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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== April === | === April === | ||
* [[1 April|1]] - [[ | * [[1 April|1]] - ''[[Doctor Who]]'' creator [[Sydney Newman]] was born in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. | ||
=== May === | === May === | ||
* [[9 May|9]] - [[John Arnatt]] | * [[9 May|9]] - Actor [[John Arnatt]] was born. | ||
=== June === | === June === | ||
* [[5 June|5]] - [[Anne Tirard]] | * [[5 June|5]] - Actress [[Anne Tirard]] was born. | ||
* [[10 June|10]] - [[Reed De Rouen]] | * [[10 June|10]] - Actor [[Reed De Rouen]] was born. | ||
=== August === | === August === | ||
* [[8 August|8]] - [[Earl Cameron]] | * [[8 August|8]] - Actor [[Earl Cameron]], was born in {{w|Pembroke}}, {{w|Bermuda}}. | ||
* [[8 August|8]] - [[John Baker (actor)|John Baker]] | * [[8 August|8]] - Actor [[John Baker (actor)|John Baker]] was born. | ||
=== September === | === September === | ||
* [[7 September|7]] - [[Ewen Solon]] | * [[7 September|7]] - Actor [[Ewen Solon]] was born in [[Wikipedia:Auckland|Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. | ||
* [[17 September|17]] - [[Peter Bennett (actor)|Peter Bennett]] | * [[17 September|17]] - Actor [[Peter Bennett (actor)|Peter Bennett]] was born. | ||
* 17 - [[Peter Glaze]] | * 17 - Actor [[Peter Glaze]] was born. | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 03:48, 1 May 2013
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On 7 November, 1917, the October Revolution took place in Russia. At the ceremony held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Revolution in Red Square in Moscow on 7 November 1967, the Seventh Doctor explained to his companion Ace that the celebration of the October Revolution was held in November as Russia was still using the Julian calendar, which was eleven days behind the Gregorian calendar, in 1917. (AUDIO: Thin Ice) Sasha told the Eighth Doctor that his brother had been killed in the October Revolution. (PROSE: History 101)
Reginald Tyler began writing The True History of Planets. (PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen)
An unknown number of soldiers and other personnel involved in World War I - including Lt. Jeremy Carstairs, Lady Jennifer Buckingham, Major Barrington and Captain Ransom - were transported to another planet by the War Lords, where they became unwitting players in an experiment. Later, the survivors were returned to Earth by the Time Lords. (TV: The War Games)
The Fifth Doctor, Peri Brown and Erimem visited Tibet and battled the Great Old Ones. (AUDIO: The Roof of the World)
The Seventh Doctor, Ace and Hex visited Charnage Hospital, a military hospital, in northern France. (AUDIO: No Man's Land)
Walther Schwieger was killed in World War I. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)
Behind the scenes
April
- 1 - Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman was born in Toronto, Canada.
May
- 9 - Actor John Arnatt was born.
June
- 5 - Actress Anne Tirard was born.
- 10 - Actor Reed De Rouen was born.
August
- 8 - Actor Earl Cameron, was born in Pembroke, Bermuda.
- 8 - Actor John Baker was born.
September
- 7 - Actor Ewen Solon was born in Auckland, New Zealand.
- 17 - Actor Peter Bennett was born.
- 17 - Actor Peter Glaze was born.
