1918

In 1918, the Eighth Doctor visited the North Yorkshire village of Hawkswick in 1918. On 19 March, John Sykes was murdered. (PROSE: Casualties of War)

Gerald Carter and Harriet Derbyshire investigated a temporal phenomenon for Torchwood Three in Cardiff. A future version of Tommy Brockless told them to freeze his present self in the hospital to be awakened later. The future Tommy, his mind in shell shock, returned to this time not long after, with Toshiko Sato reminding him from 2008 to turn the "rift key" he had been given to stop the two time zones from collapsing on one another. (TV: To the Last Man)

In the United Kingdom, certain women over thirty gained the right to vote in the aftermath of World War I. (AUDIO: The Suffering)

Behind the scenes

January

• 1 - Actor Leonard Trolley was born.

February

• 9 - Director Morris Barry was born.
• 23 - Writer Bill Strutton was born.

March

• 1 - Actor Roger Delgado was born in London.
• 23 - Actor Anthony Jacobs was born.

July

• 7 - Actress Brenda Bruce was born.

August

• 14 - Actress Patsy Smart was born.
• 27 - Actor Norman Mitchell was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

• 28 - Actor Tutte Lemkow was born in Oslo, Norway.

October

• 20 - Actor Anton Diffring was born.

November

• 5 - Actor Alan Tilvern was born in London.
• 11 - Actor Stubby Kaye was born.
• 27 - Actor Peter Tuddenham was born.