May]] and [[4 June]]. [[British Army]] soldiers were evacuated from [[Dunkirk]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)}}) This event was noted by [[the Matrix]] as a significant part of the [[Web of Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Neverland (audio story)}}) The [[Seventh Doctor]] convinced [[Adolf Hitler]] to allow the evacuation to proceed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)}}) The [[First Doctor]] was present at the evacuation itself, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}}) as were the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan]] on [[29 May]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fugitives (audio story)}})
* [[12 October|12]] - At 8:47 p.m., the New Regency Theatre, which had been owned and operated by the late [[Henry Gordon Jago]] in the [[1890s]], was destroyed in [[the Blitz]], as was the hotel next to it. ([[JAL]]: ''[[Swan Song]]'')


===[[December]]===
In [[August]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sometime Never... (novel)}}) the [[Communism|communist]] leader [[Leon Trotsky]] [[Death|died]] from an [[ice pick]] to the head. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Last of the Romanovs (audio story)}})
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] visited [[Guernsey]]. ([[NA]]: ''[[Just War (novel)|Just War]]'')
* A [[Berserker Pendant]] was lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]'')


===Unknown dates===
On [[12 October]], at 8:47 p.m., the [[New Regency Theatre]], which had been owned and operated by the late [[Henry Gordon Jago]] during the [[1890s]], was destroyed in [[the Blitz]], as was the hotel next to it. The hotel was evacuated 47 minutes earlier, meaning that no one was killed. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Swan Song (audio story)}})
* The last in an eight year series of child abductions by the [[Pied Piper]] occured in [[America]]. ([[SJA]]: ''[[The Day of the Clown]]'')


==Behind the scenes==
On [[17 October]], the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Rory Williams]] visited [[London]] during the Blitz, where they saved [[Ian Fleming]] from a [[bomb]] and became the inspiration for [[James Bond]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)}})
===[[January]]===
*[[11 January|11]] - [[R.J. Bell]] was born.
*[[19 January|19]] - [[Mike Reid]], who had an uncredited role as a [[soldier (The War Machines)|soldier]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]'' and appewered as [[Frank Butcher]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' was born in [[Hackney]], [[London]].


===[[February]]===
In [[December]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] visited [[Guernsey]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Just War (novel)}}) A [[Berserker pendant]] was lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of [[Park Vale Comprehensive School]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)}})
*[[20 February|20]] - [[Judy Cornwell]] was born.


===[[March]]===
On [[24 December]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Leela]] encountered the [[Home Guard]] volunteer [[Richard Charlesworth]] in [[Charnage House]] in [[England]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)}})
*[[13 March|13]] - [[Christopher Gable]] was born.


===[[April]]===
=== Undated ===
*[[2 April|2]] - [[Sean Barry-Weske]] was born.
In the [[United States of America]], the [[Pied Piper]]'s eight year series of child abductions came to an end. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Clown (TV story)}})
*[[15 April|15]] - [[Sean Caffrey]] was born.
*[[26 April|26]] - [[Harry Fielder]] was born.


===[[May]]===
Sir [[Oswald Mosley]] was imprisoned for advocating that the [[United Kingdom]] should ally itself with [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] in [[World War II]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)}})
*[[18 May|18]] - [[Ray Lonnen]] was born.
*[[28 May|28]] - [[Frank Cox]] was born.


===[[June]]===
[[Constance Clarke]] began working at [[Bletchley Park]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Criss-Cross (audio story)}})
*[[4 June|4]] - [[David Collings]] was born.
*[[7 June|7]] - [[Ronald Pickup]], who played the [[Physician (The Reign of Terror)|physician]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Reign of Terror]]'', was born in [[Chester]], [[England]].
*[[8 June|8]] - [[Carole Ann Ford]], who portrayed [[Susan Foreman]], was born.


===[[July]]===
The amnesiac [[Eighth Doctor]] tried to join the [[RAF]], but was turned down when he couldn't prove he was a British subject. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Turing Test (novel)}})
*[[7 July|7]] - [[wikipedia:Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr]], who appeared as himself, as part of [[The Beatles]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', was born in [[Liverpool]].
*[[28 July|28]] - [[Brigit Forsyth]] was born.
*[[31 July|31]] - [[Louise Pajo]] was born.


===[[August]]===
A [[British Army]] barracks was destroyed in [[Ealing]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)}})
*[[9 August|9]] - [[Bernard Holley]] was born.
*[[18 August|18]] - [[Barry Justice]], who played King [[Charles IX]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve]]'', was born in [[Wikipedia:Lucknow|Lucknow]], [[India]].
*[[25 August|25]] - [[John J. Carney]] was born.


===[[September]]===
The [[Special Operations Executive]] was founded. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins (short story)}})
*[[3 September|3]] - [[Pauline Collins]], who played [[Samantha Briggs]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Faceless Ones]]'' and [[Victoria (Queen)|Victoria]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'', was born in [[Exmouth]], [[Devon]], [[England]].


