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''[[What's My Line?]]'' was [[host]]ed by [[Eamonn Andrews]] and ran on [[British]] [[television]] from 1951 to [[1963]], each [[Sunday]] at 8.30[[pm]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') | |||
The first [[radio telescope]] was invented. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | The first [[radio telescope]] was invented. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 4 March 2023
| Timeline for 1951 |
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1951 was the year that the Doctor's companions, Jo Grant (PROSE: /Carpenter/Butterfly/Baronet) and Sarah Jane Smith, (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith) were born. John Grainger was also born this year. (PROSE: Incongruous Details)
Dated events
The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright moved a replica of the Stone of Scone to Arbroath Abbey, where it was accidentally broken in two. (PROSE: Set in Stone)
On 16 April, Owain Vine was born. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
Before 25 May, the Seventh Doctor and Ace attended the Festival of Britain. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus) The Eighth Doctor also passed through the Festival at the same time. He briefly saw his past self and his former companion but did not recognise either of them. (PROSE: Endgame) The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, and Zoe Heriot visited the Festival and encountered a Vardan. (AUDIO: The British Invasion)
On 22 June, the last Witchcraft Act was repealed in the United Kingdom. (TV: The Dæmons)
On 18 August, Sarah Jane's parents, Eddie and Barbara Smith, died in a car accident on a country lane outside of the village of Foxgrove. Sarah Jane was subsequently raised by Eddie's sister Lavinia Smith. (TV: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith)
Undated events
What's My Line? was hosted by Eamonn Andrews and ran on British television from 1951 to 1963, each Sunday at 8.30pm. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac)
The first radio telescope was invented. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
Mrs Randall was given a prize as "Miss Ealing." (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
The local people of Lapperton on the Dorset Coast found the face of a large creature stuck inside the cliff. The Eleventh Doctor identified the creature as a Demigod. It broke free in search of its other half. For the first time in a while, it went away. (COMIC: The Cliff Face)
Annette Billingsley started publishing The Troubleseekers series of books. (PROSE: The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage)
Carla Morgan was born. (PROSE: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?)
Mary Jane Powell died falling off a balcony. (PROSE: Rose)
