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== Events ==
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'''1959''' was a [[year]].


==Events==
===Dated===
In [[October]] of 1959, the [[Soviet Union]] launched the unmanned [[Space probe|probe]] [[Lunik 3]], which successfully took the first [[Photograph|photos]] of the far side of [[the Moon]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Imperial Moon (novel)|Imperial Moon]]'')


=== History of the Doctor Who Universe ===
===Undated===
By one account, [[Jo Grant]] was born. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)}})


* The events of "[[Delta and the Bannermen]]" occur at this time.
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]] visited the [[Blue Boar Motorway Service Station|Blue Boar]] [[service station]] on the newly opened [[M1]] motorway and encountered [[Petrolion]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Madness on the M1! (comic story)|Madness on the M1!]]'')
* A professor and his wife slayed one of the 3 [[Gorgon]]s ([[sarah Jane adventures|sja]] [[Eye of the Gorgon]])  


=== History of ''Doctor Who'' ===
[[File:Get to know you dance.jpg|left|thumb|The 1959 [[get-to-know-you-dance]] at [[Shangri-La]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')]]
A [[Nostalgia Tours]] [[tourist]] [[Spacecraft|vessel]] carrying mostly [[Navarino]] travelled to [[Earth]]. Its destination was [[Disneyland]] but it landed at a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Shangri-La|holiday camp]]. In addition to the Navarinos, it carried the last of the [[Chimeron]], fleeing the [[Bannermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]'')


Circa this date, an [[Species (Blue Moon)|alien species]] landed on [[the Moon]] and tried to contact [[Earth]], requesting an exchange of information. The [[United States of America|American government]] intercepted the message and began preparations for [[Apollo 11|a moon landing]] to meet them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blue Moon (short story)|Blue Moon]]'')


==== [[November]] ====
[[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and [[Lavinia Smith]] lived in [[Wolfenden]]. Lavinia was working together with [[Eddison Clough]] and they were close friends. Later that year Sarah Jane and Lavinia's memories were erased by [[Hendrick (The White Wolf)|Mrs Hendricks]], an alien from the [[Tristian Cluster]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The White Wolf (audio story)|The White Wolf]]'')


* [[14th November |14]] - [[Paul McGann]], the eighth actor to portray [[the Doctor]], is born in [[Liverpool]], [[England]].
A scientist, [[Egen|Professor Egen]], illegally created [[Egen's time machine|a time machine]] despite attempts by the authorities to stop his work. However, after a trip to the far future of humanity, he was returned to his home time by an unknown force which destroyed his machine and erased his memories of what he had seen. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Dr. Who's Time Tales (DWM 33 comic story)|Dr. Who's Time Tales]]'')


''[[Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?]]'' was a successful [[panel game]] for [[archaeology]] [[expert]]s that ran on [[British]] [[television]] from [[1952]] to 1959. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')


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In a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] in which [[Great Britain]] was a [[Fascism|fascist state]] known as the [[Republic of Great Britain]], the [[Republican Security Forces]] battled the Bannermen in Wales, from whom they obtained [[artificial gravity]] and [[faster-than-light travel|fast drive technology]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'')
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In an [[alternate timeline]] where the [[British]] government was experimenting with augmenting [[ape]]s with [[Cyber-Technology]], [[Ace]] was killed by [[George Limb]] in 1959. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Loving the Alien (novel)|Loving the Alien]]'')
 
A [[time eddy]] placed a century of [[Roman Empire|Roman]] soldiers in the middle of [[Piccadilly Circus]], where they killed 300 civilians out of self-defence. The [[Ninth Doctor]] later aborted the timeline by stopping the time eddies before they could be created. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sphere of Freedom (audio story)|Sphere of Freedom]]'')
 
In a timeline negated by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Peter Porter]] disappeared into [[Swallow Woods]] in 1959. His disappearance led to his niece [[Ruby Porter]] joining the police. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Way Through the Woods (novel)|The Way Through the Woods]]'')
 
==Births and deaths==
===Dated===
On [[11 November]], [[Catherine Parsons]] was born. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Stone House (novel)|The Stone House]]'')
 
===Undated===
[[Emma-Louise Cowell]]'s father died at the age of 48. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')
 
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1959 in

the DWU • vital statistics

Timeline for 1959
20th century | 1950s

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1959 was a year.

Events

Dated

In October of 1959, the Soviet Union launched the unmanned probe Lunik 3, which successfully took the first photos of the far side of the Moon. (PROSE: Imperial Moon)

Undated

By one account, Jo Grant was born. (GAME: The Legions of Death [+]Loading...["The Legions of Death (game)"])

The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond visited the Blue Boar service station on the newly opened M1 motorway and encountered Petrolions. (COMIC: Madness on the M1!)

A Nostalgia Tours tourist vessel carrying mostly Navarino travelled to Earth. Its destination was Disneyland but it landed at a Welsh holiday camp. In addition to the Navarinos, it carried the last of the Chimeron, fleeing the Bannermen. (TV: Delta and the Bannermen)

Circa this date, an alien species landed on the Moon and tried to contact Earth, requesting an exchange of information. The American government intercepted the message and began preparations for a moon landing to meet them. (PROSE: Blue Moon)

Sarah Jane and Lavinia Smith lived in Wolfenden. Lavinia was working together with Eddison Clough and they were close friends. Later that year Sarah Jane and Lavinia's memories were erased by Mrs Hendricks, an alien from the Tristian Cluster. (AUDIO: The White Wolf)

A scientist, Professor Egen, illegally created a time machine despite attempts by the authorities to stop his work. However, after a trip to the far future of humanity, he was returned to his home time by an unknown force which destroyed his machine and erased his memories of what he had seen. (COMIC: Dr. Who's Time Tales)

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? was a successful panel game for archaeology experts that ran on British television from 1952 to 1959. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac)

Alternate timelines

In a parallel universe in which Great Britain was a fascist state known as the Republic of Great Britain, the Republican Security Forces battled the Bannermen in Wales, from whom they obtained artificial gravity and fast drive technology. (PROSE: The Face of the Enemy)

In an alternate timeline where the British government was experimenting with augmenting apes with Cyber-Technology, Ace was killed by George Limb in 1959. (PROSE: Loving the Alien)

A time eddy placed a century of Roman soldiers in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, where they killed 300 civilians out of self-defence. The Ninth Doctor later aborted the timeline by stopping the time eddies before they could be created. (AUDIO: Sphere of Freedom)

In a timeline negated by the Eleventh Doctor, Peter Porter disappeared into Swallow Woods in 1959. His disappearance led to his niece Ruby Porter joining the police. (PROSE: The Way Through the Woods)

Births and deaths

Dated

On 11 November, Catherine Parsons was born. (PROSE: The Stone House)

Undated

Emma-Louise Cowell's father died at the age of 48. (TV: Out of Time)