1940

Events

Doctor Who Universe

May

• The Doctor and Donna Noble, near the Dover cliffs in the UK, work to prevent a Nemonite invasion from derailing a Second World War counterattack called Operation Dynamo. (BBCR: The Nemonite Invasion)

• 27th May-4th June - British Army soldiers are evacuated from Dunkirk (noted by the Matrix in BFA: Neverland). The Doctor convinces Adolf Hitler to allow the evacuation to proceed. (NA: Timewyrm: Exodus) The Doctor and Donna Noble prevent a Nemonite from disrupting the evacuation. (The Nemonite Invasion) The Doctor is present at the evacuation itself. (NA: Just War, PDA: Byzantium!)

October

• 12th October - The New Regency Theatre, formerly owned and operated by Henry Gordon Jago, was destroyed in the Blitz. (JAL: Swan Song)

December

• The Doctor visits Guernsey. (NA: Just War)
• A Berserker Pendant is lost in an air raid on Park Vale Barracks, on the future site of Park Vale Comprehensive School. (SJA: The Mark of the Berserker)

Unknown date

• The last in an eight year series of child abductions by the Pied Piper occurs in America. (SJA: The Day of the Clown)

Real World

January

• 11 - R.J. Bell is born.
• 19 - Mike Reid, who had an uncredited role as a soldier in DW: The War Machines and appeared as Frank Butcher in DW: Dimensions in Time is born in Hackney, London.

February

• 20 - Judy Cornwell is born.

March

• 13 - Christopher Gable is born.

April

• 2 - Sean Barry-Weske is born.
• 15 - Sean Caffrey is born.
• 26 - Harry Fielder is born.

May

• 18 - Ray Lonnen is born.
• 28 - Frank Cox is born.

June

• 4 - David Collings is born.
• 7 - Ronald Pickup, who played the physician in DW: The Reign of Terror, is born in Chester, England.
• 8 - Carole Ann Ford, who portrayed Susan Foreman, is born.

July

• 7 - Ringo Starr, who appeared as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.
• 28 - Brigit Forsyth is born.
• 31 - Louise Pajo is born.

August

• 9 - Bernard Holley is born.
• 18 - Barry Justice, who played King Charles IX in DW: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, is born in Lucknow, India.
• 25 - John J. Carney is born.

September

• 3 - Pauline Collins, who played Samantha Briggs in DW: The Faceless Ones and Victoria in DW: Tooth and Claw, is born in Exmouth, Devon, England.

October

• 9 - John Lennon, who appeared as himself, as part of The Beatles in DW: The Chase, is born in Liverpool.
• 12 - Gawn Grainger is born.
• 29 - Angela Douglas is born.

November

• 1 - Yvonne Antrobus is born.
• 17 - William Simons is born.
• 24 - Alan Lake is born.

December

• 11 - Tony Adams is born.
• 15 - Pennant Roberts is born.

Unknown date

• Mark Heath, who played Ralph in DW: The Moonbase, is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Barry Stanton is born.
• Ben Howard is born.
• John Gregg is born.