1941

The Second World War continued in 1941.

Events

January

• 1 - Professor Bernice Summerfield arrived on Guernsey in the English Channel. (AUDIO: Just War)
• 20 - 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 2008 containing her half of the Rift Manipulator formula to bring her and Jack back. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)
  • 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 Captain 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 / The Doctor Dances)
• 21 - Captain Jack Harkness was killed in aerial combat while protecting Cardiff from a bombing raid. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)
  • 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)

March

• 1-6 - Professor Bernice Summerfield, stranded on Nazi-occupied Guernsey, uncovered a secret German weapon based on technology from the future. (AUDIO: Just War)

June

• 7 - 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)

August

• 18 - Bilis Manger contacted Tilda Brennan and suggested she follow the instructions in File TW3/87/BM. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets)
• 22 - 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)

December

• Reg Arwell's plane crashed, but later landed thanks to Madge. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)
• 24 - 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)

Unknown Dates

• 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)

Behind the scenes

January

• 11 - Malcolm Terris (Etnin in TV: The Dominators and the co-pilot in TV: The Horns of Nimon) was born.

February

• 17 - Julia McKenzie (Rachel in AUDIO: No More Lies) was born.
• 24 - David Gooderson (Davros in TV: Destiny of the Daleks) was born.

March

• 13 - Michael Walker (Harry in The Claws of Axos and Miseus in The Time Monster) was born.
• 26 - Richard Dawkins, ethologist, evolutionary biologist, popular science writer, and husband to Lalla Ward, and who had a cameo as himself in TV: The Stolen Earth, was born in Nairobi, Kenya.

April

• 9 - Hannah Gordon, who played Kirsty McLaren in TV: The Highlanders, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 13 April - Christopher Tranchell (Roger Colbert in TV: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, Steven Jenkins in TV: The Faceless Ones and Andred in TV: The Invasion of Time) was born.

May

• 2 - Paul Darrow (Hawkins in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians and Tekker in TV: Timelash) was born.
• 13 - Frank Jarvis, who played several roles in different Doctor Who stories, was born.

July

• 8 - Polly James (Jane Hampden in TV: The Awakening) was born.
• 10 - Jackie Lane, who portrayed companion Dodo Chaplet, was born in Manchester, England.
• 15 - Geoffrey Burgon, who provided incidental music to Doctor Who, was born.
• 28 - Patrick Tull, one of the voices of the Krotons in TV: The Krotons, was born in Sussex, England.

August

• 4 - Martin Jarvis, who appeared in several guest roles in Doctor Who, was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
• John Atterbury (a White Robot in TV: The Mind Robber and an alien guard in TV: The War Games) was born.

September

• 02 - Kay Patrick (Poppaea in TV: The Romans and Flower in TV: The Savages) was born.
• 23 - Colin Eggleston (Film Editor of TV: The Smugglers) was born.

October

• 2 - Sam Dastor, who played Professor Narayan in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story The Emerald Tiger, was born in Bombay, India.
• 16 - David Ashford (Dad in TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) was born.
• 20 - Anneke Wills, who portrayed companion Polly Wright, was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• 28 - John Hallam (Light in TV: Ghost Light) was born.

November

• 8 - Nerys Hughes (Todd in TV: Kinda and Brenda in TV: Something Borrowed) was born.

December

• 2 - Colin McCormack (the Commander in TV: The Sun Makers) was born.
• 24 - John Levene, who portrayed John Benton, was born John Anthony Woods in Salisbury, England.