===[[October]]===
=== Alternate timeline ===
*[[9 October|9]] - [[John Lennon]], who appewered as himself, as part of [[The Beatles]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', was born in [[Liverpool]].
In an [[alternate timeline]] in which [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] won [[World War II]], King [[Edward VIII]] was restored to the [[British monarchy|British throne]] with [[Wallis Simpson]] as his [[Queen]]. He signed a treaty which established Great Britain as a protectorate of the Greater German Reich. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] was executed as a war criminal. He was succeeded by the prominent Nazi sympathiser Sir [[Oswald Mosley]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)}})
*[[12 October|12]] - [[Gawn Grainger]] was born.
*[[29 October|29]] - [[Angela Douglas]] was born.


===[[November]]===
== Births and deaths ==
*[[1 November|1]] - [[Yvonne Antrobus]] was born.
[[Christina Pushkin]] was born. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|1963: The Space Race (audio story)}})
*[[17 November|17]] - [[William Simons]] was born.
*[[24 November|24]] - [[Alan Lake]] was born.


===[[December]]===
== Other ==
*[[11 December|11]] - [[Tony Adams]] was born.
[[New York City]]'s total population was 7,454,995, 2,138,657 of whom were foreign-born. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Gathering (TV story)}})
*[[15 December|15]] - [[Pennant Roberts]] was born.


===Unknown date===
== Behind the scenes ==
*[[Mark Heath]], who played [[Ralph]] in [[DW]]: ''[[The Moonbase]]'', was born in [[Wikipedia:Kingston|Kingston]], [[Wikipedia:Jamaica|Jamaica]].
One possible "game over" for the video game ''[[Don't Blink (video game)|Don't Blink]]'' has the player being sent back in time by a [[Weeping Angel]] to the year 1940 to die in the Blitz.
*[[Barry Stanton]] was born.
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1940 was a year.

Events

Dated

In May, the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble, near the Dover cliffs in the UK, worked to prevent a Nemonite invasion from derailing a British counterattack called Operation Dynamo. (AUDIO: The Nemonite Invasion [+]Loading...["The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)"])

The Battle of Dunkirk took place between 26 May and 4 June. British Army soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk. (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart [+]Loading...["Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)"]) This event was noted by the Matrix as a significant part of the Web of Time. (AUDIO: Neverland [+]Loading...["Neverland (audio story)"]) The Seventh Doctor convinced Adolf Hitler to allow the evacuation to proceed. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"]) The First Doctor was present at the evacuation itself, (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"], PROSE: Byzantium! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"]) as were the Eighth Doctor and Molly O'Sullivan on 29 May. (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"])

In August, (PROSE: Sometime Never... [+]Loading...["Sometime Never... (novel)"]) the communist leader Leon Trotsky died from an ice pick to the head. (AUDIO: Last of the Romanovs [+]Loading...["Last of the Romanovs (audio story)"])

On 12 October, at 8:47 p.m., the New Regency Theatre, which had been owned and operated by the late Henry Gordon Jago during the 1890s, was destroyed in the Blitz, as was the hotel next to it. The hotel was evacuated 47 minutes earlier, meaning that no one was killed. (AUDIO: Swan Song [+]Loading...["Swan Song (audio story)"])

On 17 October, the Eleventh Doctor and Rory Williams visited London during the Blitz, where they saved Ian Fleming from a bomb and became the inspiration for James Bond. (COMIC: The Doctor and the Nurse [+]Loading...["The Doctor and the Nurse (comic story)"])

In December, the Seventh Doctor visited Guernsey. (PROSE: Just War [+]Loading...["Just War (novel)"]) A Berserker pendant was lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of Park Vale Comprehensive School. (TV: The Mark of the Berserker [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)"])

On 24 December, the Fourth Doctor and Leela encountered the Home Guard volunteer Richard Charlesworth in Charnage House in England. (PROSE: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow [+]Loading...["It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (short story)"])

Undated

In the United States of America, the Pied Piper's eight year series of child abductions came to an end. (TV: The Day of the Clown [+]Loading...["The Day of the Clown (TV story)"])

Sir Oswald Mosley was imprisoned for advocating that the United Kingdom should ally itself with Nazi Germany in World War II. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])

Constance Clarke began working at Bletchley Park. (AUDIO: Criss-Cross [+]Loading...["Criss-Cross (audio story)"])

The amnesiac Eighth Doctor tried to join the RAF, but was turned down when he couldn't prove he was a British subject. (PROSE: The Turing Test [+]Loading...["The Turing Test (novel)"])

A British Army barracks was destroyed in Ealing. (TV: The Mark of the Berserker [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Berserker (TV story)"])

The Special Operations Executive was founded. (PROSE: The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins [+]Loading...["The Very Real Mystery of Wester Drumlins (short story)"])

Alternate timeline

In an alternate timeline in which Nazi Germany won World War II, King Edward VIII was restored to the British throne with Wallis Simpson as his Queen. He signed a treaty which established Great Britain as a protectorate of the Greater German Reich. Prime Minister Winston Churchill was executed as a war criminal. He was succeeded by the prominent Nazi sympathiser Sir Oswald Mosley. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"])

Births and deaths

Christina Pushkin was born. (AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race [+]Loading...["1963: The Space Race (audio story)"])

Other

New York City's total population was 7,454,995, 2,138,657 of whom were foreign-born. (TV: The Gathering [+]Loading...["The Gathering (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

One possible "game over" for the video game Don't Blink has the player being sent back in time by a Weeping Angel to the year 1940 to die in the Blitz.

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